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The Abbott and Costello Show

Season 2

1953 · 26 episodes · 10h 50m in all · 7.5/10

Episodes

  1. 1. The Paper Hangers

    7 Nov 1953 · 25 min · 6.5/10

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

  2. 2. Uncle Bozzo's Visit

    14 Nov 1953 · 25 min · 7.0/10

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

  3. 3. In Society

    21 Nov 1953 · 25 min · 6.5/10

    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.

  4. 4. Life Insurance

    28 Nov 1953 · 25 min · 7.0/10

    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.

  5. 5. Pest Exterminators

    5 Dec 1953 · 25 min · 7.0/10

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

  6. 6. Killer's Wife

    12 Dec 1953 · 25 min · 7.3/10

    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.

  7. 7. Cheap Skates

    19 Dec 1953 · 25 min · 7.0/10

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

  8. 8. South of Dixie

    26 Dec 1953 · 25 min · 7.0/10

    Lou accidentally lands himself and Bud roles in a Civil War melodrama.

  9. 9. From Bed to Worse

    2 Jan 1954 · 25 min · 7.0/10

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

  10. 10. $1,000 TV Prize

    9 Jan 1954 · 25 min · 8.5/10

    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.

  11. 11. Amnesia

    16 Jan 1954 · 25 min · 7.5/10

    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.

  12. 12. Efficiency Experts

    23 Jan 1954 · 25 min · 7.5/10

    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.

  13. 13. Car Trouble

    30 Jan 1954 · 25 min · 7.5/10

    When Lou wins a car, Bud sells it to buy a cheaper one, using the profits to try to finance a vacation in Flint, Michigan.

  14. 14. Wife Wanted

    6 Feb 1954 · 25 min · 7.5/10

    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.

  15. 15. Uncle from New Jersey

    13 Feb 1954 · 25 min · 8.0/10

    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.

  16. 16. Private Eye

    20 Feb 1954 · 25 min · 7.5/10

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

  17. 17. The Tax Return

    27 Feb 1954 · 25 min · 7.5/10

    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.

  18. 18. Public Enemies

    6 Mar 1954 · 25 min · 7.0/10

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

  19. 19. Bank Holdup

    13 Mar 1954 · 25 min · 8.0/10

    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.

  20. 20. Well Oiled

    20 Mar 1954 · 25 min · 8.5/10

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

  21. 21. The Pigeon

    27 Mar 1954 · 25 min · 8.0/10

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

  22. 22. Honeymoon House

    3 Apr 1954 · 25 min · 7.7/10

    When Bud and Mr. Fields help Lou put together a prefab house in order to impress his fiancée and her parents, a jealous former boyfriend sabotages their work.

  23. 23. Fencing Master

    10 Apr 1954 · 25 min · 8.0/10

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

  24. 24. Beauty Contest Story

    17 Apr 1954 · 25 min · 7.5/10

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

  25. 25. Fall Guy

    24 Apr 1954 · 25 min · 7.5/10

    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.

  26. 26. Barber Lou

    1 May 1954 · 25 min · 8.5/10

    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.

The Abbott and Costello Show Season 2: quick answers

How many episodes are in The Abbott and Costello Show Season 2?

Season 2 of The Abbott and Costello Show has 26 episodes, about 11 hours in total.

When did The Abbott and Costello Show Season 2 come out?

Season 2 premiered on 7 Nov 1953.

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