Abbott and Costello film shoots were probably fairly easy for the directors, because the films are rife with comedy bits like these. Just about every skit like this had been done in their act, so when the scene called for it, they would pull out an old gem and go for it.
Bud and Lou had probably the best comedy team of all tiime. There are only a few in their league.
It seems comedy today is mainly comprised of fart jokes, saying a swear word in a funny way, sex jokes, etc
That's all fine every now and again, but I miss the old days of comedy. It was a bit predictable if the joke went on long enough as to how it ended at times, but as a whole it was much more effective. These two were geniuses. There just seemed to be more effort and heart put in and in a way that was suitable for everyone.
Right after the man lost his money the second time, for a minute there I thought for sure he was going to pull out a gun on them or something lmao, wrong century!
Another reason why I like watching Abott and Costello =)
@LoneComrad personally I'd skip the end of your statement and just say, Abbott & Costello are the best! My personal favorites anyways, from as far back as I can remember. The others were good too though!
He started the bet wrong- the person who you're betting against needs to be holding the money, so you can take the money from 'nobody' (since that person isn't there).
To fromthesidelines: I didn't see your comment before I posted my first comment, but you're spot on: "The Noose Hangs High". And you're also correct that it's from 1948, and not 1944 as I posted! I love this movie. I remember it from my childhood!!
I think this is from "The Noose Hangs High" (1948), where they revived that old burlesque chestnut, "Ten Dollars You're Not Here" [which they later used on "THE COLGATE COMEDY HOUR" and their filmed TV series]. That's veteran screen "heavy" Mike Mazurki opposite them...
Lmao
ellysuax3 1 month ago
Poooooooooo thaa
bad123r 3 months ago
Classic comedy means this
bad123r 3 months ago
One of their best skits
Coziap 4 months ago
wow boy, did costello got some brains to think of that money idea. haha love them.
123sweetgigimusic 4 months ago
WAYYY TOOO SMART
anjir1 4 months ago
Yah! Go Lou!
TheBookWorm1718 6 months ago
A&C lovers hopefully have seen the classic routine with Sidney Fields telling Lou about life on a farm...Laugh out loud stuff!
geo2301able 6 months ago
epic!
Arrested101 6 months ago
@LoneComrad you can't forget Lucy
wario7414 7 months ago
Pure comedy
Technifiletric 8 months ago
Abbott and Costello film shoots were probably fairly easy for the directors, because the films are rife with comedy bits like these. Just about every skit like this had been done in their act, so when the scene called for it, they would pull out an old gem and go for it.
Bud and Lou had probably the best comedy team of all tiime. There are only a few in their league.
5jerry1 8 months ago
Haha genius!
SplitSniper7 9 months ago
Abbott was the funniest straight man a loveable scoundrel
5t00g 9 months ago
I won 10 bucks from my friend for playing this trick on them. =P
Str4t0sPh3rE 9 months ago
lmfaooo
jadan18 9 months ago
Happy Days used the same routine when they did a show for the leopard lodge.
scott82 10 months ago
6 people thought they were here....
PhatManForTheWin 11 months ago
Damn! Lou got you!
shadowmadness53 11 months ago
the big guy got owned lol
whitedragonnr1 1 year ago 4
Nobody could pull off a scam like Bud Abbott.
PinstripeShirt 1 year ago 3
hey look, 5 idiots watched this video :P
Pnkrker1 1 year ago
I figured Lou was going to win the bet somehow.
I looks like 5 people who watched this are someplace else...
FrodothePuppet 1 year ago
@FrodothePuppet
It's now six. Carlos Mencia got his Internet privileges back.
Suzaku000 1 year ago
EPIC punchline
NotStoopid0228 1 year ago
Classic
keydetpiper 1 year ago
It seems comedy today is mainly comprised of fart jokes, saying a swear word in a funny way, sex jokes, etc
That's all fine every now and again, but I miss the old days of comedy. It was a bit predictable if the joke went on long enough as to how it ended at times, but as a whole it was much more effective. These two were geniuses. There just seemed to be more effort and heart put in and in a way that was suitable for everyone.
balrog13571 1 year ago 8
ROTFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! epic fail
Sweetheartbabez 1 year ago
lmfao nobody does comedy like this guy does
imonaboat36 1 year ago
I would marry Lou!
MyBeatles4ever1 1 year ago
EPIC FAIL. Rofl so funny.
ussmissouri63 1 year ago
Right after the man lost his money the second time, for a minute there I thought for sure he was going to pull out a gun on them or something lmao, wrong century!
Another reason why I like watching Abott and Costello =)
WallflowerChild 1 year ago
10 bucks says that someone tried this
norsefireV 1 year ago 3
Rare to see Costello get to one-up someone else. :)
MrRecklessBehavior2 2 years ago 4
This is one way to help yourself while you wait for your stimulus check.
TheWealthTransfer 2 years ago 7
hahhaa
teehonky 2 years ago
lol i love these guys
paganspixie 2 years ago 3
haha they were both in on it
insanekoolness2 2 years ago 2
Ill bet you 10 bucks Bud abbot And Lou Costello are the best classic actors. Besides the 3 stooges, and Marx brothers.
LoneComrad 2 years ago 50
@LoneComrad and the little rascals XD
ilovetosing013 1 year ago
@LoneComrad Don't forget Martin and Lewis!!!
joshflitterfan 1 year ago
@LoneComrad personally I'd skip the end of your statement and just say, Abbott & Costello are the best! My personal favorites anyways, from as far back as I can remember. The others were good too though!
MarkusB6969 9 months ago
@LoneComrad no sane person with any intelligence would bet against you!
5t00g 9 months ago
@LoneComrad I don't think they are beside any of them, Since they all died such a long time ago. So how can they be besides any one!
spoung45a 7 months ago
@LoneComrad Before you bet your money, watch Laurel & Hardy in such classics as "Berth Marks",
"County Hospital", "The Music Box" and "Them Thar Hills". Abbott & Costello were good & made you
chuckle, but Laurel & Hardy made people ROFL!
(The big guy in the sketch above was Mike Mazurki).
GooglFascists 7 months ago
i love smart comedy
SYB3RPUNK 2 years ago 14
"BRILLIANT"! - A good play on words, as most of their sketches are.
kestrelferry49 2 years ago 2
awesome :)
MidnightCardinal 2 years ago
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omg thats funny
marluxia331 2 years ago 2
He started the bet wrong- the person who you're betting against needs to be holding the money, so you can take the money from 'nobody' (since that person isn't there).
EretzvajuFan 2 years ago 3
LOL!
I've never seen this! What's this from? A movie of their's or one of their episodes?
zikki4eva 2 years ago
This is from their act.
BondFreek 2 years ago
It's from the movie "The Noose Hangs High".
chalomirof63 2 years ago 2
I've never heard of that one!
zikki4eva 2 years ago 2
Who gave me two thumbs down??? Why? This IS from "The Noose Hangs High!!"
chalomirof63 2 years ago 2
OWNED!
zulu012 2 years ago
i did this and got the cash but then had to dash. angry loser on the hunt
thejama326 2 years ago 3
Time to earn some cash in class. :3
Zerathil 2 years ago 2
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lol pretty funny
orenmcgrath 2 years ago
haha, wata freakin loser
pointlessmike 2 years ago
owned
chinchou9 2 years ago
LOL
dav231988 2 years ago
Make sense to me.
b42baritone 2 years ago 3
I love doing this to people
skatepunkzero 2 years ago 3
owned
Fuutonquick 2 years ago
I tried doing this to my sister, but she was so blonde, that it went entirely wrong.
GigaSpinoTrex 2 years ago 6
LOLOL!!!
lovesbela 2 years ago 2
i remember this joke being on an episode of happy days
deadboy126 3 years ago
That was epic.
kiminokami 3 years ago 3
lol
footballdude721 3 years ago
classic!
PointWells 3 years ago 8
I agree! :-)
Janusmannen 3 years ago
Why don't we have this type of comedy anymore? :'(
Sputters 3 years ago 61
Because people thing bodily functions, cursing, and dirty/insulting jokes are funny now.
WingedGuardian11 3 years ago
They did then, too.
mackincheese 3 years ago
I want the next Abbot and Costello
SuperGlucose 3 years ago 2
There'll never be another Abbott and Costello. Only people who come close to them.
speakingtruly 2 years ago 7
what about, Dean Martin & Jerry lewis?
and Jackie Gleason & Art carney?
they were just as Good/Funny
Raymasaki 2 years ago
@Sputters we got no talented ppl sad :(
kevinlu3 1 year ago
@Sputters Be cause writers lack inspiration and originality. They only know fart jokes...
TzeffNL 1 year ago
I lUv ThIS oNe!!!!
lmso
NYCfinestfuego 3 years ago
HAHAH!!! daz jks :)
anaccem 3 years ago
love you lou!!!!
henhao1972 3 years ago 2
The big "lug" was Max Baer, heavyweight boxer who fought a good fight with Joe Louis.
terribletc 3 years ago
Nope. That's Mike Mazurki, wrestler and actor.
SmokestackJones 3 years ago
Nope. That's the late great Mike Mazurki, character actor and pro wrestler.
SmokestackJones 3 years ago
OMG!!! i did not see that ending coming lol >:D that is the greatest abbot and costello EVER!!!!
kane52com 3 years ago 5
all i can say is.. OWNED
t0kes42o 3 years ago 7
wow that is my second favorite of abbot and costello my favorite is my bonnie
wowmarykate 3 years ago 3
OMG, i thot the 1st part : "ur not here" was funny.... but the "who took ur money?" was absolutely hilarious!!!
I3eanz 3 years ago 5
Thw next part is proving you don't exist.
Do you breathe. etc. lol
sirtinycreep 3 years ago
How did they think of those insane gags. LOL.
sirtinycreep 3 years ago 4
AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!!!!!!
kovahk 3 years ago 2
LMFAO
nejithepwnzor 3 years ago 3
halarious!!
5/5
panicad 3 years ago 4
LOL! They Are Crazy!
D.Dreams
DuetsDreams 3 years ago 2
That guy's huge.
LikuX 3 years ago
Word
zt29a1 3 years ago 2
yeah, that's why they always cast Mike Mazurki
as a thug...because he was huge! lol
Lacroix67 3 years ago
He was awesome as the psycho killer Splitface in the orignal Dick Tracy, and as Moose Malloy.
anton1990 3 years ago
He looks about 6 '5
sirtinycreep 3 years ago
i love these guys
iownawiianditkool 3 years ago 2
lovely
matttie62 3 years ago 2
To fromthesidelines: I didn't see your comment before I posted my first comment, but you're spot on: "The Noose Hangs High". And you're also correct that it's from 1948, and not 1944 as I posted! I love this movie. I remember it from my childhood!!
chalomiro63 3 years ago
OMG, thats so funny
deu2e 3 years ago
who knows the name of this scence or has a link to the script.
the youtube title isnt right
adamloria 3 years ago
adamloria: This scene is from an A&C movie called "The Noose Hangs High" - one of their best - I believe from 1944. Cheers.
chalomiro63 3 years ago
im guna pull that one on my boss
BennyWalrus 3 years ago
haha thats funnyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!
APC42 3 years ago 2
this is the hardest one everrrrrr tight tight tight tight
dandada14 3 years ago 2
XD Poor thug. He never knew what hit him.
BanditRingtail23 3 years ago 3
sooooo funny
deu2e 3 years ago 2
wow. he got Pwn3d
mpchatary 3 years ago 4
lol, that's awesome
Mirnum007 3 years ago 3
a & c.....the best of all time!!!
bohotc 4 years ago 9
haha love them
pokey413 4 years ago 7
this is so perfect
idunnoanddontcare 4 years ago 9
I think this is from "The Noose Hangs High" (1948), where they revived that old burlesque chestnut, "Ten Dollars You're Not Here" [which they later used on "THE COLGATE COMEDY HOUR" and their filmed TV series]. That's veteran screen "heavy" Mike Mazurki opposite them...
fromthesidelines 4 years ago 5
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chalomirof63 2 years ago
What is the title of this movie?
Jerseycheesehead 4 years ago 3
Have you tried your speaker volume?
kiva713 4 years ago 4
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DrWoody2 4 years ago
i love this
SylvesterMarkus 4 years ago 8