Pre-Order The Abbott and Costello Show Season One (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder (1 Viewer)

[Tony Bensley]

Bud and Lou have arrived in my city, as of last night!

Alas, there's no mail delivery in Canada today due to New Years falling on Saturday this year, but I'm thinking there's a good chance for their Tuesday arrival!!

ABBOTT & COSTELLO GO TO LONDON! (2022):

CHEERS!

 

[Tony Bensley]

Bud and Lou have arrived in my city, as of last night!

Alas, there's no mail delivery in Canada today due to New Years falling on Saturday this year, but I'm thinking there's a good chance for their Tuesday arrival!!

ABBOTT & COSTELLO GO TO LONDON! (2022):

CHEERS!

It's actually now at the delivering Post Office (Probably the Canada Postal Depot just 2.3 km away!) for final sorting!

So near, yet....

"Tomorrow! Tomorrow! You're only a day away!!"

CHEERS!

 

[rmw650]

Tony, trust me, you'll enjoy this show...a hell of a lot better than their movies, in my opinion. Great program and funny throughout!

 

[Tony Bensley]

Tony, trust me, you'll enjoy this show...a hell of a lot better than their movies, in my opinion. Great program and funny throughout!

Ironically, I just fairly recently finally finished viewing the entire first season of "The Abbott & Costello Show" on the complete series DVD set I picked up way back in 2010! Those telecine print transfers are pretty hard to watch on a Flatscreen, so I'm really excited about seeing that season's episodes looking and sounding better than ever, before!

CHEERS!

 

[Tony Bensley]

It's actually now at the delivering Post Office (Probably the Canada Postal Depot just 2.3 km away!) for final sorting!

So near, yet....

"Tomorrow! Tomorrow! You're only a day away!!"

CHEERS!

Item out for delivery as of 9:08 this morning!

CHEERS!

 

[Malcolm R]

Item out for delivery as of 9:08 this morning!

Good for you. If that was handled by the USPS, after arriving in your home town it likely would have been re-routed to take a tour of Saskatchewan.

 

[Tony Bensley]

Good for you. If that was handled by the USPS, after arriving in your home town it likely would have been re-routed to take a tour of Saskatchewan.

I'm really thankful for the 1/2 dozen parcel compartments that were set up in our Apartment building by Canada Post, last year! It's saved us from many more trips to the local postal outlets, that we had to make in the first 18 months after our North Bay to London relocation!!

CHEERS!

 

[Tony Bensley]

My Season 1 Blu-ray set of THE ABBOTT & COSTELLO SHOW arrived intact, but not totally without incident!

Canada Post apparently hired Chick & Wilbur to handle my delivery, the end result of which is evidenced below!

Suffice it to say, I had a bit of an adventure ripping off the cardboard packaging with the Blu-ray set still wedged in our designated small Postal Box! At the end of the day, I ended up having to gently push my A&C Blu-ray set through the open back end of the Postal Box (While making sure I didn’t let it drop into the locked Mailroom, UGH!), until it stuck out far enough that I was able to twist and pull it back through the front end, which I was unable to do when it was wedged at a 45 degree angle!

Thanks, Canada Post!!

As an added bonus, check out the sender's street name!!

Sometimes, you just gotta laugh!!

CHEERS!

 

[Mr. Handley]

Glad you got your set, Tony! Mine is scheduled to arrive by Monday. Somehow, I've managed to avoid watching pretty much ANY A&C over the years. Maybe catching bits and pieces of the movies over the years. The TV show will be totally new to me!

 

[Tony Bensley]

Glad you got your set, Tony! Mine is scheduled to arrive by Monday. Somehow, I've managed to avoid watching pretty much ANY A&C over the years. Maybe catching bits and pieces of the movies over the years. The TV show will be totally new to me!

Thanks, Paul! My little unplanned delivery related adventure is likely something I'll remember for at least a minute!

A quick appraisal of the inner casing and the playing side of each disc didn't reveal any issues, which is all that really matters!

I'm quite sure you'll enjoy these episodes, Paul. Think of Bud Abbott as a kind of straight man's Leo Gorcey, minus the malapropisms and pugnaciousness, if that makes any sense!

CHEERS!

 

[The 1960's]

Canada Post apparently hired Chick & Wilbur to handle my delivery, the end result of which is evidenced below!
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Thanks, Canada Post!!

Sometimes, you just gotta laugh!!

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[brynmill]

Just a quick question as i dont have the blurays ordered yet. I take there were never closing credits for season one? Do these blurays end with the "MCA TV" logo as per the old DVDs

 

[Bob Furmanek]

Season one did not have end credits as all of the credits were at the opening.

We have restored the original MCA syndication logo which was removed in 1958 when Sterling television took over distribution. That logo was not present on any previous video release.

This show has been restored from original 35mm camera negatives to the versions first syndicated in the fall of 1951. You will find more information about this painstaking preservation project in both the campaign description and various updates.

 

[Tony Bensley]

Here's the original MCA TV Ltd. EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVES logo, as described by Bob Furmanek!

"The Drug Store" Episode looks and sounds stunning!

Of course, the "c 1978" logo that appears on the show's opening titles in all previous home video releases of the telecine transfer season one episodes, is gone on these beautifully restored 35 mm transfers!

I almost cried when I saw the opening scene, it looks and sounds so beautiful! Heck, I'm almost crying while typing this!

Thank you, Bob!

CHEERS!

 

[brynmill]

Thanks for the info re. closing credits

 

[Gary OS]

Season one did not have end credits as all of the credits were at the opening.

We have restored the original MCA syndication logo which was removed in 1958 when Sterling television took over distribution. That logo was not present on any previous video release.

This show has been restored from original 35mm camera negatives to the versions first syndicated in the fall of 1951. You will find more information about this painstaking preservation project in both the campaign description and various updates.

Thank you again, Bob, for all the tremendous work you have done in keeping the 'Boys' films and TV series alive and looking better than ever!


Gary "looking forward to S2 and 'Jack and the Beanstalk' later this year" O.

 

[Bob Furmanek]

Thank you!

I'm looking at a nearly finished reel (cleaned but not graded) of BEANSTALK as we speak.

WOW, it looks fantastic!

 

[Gary OS]

Thank you!

I'm looking at a nearly finished reel (cleaned but not graded) of BEANSTALK as we speak.

WOW, it looks fantastic!

Yay!!!!!!

"When you bounce your kiddies on your knees,
In the future nurseries,
You will tell them all about the legend of the Giant restorer,
Bob!"

 

[The 1960's]

Season one did not have end credits as all of the credits were at the opening.

We have restored the original MCA syndication logo which was removed in 1958 when Sterling television took over distribution. That logo was not present on any previous video release.

This show has been restored from original 35mm camera negatives to the versions first syndicated in the fall of 1951. You will find more information about this painstaking preservation project in both the campaign description and various updates.

Here's the original MCA TV Ltd. EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVES logo, as described by Bob Furmanek!
View attachment 123978

"The Drug Store" Episode looks and sounds stunning!
View attachment 123979

Of course, the "c 1978" logo that appears on the show's opening titles in all previous home video releases of the telecine transfer season one episodes, is gone on these beautifully restored 35 mm transfers!
View attachment 123980

I almost cried when I saw the opening scene, it looks and sounds so beautiful! Heck, I'm almost crying while typing this!

Thank you, Bob!

CHEERS!

In The Army Story while being questioned at the draft board desk.

Born?

Lou: “Were we?”

Bud: “Certainly”

Lou: “Yes sir”

Where were you born?

Lou: “Patterson N.J.”

Patterson N.J.

Lou: “Yes sir”

Where in Patterson N.J.?

Bud: “Tell him where!”

Lou: “Under a sink”

How do you know it was under the sink?

Lou: “I head the water running”

Bud: “Pay no attention to him, he’s a very nervous”

Bob, I don’t know why this hit my funny bone like it did, but I might’ve awoken the neighbors I laughed so loud!

 

[Sky King]

Bob,

When I inquired several months prior to the release of this set, whether the MCA TV logo would be included, I was told it wouldn’t.
Glad to see that’s changed.
This just adds a bit more nostalgia to this series as this is how I viewed it back in the day on WPIX.

John