Smacked around by the landlord - hilarious Abbott and Costello skit!

[Ihatethisugh1]

A hilarious routine. It would have been cool if Costello had found a way to pop a blood packet in his mouth so that his face would have blood all over it when Abbott keeps telling him to turn it on. Maybe they wanted to do that but 1952 rules wouldn't let them.

[beatlejim64]

Classic...1952...

[alto100]

This was so funny I wet my pants!

[E1craZ4life]

Imagine if they had to call cut after Mike punched Costello.

[beggin1967]

Why dont u be like your partner? Look how he sits.Quiet. A gentelman.BUT NO YOU!

[Geostrategic1]

Sid Fields the landlord is so typical LOL!

[chem100]

Absolutely hilarious!!!

[foolycooly94]

That's one psychotic landlord. o_O

[beggin1967]

Hillary Brooke.had six inches on bud abbott! She was beautiful and the only onw that called costello.Louis

[thelighthousekeepr]

2:50 you son of a bitch!

[123sweetgigimusic]

@thelighthousekeepr haha i see where you get that from. but what did they originally said there?

[beggin1967]

All we owe him is about 6months rent! Lol

[Nickcat5]

Mike didn't give him a hand because he really couldn't;this skit was lifted fron 'Buck Privates' with Nat Pendleton as the SGT in the original role that Sid Fields took on here. Sid Fields did alot of the writing but the borrowing of skits from the movies was never lost here.

[Nickcat5]

Mike didn't give him a hand because he really couldn't;this skit was lifted fron 'Buck Privates' with Nat Pendleton as the SGT in the original role that Sid Fields took on here.

[johnnynoirman]

Hillary is a real party girl!

[johnnynoirman]

American citizen from Paterson NJ

That's rarity!

[johnnynoirman]

American citizen from Paterson NJ

That's rareity!

[lightsshade]

Lol so hard

[vinsea1947]

typical of the Cop to continue to enjoy himself with the chick while an assault happens  right in front of him.

[vinsea1947]

where's a cop when you need one?

[karch139]

Sid Fields was the funniest, most underrated comedian in the history of the U.S.

[beggin1967]

@karch139 you r so right my friend,this would have never seen the light of day had it not been for the writing,and comedic skills of sid fields!

[kuwaitNAPNAP]

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[beggin1967]

wheres he gonna step out and find people like us?lol

[jleoblues]

In the book "Lou's on First" Lou Costello was involved in the McCarthy hearings and may have ratted out his writers

[Rammsteinrulz12]

After the third time I woulda told abbott to turn the damn radio on himself

[philipfm]

the best tenants he's got, all we owe him is 6 months rent ha ha

[StrongEnough78]

Damn, poor Lou! LOL That landlord went off on him pimpstyle LOL!

[holycrapolly]

Sid Fields was the best part of the show.

[holycrapolly]

Sid Fields was the best part of the show, and wrote most of the good ones.

[LegoTromboneHero101]

"I'LL LOSE MY PATIENCE! HEHEHEHEHE! OFF!"

"THE NEXT TIME I COME IN, IF I HAVE TO, I GONNA GET ROUGH! KEEP IT OFF!"

"Listen you! Why don't you be like your partner? Look how he sits likea gentleman, quiet, doesn't make any trouble. But no, YOU!"

"SWINE!"

[markm0918]

Man!!! Mr Fields kick the "crap" out of Lou in this one!!!!!

[lcple3]

Swine!!!

[DasGreenCow]

I will lose my patience!!!! ha ha ha!

[hugatag]

I never knew that Hillary Brooks was so tall. It was really nice of her to dance with these idiots! LMAO

[d4seasons]

@hugatag not only she was tall, she was also very pretty. i like the way you said those idiots. it was such a funny show. h. brooke passed away sometime in 1999. i believe she was in her late 70's.

[hugatag]

@d4seasons yes,you know personally I didn't care much for their movies however I found even as a child that their TV show was much funnier and alot had to do with Sid Fields as he wrote many of the TV episodes. A comic genius

[d4seasons]

@hugatag their early movies from 1941 to 1948 were pretty funny. after Frankenstein i didn't like the remaining movies. the comedy was slipping. their 1st season of the tv shows were good. the 2nd season weren't as good. Hillary was gone & so was banchecalute ( costello's real life brother in law ). you know, i just wished before the series was over costello would of beaten the crap out of abbott & mr. fields. laugh & enjoy.****

[hugatag]

Were his best tenants we only owe 6 months rent

[beggin1967]

not true about bud and lou not talking off camera at this time period.when lou lost his son ,it was bud that suggested that the facility that they built and funded to teach kids how to swin and other activities be called the lou costello jr. youth foundation,at this period bud and lou were not speaking to each other, but after buds suggestion,they began speaking again,hey,these guys were together for 21 years.of course they had diffefences

[Psycho9263]

Why don't Costello smack Mr Fields back in his bald ass head of his

[boomcc1]

@Psycho9263 HAHAHAH I KNOW THATS RIGHT LOL

BOOMCC1

[rct126]

I like that when Mr. Fields beats up Lou.

[beggin1967]

why dont u be like your patner?look how he sits? quiet. a gentelman. if u know a better comedy team,let us all know. u wont find it.

[beggin1967]

why dont u be like your patner?look how he sits? quiet. a gentelman. if u know a better comedy team,let us all know. u wont find it.

[beggin1967]

1 thing id for sure,there willNEVERbe another comedy team in history that could be so perfect,bud knew when and how to bring lou back in when he whould go to far with his clowing.t.bud abbott was simply the greatest straight man ever!

[The6000Sabre]

The poor guy.

[JimCimEntertainment]

This made me bust a gut when I saw it as a child in the 60's, and it is even funnier now.

[ilv244]

Hilarious! Poor Costello. XD

[d4seasons]

@ilv244 i just wished L. Costello would of beaten the crap out of mr. fields & abbott. he seems he gets abused all the time. his daughter Chris is in her 60's now. she looks just like him.

[yes18325]

We're the best tenants he's got -- we only owe him about six months rent."

[adc0505]

"What are you worried about? I'm here" Thanks a lot Abbott...

Brilliant, the best comedy TV show in the history of Hollywood.

[Dwotal]

"We're the best tenants he's got. We only owe him about six months rent."

[MrRecklessBehavior2]

Reminds me of a similar scene in A&C's "Buck Privates" (1940).

I was raised on these two! Thanks for uploading it! :) They're kinda slept on nowadays... =(

[bensboogers]

Why does Mr Fields seem to have some schmutz on his face when he comes in?

[sportproducts]

Lou smacks HIMSELF at 0:32!!!

[RPenta]

I know this is bizarro land but, eh, don't you think Mike the Cop should give Lou a hand? Guess everybody's hand is broken except Lou's as they cannot turn the knob of the radio.

[wowinkorporated]

Mike the Cop DID give him a hand.... 6:56

[RPenta]

Too bad he did not give the same hand to Mr. Fields and did not arrest him for assaulting Lou; and for lack of musical taste.

[d4seasons]

mike the cop never liked l. costello.read my review below. even hillary didn't help. mike (gordan jones) played a superhero in 1939. he died young too.****

[Nickcat5]

@RPenta That's why it palyed better in 'Buck Privates' tho it's still funny here!

[Nickcat5]

@Nickcat5 Played that is!

[Nickcat5]

@RPenta Yea, Mike could have stepped in but it should be noted that this was a bit from Buck Privates. Sid Fields wrote some of the scripts for the show & lifting old bits was common. (Besides,Mike didn't like Lou anyway!!)

[Schwarznasen]

TURN THAT OFF! Classic.

[d4seasons]

this was so funny. as i kid i just watched it. now i noticed that mr. fields smacks his own hands. it's phoney but funny, laughable, & enjoyable. also it's a great sound system from a small radio. could you just picture l. costello beating up on abbott & mr. filelds ? just wished it would have happened. enjoy****

[NYVoice]

Bud Abbott was a TERRIFIC straight man. You'd hate him for berating Lou but really you see why Costello signed for Abbott to receive 60% of their salary. Lou said, "Comedians are a dime-a-dozen; but a good straight man is hard to find.".

[fromthesidelines]

"Anti-renter propaganda"? "Mr. Fields" was the WORST landlord ever seen in a situation comedy- greedy, scheming, always hounding Bud & Lou for that "six months back rent", and belittling and belting Lou whenever he felt insulted. Yet Fields remained their "friend"- until the rent was due again. Burlesque comedy always relied on "exaggeration"- and they were experts at it!

[tama1986]

relax its just a comedy show

[fromthesidelines]

This is a variation of an old burlesque routine, "Go Ahead and Sing" [the boys also did a variation of this in "Buck Privates" (1941)].

[5t00g3]

i love when Abbott just sits there and brushes off the chips while Costelle is getting his ass kicked!

[joechristopher2]

JohnKoroly, if there is an "edge" it may have been due to the fact that neither talked to the other at this point of the partnership EXCEPT when they were on stage or camera. Very sad but true.

They also has Sidney Fields writing many of the story lines and scripts. He was exceptionally talented as both a writer and performer. Catch Mr. Fields in the "Jail" episode.

[beatlejim64]

CLASSIC Abbott & Costello!!!

[artpar17]

this is one of the funniest ever. Bud is the best ever in this one

[jzerony]

"All we owe is about six months rent"

[bensboogers]

A lot of smacking, pinching, poking and pushing went on in that world. Seemingly just directed at poor Lou. It IS hilarious though.

[JohnKoroly]

These definitely had more of an edge to them than the movies. They seemed to live in this relentlessly hostile world!