History Creator / AbbottAndCostello

** Though their relationship was strained in their later years, there were a few moments of AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther, if you knew where to look. Abbott volunteered at Costello's charity as an attempt to bury the hatchet and, when Costello died of a heart attack, Abbott backed out of a revival project with Candy Candido playing Costello's role, claiming that there was no one who could truly replace Lou.

** Though their relationship was strained in their later years, there were a few moments of AwwTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther, if you knew where to look. Abbott volunteered at Costello's charity as an attempt to bury the hatchet and, when Costello died of a heart attack, Abbott backed out of a revival project with Candy Candido playing Costello's role, claiming that there was no one who could truly replace Lou.

[[caption-width-right:315:Bud Abbott (right) and Lou Costello (left)]]

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Costello's not the sharpest tool in the shed, but he's not exactly stupid either, and DependingOnTheWriter he sometimes has scenes where he skillfully outwits people who only think he's just a moron - ''Whodunit'' in particular has him do this several times during the climax.

** And, unofficially, the [[Looney Tunes]] characters Babbit and Catstello, who started out as mice (in Creator/BobClampett's ''A Tale of Two Kitties'') before being redesigned as cats (in Creator/FrankTashlin's ''A Tale of Two Mice'' and Creator/RobertMcKimson's ''The Mouse-Merized Cat'').

** In ''Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy'', their characters were called Peter Patterson and Freddie Franklin, respectively--at least according to the credits, which was the only place those names were used.

** In ''Abbott And Costello Meet The Mummy'', the comedians's characters were Peter Patterson and Freddie Franklin, respectively--according to the credits, anyway, which was the only place those names were used.

* TheDanza: In many of their later works, they skipped the intermediaries and just played characters named "Bud Abbott" and "Lou Costello".

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were a ComedyDuo who worked together from 1935 to 1957, starting out in {{burlesque}} theatre and expanding into radio, television and films. They're best known for their signature routine, "Baseball", [[WhosOnFirst in which Abbott attempts to tell Costello about a baseball team whose players have confusing nicknames like "Who" and "What"]]. ("[[TropeNamers Who's on first?]]" "Yes.")

* ''Film/PardonMySarong'' (1942)

In 1940 they appeared together in a supporting role in the film ''One Night in the Tropics'', and stole the show. The following year, they had their first star vehicle, ''Buck Privates''. They went on to make over 30 films, remaining top-10 box office draws for the next decade. They also starred in ''[[TheEponymousShow The Abbott and Costello Show]]'', a weekly TV sitcom-cum-sketch show that ran in syndication from 1952-54.

In 1940 they appeared together in a supporting role in the film ''One Night in the Tropics'', and stole the show. The following year, they had their first star vehicle, ''Buck Privates''. They went on to make over 30 films, remaining top-10 box office draws for the next decade. They also starred in ''The Abbott and Costello Show'', a weekly TV sitcom-cum-sketch show that ran in syndication from 1952-54.

In 1940 they appeared together in a supporting role in the film ''One Night in the Tropics'', and stole the show. The following year, they had their first star vehicle, ''Buck Privates''. They went on to make over 30 films, remaining top-10 box office draws for the next decade. They also starred in ''The Abbott and Costello Show'', a weekly half-hour sketch comedy.

* InsaneTrollLogic: The basis of the sketch where [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfGNLoZ0LEY Costello proves that 7 x 13 = 28!]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'' has two characters named Falstaff and Truck who act like raccoon versions of Abbot and Costello.

* ''RobinHoodMenInTights'' has a scene where an abbot is greeted with Costello's catchphrase.

* PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo: In a routine involving a stolen necklace.