The Abbott and Costello Show

1The Paper Hangers

25 minNov 7, 1953

To pay back rent, Bud and Lou attempt to wallpaper an apartment. Later, as waiters in a restaurant, they brawl with hoodlums.

2Uncle Bozzo's Visit

25 minNov 14, 1953

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

3In Society

25 minNov 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.

4Life Insurance

25 minNov 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.

5Pest Exterminators

25 minDec 5, 1953

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

6Killer's Wife

25 minDec 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.

7Cheap Skates

25 minDec 19, 1953

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

8South of Dixie

25 minDec 26, 1953

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

9From Bed to Worse

25 minJan 2, 1954

Bud and Lou attempt to plant a backyard garden in order to win a cash prize offered by a civic group.

10$1,000 TV Prize

25 minJan 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.

11Amnesia

25 minJan 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.

12Efficiency Experts

25 minJan 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.

13Car Trouble

25 minJan 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.

14Wife Wanted

25 minFeb 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.

15Uncle from New Jersey

25 minFeb 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.

16Private Eye

25 minFeb 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.

17The Tax Return

25 minFeb 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.

18Public Enemies

25 minMar 6, 1954

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

19Bank Holdup

25 minMar 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.

20Well Oiled

25 minMar 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.

21The Pigeon

25 minMar 27, 1954

Bud and Lou's beautiful next door neighbor uses Lou as a decoy to help break up with her mobster boyfriend.

22Honeymoon House

25 minApr 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.

23Fencing Master

25 minApr 10, 1954

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

24Beauty Contest Story

25 minApr 17, 1954

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

25Fall Guy

25 minApr 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.

26Barber Lou

25 minMay 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.