Giveaway — Legends of Laughter: Abbott & Costello
“Who’s on First?” is one of my favorite Abbot & Costello sketches. I have always found their movies hilarious. That is why I find the first release in a series of classic Hollywood comedy collector’s sets, Legends of Laughter: Abbott & Costello, worth placing it in my DVD player every now and then for an upbeat moment. The DVD arrives on the streets January 26, 2010 and Screenhead has 4 copies as a giveaway.
Burlesque entertainers “Bud” Abbott and Lou Costello first teamed in 1936, going on to become one of the greatest and most enduring comedy teams in showbiz history—stars of radio, film and television (helping pioneer the fledgling medium) throughout the ’40s and ’50s.
So immensely popular were the funnymen, their personal efforts during a 1943 World War II Bond Drive helped deliver an astounding $89 million in just three days ($1 billion+ today)!
During a 20-year partnership, the tall and slim Abbott’s devious, acerbic and exasperated straight man was counterpoint to the pudgy Costello’s dim-witted, child-like, stumbling demeanor. Their style of knockabout comedy and precision, rapid-fire wordplay set the side-splitting framework for their most-famous routines, including “Who’s on First?” (often called the greatest comedic skit of all time), “Two Tens for a Five,” “Hertz U-Drive” and “Fleeing Flu.”
This special, six-disc collector’s set includes extremely rare bloopers from film and TV; 17 celebrity-studded episodes of The Abbott & Costello Show on radio (1942-49), a 1943 World War II PSA, “The Autobiography of a Jeep”; the feature films Africa Screams (1949) and Jack and the Beanstalk (1952); 20 classic movie trailers, charting their careers from 1940-59; and 14 TV episodes, hosted by the duo, of the Colgate Comedy Hour (1951-54).
Appearances by:Marlene Dietrich; Errol Flynn; Lucille Ball; Lon Chaney, Jr.; Jane Russell; Veronica Lake; Rudy Vallee; Louis Armstrong; Dorothy Lamour; Peter Lorre; Hedda Hopper; Bella Lugosi; Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake (Blondie & Dagwood); Joe Besser and Shemp Howard (Three Stooges); Charles Laughton, Peggy Lee; The Andrew Sisters; Hoagy Carmichael; Alan Hale, Alan Ladd; Victor Borge; Les Paul and Mary Ford; Rhonda Fleming; Gale Storm; The Nicholas Brothers; Mel Blanc; Clyde Beatty; and more!
Screenhead has 4 copies of Legends of Laughter: Abbott & Costello giveaway. Post your name and we will pick the winner Friday, February 22, 2010.
i’ve always been a big fan of abbott and costello
Awesome, my mom and dad love their comedy. I’d love to win this for them!
Classic comedy, yee haw!
Funny Guys !!
Would like to add this to my collection. Thank You
I have great memories from my childhood of watching these guys.
i grew up with these old shows..and i can mention them around my teen..and he dont have an ideal in the world what or who im talking about..
classic comedy
I love their routines.
Happy Weekend!
These guys are a hoot I would love to own one of these
I would love to reminisce about the good ole days of Abbott & Costello. Please let me win one. Thanks for offering this sweeps.
Sounds like a great DVD wit lots of laughs.
I would love to add this to my collection-thanks so much!
Please I’d me. I would love to win.
I’d love to win.
I love Abbott & Costello. Looks like a great DVD.
Thank you for the Great giveaway please count me in
watched them as a kid… fingers crossed
their routines are timeless
I love them. There will never be another pair like them!
Please enter me
These guys are hilarious. I would love to watch this.
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I love the Abbot and Costello dr jeckle and mr hyde…. “are you a man or a mouse?” “a mouse”
I’m in it for the rare takes! Thank you!
I love Abbott & Costello. Used to watch them on TV all the time, but they don’t show them anymore…such a shame. They were hilarous!
Would love to have this.
Love to win this. Thanks!
Would love to win! My dad made sure that I grew up to appreciate Abbott & Costello!
sound great I loved to watch them on rainy saturdays when I was a kid
this was one of my favorites as a kid
I even have a t shirt with “Who’s on first” on it.
what a classic
It looks like no one will win this contest as the winner was to be selected on Friday, February 22, 2010.
The date will not happen.
I would love to win this, thanks for the chance!
Retro laughs! I’d love some good ole’ fashioned humor!
I would love to see this!
Abbott and Costello were true comic geniuses. I would love to own this DVD.
Abbott & costello were great. I would love to win the DVd.
I just watched a similar movie and howled with laughter. It brough back all the old memories. Thanks for the opportunity to win.