Passport Announces Release of the 100th Anniversary Abbott &
In Stores September 5, 2006
Passport
International Entertainment is saluting the 100th
anniversary of Lou Costello's birth with an extraordinary
5-DVD set that includes the entire 1952-1953 first season of
the landmark Abbott & Costello Show. Jerry Seinfeld credits
this TV show with being the inspiration for his own hit
series.
The 26 half-hour episodes are complete, uncut, digitally
remastered, and feature Bud and Lou at their funniest, plus
an unforgettable supporting cast of quirky characters: Sid
Fields, Hillary Brooke, Joe "Stinky" Besser and Gordon "Mike
the Cop" Jones.
The collection also includes rare and intimate,
never-before-seen home movies of Lou Costello and his family
from the 1940s and '50s, many in full color and narrated by
Lou himself - plus the DVD premiere of the recently restored
1948 short 10,000 Kids and a Cop, starring Bud and Lou, as
well as Jimmy Stewart and William Bendix. In addition, Lou's
daughters, Paddy and Chris Costello, share warm and
revealing anecdotes about their father in exclusive
interviews produced expressly for this DVD release. Chris
and Paddy are available for interviews.
Passport DVD programming is distributed in North America
exclusively by Koch Entertainment Distribution (KED). KED is
located in Port Washington, New York.
Title: Abbott & Costello Show - The 100th Anniversary
Collection (5 DVD Set)
Catalog #: DVD-5030
SRP: $39.98
Running Time: 885 minutes - includes 105 minutes of DVD
bonus material
