The Abbott and Costello Show

Season 2

26 episodes · Nov 7, 1953

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  • The Paper Hangers
    S2E1

    The Paper Hangers

    Nov 7, 1953

    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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  • Uncle Bozzo's Visit
    S2E2

    Uncle Bozzo's Visit

    Nov 14, 1953

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

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  • In Society
    S2E3

    In Society

    Nov 21, 1953

    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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  • Life Insurance
    S2E4

    Life Insurance

    Nov 28, 1953

    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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  • Pest Exterminators
    S2E5

    Pest Exterminators

    Dec 5, 1953

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

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  • Killer's Wife
    S2E6

    Killer's Wife

    Dec 12, 1953

    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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  • Cheap Skates
    S2E7

    Cheap Skates

    Dec 19, 1953

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

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  • South of Dixie
    S2E8

    South of Dixie

    Dec 26, 1953

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

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  • From Bed to Worse
    S2E9

    From Bed to Worse

    Jan 2, 1954

    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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  • $1,000 TV Prize
    S2E10

    $1,000 TV Prize

    Jan 9, 1954

    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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  • Amnesia
    S2E11

    Amnesia

    Jan 16, 1954

    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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  • Efficiency Experts
    S2E12

    Efficiency Experts

    Jan 23, 1954

    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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  • Car Trouble
    S2E13

    Car Trouble

    Jan 30, 1954

    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.

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  • Wife Wanted
    S2E14

    Wife Wanted

    Feb 6, 1954

    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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  • Uncle from New Jersey
    S2E15

    Uncle from New Jersey

    Feb 13, 1954

    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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  • Private Eye
    S2E16

    Private Eye

    Feb 20, 1954

    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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  • The Tax Return
    S2E17

    The Tax Return

    Feb 27, 1954

    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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  • Public Enemies
    S2E18

    Public Enemies

    Mar 6, 1954

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

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  • Bank Holdup
    S2E19

    Bank Holdup

    Mar 13, 1954

    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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  • Well Oiled
    S2E20

    Well Oiled

    Mar 20, 1954

    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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  • The Pigeon
    S2E21

    The Pigeon

    Mar 27, 1954

    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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  • Honeymoon House
    S2E22

    Honeymoon House

    Apr 3, 1954

    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.

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  • Fencing Master
    S2E23

    Fencing Master

    Apr 10, 1954

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

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  • Beauty Contest Story
    S2E24

    Beauty Contest Story

    Apr 17, 1954

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

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  • Fall Guy
    S2E25

    Fall Guy

    Apr 24, 1954

    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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  • Barber Lou
    S2E26

    Barber Lou

    May 1, 1954

    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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