Abbott and Costello

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comedy duo entertainment duo

Abbott and Costello were a hugely popular American comedy duo, best known for their rapid-fire wordplay and classic routines like "Who's on First?" that made them film and radio stars in the 1940s and 1950s.

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Abbott and Costello filmography 1
Abbott and Costello films 1

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instanceOf comedy duo ⓘ
entertainment duo ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1950s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1930s ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
era Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

Golden Age of Radio NERFINISHED ⓘ
famousFor Who's on First? routine NERFINISHED ⓘ
baseball-themed wordplay ⓘ
fieldOfWork film ⓘ
radio ⓘ
stage ⓘ
television ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
slapstick ⓘ
vaudeville comedy ⓘ
hasPart Abbott and Costello radio program NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Abbott and Costello Show (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRole Bud Abbott as straight man ⓘ
Lou Costello as comic ⓘ
influenced American television comedy ⓘ
stand-up comedians ⓘ
language English ⓘ
member Bud Abbott NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lou Costello NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature burlesque-style routines ⓘ
rapid-fire wordplay ⓘ
notableWork Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man NERFINISHED ⓘ
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Buck Privates NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hit the Ice NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hold That Ghost NERFINISHED ⓘ
In the Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Keep 'Em Flying NERFINISHED ⓘ
Little Giant NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pardon My Sarong NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ride 'Em Cowboy NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Abbott and Costello Show NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Naughty Nineties NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Time of Their Lives NERFINISHED ⓘ
Who Done It? NERFINISHED ⓘ
Who's on First? NERFINISHED ⓘ
performedIn feature films ⓘ
vaudeville ⓘ
performedOn radio ⓘ
television ⓘ
significantEvent became top box-office stars in early 1940s ⓘ
style straight man and comic dynamic ⓘ

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Laurel and Hardy → influenced → Abbott and Costello ⓘ
Costello → memberOf → Abbott and Costello ⓘ
subject surface form: Lou Costello
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy → partOfSeries → Abbott and Costello ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abbott and Costello films
A Tale of Two Kitties → parodies → Abbott and Costello ⓘ
Buck Privates → starsComedyDuo → Abbott and Costello ⓘ
Buck Privates → partOf → Abbott and Costello ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abbott and Costello filmography