History Funny / AbbottAndCostello

[[AC: General]]

[[AC: ''Buck Privates'' (1941)]]

[[AC: ''Hold That Ghost'' (1941)]]

[[AC: ''Ride 'em Cowboy'' (1942)]]

[[AC: ''It Ain't Hay'' (1943)]]

[[AC: ''Hit the Ice'' (1943)]]

[[AC: ''The Naughty Nineties'' (1945)]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM7Wj7FVIoY "My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean".]] definitely competes with "Who's on First" as the funniest skit in the movie, if not their entire career. Costello tries to practice a song onstage and takes Abbott directing the stagehands moving a backdrop as directions for his singing. This continues until Lou [[spoiler:falls off the stage]].
--> '''Abbott:''' Lower it a little.\\

-->'''Lou:''' I don't care!\\

[[AC: ''Little Giant'' (1946)]]

[[AC: ''The Time of Their Lives'' (1946)]]

[[AC: ''Buck Privates Come Home'' (1947)]]

[[AC: ''Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein'' (1948)]]

[[AC: ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff'' (1949)]]

[[AC: ''Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion'' (1950)]]

[[AC: ''Comin' Round the Mountain'' (1951)]]

[[AC: ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' (1952)]]

--> '''Jack:''' Ah, music to my ears. My first victim! See you, Mr. Dinkle!\\

[[AC: ''Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd'' (1952)]]

-->'''Lou:''' ''(holding up his fist)'' You wanna know what I'm gonna do now?
-->'''Captain Kidd:''' ''(showing that his hands are free)'' WHAT?
-->'''Lou:''' I'm gonna run for my life!

[[AC: ''Abbott and Costello Go to Mars'' (1953)]]

[[AC: ''Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' (1953)]]

[[AC: ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops'' (1955)]]

[[AC: ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy'' (1955)]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM7Wj7FVIoY "My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean".]] definitely competes with "Who's on First" as the funniest skit in the movie, if not their entire career. Costello tries to practice a song onstage and takes Abbott directing the stagehands moving a backdrop as directions for his singing.

* After Lou has become convinced that Bud has been trying to murder him all through the movie (he's actually just putting on an act to catch the real killer), and demands that a cop arrest him: "Lou, now don't do this! Remember, we're family. We have the same blood in our veins." "Yeah, and I wanna keep mine!"

-->'''Bud:''' What happened to you?\\
'''Lou:''' I just opened the door, and my mind became a blank.\\

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM7Wj7FVIoY "My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean".]] definitely competes with "Who's on First" as the funniest skit in ''The Naughty Nineties'', if not their entire career.

* Lou's other [[BungledSuicide botched suicide attempts]] in the same scene. The Swami orders Lou to put his gun to his head and use it, but the "gun" turns out to be a spray bottle. He then orders Lou to climb onto a windowsill and jump, and he does -- right back into the room. Finally, he tells him to "plunge this knife into the heart of the man in the mirror". From Lou's point of view, the Swami is "the man in the mirror." HilarityEnsues.

-->'''Lou (trying to disguise his voice):''' May I please...\\

'''Lou:''' ''[{{beat}}] The twain on twack twee!

-->'''Lou:''' When I said "gone with the wind," I should have said "never the twain shall meet."\\

'''Lou:''' The...the twain on twack twee!

* Bud explains to Lou that not all [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant mummies]] are female. A stunned Lou asks Bud: "Wasn't your mummy a woman?"
-->'''Bud:''' I never had a mummy.\\
'''Lou:''' What did your father do, win ya in a crap game?

-->"Pardon me, but didn't I see you in ''Film/{{Rebecca}}''?"