Episode
The Abbott and Costello Show: Fall Guy
Overview
Bud and Lou want to take two sisters on a date but their father convinces the boys to put an antenna on his roof instead.
Details
- Series
- The Abbott and Costello Show
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 25
- Air date
- 1954-04-24
Episode context
Fall Guy is Episode 25 in Season 2 of The Abbott and Costello Show. It aired on 1954-04-24.
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Episode 23: Fencing Master
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Episode 22: Honeymoon House
When Bud and Mr. Fields help Lou put together a prefab house in order to impress his fiancée and her parents, a jealous former boyfriend sabotages their work.
Episode 21: The Pigeon
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Episode 20: Well Oiled
Bud and Lou help Mr. Fields, who is being threatened with a lawsuit. Lou poses as a Texas millionaire to help discredit the complainant.
Episode 19: Bank Holdup
Bud and Lou unwittingly take jobs as armed bodyguards for a couple of hoodlums and assist in a bank robbery. They use their share of money to pay their rent, and later try to get it back from Mr. Fields' safe.
Episode 18: Public Enemies
Lou is mistaken for a crook named Dapper Dan and is forced to take part in a robbery.
Episode 17: The Tax Return
Lou receives a tax refund check for $1,000,000. He takes the check to a bank and demands cash. He is subsequently followed by home by crooks.
Episode 16: Private Eye
After receiving his private eye diploma from the Watchdog Correspondence School, Lou helps a friend locate some valuable bonds in a haunted house.
Episode 15: Uncle from New Jersey
When Mr. Fields is just about to evict the boys, Bud convinces him that Lou's Uncle Ruppert is a millionaire and Lou is the sole heir. Complications arise, however, when Mike the Cop begins to believe that the visiting uncle (Lou in disguise) has been murdered.
Episode 14: Wife Wanted
When Lou finds out he will inherit $10,000 provided that he has a wife, he tries to marry a former girlfriend—who is dating a man named Bonebender Brodsky.