The Abbott and Costello Show

Season 2

TV-G

Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields' boarding house. Lou's girlfriend Hillary lives across the hall. Any premise would lead to slapstick, puns, lots of gimmicks from their movies.

26 Episodes

The Paper Hangers
E1
The Paper HangersTo pay back rent, Bud and Lou attempt to wallpaper an apartment. Later, as waiters in a restaurant, they brawl with hoodlums.
Uncle Bozzo's Visit
E2
Uncle Bozzo's VisitLou's eccentric opera singing uncle comes to stay with the boys for a couple of months.
In Society
E3
In SocietyA 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.
Life Insurance
E4
Life InsuranceMr. 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.
Pest Exterminators
E5
Pest ExterminatorsBud and Lou are pest exterminators mistaken for psychiatrists when they attend to Mrs. Featherton's "aunts."
Killer's Wife
E6
Killer's WifeWhen 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.
Cheap Skates
E7
Cheap SkatesBud and Lou accidentally buy a crate of roller-skates, not knowing that they have stolen diamonds hidden inside.
South of Dixie
E8
South of DixieLou accidentally lands himself and Bud roles in a Civil War melodrama.
From Bed to Worse
E9
From Bed to WorseBud and Lou attempt to plant a backyard garden in order to win a cash prize offered by a civic group.
$1,000 TV Prize
E10
$1,000 TV PrizeLou 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.
Amnesia
E11
AmnesiaLou 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.
Efficiency Experts
E12
Efficiency ExpertsBud 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.
Car Trouble
E13
Car TroubleWhen Lou wins a car, Bud sells it to buy a cheaper one, using the profits to try to finance a vacation in Flint, Michigan.
Wife Wanted
E14
Wife WantedWhen 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.
Uncle from New Jersey
E15
Uncle from New JerseyWhen 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.
Private Eye
E16
Private EyeAfter receiving his private eye diploma from the Watchdog Correspondence School, Lou helps a friend locate some valuable bonds in a haunted house.
The Tax Return
E17
The Tax ReturnLou 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.
Public Enemies
E18
Public EnemiesLou is mistaken for a crook named Dapper Dan and is forced to take part in a robbery.
Bank Holdup
E19
Bank HoldupBud 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.
Well Oiled
E20
Well OiledBud and Lou help Mr. Fields, who is being threatened with a lawsuit. Lou poses as a Texas millionaire to help discredit the complainant.
The Pigeon
E21
The PigeonBud and Lou's beautiful next door neighbor uses Lou as a decoy to help break up with her mobster boyfriend.
Honeymoon House
E22
Honeymoon HouseAbbott builds a prefab house for Costello who is about to be married. Unknown to him, two drunk college students alter the numbers on the crates. The house is built according the incorrect numbers and ends up being a disaster, with slanted floors, missing walls, and a whole host of other comical problems. When Costello, his fiancee, and future in-laws come to visit, the slapstick comedy begins.
Fencing Master
E23
Fencing MasterA mad scientist's experiment convinces Lou that he is indestructible.
Beauty Contest Story
E24
Beauty Contest StoryAfter Bud and Lou are appointed as judges of the Miss Mud Turtle Beauty contest, they are pressured by Mr. Fields to pick the landlord's niece and a gangster to choose his moll as the winner and are faced with losing either their apartment or their lives.
Fall Guy
E25
Fall GuyAfter Bud and Lou fail miserably as door-to-door salesmen, their landlord recruits them to earn $100 as "beards" by taking out a beautiful pair of sisters on behalf of a couple hoodlum types. In order to please their father, an eccentric ornithologist, the boys try to install a birdcage-shaped TV antenna on the chimney, where they run into conflict with a feisty roofer, the two impatient toughs, and the inescapable law of gravity.
Barber Lou
E26
Barber LouAfter helping out their neighbor, Mrs. Bronson ('Renie Riano (I)'), in an amateur play directed by her, Bud (Bud Abbott) decides that he needs needs a relaxing rubdown and makes the mistake of enlisting Lou (Lou Costello)to give him the massage.