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'''''The Abbott & Costello Cartoon Show''''', also known as '''''Abbott & Costello''''', is an American animated comedy television series produced by [[Hanna-Barbera]] and [[RKO General]]. It first aired in syndication. It ran from [[1967]] to [[1968]], airing 39 episodes that spanned one season. | '''''The Abbott & Costello Cartoon Show''''', also known as '''''Abbott & Costello''''' or '''''Abbott & Costello Cartoons''''', is an American animated comedy television series produced by [[Hanna-Barbera]] and [[RKO General]]. It first aired in syndication. It ran from [[1967]] to [[1968]], airing 39 episodes that spanned one season. | ||
A half-hour show starring the comedy duo, it follows the animated misadventures of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. The two were wildly known for their personalities, with | A half-hour show starring the comedy duo, it follows the animated misadventures of [[Bud Abbott (character)|Bud Abbott]] and [[Lou Costello]]. The two were wildly known for their personalities, with Abbott acting as the cunning straight man, and Costello as the innocent, yet bumbling foil to the former. | ||
The series was originally syndicated by Gold Key Entertainment and [[King World Productions]], with the rights later being acquired by [[Warner Bros. Television Distribution]], who currently holds rights to the cartoon. | |||
Although Warner Brothers holds rights to the cartoon, they haven't done much with it aside from releasing the episode "[[Gadzooka]]" on the DVD, ''[[Best of Warner Bros. 25 Cartoon Collection: Hanna-Barbera]]'' back in [[2013]]. | |||
==Production== | ==Production== | ||
===Development=== | ===Development=== | ||
During production, Bud Abbott, an original actor for the ''Abbott & Costello'' series, provided the voice of his animated self in the hopes of getting some more money. By the time the cartoon was produced, Lou Costello had already passed away, so his voice was done by a close friend named Stan Irwin. | During production, Bud Abbott, an original actor for the ''Abbott & Costello'' series, provided the voice of his animated self in the hopes of getting some more money. By the time the cartoon was produced, Lou Costello had already passed away, so his voice was done by a close friend named Stan Irwin. | ||
Since Abbott was near death, Costello was the | Since the actual Abbott was near death during production of the series, Costello was more so the focus of the cartoons. | ||
==Music== | ==Music== | ||
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{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
! Title | ! Title | ||
! | ! Original air date | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x01 | | 1x01 | ||
* "[[Cops and Saucers]]" | |||
* "[[Dog Gone Dog]]" | |||
* "[[Go' Go' Goliath]]" | |||
* "[[In the Soup]]" | |||
| [[September 9]], 1967 | | [[September 9]], 1967 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x02 | | 1x02 | ||
* "[[The Cloud Monster]]" | |||
* "[[The Gravity Grabber]]" | |||
* "[[There Auto Be a Law]]" | |||
* "[[Tiny Terror (Abbott & Costello)|Tiny Terror]]" | |||
| [[September 16]], 1967 | | [[September 16]], 1967 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x03 | | 1x03 | ||
* "[[Big Bird Break Out]]" | |||
* "[[Going Buggy]]" | |||
* "[[Sahara You?]]" | |||
* "[[The Vikings]]" | |||
| [[September 23]], 1967 | | [[September 23]], 1967 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x04 | | 1x04 | ||
* "[[Down in the Dumps (Abbott & Costello)|Down in the Dumps]]" | |||
* "[[Eskimo Pie-Eyed]]" | |||
* "[[Lube-a-Tuba]]" | |||
* "[[The Forty Thieves]]" | |||
| [[September 30]], 1967 | | [[September 30]], 1967 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x05 | | 1x05 | ||
* "[[Frail Whale]]" | |||
* "[[Sitting Pity]]" | |||
* "[[Tooth or Consequences (Abbott & Costello)|Tooth or Consequences]]" | |||
* "[[Wizardland]]" | |||
| [[October 7]], 1967 | | [[October 7]], 1967 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x06 | | 1x06 | ||
* "[[Catman on a Hot Tin Roof]]" | |||
* "[[Elephantasy]]" | |||
* "[[Shutter Bugged Sea Serpent]]" | |||
* "[[The Mark of El Zap]]" | |||
| [[October 14]], 1967 | | [[October 14]], 1967 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x07 | | 1x07 | ||
* "[[Kooks and Spooks]]" | |||
* "[[Mouse Route]]" | |||
* "[[Stand-In Stand-Off]]" | |||
* "[[Super Lou]]" | |||
| [[October 21]], 1967 | | [[October 21]], 1967 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x08 | | 1x08 | ||
* "[[Dinosaur Dilemma]]" | |||
* "[[Frigid Fugitive]]" | |||
* "[[The Astro Nuttys]]" | |||
* "[[The Indestructible Space Suit]]" | |||
| [[October 28]], 1967 | | [[October 28]], 1967 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x09 | | 1x09 | ||
* "[[Galoots in Armor Suits]]" | |||
* "[[Mighty Midget Mustang]]" | |||
* "[[The Bouncing Rubber Man]]" | |||
* "[[The Purple Baron]]" | |||
| [[November 4]], 1967 | | [[November 4]], 1967 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x10 | | 1x10 | ||
* "[[Blunderand]]" | |||
* "[[Going to Pot]]" | |||
* "[[Skyscraper Napper]]" | |||
* "[[The Two Musketeers (Abbott & Costello)|The Two Musketeers]]" | |||
| [[November 11]], 1967 | | [[November 11]], 1967 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x11 | | 1x11 | ||
* "[[A Creep in the Deep (Abbott & Costello)|A Creep in the Deep]]" | |||
* "[[Crying High]]" | |||
* "[[Germ Squirm]]" | |||
* "[[Weird Neighbors]]" | |||
| [[November 18]], 1967 | | [[November 18]], 1967 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x12 | | 1x12 | ||
* "[[Lashed but Leashed]]" | |||
* "[[Pigskin Pickle]]" | |||
* "[[The Moleman Mine]]" | |||
* "[[Two on the Isle]]" | |||
| [[November 25]], 1967 | | [[November 25]], 1967 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x13 | | 1x13 | ||
* "[[Space Toy Tyrants]]" | |||
* "[[The Little Fat Boy Cried Wolf]]" | |||
* "[[Wacky Wax Work]]" | |||
* "[[Werewolf Whim-Wham]]" | |||
| [[December 2]], 1967 | | [[December 2]], 1967 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x14 | | 1x14 | ||
* "[[A Goose Misuse]]" | |||
* "[[Invader Raider]]" | |||
* "[[Monster Muddled]]" | |||
* "[[Monsterkeet]]" | |||
| [[December 9]], 1967 | | [[December 9]], 1967 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x15 | | 1x15 | ||
* "[[Going, Going, Gun!]]" | |||
* "[[Paddle Boat Pirate]]" | |||
* "[[Road Race Ruckus]]" | |||
* "[[Who Needs Arrest?]]" | |||
| [[December 16]], 1967 | | [[December 16]], 1967 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x16 | | 1x16 | ||
* "[[Baby Buggy]]" | |||
* "[[Drumsticks Along the Mohawk]]" | |||
* "[[Gone Ghosts]]" | |||
* "[[Hey Abbott!]]" | |||
| [[December 23]], 1967 | | [[December 23]], 1967 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x17 | | 1x17 | ||
* "[[A Car is Born]]" | |||
* "[[Lumbering Lummoxes]]" | |||
* "[[Professor Uncle's Ants]]" | |||
* "[[Teenie Weenie Genie]]" | |||
| [[December 30]], 1967 | | [[December 30]], 1967 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x18 | | 1x18 | ||
* "[[Fish-Hooked]]" | |||
* "[[High Wire Lion]]" | |||
* "[[Magic Monster]]" | |||
* "[[Planet Plant]]" | |||
| [[January 6]], 1968 | | [[January 6]], 1968 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x19 | | 1x19 | ||
* "[[Baby Shoo]]" | |||
* "[[Marauding Mummy]]" | |||
* "[[Space Beard]]" | |||
* "[[The Long, Long Camper]]" | |||
| [[January 13]], 1968 | | [[January 13]], 1968 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x20 | | 1x20 | ||
* "[[Fumbled Fable]]" | |||
* "[[Phantom of the Hoss Opera]]" | |||
* "[[Puppet Enemy Number One]]" | |||
* "[[Rabbit Grabbers]]" | |||
| [[January 20]], 1968 | | [[January 20]], 1968 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x21 | | 1x21 | ||
* "[[Phony Express]]" | |||
* "[[The Big Cannon Caper]]" | |||
* "[[Vacuum Villain]]" | |||
* "[[Throne of a Loss]]" | |||
| [[January 27]], 1968 | | [[January 27]], 1968 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x22 | | 1x22 | ||
* "[[A Guest in the Nest]]" | |||
* "[[Concrete Evidence]]" | |||
* "[[Glass Reunion]]" | |||
* "[[The Lava Monster]]" | |||
| [[February 3]], 1968 | | [[February 3]], 1968 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x23 | | 1x23 | ||
* "[[Broom Gloom]]" | |||
* "[[Gadzooka]]" | |||
* "[[Gone Like the Wind]]" | |||
* "[[Merry Misfits]]" | |||
| [[February 10]], 1968 | | [[February 10]], 1968 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x24 | | 1x24 | ||
* "[[Fighting the Clock]]" | |||
* "[[Rescue Miscue]]" | |||
* "[[Sinister Professor Sinister]]" | |||
* "[[The Hound Hounders]]" | |||
| [[February 17]], 1968 | | [[February 17]], 1968 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x25 | | 1x25 | ||
* "[[Bully Billy]]" | |||
* "[[Pigs in a Panic]]" | |||
* "[[Ship Ahooey (Abbott & Costello)|Ship Ahooey]]" | |||
* "[[Underworld Whirl]]" | |||
| [[February 24]], 1968 | | [[February 24]], 1968 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x26 | | 1x26 | ||
* "[[Dragon Along (Abbott & Costello)|Dragon Along]]" | |||
* "[[Mounty-Bounty]]" | |||
* "[[Password to Panic]]" | |||
* "[[Super Terror Strikes Again]]" | |||
| [[March 2]], 1968 | | [[March 2]], 1968 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x27 | | 1x27 | ||
* "[[No Place Like Rome]]" | |||
* "[[Not So Sweet Sioux]]" | |||
* "[[Texas Jack]]" | |||
* "[[Follow the Bouncing-Blob]]" | |||
| [[March 9]], 1968 | | [[March 9]], 1968 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x28 | | 1x28 | ||
* "[[Luna Tricks]]" | |||
* "[[Pearl-Diving Perils]]" | |||
* "[[Picture Frame-Up]]" | |||
* "[[The Queen of Diamonds]]" | |||
| [[March 16]], 1968 | | [[March 16]], 1968 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x29 | | 1x29 | ||
* "[[Booty Bounty]]" | |||
* "[[Dangerous Buck]]" | |||
* "[[G.I. Jokers]]" | |||
* "[[Tasmanian Terror]]" | |||
| [[March 23]], 1968 | | [[March 23]], 1968 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x30 | | 1x30 | ||
* "[[Gaitor Baiter]]" | |||
* "[[The Fiendish Farmer]]" | |||
* "[[The Gadget King]]" | |||
* "[[The Ice-Tronauts]]" | |||
| [[March 30]], 1968 | | [[March 30]], 1968 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x31 | | 1x31 | ||
* "[[Rabbit Rouser]]" | |||
* "[[Save a Cave]]" | |||
* "[[Which Witch is Which (Abbott & Costello)|Which Witch is Which]]" | |||
* "[[Wild Man, Wild]]" | |||
| [[April 6]], 1968 | | [[April 6]], 1968 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x32 | | 1x32 | ||
* "[[Doggies by the Dozen]]" | |||
* "[[Shooting the Works]]" | |||
* "[[Son of Konk]]" | |||
* "[[Super Knight]]" | |||
| [[April 13]], 1968 | | [[April 13]], 1968 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x33 | | 1x33 | ||
* "[[Bully for Lou]]" | |||
* "[[Cherokee Choo Choo]]" | |||
* "[[Hotel Suite & Sour]]" | |||
* "[[Rhino Riot]]" | |||
| [[April 20]], 1968 | | [[April 20]], 1968 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x34 | | 1x34 | ||
* "[[Carnival of Menace]]" | |||
* "[[Shoo-Shoes]]" | |||
* "[[Teensy Weensys]]" | |||
* "[[Tragic Magic (Abbott & Costello)|Tragic Magic]]" | |||
| [[April 27]], 1968 | | [[April 27]], 1968 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x35 | | 1x35 | ||
* "[[Get 'Im, Tiger!]]" | |||
* "[[Hullaba-Lou]]" | |||
* "[[Mountain Mischief]]" | |||
* "[[The Drastic Driller]]" | |||
| [[May 4]], 1968 | | [[May 4]], 1968 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x36 | | 1x36 | ||
* "[[Gorilla Thriller]]" | |||
* "[[The Eighth Dwarf]]" | |||
* "[[Turkish Daffy]]" | |||
* "[[Yankee Doodle Dudes]]" | |||
| [[May 11]], 1968 | | [[May 11]], 1968 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x37 | | 1x37 | ||
* "[[Rodeo Rumpus]]" | |||
* "[[Desert Danger]]" | |||
* "[[Super Car]]" | |||
* "[[The Sinister Stinger]]" | |||
| [[May 18]], 1968 | | [[May 18]], 1968 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x38 | | 1x38 | ||
* "[[Bad Day at High Noon]]" | |||
* "[[Magic Mix-Up]]" | |||
* "[[Shock Treatment]]" | |||
* "[[Tom All-Thumbs]]" | |||
| [[May 25]], 1968 | | [[May 25]], 1968 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 1x39 | | 1x39 | ||
* "[[Pinocchio's Double Trouble]]" | |||
* "[[Private General Nuisance]]" | |||
* "[[Starlight Starfright]]" | |||
* "[[Trigger Tricks]]" | |||
| [[June 1]], 1968 | | [[June 1]], 1968 | ||
|} | |} | ||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
* [[Bud Abbott]] as [[Bud Abbott (character)| | * [[Bud Abbott]] as [[Bud Abbott (character)|himself]] | ||
* [[Stan Irwin]] as [[Lou Costello]] | * [[Stan Irwin]] as [[Lou Costello]] | ||
==Critical reception== | |||
The series was not received well by its viewers, as many found the show to be not very funny nor hardly anything like the original live-action ''Abbott and Costello'' in which it was based on. Many point out that the series also bared similarities to previous Hanna-Barbera series, ''[[Laurel & Hardy]]'', but being less funnier than the latter. | |||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Abbott & Costello]] | [[Category:Abbott & Costello]] | ||
[[Category:Hanna-Barbera]] | [[Category:Hanna-Barbera]] |
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The Abbott & Costello Cartoon Show | |
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Network | Syndication |
Production company | Hanna-Barbera RKO General |
Original release | September 9, 1967–June 1, 1968 |
Run time | 5 minutes |
Starring | Bud Abbott Stan Irwin |
Producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
Writer(s) | Neal Barbera |
Director(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
The Abbott & Costello Cartoon Show, also known as Abbott & Costello or Abbott & Costello Cartoons, is an American animated comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and RKO General. It first aired in syndication. It ran from 1967 to 1968, airing 39 episodes that spanned one season.
A half-hour show starring the comedy duo, it follows the animated misadventures of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. The two were wildly known for their personalities, with Abbott acting as the cunning straight man, and Costello as the innocent, yet bumbling foil to the former.
The series was originally syndicated by Gold Key Entertainment and King World Productions, with the rights later being acquired by Warner Bros. Television Distribution, who currently holds rights to the cartoon.
Although Warner Brothers holds rights to the cartoon, they haven't done much with it aside from releasing the episode "Gadzooka" on the DVD, Best of Warner Bros. 25 Cartoon Collection: Hanna-Barbera back in 2013.
Production
Development
During production, Bud Abbott, an original actor for the Abbott & Costello series, provided the voice of his animated self in the hopes of getting some more money. By the time the cartoon was produced, Lou Costello had already passed away, so his voice was done by a close friend named Stan Irwin.
Since the actual Abbott was near death during production of the series, Costello was more so the focus of the cartoons.
Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.
Episodes
Title | Original air date |
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1x01 | September 9, 1967 |
1x02 | September 16, 1967 |
1x03 | September 23, 1967 |
1x04 | September 30, 1967 |
1x05 | October 7, 1967 |
1x06 | October 14, 1967 |
1x07 | October 21, 1967 |
1x08 | October 28, 1967 |
1x09 | November 4, 1967 |
1x10 | November 11, 1967 |
1x11 | November 18, 1967 |
1x12 | November 25, 1967 |
1x13 | December 2, 1967 |
1x14 | December 9, 1967 |
1x15 | December 16, 1967 |
1x16 | December 23, 1967 |
1x17 | December 30, 1967 |
1x18 | January 6, 1968 |
1x19 | January 13, 1968 |
1x20 | January 20, 1968 |
1x21 | January 27, 1968 |
1x22 | February 3, 1968 |
1x23 | February 10, 1968 |
1x24 | February 17, 1968 |
1x25 | February 24, 1968 |
1x26 | March 2, 1968 |
1x27 | March 9, 1968 |
1x28 | March 16, 1968 |
1x29 | March 23, 1968 |
1x30 | March 30, 1968 |
1x31 | April 6, 1968 |
1x32 | April 13, 1968 |
1x33 | April 20, 1968 |
1x34 | April 27, 1968 |
1x35 | May 4, 1968 |
1x36 | May 11, 1968 |
1x37 | May 18, 1968 |
1x38 | May 25, 1968 |
1x39 | June 1, 1968 |
Cast
Critical reception
The series was not received well by its viewers, as many found the show to be not very funny nor hardly anything like the original live-action Abbott and Costello in which it was based on. Many point out that the series also bared similarities to previous Hanna-Barbera series, Laurel & Hardy, but being less funnier than the latter.