The BEST episodes of The Abbott and Costello Show
Every episode of The Abbott and Costello Show ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Abbott and Costello Show!
Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields’ boarding house. Lou’s girlfriend Hillary lives across the hall. Many situations arise leading to slapstick and puns.
#1 - The Wrestling Story
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/27/1953
Lou and Stinky agree to settle their differences with a wrestling match. When Stinky becomes ill, his little brother Ivan the Terrible takes his place.
#2 - $1,000 TV Prize
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/9/1954
Lou 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.
#3 - Well Oiled
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/20/1954
Bud and Lou help Mr. Fields, who is being threatened with a lawsuit. Lou poses as a Texas millionaire to help discredit the complainant.
#4 - Honeymoon House
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/3/1954
When 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.
#5 - Beauty Contest Story
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/17/1954
When Bud and Lou judge a beauty contest, pressure is applied to sway their votes.
#6 - Barber Lou
Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/1/1954
Lou 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.
#7 - Killer's Wife
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/12/1953
When 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.
#8 - South of Dixie
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/26/1953
Lou accidentally lands himself and Bud roles in a Civil War melodrama.
#9 - The Drug Store
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/5/1952
Bud and Lou find jobs in Fields' drugstore and nearly wreck the place. This episode opens with the famous "Jonah and the Whale" routine.
#10 - Alaska
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/9/1953
When news arrives that Lou's uncle has struck gold in Alaska, Bud and Lou plan to help him spend it.
#11 - The Dentist's Office
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/12/1952
When Lou gets a toothache he attempts to get arrested so he can receive free treatment while incarcerated.
#12 - The Vacuum Cleaner Salesman
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/16/1953
Bud and Lou visit an employment agency run by Mr. Fields' brother, who gives Lou a job selling vacuum cleaners door to door.
#13 - Bank Holdup
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/13/1954
Bud 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.
#14 - From Bed to Worse
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/2/1954
Bud and Lou attempt to plant a backyard garden in order to win a cash prize offered by a civic group.
#15 - Pest Exterminators
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/5/1953
Bud and Lou are pest exterminators mistaken for psychiatrists when they attend to Mrs. Featherton's "aunts."
#16 - The Vacation
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/26/1952
Bud and Lou head off to the Biltmore Hotel near Phoenix for a vacation. "Hertz U-Drive" and the "Pack-Unpack" routines are performed.
#17 - The Charity Bazaar
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/6/1953
Bud and Lou participate in Hillary's charity bazaar, raising money with the "shell game." Lou blows his money at the kissing booth.
#18 - Getting a Job
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/3/1953
Bud and Lou are hired to deliver hats to the Susquehanna Hat Company on Floogle Street and encounter several lunatics on the way. Also, Stinky attempts to kill Lou by backing him into traffic. The "Loafing" routine is performed.
#19 - The Haunted House
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/20/1953
Hillary will inherit a castle if she spends one night there. Bud and Lou come along with her for protection and Lou is scared out of his mind by frightful encounters.
#20 - Jail
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/19/1952
Lou damages Mrs. Crumbcake's waterpail and she drags him into court claiming .79 cents in damages. In jail, Lou's crazed cellmate becomes enraged whenever he hears "Niagara Falls."
#21 - Pots and Pans
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/30/1953
Working as a door-to-door cookware salesman, Lou prepares a dinner for his friends in hopes of moving some product. However, his honest culinary efforts are met with disaster.
#22 - The Birthday Party
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/2/1953
Lou throws a birthday party for himself, but nearly poisons his guests when he puts ant paste on his hors d'oeurves instead of anti pasto. Bud throws him out and Lou consoles himself by ordering a giant decorated cake.
#23 - The Western Story
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/13/1953
Bud and Lou accept Hillary's invitation to visit her uncle's B-Bar-Bop ranch.
#24 - Fall Guy
Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/24/1954
Bud and Lou want to take two sisters on a date but their father convinces the boys to put an antenna on his roof instead.
#25 - The Music Lovers
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/13/1953
Lou attempts to impress Hillary and her father with his musical abilities. While pretending to perform, Bud falls asleep and ruins the scheme.