The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show is an American half-hour animated series of the famous comedy duo that aired in syndication from September 9, 1967 to June 1, 1968. Each of the 39 individual ...

One fateful day in 1936, Lou Costello’s usual straight man—a performer by the name of Joe Lyons—had to bail on an appearance that they’d booked together at The Eltinge theater, so ...

Take the story about Bud Abbott, veteran burlesque performer best known for his partnership with the dithering man-child Lou Costello. A pre-Costello Abbott, when left stranded by a star performer who ...

Lou Costello did not think twice about leaving his door wide open for servicemen. "My mother would sometimes walk out to the den area, look out and there’d be people around the pool," the late ...

Abbott and Costello #2 (St. John, 1948)Archer St. John entered the magazine publishing business in 1941 with wartime aviation magazine Air News, and later with Flying Cadet. Flying Cadet is ...