Episode

The Abbott and Costello Show: Killer's Wife

Name: The Abbott and Costello Show: Killer's Wife
Released: 1953-12-12
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Sid Fields, Gordon Jones, Bobby Barber

The Abbott and Costello ShowSeason 21953-12-12

Overview

When a heavyweight prize fighter named Killer thinks that Lou is having an affair with his wife, Bud attempts to get Lou trained and fit in a gym.

Details

Series: The Abbott and Costello Show
Season: Season 2
Episode: Episode 6
Air date: 1953-12-12

Episode context

Killer's Wife is Episode 6 in Season 2 of The Abbott and Costello Show. It aired on 1953-12-12.

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Episode 5: Pest Exterminators 1953-12-05 Bud and Lou are pest exterminators mistaken for psychiatrists when they attend to Mrs. Featherton's "aunts."

Episode 7: Cheap Skates 1953-12-19 Bud and Lou accidentally buy a crate of roller-skates, not knowing that they have stolen diamonds hidden inside.

More episodes from this season

Episode 4: Life Insurance 1953-11-28 Mr. Fields takes out an insurance policy on Lou. Later, Bud takes Lou on a hunting trip, and Lou suspects Bud and Mr. Fields have plotted to kill him for the insurance money.

Episode 8: South of Dixie 1953-12-26 Lou accidentally lands himself and Bud roles in a Civil War melodrama.

Episode 3: In Society 1953-11-21 A wealthy society matron pays Bud to attend a formal reception and impersonate the Duke of Gluten. Lou comes along pretending to be his cousin, the Earl of Waldo.

Episode 9: From Bed to Worse 1954-01-02 Bud and Lou attempt to plant a backyard garden in order to win a cash prize offered by a civic group.

Episode 2: Uncle Bozzo's Visit 1953-11-14 Lou's eccentric opera singing uncle comes to stay with the boys for a couple of months.

Episode 10: $1,000 TV Prize 1954-01-09 Lou wins a $1,000 dollar prize pretending to be Mr. Fields. He then has to get Mr. Fields out of the way so he can collect it.

Episode 1: The Paper Hangers 1953-11-07 To pay back rent, Bud and Lou attempt to wallpaper an apartment. Later, as waiters in a restaurant, they brawl with hoodlums.

Episode 11: Amnesia 1954-01-16 Lou is in love with a girl he has never met. As a gag, Bud and his friends convince him that he has already married the girl. The woman who poses as his wife then makes his existence miserable.

Episode 12: Efficiency Experts 1954-01-23 Bud and Lou land jobs as efficiency experts, and are assigned to restrain their client’s daughters from spending money. The young women, however, get the boys to buy them expensive dresses and take them to a casino, where they end up in a brawl.

Episode 13: Car Trouble 1954-01-30 When Lou wins a car, Bud sells it to buy a cheaper one, using the profits to try to finance a vacation in Flint, Michigan.