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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show''}}
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Abbott & Costello Cartoon Show''}}
{{Infobox TV
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|title_card= [[File:A&C title card.png|300px]]
|caption= On-screen title card.
|caption= On-screen title card.
|network= Syndication
|network= Syndication
|prodcompany= [[Hanna-Barbera]]<br />[[RKO General]]
|prodcompany= [[Hanna-Barbera]]<br />[[RKO General]]
|distributor=  
|distributor=  
|released= [[September 9]], [[1967]]–[[October 12]], [[1967]]
|released= [[September 9]], [[1967]]–[[June 1]], [[1968]]
|run_time= 5 minutes
|run_time= 5 minutes
|starring= [[Bud Abbott]]<br />[[Stan Irwin]]
|starring= [[Bud Abbott]]<br />[[Stan Irwin]]
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|director= William Hanna<br />Joseph Barbera
|director= William Hanna<br />Joseph Barbera
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}}
'''''The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show''''',  also known as '''''Abbott and Costello''''', is an animated American television series produced by [[Hanna-Barbera]] and [[RKO General]]. It first aired in syndication. It ran from [[1967]] to [[1968]], airing 39 episodes.  
'''''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 (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.
Since the actual Abbott was near death during production of the series, Costello was more so the focus of the cartoons.
==Music==
==Music==
The music was composed by [[Hoyt Curtin]].
The music was composed by [[Hoyt Curtin]].
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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Title
! Title
! Number
! Original air date
! Air date
|-
|-
| "[[Cops and Saucers]]" / "[[Dog Gone Dog]]" / "[[Go' Go' Goliath]]" / "[[In the Soup]]"
| 1x01
| 1x01
* "[[Cops and Saucers]]"
* "[[Dog Gone Dog]]"
* "[[Go' Go' Goliath]]"
* "[[In the Soup]]"
| [[September 9]], 1967
| [[September 9]], 1967
|-
|-
| "[[The Cloud Monster]]" / "[[The Gravity Grabber]]" / "[[There Auto Be a Law]]" / "[[Tiny Terror]]"
| 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
|-
|-
| "[[Big Bird Break Out]]" / "[[Going Buggy]]" / "[[Sahara You?]]" / "[[The Vikings]]"
| 1x03
| 1x03
* "[[Big Bird Break Out]]"
* "[[Going Buggy]]"
* "[[Sahara You?]]"
* "[[The Vikings]]"
| [[September 23]], 1967
| [[September 23]], 1967
|-
|-
| "[[Down in the Dumps (Abbott & Costello)|Down in the Dumps]]" / "[[Eskimo Pie-Eyed]]" / "[[Lube-a-Tuba]]" / "[[The Forty Thieves]]"
| 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
|-
|-
| "[[Frail Whale]]" / "[[Sitting Pity]]" / "[[Tooth or Consequences]]" / "[[Wizardland]]"
| 1x05
| 1x05
* "[[Frail Whale]]"
* "[[Sitting Pity]]"
* "[[Tooth or Consequences (Abbott & Costello)|Tooth or Consequences]]"
* "[[Wizardland]]"
| [[October 7]], 1967
| [[October 7]], 1967
|-
|-
| "[[Catman on a Hot Tin Roof]]" / "[[Elephantasy]]" / "[[Shutter Bugged Sea Serpent]]" / "[[The Mark of El Zap]]"
| 1x06
| 1x06
* "[[Catman on a Hot Tin Roof]]"
* "[[Elephantasy]]"
* "[[Shutter Bugged Sea Serpent]]"
* "[[The Mark of El Zap]]"
| [[October 14]], 1967
| [[October 14]], 1967
|-
|-
| "[[Kooks and Spooks]]" / "[[Mouse Route]]" / "[[Stand-In Stand-Off]]" / "[[Super Lou]]"
| 1x07
| 1x07
* "[[Kooks and Spooks]]"
* "[[Mouse Route]]"
* "[[Stand-In Stand-Off]]"
* "[[Super Lou]]"
| [[October 21]], 1967
| [[October 21]], 1967
|-
|-
| "[[Dinosaur Dilemma]]" / "[[Frigid Fugitive]]" / "[[The Astro Nuttys]]" / "[[The Industructible Space Suit]]"
| 1x08
| 1x08
* "[[Dinosaur Dilemma]]"
* "[[Frigid Fugitive]]"
* "[[The Astro Nuttys]]"
* "[[The Indestructible Space Suit]]"
| [[October 28]], 1967
| [[October 28]], 1967
|-
|-
| "[[Galoots in Armor Suits]]" / "[[Mighty Midget Mustang]]" / "[[The Bouncing Rubber Man]]" / "[[The Purple Baron]]"
| 1x09
| 1x09
* "[[Galoots in Armor Suits]]"
* "[[Mighty Midget Mustang]]"
* "[[The Bouncing Rubber Man]]"
* "[[The Purple Baron]]"
| [[November 4]], 1967
| [[November 4]], 1967
|-
|-
| "[[Blunderland]]" / "[[Going to Pot]]" / "[[Skyscrapper Napper]]" / "[[The Two Musketeers]]"
| 1x10
| 1x10
* "[[Blunderand]]"
* "[[Going to Pot]]"
* "[[Skyscraper Napper]]"
* "[[The Two Musketeers (Abbott & Costello)|The Two Musketeers]]"
| [[November 11]], 1967
| [[November 11]], 1967
|-
|-
| "[[A Creep in the Deep]]" / "[[Crying High]]" / "[[Germ Squirm]]" / "[[Weird Neighbors]]"
| 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
|-
|-
| "[[Lashed but Leashed]]" / "[[Pigskin Pickle]]" / "[[The Moleman Mine]]" / "[[Two on the Isle]]"
| 1x12
| 1x12
* "[[Lashed but Leashed]]"
* "[[Pigskin Pickle]]"
* "[[The Moleman Mine]]"
* "[[Two on the Isle]]"
| [[November 25]], 1967
| [[November 25]], 1967
|-
|-
| "[[Space Toy Tyrants]]" / "[[The Little Fat Boy Cried Wolf]]" / "[[Wacky Wax Work]]" / "[[Werewolf Whim-Wham]]"
| 1x13
| 1x13
* "[[Space Toy Tyrants]]"
* "[[The Little Fat Boy Cried Wolf]]"
* "[[Wacky Wax Work]]"
* "[[Werewolf Whim-Wham]]"
| [[December 2]], 1967
| [[December 2]], 1967
|-
|-
| "[[A Goose Misuse]]" / "[[Invader Raider]]" / "[[Monster Muddled]]" / "[[Monsterkeet]]"
| 1x14
| 1x14
* "[[A Goose Misuse]]"
* "[[Invader Raider]]"
* "[[Monster Muddled]]"
* "[[Monsterkeet]]"
| [[December 9]], 1967
| [[December 9]], 1967
|-
|-
| "[[Going, Going, Gun!]]" / "[[Paddle Boat Pirate]]" / "[[Road Race Ruckus]]" / "[[Who Needs Arrest?]]"
| 1x15
| 1x15
* "[[Going, Going, Gun!]]"
* "[[Paddle Boat Pirate]]"
* "[[Road Race Ruckus]]"
* "[[Who Needs Arrest?]]"
| [[December 16]], 1967
| [[December 16]], 1967
|-
|-
| "[[Baby Buggy]]" / "[[Drumsticks Along the Mohawk]]" / "[[Gone Ghosts]]" / "[[Hey Abbott!]]"
| 1x16
| 1x16
* "[[Baby Buggy]]"
* "[[Drumsticks Along the Mohawk]]"
* "[[Gone Ghosts]]"
* "[[Hey Abbott!]]"
| [[December 23]], 1967
| [[December 23]], 1967
|-
|-
| "[[A Car is Born]]" / "[[Lumbering Lummoxes]]" / "[[Professor Uncle's Ants]]" / "[[Teenie Weenie Genie]]"
| 1x17
| 1x17
* "[[A Car is Born]]"
* "[[Lumbering Lummoxes]]"
* "[[Professor Uncle's Ants]]"
* "[[Teenie Weenie Genie]]"
| [[December 30]], 1967
| [[December 30]], 1967
|-
|-
| "[[Fish-Hooked]]" / "[[High Wire Lion]]" / "[[Magic Monster]]" / "[[Planet Plant]]"
| 1x18
| 1x18
* "[[Fish-Hooked]]"
* "[[High Wire Lion]]"
* "[[Magic Monster]]"
* "[[Planet Plant]]"
| [[January 6]], 1968
| [[January 6]], 1968
|-
|-
| "[[Baby Shoo]]" / "[[Marauding Mummy]]" / "[[Space Beard]]" / "[[The Long-Long Camper]]"
| 1x19
| 1x19
* "[[Baby Shoo]]"
* "[[Marauding Mummy]]"
* "[[Space Beard]]"
* "[[The Long, Long Camper]]"
| [[January 13]], 1968
| [[January 13]], 1968
|-
|-
| "[[Fumbled Fable]]" / "[[Phantom of the Hoss Opera]]" / "[[Puppet Enemy Number One]]" / "[[Rabbit Grabbers]]"
| 1x20
| 1x20
* "[[Fumbled Fable]]"
* "[[Phantom of the Hoss Opera]]"
* "[[Puppet Enemy Number One]]"
* "[[Rabbit Grabbers]]"
| [[January 20]], 1968
| [[January 20]], 1968
|-
|-
| "[[Phoney Express]]" / "[[The Big Cannon Caper]]" / "[[Vacuum Villain]]" / "[[Throne of a Loss (Abbott and Costello)|Throne of a Loss]]"
| 1x21
| 1x21
* "[[Phony Express]]"
* "[[The Big Cannon Caper]]"
* "[[Vacuum Villain]]"
* "[[Throne of a Loss]]"
| [[January 27]], 1968
| [[January 27]], 1968
|-
|-
| "[[A Guest in the Nest]]" / "[[Concrete Evidence]]" / "[[Glass Reunion]]" / "[[The Lava Monster]]"
| 1x22
| 1x22
* "[[A Guest in the Nest]]"
* "[[Concrete Evidence]]"
* "[[Glass Reunion]]"
* "[[The Lava Monster]]"
| [[February 3]], 1968
| [[February 3]], 1968
|-
|-
| "[[Broom Gloom]]" / "[[Gadzooka]]" / "[[Gone Like the Wind]]" / "[[Merry Misfits]]"
| 1x23
| 1x23
* "[[Broom Gloom]]"
* "[[Gadzooka]]"
* "[[Gone Like the Wind]]"
* "[[Merry Misfits]]"
| [[February 10]], 1968
| [[February 10]], 1968
|-
|-
| "[[Fighting the Clock]]" / "[[Rescue Miscue]]" / "[[Sinister Professor Sinister]]" / "[[The Hound Hounders]]"
| 1x24
| 1x24
* "[[Fighting the Clock]]"
* "[[Rescue Miscue]]"
* "[[Sinister Professor Sinister]]"
* "[[The Hound Hounders]]"
| [[February 17]], 1968
| [[February 17]], 1968
|-
|-
| "[[Bully Billy]]" / "[[Pigs in a Panic]]" / "[[Ship Ahooey]]" / "[[Underworld Whirl]]"
| 1x25
| 1x25
* "[[Bully Billy]]"
* "[[Pigs in a Panic]]"
* "[[Ship Ahooey (Abbott & Costello)|Ship Ahooey]]"
* "[[Underworld Whirl]]"
| [[February 24]], 1968
| [[February 24]], 1968
|-
|-
| "[[Dragon Along]]" / "[[Mounty-Bounty]]" / "[[Password to Panic]]" / "[[Super Terror Strikes Again]]"
| 1x26
| 1x26
* "[[Dragon Along (Abbott & Costello)|Dragon Along]]"
* "[[Mounty-Bounty]]"
* "[[Password to Panic]]"
* "[[Super Terror Strikes Again]]"
| [[March 2]], 1968
| [[March 2]], 1968
|-
|-
| "[[No Place Like Rome]]" / "[[Not So Sweet Sioux]]" / "[[Texas Jack]]" / "[[Follow the Bouncing-Blob]]"
| 1x27
| 1x27
* "[[No Place Like Rome]]"
* "[[Not So Sweet Sioux]]"
* "[[Texas Jack]]"
* "[[Follow the Bouncing-Blob]]"
| [[March 9]], 1968
| [[March 9]], 1968
|-
|-
| "[[Luna Tricks]]" / "[[Pearl-Diving Perils]]" / "[[Picture Frame-Up]]" / "[[The Queen of Diamonds]]"
| 1x28
| 1x28
* "[[Luna Tricks]]"
* "[[Pearl-Diving Perils]]"
* "[[Picture Frame-Up]]"
* "[[The Queen of Diamonds]]"
| [[March 16]], 1968
| [[March 16]], 1968
|-
|-
| "[[Booty Bounty]] / [[Dangerous Buck]] / [[G.I. Jokers]] / [[Tasmanian Terror]]"
| 1x29
| 1x29
* "[[Booty Bounty]]"
* "[[Dangerous Buck]]"
* "[[G.I. Jokers]]"
* "[[Tasmanian Terror]]"
| [[March 23]], 1968
| [[March 23]], 1968
|-
|-
| "[[Gator Baiter]]" / "[[The Fiendish Farmer]]" / "[[The Gadget King]]" / "[[The Ice-Tronauts]]"
| 1x30
| 1x30
* "[[Gaitor Baiter]]"
* "[[The Fiendish Farmer]]"
* "[[The Gadget King]]"
* "[[The Ice-Tronauts]]"
| [[March 30]], 1968
| [[March 30]], 1968
|-
|-
| "[[Rabbit Rouser]]" / "[[Save a Cave]]" / "[[Which Witch is Which (Abbott and Costello)|Which Witch is Which]]" / "[[Wild Man, Wild]]"
| 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
|-
|-
| "[[Doggies by the Dozen]]" / "[[Shooting the Works]]" / "[[Son of Konk]]" / "[[Super Knight]]"
| 1x32
| 1x32
* "[[Doggies by the Dozen]]"
* "[[Shooting the Works]]"
* "[[Son of Konk]]"
* "[[Super Knight]]"
| [[April 13]], 1968
| [[April 13]], 1968
|-
|-
| "[[Bully for Lou]]" / "[[Cherokee Choo Choo]]" / "[[Hotel Suite & Sour]]2 / "[[Rhino Riot]]"
| 1x33
| 1x33
* "[[Bully for Lou]]"
* "[[Cherokee Choo Choo]]"
* "[[Hotel Suite & Sour]]"
* "[[Rhino Riot]]"
| [[April 20]], 1968
| [[April 20]], 1968
|-
|-
| "[[Carnival of Menace]]" / "[[Shoo-Shoes]]" / "[[Teensys Weensys]]" / "[[Tragic Magic (Abbott and Costello)|Tragic Magic]]"
| 1x34
| 1x34
* "[[Carnival of Menace]]"
* "[[Shoo-Shoes]]"
* "[[Teensy Weensys]]"
* "[[Tragic Magic (Abbott & Costello)|Tragic Magic]]"
| [[April 27]], 1968
| [[April 27]], 1968
|-
|-
| "[[Get 'Im, Tiger!]]" / "[[Hullaba-Lou]]" / "[[Mountain Mischief]]" / "[[The Drastic Driller]]"
| 1x35
| 1x35
* "[[Get 'Im, Tiger!]]"
* "[[Hullaba-Lou]]"
* "[[Mountain Mischief]]"
* "[[The Drastic Driller]]"
| [[May 4]], 1968
| [[May 4]], 1968
|-
|-
| "[[Gorilla Thriller]]" / "[[The Eighth Dwarf]]" / "[[Turkish Daffy]]" / "[[Yankee Doodle Dudes]]"
| 1x36
| 1x36
* "[[Gorilla Thriller]]"
* "[[The Eighth Dwarf]]"
* "[[Turkish Daffy]]"
* "[[Yankee Doodle Dudes]]"
| [[May 11]], 1968
| [[May 11]], 1968
|-
|-
| "[[Rodeo Rumpus]]" / "[[Run of DeMille Pictures]]" / "[[Super Car]]" / "[[The Sinister Stinger]]"
| 1x37
| 1x37
* "[[Rodeo Rumpus]]"
* "[[Desert Danger]]"
* "[[Super Car]]"
* "[[The Sinister Stinger]]"
| [[May 18]], 1968
| [[May 18]], 1968
|-
|-
| "[[Bad Day at High Noon]]" / "[[Magic Mix-Up]]" / "[[Shock Treatment]]" / "[[Tom All-Thumbs]]"
| 1x38
| 1x38
* "[[Bad Day at High Noon]]"
* "[[Magic Mix-Up]]"
* "[[Shock Treatment]]"
* "[[Tom All-Thumbs]]"
| [[May 25]], 1968
| [[May 25]], 1968
|-
|-
| "[[Pinocchio's Double Trouble]]" / "[[Private General Nuisance]]" / "[[Starlight Starfright]]" / "[[Trigger Tricks]]"
| 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)|Himself]]
* [[Bud Abbott]] as [[Bud Abbott (character)|himself]]
* [[Stan Irwin]] as [[Lou Costello]]
* [[Stan Irwin]] as [[Lou Costello]]


[[Category:Abbott and 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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The Abbott & Costello Cartoon Show
A&C title card.png
On-screen title card.
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
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.

References

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