History YMMV / AbbottAndCostello

* TheWoobie: If you've seen the many films and ''The Abbott and Costello Show'', they showcase how Costello may be the most miserable comedy protagonist in the history of entertainment. His friend Abbott treats him as a doormat than an equal and tends to use him as a pawn, which shows that Costello is in a bad friendship; Costello also goes through so much comedic slapstick as if he's portrayed as this CosmicPlaything to the point where he has no purpose in life but to be a ButtMonkey wherever he's present. Somebody give this man a hug!

** One scene from ''It Ain't Hay'' had Wilbur Hoolihan (Costello) say that [[BreakingTheForthWall they were signed on to]] Creator/{{Universal}} after Grover Mockridge (Abbott) told him to answer the door for Gregory Warner, [[WhosOnFirst in which]] [[TheDitz Wilbur]] [[ComicallyMissingThePoint thought he was referring to one of the Warner brothers.]] Come 1952, Abbott and Costello made two films for Creator/WarnerBros, those being ''[[Film/JackAndTheBeanstalk1952 Jack and the Beanstalk]]'' and ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetCaptainKidd'', after signing a new contract with Universal which let them appear in films outside Universal.

** One scene from ''It Ain't Hay'' had Wilbur Hoolihan (Costello) say that [[BreakingTheForthWall they were signed on to]] Creator/{{Universal}} after Grover Mockridge (Abbott) told him to answer the door for Gregory Warner, [[WhosOnFirst in which]] [[TheDitz Wilbur]] [[ComicallyMissingThePoint thought he was referring to one of the Warner brothers.]] Come 1952, Abbott and Costello made two films for Creator/WarnerBros, those being ''[[Film/JackAndTheBeanstalk1952 JackAndTheBeanstalk]]'' and ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetCaptainKidd'', after signing a new contract with Universal which let them appear in films outside Universal.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The operator in the telephone sketch. When Costello asks for "Alexander 4444", she says that the line is busy, in which Costello questions when every other person in his apartment is able to call without any problems. Either [[{{Jerkass}} the operator wanted to]] [[KickTheDog toy with Costello]], or that Field's Employment Agency was closed at that time, ''or'' that [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic she didn't want to waste her time with a guy like him]].

* TheWoobie: If you've seen the many films and ''The Abbott and Costello Show'', they really showcase how Costello may be the most miserable comedy protagonist in the history of entertainment. His friend Abbott treats him with as doormat than an equal and tends to use him as pawn, which shows that Costello is in a toxic friendship; Costello also goes through so much comedic slapstick as if he's portrayed as this CosmicPlaything to the point where he has no purpose in live but to be a ButtMonkey wherever he's present. Somebody give this man a hug!

* TheWoobie: If you've seen the many films and ''The Abbott and Costello Show'', they really showcase how Costello may be the most miserable comedy protagonist in the history of entertainment. His friend Abbott treats him with as doormat than an equal and tends to use him as pawn, which shows that Costello is in a toxic friendship; Costello also goes through so much comedic slapstick as if he's portrayed as this Cosmic Plaything to the point where he has no purpose in live but to be a Butt-Monkey wherever he's present. Somebody give this man a hug!

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The operator in the telephone sketch. When Costello asks for "Alexander 4444", she says that the line is busy, in which Costello questions when every other person in his apartment is able to call without any problems. Either [[{{Jerkass}} the operator wanted to]] [[kickTheDog toy with Costello]], or that Field's Employment Agency was closed at that time, ''or'' that [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic she didn't want to waste her time with a guy like him]].

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The operator in the telephone sketch. When Costello asks for "Alexander 4444", she says that the line is busy, in which Costello questions when every other person in his apartment is able to call without any problems. Either [[{{Jerkass}} the operator wanted to]] [[toy with Costello]], or that Field's Employment Agency was closed at that time, ''or'' that [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic she didn't want to waste her time with a guy like him]].

** In the first skit of the "Who's On First" show, Abbott dismisses Costello's girl-chasing ways by asking "Where do you think UsefulNotes/BenjaminFranklin would be if he thought of girls all the time?". Considering what we [[KavorkaMan now]] [[ReallyGetsAround know]] about Franklin's personal life, that question is pretty much moot.

* HilariousInHindsight: In ''One Night in the Tropics'', the main character's name is [[UsefulNotes/CanadianPolitics Stephen Harper]].