| 1 | * 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 can 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]]. |
| 2 | * JustHereForGodzilla: Likely the only reason most people want to see Abbott and Costello's first film, ''One Night in the Tropics'', is for them. Critics praised them (leading to their film career) while otherwise disliking the film. |
| 3 | * HilariousInHindsight: |
| 4 | ** In ''One Night in the Tropics'', the main character's name is [[UsefulNotes/CanadianPolitics Stephen Harper]]. |
| 5 | ** In the first skit of the "Who's On First" show, Abbott dismisses Costello's girl-chasing ways by asking "Where do you think Creator/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. |
| 6 | ** One scene from ''It Ain't Hay'' had Wilbur Hoolihan (Costello) say that [[BreakingTheFourthWall 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. |
| 7 | * TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Joe Besser and Shemp Howard, best known as being two of the six actors from Film/TheThreeStooges, both appear in ''Africa Screams'' but only get about two minutes of screen time together. |
| 8 | * 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 rather than as 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! |
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