This holiday season, every Universal Pictures film from the most popular comedy duo of all time comes home when
Abbott and Costello: The Complete Universal Pictures Collection hits Blu-ray™ for the first time as a complete collection on November 19, 2019 from Shout! Factory.
The Complete Universal Pictures Collection comes loaded with bonus features, including 10 new audio commentaries, a collectible book, and a bonus disc with more than eight hours of content. Celebrating the 80th anniversary of Abbott and Costello’s first film One Night in the Tropics, the massive 15-disc set is the ultimate tribute to two of the funniest and most enduring comedians in contemporary history.
Get ready to laugh out loud as this collection comes packed with all 28 of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello’s iconic films from the height of their popularity at Universal Pictures, spanning 1940-1965. Featuring their most popular movies such as Buck Privates, Who Done It? and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, this set is filled with some of the most hilarious routines of all time including “Who’s on First?”!
Disc 1:
ONE NIGHT IN THE TROPICS
· Theatrical Trailer
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
BUCK PRIVATES
· Audio Commentary by authors/film historians Bob Furmanek and Ron Palumbo (Abbott and Costello in Hollywood)
· Theatrical Trailer
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
Disc 2:
IN THE NAVY
· Theatrical Trailer
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
HOLD THAT GHOST
· Audio Commentary by film historian Jeff Miller
· Theatrical Trailer
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
Disc 3:
KEEP ‘EM FLYING
· NEW Audio Commentary by author/film historian Scott Allen Nollen
· Recruitment Short/Theatrical Trailer
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
RIDE ‘EM COWBOY
· NEW Audio Commentary by author/film historian Scott Allen Nollen
· NEW Audio Commentary by author/film historian James L. Neibaur
· Theatrical Trailer
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
Disc 4:
PARDON MY SARONG
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
WHO DONE IT?
· Audio Commentary with film historian Frank Coniff
· Theatrical Trailer
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
Disc 5:
IT AIN’T HAY
· NEW Audio Commentary by author/film historian Scott Allen Nollen
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
HIT THE ICE
· NEW Audio Commentary by author/film historian Scott Allen Nollen
· Theatrical Trailer
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
Disc 6:
IN SOCIETY
· Theatrical Trailer
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
HERE COME THE CO-EDS
· Theatrical Trailer
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
Disc 7:
THE NAUGHTY NINETIES
· NEW Audio Commentary by author/film historian Scott Allen Nollen
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
LITTLE GIANT
· NEW Audio Commentary by author/film historian Scott Allen Nollen
· Theatrical Trailer
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
Disc 8:
THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES
· Audio Commentary with film historian Frank Thompson
· Theatrical Trailer
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
BUCK PRIVATES COME HOME
· Theatrical Trailer
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
Disc 9:
THE WISTFUL WIDOW OF WAGON GAP
· Theatrical Trailer
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN
· Audio Commentary by film historian Gregory William Mank
· Theatrical Trailer
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
Disc 10:
MEXICAN HAYRIDE
· NEW Audio Commentary by author/film historian Scott Allen Nollen
· Theatrical Trailer
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE KILLER, BORIS KARLOFF
· NEW Audio Commentary by author/film historian Troy Howarth
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
Disc 11:
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO IN THE FOREIGN LEGION
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE INVISIBLE MAN
· Theatrical Trailer
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
Disc 12:
COMIN ROUND THE MOUNTAIN
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
LOST IN ALASKA
· Theatrical Trailer
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
Disc 13:
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO GO TO MARS
· Theatrical Trailer
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
· Audio Commentary by film historians Tom Weaver and Richard Serivani
· Theatrical Trailer
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
Disc 14:
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE KEYSTONE KOPS
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE MUMMY
· NEW Audio Commentary by author/film historian Troy Howarth
· Theatrical Trailer
· Still Gallery
· Production Notes
Disc 15:
THE WORLD OF ABBOTT AND COSTELLO
ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET JERRY SEINFELD
ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET THE MONSTERS
Bonus Features:
· NEW Abbott and Costello: Their Lives and Legacy – featuring interviews with Chris Costello (daughter of Lou Costello) and Ron Palumbo (co-author of Abbott and Costello In Hollywood)
· NEW Abbott and Costello: Film Stories – featuring an intervie
w with author/film historian James L. Neibaur (The Monster Movies of Universal Studios)
· NEW Abbott and Costello: Behind the Scenes – Ron Palumbo talks about the various writers and directors
· NEW Abbott & Costello Meet Castle Films - 8 of Abbott and Costello’s best Castle Films 8mm/16mm films
· Outtakes from Pardon My Sarong, It Ain’t Hay, Hit the Ice, Little Giant and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
· The Abbott and Costello Trailer Reel
