Legends Of Laughter - Abbott & Costello

During a 20-year partnership, the tall and slim Abbott’s devious, acerbic and exasperated straight man was counterpoint to the pudgy Costello’s dim-witted, child-like, stumbling demeanor. Their style of knockabout comedy and precision, rapid-fire wordplay set the side-splitting framework for their most-famous routines, including "Who’s on First?" "Costello Pays Income Tax," "Hertz U-Drive" and "Fleeing Flu."

This special, six-disc collector’s set includes extremely rare bloopers from film and TV; 17 celebrity-studded episodes of The Abbott & Costello Show on radio (1942-49), a 1943 World War II PSA, "The Autobiography of a Jeep"; the feature films Africa Scream (1949) and Jack and the Beanstalk (1952); 20 classic movie trailers charting their careers from 1940-59; and 14 TV episodes, hosted by the duo, of the Colgate Comedy Hour (1951-54).