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	Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein is a classic 1948 comedy/horror film in which characters played by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello deliver large heavy crates to a wax museum only to discover that the contents -- Frankenstein's monster and Dracula -- are neither wax nor dead.
		Chick Young and Wilbur Grey (Abbott and Costello), two baggage clerks, deliver two crates to a house of horrors museum.
		Lou hated the script for "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" and thought it wasn't funny and would be a big bomb.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abbott_and_Costello_Meet_Frankenstein (1556 words)

	Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) aka Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
		Abbott and Costello had steadily made an average of three (sometimes six) films a year together since 1941 and were starting to run out of originality.
		The other Abbott and Costello monster bashes are are Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951), Abbott and Costello Meet Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1953) and Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955).
		The other Universal Frankenstein films are:- Frankenstein (1931), The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Son of Frankenstein (1939), The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) and House of Frankenstein (1944).
	www.moria.co.nz /horror/a&cmeetfrank.htm (702 words)

	Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein: Commedy Legends (1948)
		Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein continues the horror-comedy series and features "the boys" with their usual quota of familiar routines providing the backbone of the plot by becoming Count Dracula's victim for a brain transplant.
		Abbott and Costello, as railroad baggage clerks, receive a strange shipment -- the last remains of Dracula and Frankenstein's monster.
		Blamed for the disappearance, Abbott and Costello follow their trail to the island where not only do they meet up with Dracula (Bela Lugosi) and the Monster (Glenn Strange), but a Mad Scientist wants to switch Costello's brain with that of the Monster.
	www.dvdmg.com /meetfrankenstein.shtml (2008 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein
		Abbott and Costello were among the most successful comics at making the transition from burlesque to film and radio.
		Frankenstein, turned down a reprise of the role because he feared the monsters would only be demeaned and denigrated.
		Universal and everyone involved in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein are exonerated of any charges or liability, and the film is released to a new generation to remember how horror comedy used to be.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/abbottcmf.php (1142 words)

	Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Budd Abbott, Lou Costello, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr.
		Abbott and Costello are the bungling duo who have to battle with the supernatural.
		Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein is a fun no brainer, taking the micky out of all the Universal horror films from the 1930's and 1940's.
	www.vampiremovies.co.uk /reviews/abbottandcostello.htm (1418 words)

	Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
		The drop-off between the funny and endearing Meet Frankenstein and the borderline-unwatchable Meet the Mummy seems astounding, however; it almost appears unthinkable that they were created by the same folks.
		By the time of Meet the Mummy, Abbott and Costello neared the end of their collaboration, and Costello would be dead within a few years.
		Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy appears in an aspect ratio of 1.33:1 on this single-sided, single-layered DVD; due to those dimensions, the image has not been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
	www.dvdmg.com /meetthemummy.shtml (1421 words)

	DVD Review - Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		With this assembly of genre defining cast members, "Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein" became the undisputed authority in the field of horror comedies.
		"Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein" is as funny as it must have been over 50 years ago.
		With slapstick and the Abbott and Costello stick millions have come to love, the film hinges around these two talented comedians.
	www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/abbott_and_costello_meet_frankenstein.shtml (1225 words)

	Horrordvds.com - Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein DVD review
		Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein is without a doubt one of the funniest combinations of horror and comedy ever put on screen, and it can easily hold it's own today alongside such modern horror-comedy classics like Evil Dead 2 and Braindead"/"Dead Alive for it's laugh power.
		Lou discovers a revolving door in the wall where Dracula and Frankenstein are hiding, but when Lou takes Bud through the passageway the monsters get on the other side of the door and end up in the other room.
		Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein is a helluva great movie, and it's gotten a great release from Universal, with an acceptable transfer and a lot of goodies in the supplemental department.
	www.horrordvds.com /reviews/a-m/acmf (1545 words)

	DVD review of Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein - DVD Town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were enormously popular on stage, radio, and screen at the time, among the biggest stars in Hollywood, and needed a new vehicle for their antics.
		The Abbott and Costello film would be his second and final undertaking of the role.
		"Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" was the second-least-expensive film Universal made in 1948 and it became their second-biggest-grossing film of the year.
	www.dvdtown.com /review/Abbott_&_Costello_Meet_Franken/5045/526 (1457 words)

	Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
		Abbott and Costello successfully blend their slapstick comedy with the great monsters of Wolfman (Lon Chaney, Jr.), Frankenstein's monster (Glenn Strange) and Dracula (Bela Lugosi) for what would become a classic of its own.
		Summary-While Abbott and Costello might not be everyone's favorite comedy team, this film shows them at their best, doing what they do best.
		Costello gets choked up and behaves like a child as he sees all the monsters, while Bud, the non-believer, doubts his every word.
	www.dvdcorner.net /html/acfrank.html (700 words)

	Stomp Tokyo Video Reviews - Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
		Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein is a strange film, as it marks the final decline of the Universal horror films (Such as Dracula (1931) and Frankenstein (1934), films which forever defined how we think of these characters) and it marks the high point of the comedy duo Abbott and Costello's film career.
		The delivery of the two crates to the museum is handled by Chick and Wilbur (Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, respectively) who are alone at the museum.
		It was all downhill from Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.
	www.stomptokyo.com /movies/abb-cos-meet-frank.html (917 words)

	Abbott
		Abbott & Costello were one of the greatest comedy teams in the history of show business.
		With Abbott and Costello being a major influence in Jerry Sienfeld's career, as well as with an obvious sprinkling of the duo in his award winning TV show, THE JERRY SEINFELD SHOW, the families in association with George Paige Productions, approached Mr.
		As Abbott & Costello continue to thrive in their long-overdue resurgence, no one has defined the comedy of Abbott and Costello quite as well as Jerry Seinfeld: "If it weren't for Abbott & Costello, many of the wonderful burlesque routines which are a part of the American fabric would have been lost forever.
	www.abbottandcostello.net /nw_biog.asp (917 words)

	Bud Abbott & Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
		Abbott and Costello, as railroad baggage clerks, receive a strange shipment - the last remains of Dracula and Frankenstein's monster.
		Blamed for the disappearance, Abbott and Costello follow their trail to the island, where not only do they meet up with Dracula (Bela Lugosi) and the Monster (Glenn Strange), but a Mad Scientist (Charles Bradstreet) who wants to switch Costello's brain with that of the Monster.
		- Boris Karloff was the obvious first choice for the Frankenstein monster, but he had long since given up the role, he was sixty-five at the time, and he thought the whole idea of a monster parody was demeaning to the creatures.
	www.vampyres-online.com /abbott_costello.html (438 words)

	Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
		Freight handlers Chick Young (Abbott) and Wilbur Grey (Costello) have their worlds turned upside down when crates containing the actual remains of Dracula (the incomparable Bela Lugosi) and the Frankenstein Monster (Glenn Strange) arrive to be shipped to a local house of horrors.
		"Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" is a unique blend of horror and comedy that never cheapens the classic monsters.
		The 33-minute documentary, "Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters" details the rise and fall of Universal's Monsters and the history of America's best loved comedy team, and how they collided in 1948.
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	filmsgraded.com: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Blustering idiot Lou Costello and his bullying friend Bud Abbott become involved with femme fatale Lenore Aubert, who, along with Count Dracula (Legosi) plan an operation to put Costello's brain into the body of Frankenstein's monster (Glenn Strange).
		It also creates a measure of suspense, since Abbott is at the peril of one monster or another many times throughout, often blissfully unaware of the trouble he's in.
		But he would be more entertaining if he acted like the frantic Lou Costello instead, since as it is Frankenstein is mostly as placid as Abe Lincoln seated at his Memorial in Washington D.C. How I felt about it.
	www.geocities.com /filmsgraded/reviews/2005/07/abbott.htm (382 words)

	Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein
		The monsters escape to a "secret hideaway island" and Abbott and Costello are blamed.
		The first of what turned out to be an ongoing series of these horrorific comedies is Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein and it is by far and away the best of the series and probably about the funniest horror spoof out there.
		I'm moving to a town that doesn't have an island castle, a giant costume ball, and a wax museum with Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, and the Wolf Man!" I'm assuming that the Mummy's salary demands were too high and that's why he didn't appear until the classic Abbott & Costello Meet The Mummy.
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	Amazon.com: Abbott & Costello: Meet Frankenstein: Video: Charles Barton,Bud Abbott,Lou Costello,Lon Chaney Jr.,Bela ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein was the first of these summit meetings, although the title is a misnomer.
		Bud Abbott as Chick Young, Lou Costello as Wilbur Grey, Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula, Glenn Strange as The Frankenstein Monster, Lénore Aubert as Dr. Sandra Mornay, Jane Randolph as Joan Raymond, Frank Ferguson as Mr.
		Lou Costello was always the master of strangulated, speechless terror, so putting Abbott and Costello in a movie with the Wolfman, Dracula and the Frankenstein Monster was inspired.
	www.amazon.com /Abbott-Costello-Frankenstein-Charles-Barton/dp/6300181820 (2093 words)

	IGN: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein Review
		Dracula, the mummy, Frankenstein, the wolfman, the invisible man, the creature from the Black Lagoon et.
		So like the genius that decided that chocolate and peanut butter would go good together, someone decided to throw Abbott and Costello into a movie with some of their monster franchises.
		Abbott and Costello are baggage handlers in this movie, who get caught up in a devious plot of Dracula's to put Wilbur's (Costello) brain into the body of Frankenstein's monster, with the wolf man trying to stop him.
	dvd.ign.com /articles/037/037348p1.html (1311 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein [1948]: Video: Charles Barton,Bud Abbott,Lou Costello,Lon Chaney ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		"Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" is the first and the best of the boy's comic team-ups, which does not deserve the reputation it has in some quarters for having made the Universal monsters creatures of ridicule.
		Chaney, who had played the Monster in "Ghost of Frankenstein," volunteered to step in and once again don the makeup and he is the one who re-shot the scene that appears in the movie.
		Abbott refuses to believe in the monsters - until he's chased by them, and Costello is a scream, as its his brain Dracula is after.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Abbott-Costello-Frankenstein-Charles-Barton/dp/B00004VVTP (1381 words)

	DVDFILE.COM: THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON review
		With excellent direction from Charles T. Barton, an Abbott and Costello regular, and fine performances from the original creepers Bela Lugosi (Dracula), Glenn Strange (The Monster) and Lon Cheney, Jr.
		Chick (Abbott) and Wilbur (Costello) are railroad baggage clerks in Florida.
		Pleasant additions are the thoughts of Lou Costello's daughter as well as Bela Lugosi's son.
	www.dvdfile.com /software/review/dvd-video_2/abbottcostello_frankenstein.htm (939 words)

	Cold Fusion Video Reviews: Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein
		By the end of the pseudo-series (1955's Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy), it was pretty clear that these outings were a last ditch effort to wring the last few ticket sales from a series.
		Abbott and Costello were themselves in a bit of a slump, and this movie almost single-handedly pumped twenty years of gas into their careers.
		She's in cahoots with the Count to refurbish the Frankenstein monster by replacing his brain with one so empty, so pliable, that he'll be putty in their hands.
	www.coldfusionvideo.com /a/abbottncostellomeetfrankenstein.html (1118 words)

	Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		There are two schools of thought regarding 'Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein'.
		'Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein', by having The Wolf Man pursuing Dracula and the Monster, and also having Dracula plan to put Lou Costello's brain into the Frankenstein Monster (with the help of the duplicitous Dr. Mornay) provides an extremely satisfactory reason for the various characters coming together.
		Abbott and Costello are very funny, using fewer verbal routines than normal, but doing some highly entertaining slapstick gags, and the supporting cast do very well, notably Frank Ferguson as the blustering McDougal, barely controlling his exasperation at Lou Costello's incompetence.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0040068 (635 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Quick Reviews: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein: Comedy Legends
		But during their heyday in the '40s and '50s, Abbott and Costello were America's preeminent film comedians, translating their popular stage act to several motion pictures and becoming part of the 20th century's pop-culture landscape.
		And, as it happened, in the late '40s Universal realized they had two very marketable items under their roof, as Abbott and Costello were building a popular film career not too far away from a legion of movie monsters who were turning out more and more low-budget, implausible sequels year after year.
		The result, 1948's Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein, was the box-office smash of the year, and a precursor to later funny scare-fests like Ghostbusters and Men in Black.
	www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/a/abbottcostfrank.q.shtml (335 words)

	Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein - Movie Rental Review
		The title is a bit of a misnomer, since Abbott and Costello (as Chick and Wilbur, respectively) spend a lot more time with Dracula and the Werewolf than Frankenstein.
		The vaudeville gags that launched Abbott and Costello into the limelight don't always weather well, but some of the routines adapted for Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein are still funny.
		Frankenstein burns up, evil Sandra is thrown out of a window, and the Werewolf plunges off a cliff with Dracula, but all the violence is mitigated by comic Costello.
	www.commonsensemedia.org /movie-reviews/Abbott-Costello-Meet-Frankenstein.html (726 words)

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