Abbott & Costello, Joe Kirk, Bingo the Chimp - The Banana Sketch

[From "Kovacs Corner" on YouTube.com] - Bud and Lou attempt the purchase three bananas for Bingo the Chimp. but Mr Bacciagalupe is using the same trading skills as Bernie Madoff. In real life Joe Kirk was Lou's brother-in-law. Born Ignacio "Nat" Curcuruto, the bulk of Joe Kirk's early film career consisted of playing bit parts, often uncredited, in low budget productions. Typical roles for him were "ethnic" Sicilian-Americans...gangsters, bartenders, bookies, and henchmen. He appeared in several films produced at Monogram Pictures, including "Spooks Run Wild" (1941), "Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc." (1941), "Mr. Wise Guy" (1942), and "Smart Alecks" (1942). He was occasionally billed as "Joseph I. Kirk", the "I" standing for his birth-name, Ignacio. Through his marriage to Marie Cristillo, the sister of Lou Costello, Kirk secured steady appearances (albeit in small roles) in Abbott and Costello films. His more prominent parts included the pet shop owner in "Rio Rita" (1942), Honest Dan the Bookie in "Here Come the Co-Eds" (1946), the shady real estate agent in "Buck Privates Come Home" (1947) and Dr. Orvilla in "Abbott and Costello Go to Mars" (1953). Kirk continued acting through the late 1950s, with appearances in "The Jackie Robinson Story" (1950), the 1956 Bowery Boys comedy "Hot Shots" and Fritz Lang's drama "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" (1956). He also took small roles in television shows such as "Adventures of Superman", "Sheriff of Cochise" and "U.S. Marshal", before retiring from show business in 1958. Joe died on April 16, 1975 in Los Angeles, California.

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Comedy

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• Bud
• Abbott
• Lou
• Costello
• Joe
• Kirk
• Bingo
• the
• Chimp
• Classic
• TV
• bananas
• Italian
• Mr
• Bacciagalupe
• pushcart
• math
• monkey

[501columbus]

How could Abbott fall for 3 for 25

[rolko52]

@501columbus That's because Lou was buying!

[TheREIMaverick]

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[rolko52]

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[QuechuaWind]

and i thought my math was bad XD

[d4seasons]

hey costello, you should ask for 5 bananas. when he counts to 3 take those 3 away immediately. ha ha ha****

[E1craZ4life]

Costello knows the error in the vendor's math, yet he doesn't see his flaw in calculating 7 x 13 as 28.

[joemysteryguitar]

Wow, I can't believe somebody put these skits up. Fantastic. Seinfeld and other later day comics have acknowledged the greatness and influence of Abbott and Costello. When I see these skits it just supports the obvious. A and B are one of the greatest comic duos ever and this show was groundbreaking. Yes, a lot of this stuff based on vaudeville material but who cares. It is consistently funny. And what a great cast- Kirk, Jones, Fields etc. Wow, Sid Fields wrote a lot of these shows. Greatness.

[beggin1967]

Ya gotta sing it!

[SplitSniper7]

Haha you can't argue with that logic xP

[TheFrontrowkid]

Bingo the Chimp was brought onto the show for a little extra comedy, but he got bounced after one season because he bit Costello. Guess he didn't like the idea of the short pudgy guy wearing the same suit and hat as he did. Not sure but I think that "One Banana and Two Banana Make Three" goes back to Bud and Lou's burlesque days. There was an expression then of "Top Banana" which meant the lead actor in a burlesque routine.

[beggin1967]

ya gotta sing it !