The Abbott and Costello Show — S01E05 — The Birthday Party
1953 · 25 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · DIR. Jean Yarbrough
Overview
Lou throws a birthday party for himself, but nearly poisons his guests when he puts ant paste on his hors d'oeurves instead of anti pasto. Bud throws him out and Lou consoles himself by ordering a giant decorated cake.
Dialogue Timeline — 567 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:37 - Where have you been? - I was at the doctor's.
00:01:14 - I don't want those girls at my party. - Why not?
00:02:00 Attaboy.
00:02:42 Hey. I heard that remark. Now, you keep my folks ou...
00:03:21 Make me ashamed to come to your party.
00:04:11 What's wrong with my wife?
00:05:02 You know, my wife is allergic to fresh strawberries.
00:06:10 I'm in the kitchen!
00:07:54 Aah! Now, don't pull the skin off.
00:09:41 Happy birthday, Costello!
00:10:47 - Where's the birthday boy? - There he is.
00:11:59 Just the one I wanted,
00:12:51 - How's your good health? - Perfect.
00:13:47 What are you trying to do, poison your friends?
00:14:47 Louis, come here.
00:16:54 I'm still a Boy Scout.
00:18:37 Hoo-hoo!
00:20:28 - This here one? - Yeah.
00:21:14 - You understand? - Well, that's what I said.
00:21:55 All right, you wait right here. I make you cake.
00:22:52 - You want marshmallow? - Yeah.
00:23:48 This is my birthday cake. I want initials on it.
00:24:43 This is mine?
00:25:55 You certainly are screwy.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed567
Dialogue density22.7 lines / min
First line00:00:37
Final line00:25:55
Production Record
DirectorJean Yarbrough
LanguageEnglish
Factoids
Episode
The Abbott and Costello Show, season 1, episode 5: The Birthday Party.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/11821/season/1/episode/5
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