8.7/1074 votesLoading...#1 - The Actors' Home
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 5/15/1953
Bud is taken away to an old actors' home where he and Lou perform their famous "Who's on first?" routine.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Sid Fields
8.4/1064 votesLoading...#2 - The Music Lovers
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 3/13/1953
Lou attempts to impress Hillary and her father with his musical abilities. While pretending to perform, Bud falls asleep and ruins the scheme.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Sid Fields
8.3/1058 votesLoading...#3 - Hungry
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 3/6/1953
Bud and Lou visit a couple of restaurants. In one they become involved with twin waitresses. In the other, Lou has a battle with an oyster.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Sid Fields
8.3/1044 votesLoading...#4 - $1,000 TV Prize
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1/9/1954
Lou wins a $1,000 dollar prize pretending to be Mr. Fields. He then has to get Mr. Fields out of the way so he can collect it.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Jack Townley
8.3/1050 votesLoading...#5 - Private Eye
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/20/1954
After receiving his private eye diploma from the Watchdog Correspondence School, Lou helps a friend locate some valuable bonds in a haunted house.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Clyde Bruckman
8.2/1062 votesLoading...#6 - The Charity Bazaar
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2/6/1953
Bud and Lou participate in Hillary's charity bazaar, raising money with the "shell game." Lou blows his money at the kissing booth.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Sid Fields
8.2/1057 votesLoading...#7 - The Politician
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/20/1953
Bud coaches Lou on running for public office, a political campaign that ends with Lou delivering a disastrous speech in a neighborhood park.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Sid Fields
8.2/1062 votesLoading...#8 - Getting a Job
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/3/1953
Bud and Lou are hired to deliver hats to the Susquehanna Hat Company on Floogle Street and encounter several lunatics on the way. Also, Stinky attempts to kill Lou by backing him into traffic. The "Loafing" routine is performed.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Sid Fields
8.2/1046 votesLoading...#9 - Amnesia
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/16/1954
Lou is in love with a girl he has never met. As a gag, Bud and his friends convince him that he has already married the girl. The woman who poses as his wife then makes his existence miserable.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Jack Townley
8.2/1045 votesLoading...#10 - Barber Lou
Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 5/1/1954
Lou tries to give Bud a rubdown following instructions from a radio show, but he's tuned into a program explaining how to paint a car at home.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Sid Fields, Lou Costello
8.1/1087 votesLoading...#11 - Jail
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/19/1952
Lou damages Mrs. Crumbcake's waterpail and she drags him into court claiming .79 cents in damages. In jail, Lou's crazed cellmate becomes enraged whenever he hears "Niagara Falls."
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Eddie Forman
8.1/1071 votesLoading...#12 - The Vacuum Cleaner Salesman
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/16/1953
Bud and Lou visit an employment agency run by Mr. Fields' brother, who gives Lou a job selling vacuum cleaners door to door.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Sid Fields
8.1/1065 votesLoading...#13 - The Army Story
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/23/1953
Bud and Lou join the Army, where they recreate their routines from the feature film 'Buck Privates.' "Drill Routine" and "Dice Game" are performed.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Sid Fields
8.1/1060 votesLoading...#14 - The Television Show
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/24/1953
Lou is a contestant on a TV quiz show where he wins a pack of bubblegum. Their neighbor slips on a piece of gum and takes them to court.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Sid Fields
8.1/1051 votesLoading...#15 - Killer's Wife
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 12/12/1953
When a heavyweight prize fighter named Killer thinks that Lou is having an affair with his wife, Bud attempts to get Lou trained and fit in a gym.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Clyde Bruckman
8.1/1040 votesLoading...#16 - Bank Holdup
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/13/1954
Bud and Lou unwittingly take jobs as armed bodyguards for a couple of hoodlums and assist in a bank robbery. They use their share of money to pay their rent, and later try to get it back from Mr. Fields' safe.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Jack Townley
8.1/1044 votesLoading...#17 - The Pigeon
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 3/27/1954
Bud and Lou's beautiful next door neighbor uses Lou as a decoy to help break up with her mobster boyfriend.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Clyde Bruckman
8.1/1039 votesLoading...#18 - Fencing Master
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 4/10/1954
A mad scientist's experiment convinces Lou that he is indestructible.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Jack Townley
8.0/1060 votesLoading...#19 - Pots and Pans
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/30/1953
Working as a door-to-door cookware salesman, Lou prepares a dinner for his friends in hopes of moving some product. However, his honest culinary efforts are met with disaster.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Sid Fields
8.0/1052 votesLoading...#20 - Las Vegas
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/1/1953
Bud and Lou pay $90 for a car and head for Las Vegas, where Lou takes part in a violent game of billiards. The "mudder/fodder" routine is performed.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Sid Fields
8.0/1049 votesLoading...#21 - In Society
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/21/1953
A wealthy society matron pays Bud to attend a formal reception and impersonate the Duke of Gluten. Lou comes along pretending to be his cousin, the Earl of Waldo.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Clyde Bruckman
8.0/1048 votesLoading...#22 - Pest Exterminators
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 12/5/1953
Bud and Lou are pest exterminators mistaken for psychiatrists when they attend to Mrs. Featherton's "aunts."
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Jack Townley
8.0/1046 votesLoading...#23 - Cheap Skates
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/19/1953
Bud and Lou accidentally buy a crate of roller-skates, not knowing that they have stolen diamonds hidden inside.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Jack Townley
8.0/1048 votesLoading...#24 - The Tax Return
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/27/1954
Lou receives a tax refund check for $1,000,000. He takes the check to a bank and demands cash. He is subsequently followed by home by crooks.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Jack Townley
8.0/1040 votesLoading...#25 - Well Oiled
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/20/1954
Bud and Lou help Mr. Fields, who is being threatened with a lawsuit. Lou poses as a Texas millionaire to help discredit the complainant.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Jack Townley
The Best Episodes of The Abbott and Costello Show
Every episode of The Abbott and Costello Show ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Abbott and Costello Show!
Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields’ boarding house. Lou’s girlfriend Hillary lives across the hall. Many situations arise leading to slapstick...
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Best Episodes Summary
"The Actors' Home" is the best rated episode of "The Abbott and Costello Show". It scored 8.7/10 based on 74 votes. Directed by Jean Yarbrough and written by Sid Fields, it aired on 5/15/1953. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Music Lovers".