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Abbott & Costello: Lost in Alaska [VHS]

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Watch Lost in Alaska and you will find out why these guys were called the Kings of Comedy. Abbott and Costello try to help their new-found friend reunite with his true love and recover his Gold. They end up careening out of control across Alaska on the world's fastest dog sled and getting into all kinds of trouble.

Lost in Alaska contains some of Abbott and Costello's most clever comedy routines that you won't see in their other movies. Just the part where Costello battles with an alarm clock is worth the price of the video.

And of course there are some of those ridiculous situations that could only work in an Abbott and Costello movie - like an igloo with a kitchen sink and a giant slingshot that launches frozen fish.

Underrated Abbott and Costello film which concerns the boys going to Alaska to assist a firned. Wittier than other entries, maybe because longtime A+C scribe John Grant did not pen the screenplay, and makes very good use of Alaskan locales

This movie is not considered one of A&C's best but I thought it was very funny. Some of the gags are awfully childish but there are some big laughs here. I love the scene where Costello tries to eat the whale meat. Maybe it was second rate in its day, but seems like a classic now.

This is a classic.bud and lou go to alaska to find there friends goldmind.this has some funny routines.some of em are when bud and lou fish and lou pulls bud out the water. lou.. hey tom did you see that fish in the water. bud.. that was me ( slaps lou)

Classic 1952 comedy. Abbott and Costello travel to 1890s Alaska with friend Tom Ewell. The boys try to help Ewell NOT ONLY to win back his sweetheart, but to also save his goldmine from the film's heavy. Again 5 STARS to Bud and Lou for keeping us laughing all these years.

In old San Francisco a fire company passes by and two rescue a drowning man (he has lost the love of Rosette). Their comic skits go on with variations on arithmetic. They all get a laugh from the newspaper story. Next they land at Skagway. Nugget Joe finally meets Rosette the singer. Stillman explains his plans: Rosette marries Joe, then inherits as his widow. Gold can change people. George has beginner's luck at roulette, then loses it all. Next they will travel to an Eskimo village (to continue comic skits). An accident releases their dogs, they are lost in Alaska.

George and Tom don't have luck fishing. They are rescued. George tries whale meat. There is a dance and singing. Tom and George fight so Joe and Rosette can escape. The search among the igloos recalls the game of cups and a hidden ball.
This must be the least funny of their movies. The comic skits are good, but the story is poor.

LOST IN ALASKA
Universal-International Pictures
Release Date: August 1952
Runtime: 76 minutes

Director:
Jean Yarbrough

Produer:
Howard Christie

Writing Credits:
Elwood Ullman
Martin Ragaway
Leonard B. Stern

Cast:

Bud Abbott....Tom Watson
Lou Costello....George Bell
Mitzi Green....Rosette
Tom Ewell....'Nugget Joe' McDermott
Bruce Cabot....Jake Stillman
Emory Parnell....Sherman
Jack Ingram....Henchman
Rex Lease....Old-Timer
Joe Kirk....Henchman
Minerva Urecal....Mrs. McGillicuddy

Music by:
Henry Mancini
Milton Rosen

Cinematography by:
George Robinson

Film Editing by:
Leonard Weiner

Art Direction:
Robert F. Boyle
Bernard Herzbrun

Set Decoration:
Russell A. Gausman
Ray Jeffers

Costume Design by:
Kara

Sound Department:
Leslie I. Carey
Harold C. Lewis

Other Crew:
Harold Belfer....choreographer
Joseph Gershenson....musical director

Plot Summary:

Tom Watson and George Bell are firemen in turn-of-the-century San Francisco who rescue would-be suicide 'Nugget Joe' McDermott. It turns out that Joe is mooning over his former girlfriend, saloon chanteuse Rosette. It also transpires that Joe has just come from Alaska, where he's been searching for $2 million in gold. Tom and George accompany their new friend back to Alaska, where they're forced to dodge the bullets of Joe's old enemies; foremost among these is Jake Stillman. They find the gold, only to lose it all over again.

ROUTINES & HILARIOUS MOMENTS:
Lou's drowning
Sleeping in two hour shifts
Roulette table routine
Ice fishing for each other
Whale meat routine
Fighting off bad guys with frozen fish
Boomerang

Classic 1952 comedy. Abbott and Costello travel to 1890s Alaska with friend Tom Ewell. The boys try to help Ewell NOT ONLY to win back is sweetheart, but also save his goldmine from the films heavy. AGAIN 5 STARS to Bud and Lou for keeping us laughing all these years.a

This Movie was okay.It was Somewhat Pointless but still worth seeing.You will find some seen that will make you laugh