Abbott and Costello on Blu-ray Anyone?

[mustangfun101]

I own them all on standard DVD. Volume 4 has the special that Jerry Seinfeld did on them, a great thing to watch.

I would spend the money on "meet Frankenstein" and "The time of their lives". Also, probably on "The Naughty Nineties" which was my favorite presentation of "Who's on First".

By the way, I have a coffee cup...try to find it, with the whole "who's on first" act on it. It's a big cup.

[Marcusarilius]

Originally Posted by mustangfun101

I own them all on standard DVD. Volume 4 has the special that Jerry Seinfeld did on them, a great thing to watch.

I would spend the money on "meet Frankenstein" and "The time of their lives". Also, probably on "The Naughty Nineties" which was my favorite presentation of "Who's on First".

By the way, I have a coffee cup...try to find it, with the whole "who's on first" act on it. It's a big cup.

I have all of those A & B sets too. Priceless! I would recommend to everyone out there to get A & B Meet Frankenstein. So worth it!! If you want to see funny....

[mustangfun101]

I'll cross my fingers.

[Digital Filmmaker]

I want the entire run of classic Universal monster pictures, from the original Frankenstein and Dracula to Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein - and everything in between. Being older than most of you, I saw many of these in the theater when they were originally released!!!

I already have them on LaserDisc and DVD. So, I won't bat an eye on triple-dipping them on Blu-ray Disc.

[Marcusarilius]

Originally Posted by Digital Filmmaker

I want the entire run of classic Universal monster pictures, from the original Frankenstein and Dracula to Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein - and everything in between. Being older than most of you, I saw many of these in the theater when they were originally released!!!

I already have them on LaserDisc and DVD. So, I won't bat an eye on triple-dipping them on Blu-ray Disc.

Agreed. I own all of these on DVD, and will double dip on BD without a second thought. Bring it on!

[zachhar]

I want all the A&C meets on bluray.

[MrHT]

These movies are so old. I doubt they would benefit on Blu-ray. Our DVD copies are as good as they get in terms of picture and sound quality.

[mojo1978]

i always thought abbott & costello were a couple of hacks compared to the 3 stooges. hopefully since sony owns the rights they'll release their shorts(no pun intended).

[Ruin]

So anything new on this? I have been waiting for 2 years and still havent found anything on BD versions

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by mojo1978

i always thought abbott & costello were a couple of hacks compared to the 3 stooges.

You, friend, don't know Burlesque. (And yeah, I know it's necro-bumped, but it needs to be said.)
The Stooges came out of vaudeville and B-Q, as evidenced by their immortalizing of the Niagara Falls Routine in 'Gents Without Cents"...
But Bud & Lou first met at Minsky's, and were trained in the banana-discipline of knowing all the classics, like the Nut House Sketch or the Craps Lesson. Apart from Bert Lahr or Phil Silvers, A&C movies are probably the only the true archiving of the genuine article--If you ever want to know what true Burlesque looked like, check out Lou's dream-sequence in "Ride 'Em Cowboy", or the Susquehanna Hat Company sketch in "In Society":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THZV5g1CNZM

(As for their own routines, if all you know is "Who's on first?", watch Lou try to tell his joke about Jonah and the Whale, in "One Night in the Tropics":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z642nZ1klzE )