"Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were one of the funniest and most-popular comedy teams of all time. In this delightful 2-disc set, you'll get the best of Abbott & Costello, including two complete feature-length films, Africa Screams and Jack and the Beanstalk, plus two episodes from the first (and best) season of their classic TV show.
AFRICA SCREAMS (1949)
THE ABBOTT & COSTELLO SHOW (1952) Little Old Lady
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (1952)
THE ABBOTT & COSTELLO SHOW (1953) Police Rookie
Disc One
AFRICA SCREAMS (1949) - Bud and Lou travel to the Dark Continent in search of treasure and find more than they bargained for. Directed by Charles Barton (Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein), the film costars a couple of Three Stooges favorites - Shemp Howard and Joe Besser. (79 mins)
THE ABBOTT & COSTELLO SHOW (1952) Little Old Lady Bud and Lou use their raise money to keep an old lady from being evicted, but she uses the dough to bet on the horses! (25 mins.)
Disc Two
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (1952) - In this colorfully comic retelling of the fairy tale, Lou trades the family cow for some of Bud's magic beans and winds up encountering a talking harp, a goose that lays golden eggs, and a fearsome giant (prizefighter Buddy Baer) who lives in a castle atop the fabled beanstalk. (82 mins.)
THE ABBOTT & COSTELLO SHOW (1953) Police Rookie Mike the Cop (Gordon Jones) helps the boys enroll in the police academy which Lou promptly blows up! (25 mins.)
Running Time: Approx. :211 MINS.
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