The Best of Abbott & Costello - Volume 1 (DVD, 2004, 2-Disc Set)

I LOVE ABBOTT AND COSTELLO AND ALWAYS HAVE AND IF YOU ARE A FAN OF THEIRS YOU WILL LOVE THIS SET TOO. THIS IS COMEDY WHEN COMEDY WAS COMEDY NOT JUST DISHING OUT TRASH OR CURSING TO TRY TO GET A LAUGH. I HAVE ALL FOR SETS OF THE BEST OF AND THEY ARE ALL KEEPERS.

I am a collector of Vintage and or classic movies, and have all of the Abbott & Costello. These volumes have the advantage of containing 8 videos in one disk which is really convenient, and saves space on the shelf. The quality of these collections are excellent and I am looking forward, to seeing the other movies in volume form (they made 39 films total ).

If you are a fan of William Alexander Abbott and Louis Francis Cristillo or just mildly interested in finding out about this successful comedy team of the 1940's, this is the set to buy. It contains their first and best films. Good supporting players didn't hurt either. In these 8 films they worked with such performers as Nat Pendleton, Dick Powell, the Andrews Sisters, Joan Davis, William Frawley, Lionel Atwill, William Demarest, and 2 of the best-Martha Raye and Shemp Howard. The liner notes are a little misleading, though. It says they became a team in 1931. Not true. Their teaming didn't occur until 1935 or 1936. I also can't agree that they were "undeniably the most popular comedy team of all time!". In my opinion, that honor goes to Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. But this set is still worth buying and watching.

I never knew the collections of Abbott & Costello was out until I ran a search on ebay and found it. I brought it and enjoyed reliving all those fond memories of comedy that was not vulgar by using profanity or obscene acting. My favorite will always be Hold That Ghost. A great collection for all fans of comedy classics.

I am a huge fan of the old Abbott and Costello movies. When I learned that Universal was releasing their movies on multi-packed DVD's, I was elated. I have Vol.1, 3 and 4 already. These are superbly made DVD's with menus, Production notes and trailers. I'm hoping to buy Vol. 2 very soon to complete my collection of Abbott and Costello DVD's. The only two movies not included in this DVD collection is "It Ain't Hay" and "Meet Captain Kidd." Hopefully these will be included soon!