The WORST episodes of The Abbott and Costello Show
Every episode of The Abbott and Costello Show ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 Paper Hangers
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/7/1953
To pay back rent, Bud and Lou attempt to wallpaper an apartment. Later, as waiters in a restaurant, they brawl with hoodlums.
#2 - Las Vegas
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/1/1953
Bud and Lou pay $90 for a car and head for Las Vegas, where Lou takes part in a violent game of billiards. The "mudder/fodder" routine is performed.
#3 - The Army Story
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/23/1953
Bud and Lou join the Army, where they recreate their routines from the feature film 'Buck Privates.' "Drill Routine" and "Dice Game" are performed.
#4 - Uncle from New Jersey
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/13/1954
When 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.
#5 - Fencing Master
Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/10/1954
A mad scientist's experiment convinces Lou that he is indestructible.
#6 - Private Eye
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/20/1954
After receiving his private eye diploma from the Watchdo Correspondence School, Lou helps a friend locate some valuable bonds in a haunted house.
#7 - Wife Wanted
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/6/1954
When 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.
#8 - Safari
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/29/1953
When Bingo gets sick, the whole gang travels to Africa to find his parents.
#9 - Efficiency Experts
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/23/1954
Bud 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.
#10 - Police Rookies
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/22/1953
Mike the Cop helps Bud and Lou enroll in the Police Rookie School, where Lou blows up the gymnasium while playing with a hand grenade.
#11 - Uncle Bozzo's Visit
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/14/1953
Lou's eccentric opera singing uncle comes to stay with the boys for a couple of months.
#12 - In Society
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/21/1953
A 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.
#13 - Life Insurance
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/28/1953
Mr. 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.
#14 - Cheap Skates
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/19/1953
Bud and Lou accidentally buy a crate of roller-skates, not knowing that they have stolen diamonds hidden inside.
#15 - Amnesia
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/16/1954
Lou 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.
#16 - Car Trouble
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/30/1954
When Lou wins a car, Bud sells it to buy a cheaper one, using the profits to try to finance a vacation in Flint, Michigan.
#17 - The Tax Return
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/27/1954
Lou 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.
#18 - Public Enemies
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/6/1954
Lou is mistaken for a crook named Dapper Dan and is forced to take part in a robbery.
#19 - The Pigeon
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/27/1954
Bud and Lou's beautiful next door neighbor uses Lou as a decoy to help break up with her mobster boyfriend.
#20 - The Television Show
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/24/1953
Lou is a contestant on a TV quiz show where he wins a pack of bubblegum. Their neighbor slips on a piece of gum and takes them to court.
#21 - Little Old Lady
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/8/1953
Bud and Lou attempt to help an old lady who has been evicted. They raise $300 and she uses the money to bet on a racehorse.
#22 - The Actors' Home
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/15/1953
Bud is taken away to an old actors' home where he and Lou perform their famous "Who's on first?" routine.
#23 - Bingo the Chimp
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/10/1953
Mike the Cop tells Lou that he must have a license for his pet chimp. But Lou accidentally applies for a marriage license.
#24 - Hillary's Birthday
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/17/1953
While shopping for Hillary's birthday present, Lou nearly destroys a grocery store. Later, at her party, Mr. Fields becomes upset about the noise.
#25 - The Politician
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/20/1953
Bud coaches Lou on running for public office, a political campaign that ends with Lou delivering a disastrous speech in a neighborhood park.