Volume 3 of The Best of Abbott & Costello is the one DVD in the collection that you should buy if you can only buy one. It features several bona fide classics as well as a few lesser known movies made by the comedy duo. There is not a single clinker on this DVD.
Things get started with what most people consider to be Abbott & Costello’s masterpiece: Abbott & Costello Meet the Frankenstein. Anyone who was disappointed by the Eddie Murphy movie Haunted Mansion, or who thinks that Ghostbusters is the ultimate combination of horror and comedy needs to see this movie. It is simply wonderful. The title is misleading, however, since it is mostly Dracula and the Wolf Man whom A&C meet.
And get this, Dracula is played by none other than Bela Lugosi! The Wolf Man is played by Lon Chaney, Jr., who played the same role in a series of straight horror films. What is most amazing about this movie that it contains not one single routine by Bud & Lou in the traditional sense. Most of the greatness of A&C’s movies revolve around those routines, but because this story is song strong and because the characters are so good, it doesn’t need routines. If you haven’t seen this movie, now is the time.
Next up is Mexican Hayride. This is considered a lesser effort by many fans, but I disagree. There are some incredibly funny sequences in this movie. For one thing, every time Lou hears a samba, he begins to dance against his will. This makes for a hysterical sequence later on. And then there’s the scene featuring Lou in drag as he makes tortillas in a roadside stand. And the scene where Lou is taught diction may not be as funny as a similar scene in Steve Martin’s Pink Panther, but it’s still good. Don’t believe any negative review; see this for yourself and you will laugh.
Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff must rank as the weirdest title of any of their movies. In fact, with very few exceptions, I can’ think of many movies that feature the name of an actor who appears in the movie within the title. (Being John Malkovich springs instantly to mind.)
Things get started with what most people consider to be Abbott & Costello’s masterpiece: Abbott & Costello Meet the Frankenstein. Anyone who was disappointed by the Eddie Murphy movie Haunted Mansion, or who thinks that Ghostbusters is the ultimate combination of horror and comedy needs to see this movie. It is simply wonderful. The title is misleading, however, since it is mostly Dracula and the Wolf Man whom A&C meet.
And get this, Dracula is played by none other than Bela Lugosi! The Wolf Man is played by Lon Chaney, Jr., who played the same role in a series of straight horror films. What is most amazing about this movie that it contains not one single routine by Bud & Lou in the traditional sense. Most of the greatness of A&C’s movies revolve around those routines, but because this story is song strong and because the characters are so good, it doesn’t need routines. If you haven’t seen this movie, now is the time.
Next up is Mexican Hayride. This is considered a lesser effort by many fans, but I disagree. There are some incredibly funny sequences in this movie. For one thing, every time Lou hears a samba, he begins to dance against his will. This makes for a hysterical sequence later on. And then there’s the scene featuring Lou in drag as he makes tortillas in a roadside stand. And the scene where Lou is taught diction may not be as funny as a similar scene in Steve Martin’s Pink Panther, but it’s still good. Don’t believe any negative review; see this for yourself and you will laugh.
Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff must rank as the weirdest title of any of their movies. In fact, with very few exceptions, I can’ think of many movies that feature the name of an actor who appears in the movie within the title. (Being John Malkovich springs instantly to mind.)
- Features their masterpiece A&C Meet Frankenstein.
- There is not a single disappointing movie on this disc.
- Features such co-stars as Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney, Jr. and Tom Ewell.
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