Posted Oct 2, 2019 at 11:30 AM PDT by
Steven Cohen
All 28 classic comedies will be boxed up in an 80th Anniversary set this November!
As previously reported, Shout Select is bringing Abbott & Costello: The Complete Universal Pictures Collection to Blu-ray, and now the set's supplements have been revealed. Likewise, though the release date was originally listed for November 5, the 15-disc set is now scheduled to arrive on November 19.
Get ready to laugh out loud with the most popular comedy duo of all time in Abbott & Costello: The Complete Universal Pictures Collection! All 28 films produced during the height of their popularity at Universal Pictures are here in one collection. Featuring their most popular movies, such as Buck Privates, Who Done It? and Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein, this collection is filled with some of the most hilarious routines of all time, including "Who's on First?"! Loaded with hours of bonus features and an exclusive collectible book, this is the ultimate tribute to two of the funniest and most enduring comedians of all time!
The collection will include:
- Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
- Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
- Abbott and Costello Lost in Alaska
- Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
- Buck Privates
- Buck Privates Come Home
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
- Comin’ Round the Mountain
- Here Come the Co-Eds
- Hit the Ice
- Hold that Ghost
- In Society
- In the Navy
- It Ain’t Hay
- Keep ‘Em Flying
- Little Giant
- Mexican Hayride
- One Night in the Tropics
- Pardon My Sarong
- Ride ‘Em Cowboy
- The Naughty Nineties
- The Time of Their Lives
- The Wistful Widow
- Who Done It?
Supplements will include:
- 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 interview 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
- 10 Audio Commentaries
- Still Galleries
- Production Notes
You can find the latest specs for Abbott & Costello: The Complete Universal Pictures Collection (80th Anniversary Blu-ray Edition) linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it is indexed under November 19.