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The Best Episodes of The Abbott and Costello Show

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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...
  1. 8.3/10(47 votes)

    #1 - $1,000 TV Prize

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    S2:E10

    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.

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  2. 8.3/10(52 votes)

    #2 - Private Eye

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    S2:E16

    After receiving his private eye diploma from the Watchdog Correspondence School, Lou helps a friend locate some valuable bonds in a haunted house.

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  3. 8.3/10(48 votes)

    #3 - Barber Lou

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    S2:E26

    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.

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  4. 8.2/10(50 votes)

    #4 - Amnesia

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    S2:E11

    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.

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  5. 8.1/10(54 votes)

    #5 - Killer's Wife

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    S2:E6

    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.

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  6. 8.1/10(43 votes)

    #6 - Bank Holdup

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    S2:E19

    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.

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  8. 8.1/10(46 votes)

    #7 - The Pigeon

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    S2:E21

    Bud and Lou's beautiful next door neighbor uses Lou as a decoy to help break up with her mobster boyfriend.

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  9. 8.1/10(41 votes)

    #8 - Fencing Master

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    S2:E23

    A mad scientist's experiment convinces Lou that he is indestructible.

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  10. 8.1/10(51 votes)

    #9 - Beauty Contest Story

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    S2:E24

    When Bud and Lou judge a beauty contest, pressure is applied to sway their votes.

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  11. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Jail

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    S1:E3

    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."

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  12. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - The Actors' Home

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    S1:E24

    Bud is taken away to an old actors' home where he and Lou perform their famous "Who's on first?" routine.

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    Writer:Sid Fields
  13. 8.0/10(52 votes)

    #12 - In Society

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    S2:E3

    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.

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  14. 8.0/10(51 votes)

    #13 - Pest Exterminators

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    S2:E5

    Bud and Lou are pest exterminators mistaken for psychiatrists when they attend to Mrs. Featherton's "aunts."

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  15. 8.0/10(49 votes)

    #14 - Cheap Skates

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    S2:E7

    Bud and Lou accidentally buy a crate of roller-skates, not knowing that they have stolen diamonds hidden inside.

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  16. 8.0/10(46 votes)

    #15 - Uncle from New Jersey

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    S2:E15

    When Mr. Fields is just about to evict the boys, Bud convinces him that Lou's Uncle Ruppert is a millionaire and Lou is the sole heir. Complications arise, however, when Mike the Cop begins to believe that the visiting uncle (Lou in disguise) has been murdered.

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  17. 8.0/10(51 votes)

    #16 - The Tax Return

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    S2:E17

    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.

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  18. 8.0/10(42 votes)

    #17 - Well Oiled

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    S2:E20

    Bud and Lou help Mr. Fields, who is being threatened with a lawsuit. Lou poses as a Texas millionaire to help discredit the complainant.

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  19. 7.9/10(58 votes)

    #18 - The Paper Hangers

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    S2:E1

    To pay back rent, Bud and Lou attempt to wallpaper an apartment. Later, as waiters in a restaurant, they brawl with hoodlums.

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  20. 7.9/10(53 votes)

    #19 - Uncle Bozzo's Visit

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    S2:E2

    Lou's eccentric opera singing uncle comes to stay with the boys for a couple of months.

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  21. 7.9/10(47 votes)

    #20 - Wife Wanted

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    S2:E14

    When Lou finds out he will inherit $10,000 provided that he has a wife, he tries to marry a former girlfriend—who is dating a man named Bonebender Brodsky.

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  22. 7.8/10(44 votes)

    #21 - Efficiency Experts

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    S2:E12

    Bud and Lou land jobs as efficiency experts, and are assigned to restrain their client’s daughters from spending money. The young women, however, get the boys to buy them expensive dresses and take them to a casino, where they end up in a brawl.

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  23. 7.8/10(49 votes)

    #22 - Public Enemies

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    S2:E18

    Lou is mistaken for a crook named Dapper Dan and is forced to take part in a robbery.

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  24. 7.8/10(52 votes)

    #23 - Fall Guy

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    S2:E25

    Bud and Lou want to take two sisters on a date but their father convinces the boys to put an antenna on his roof instead.

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  25. 7.7/10(51 votes)

    #24 - Life Insurance

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    S2:E4

    Mr. Fields takes out an insurance policy on Lou. Later, Bud takes Lou on a hunting trip, and Lou suspects Bud and Mr. Fields have plotted to kill him for the insurance money.

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  26. 7.7/10(47 votes)

    #25 - From Bed to Worse

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    S2:E9

    Bud and Lou attempt to plant a backyard garden in order to win a cash prize offered by a civic group.

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Best Episodes Summary

"$1,000 TV Prize" is the best rated episode of "The Abbott and Costello Show". It scored 8.3/10 based on 47 votes. Directed by Jean Yarbrough and written by Jack Townley, it aired on 1/9/1954. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Private Eye".