Chicago – I have a confession — I grew up watching Abbott & Costello movies. I can remember watching them at a very early age and getting into the hysterical verbal jousting of two stellar movie comedians. The timing in some of the best bits from Bud Abbott & Lou Costello is simply amazing. And watching it again, in their breakthrough debut “Buck Privates,” a film in the Universal 100th Anniversary Collection series of Blu-rays and the first Abbott & Costello movie in HD, I was stunned at how much I still loved it. Abbott & Costello rock.
Blu-ray Rating: 4.5/5.0
“Throw your chest out, private.”
“I’m not through with it yet.”
If that silly exchange of verbal wordplay doesn’t make you smile, don’t bother with “Buck Privates.” Here, let’s try another one:
“You got three dollars?”
“Roughly speaking.” [Pause.] “When you smooth it out, I got a buck.”
Personally, I find that kind of silly,...
Blu-ray Rating: 4.5/5.0
“Throw your chest out, private.”
“I’m not through with it yet.”
If that silly exchange of verbal wordplay doesn’t make you smile, don’t bother with “Buck Privates.” Here, let’s try another one:
“You got three dollars?”
“Roughly speaking.” [Pause.] “When you smooth it out, I got a buck.”
Personally, I find that kind of silly,...
- 4/23/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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