THE ABBOTT AND COSTELLO SHOW Season One Restored! (1 Viewer)

[Bob Furmanek]

Seventy years ago at this very moment, there was truly magic in the air on stage #1 at the Hal Roach Studios. Now you will experience that magic as never before.

Beautifully restored from 35mm master elements, pre-order THE ABBOTT AND COSTELLO SHOW Season One on HD Blu-ray and DVD!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/3dfilmarchive/pre-order-the-abbott-and-costello-show-season-one-restored

Please share this exciting news and help us to reach our goal, thank you!

 

[Rob W]

This one comes up on kickstarter as United States only.....

 

[Bob Furmanek]

Licensing limitations, I'm afraid!

 

[Peter Apruzzese]

Incredible news!

I've backed it.

 

[RobertMG]

Licensing limitations, I'm afraid!

Does Lou's and Bud's family still own the series -- they deserve to benefit from their dad's history and work - biggest crime was the way the great team was treated after giving tirelessly for the war effort.

 

[Bob Furmanek]

It is owned by the Lou Costello Estate and we are working with them on this project!

 

[RobertMG]

It is owned by the Lou Costello Estate and we are working with them on this project!

That is great news -- what a great family! Will there be interviews with them etc? Bob met you years ago at the Lafayette theater in Suffern --- I wrote 2 books about Macy's - still trying to find a pic of them in the Macy's Parade --- spoke with Chris years ago she did not know of one, just was in touch with Universal they have nothing either. We have found footage of Boris Karloff as Capt Hook in 1950! Hoppy is also in the footage! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn4pl6jczsw

 

[Bob Furmanek]

This is a VERY costly preservation project so there are no funds available for new interviews.

However, we do have two really cool stretch goals lined up if we meet our goal!

 

[RobertMG]

This is a VERY costly preservation project so there are no funds available for new interviews.

However, we do have two really cool stretch goals lined up if we meet our goal!

When we pledge our amount when do we need to pay the actual pledge?

 

[Gary OS]

Fantastic news, Bob!!! I’m in!

 

[Bob Furmanek]

When we pledge our amount when do we need to pay the actual pledge?

At the end of the campaign which is July 12.

 

[The 1960's]

At the end of the campaign which is July 12.

Just great news Bob! If you are successful with Season 1 do you plan on another campaign for Season 2? Thanks.

 

[Bob Furmanek]

Yes, indeed!

See the Stretch Goals paragraph on the campaign.

 

[The 1960's]

Thanks Bob. I got sidetracked reading about the original 78 rpm record of Bud and Lou's legendary "Who's on First" routine and stopped reading there. I'm a huge baseball fan, watch too much in fact.

 

[Gerani53]

Have you contacted Jerry Seinfeld? Your kickstarter funding might be taken care of with one phone call.

 

[Angelo Colombus]

Have the 2010 complete series collectors edition dvd set and to me the tv shows made me laugh more than their movies.

 

[Bob Furmanek]

Have you contacted Jerry Seinfeld? Your kickstarter funding might be taken care of with one phone call.

We were not able to get his contact information. If anyone can reach him, please do!

 

[TravisR]

We were not able to get his contact information. If anyone can reach him, please do!

Mark Hamill is a big A&C fan too. He frequently interacts with random fans on Twitter (and has over 4 million followers) so maybe you could get a retweet from him.

That being said, you guys are already over 50% in under 12 hours so you're moving along very nicely with or without a celebrity endorsement.

 

[The 1960's]

We were not able to get his contact information. If anyone can reach him, please do!

 

[Bob Furmanek]

Endorsements are nice but funding is essential!