Product Details

• Actors: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello
• Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Good Times Video
• DVD Release Date: December 3, 2002
• Run Time: 313 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006RCMM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #186,725 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

05-83144 Abott & Costello DVD 4 Pack Abbott and Costello in the Movies See America’s funniest comedy team in rare movie trailers, hilarious highlights, belly-busting bloopers, and scenes from their starring feature films, all the way from first (Buck Privates) to last (Dance With Me, Henry). Approximately 92 minutes Color and Black & White includes: The Abbott and Costello Show Abbott and Costello are at their finest and funniest as the hosts of this live 1954 episode of The Colgate Comedy Hour, with their gorgeous guests, Jane Russell, Rhonda Fleming, Connie Haines and Beryl Davis. Approximately 60 minutes Black and White Jack and the Beanstalk The immortal Bud Abbott and Lou Costello give this favorite fable a zany new twist when Costello nods off while babysitting a little boy and enters the story, which then shifts into glorious color like The Wizard of Oz. Approximately 82 minutes Color and Sepia Tone Africa Screams America’s favorite dim-witted duo hits the jungle trail in this journey into hilarity from director Charles Barton, whose nine films with Bud and Lou include the classic horror spoof Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Approximately 79 minutes Black and White

Customer Reviews

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216 of 221 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Abbott & Costello at their best, July 28, 2003

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Tammy R. Roten "scoobiedo2" (Huntington, WV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Abbott & Costello 4-Pack (DVD)

just wanted to let anyone interested know (as it's not mentioned on this page) that this 4 pack includes the two films "Jack and the Beanstalk" (1952, 78 min.) and "Africa Screams" (1949, 79 min.), episodes of "The Abbott and Costello Show," and the documentary "Abbott and Costello in the Movies."

37 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a Great Compilation, January 26, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Abbott & Costello 4-Pack (DVD)

Unless you are looking for a smattering of several different formats to get feel for A & C, the average consumer and A & C fan would be better-off buying a selected individual movie or the new 8 movie collection coming out in February. The movies included are weak compared to the usual A & C talent-studded endeavors (Jack and the Beanstalk and Africa Screams). These are two of the earlier works - not bad, but not up to their other films, in my opinion. They lack the story quality, settings, and cast of their other films that they manage to work their great humor around so successfully.

The other DVD's weren't bad and include their history of work and lives on one and clips of their television show on the other. Again, OK, but there are so many other great ones available!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars MGM, January 14, 2007

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Anthony J. Langford (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Abbott & Costello 4-Pack (DVD)

Further information regarding the two films in this box, Africa & Jack is that they were made by MGM after the boys were lent out to them; a common practice in the days when stars were contracted to the studios. This is also the reason why these two films are not included on the Universal Box Sets as they were made by MGM. They are not held in high regard, the humour is thin and sparse and lacks the magic of some of the others.