
The Abbott and Costello Show — Season 2
Nov 07, 1953
1. The Paper Hangers
Nov 07, 1953To pay back rent, Bud and Lou attempt to wallpaper an apartment. Later, as waiters in a restaurant, they brawl with hoodlums.
25m
2. Uncle Bozzo's Visit
Nov 14, 1953Lou's eccentric opera singing uncle comes to stay with the boys for a couple of months.
25m
3. In Society
Nov 21, 1953A 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.
25m
4. Life Insurance
Nov 28, 1953Mr. 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.
25m
5. Pest Exterminators
Dec 05, 1953Bud and Lou are pest exterminators mistaken for psychiatrists when they attend to Mrs. Featherton's "aunts."
25m
6. Killer's Wife
Dec 12, 1953When 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.
25m
7. Cheap Skates
Dec 19, 1953Bud and Lou accidentally buy a crate of roller-skates, not knowing that they have stolen diamonds hidden inside.
25m
8. South of Dixie
Dec 26, 1953Lou accidentally lands himself and Bud roles in a Civil War melodrama.
25m
9. From Bed to Worse
Jan 02, 1954Bud and Lou attempt to plant a backyard garden in order to win a cash prize offered by a civic group.
25m
10. $1,000 TV Prize
Jan 09, 1954Lou 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.
25m
11. Amnesia
Jan 16, 1954Lou 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.
25m
12. Efficiency Experts
Jan 23, 1954Bud 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.
25m
13. Car Trouble
Jan 30, 1954When Lou wins a car, Bud sells it to buy a cheaper one, using the profits to try to finance a vacation in Flint, Michigan.
25m
14. Wife Wanted
Feb 06, 1954When 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.
25m
15. Uncle from New Jersey
Feb 13, 1954When 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.
25m
16. Private Eye
Feb 20, 1954After receiving his private eye diploma from the Watchdog Correspondence School, Lou helps a friend locate some valuable bonds in a haunted house.
25m
17. The Tax Return
Feb 27, 1954Lou 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.
25m
18. Public Enemies
Mar 06, 1954Lou is mistaken for a crook named Dapper Dan and is forced to take part in a robbery.
25m
19. Bank Holdup
Mar 13, 1954Bud 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.
25m
20. Well Oiled
Mar 20, 1954Bud and Lou help Mr. Fields, who is being threatened with a lawsuit. Lou poses as a Texas millionaire to help discredit the complainant.
25m
21. The Pigeon
Mar 27, 1954Bud and Lou's beautiful next door neighbor uses Lou as a decoy to help break up with her mobster boyfriend.
25m
22. Honeymoon House
Apr 03, 1954When 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.
25m
23. Fencing Master
Apr 10, 1954A mad scientist's experiment convinces Lou that he is indestructible.
25m
24. Beauty Contest Story
Apr 17, 1954When Bud and Lou judge a beauty contest, pressure is applied to sway their votes.
25m
25. Fall Guy
Apr 24, 1954Bud and Lou want to take two sisters on a date but their father convinces the boys to put an antenna on his roof instead.
25m
26. Barber Lou
May 01, 1954Lou 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.
25m