The Abbott and Costello Show Episode Rating Graph
Dec 1952 - May 1954
Dec 1952 - May 1954
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Browse episode ratings trends for The Abbott and Costello Show. Simply click on the interactive rating graph to explore the best and worst of The Abbott and Costello Show's 52 episodes.
S1 Ep18
9.0
3rd Apr 1953
Bud and Lou are hired to deliver hats to the Susquehanna Hat Company on Floogle Street and encounter several lunatics on the way. Also, Stinky attempts to kill Lou by backing him into traffic. The "Loafing" routine is performed.
S1 Ep6
8.9
9th Jan 1953
When news arrives that Lou's uncle has struck gold in Alaska, Bud and Lou plan to help him spend it.
S1 Ep10
8.8
6th Feb 1953
Bud and Lou participate in Hillary's charity bazaar, raising money with the "shell game." Lou blows his money at the kissing booth.
S1 Ep16
8.7
20th Mar 1953
Bud coaches Lou on running for public office, a political campaign that ends with Lou delivering a disastrous speech in a neighborhood park.
S1 Ep12
8.7
20th Feb 1953
Hillary will inherit a castle if she spends one night there. Bud and Lou come along with her for protection and Lou is scared out of his mind by frightful encounters.
S1 Ep7
8.5
16th Jan 1953
Bud and Lou visit an employment agency run by Mr. Fields' brother, who gives Lou a job selling vacuum cleaners door to door.
S1 Ep2
8.4
12th Dec 1952
When Lou gets a toothache he attempts to get arrested so he can receive free treatment while incarcerated.
S1 Ep9
8.4
30th Jan 1953
Working as a door-to-door cookware salesman, Lou prepares a dinner for his friends in hopes of moving some product. However, his honest culinary efforts are met with disaster.
S1 Ep15
8.4
13th Mar 1953
Lou attempts to impress Hillary and her father with his musical abilities. While pretending to perform, Bud falls asleep and ruins the scheme.
S1 Ep19
8.3
10th Apr 1953
Mike the Cop tells Lou that he must have a license for his pet chimp. But Lou accidentally applies for a marriage license.
S1 Ep17
8.3
27th Mar 1953
Lou and Stinky agree to settle their differences with a wrestling match. When Stinky becomes ill, his little brother Ivan the Terrible takes his place.
S1 Ep4
8.3
26th Dec 1952
Bud and Lou head off to the Biltmore Hotel near Phoenix for a vacation. "Hertz U-Drive" and the "Pack-Unpack" routines are performed.
S1 Ep11
8.3
13th Feb 1953
Bud and Lou accept Hillary's invitation to visit her uncle's B-Bar-Bop ranch.
S1 Ep5
8.3
2nd Jan 1953
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.
S1 Ep20
8.3
17th Apr 1953
While shopping for Hillary's birthday present, Lou nearly destroys a grocery store. Later, at her party, Mr. Fields becomes upset about the noise.
S1 Ep13
8.2
27th Feb 1953
Lou sleeps all day but can't sleep at night. Bud takes him to see a psychiatrist. Eventually Bud checks him into a sanitarium for a night's rest. "Crazy House" is performed.
S2 Ep15
6.3
13th Feb 1954
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.
S1 Ep26
6.5
29th May 1953
When Bingo gets sick, the whole gang travels to Africa to find his parents.
S2 Ep14
6.7
6th Feb 1954
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.
S2 Ep16
6.7
20th Feb 1954
After receiving his private eye diploma from the Watchdog Correspondence School, Lou helps a friend locate some valuable bonds in a haunted house.
S2 Ep23
6.7
10th Apr 1954
A mad scientist's experiment convinces Lou that he is indestructible.
S1 Ep8
6.8
23rd Jan 1953
Bud and Lou join the Army, where they recreate their routines from the feature film 'Buck Privates.' "Drill Routine" and "Dice Game" are performed.
S1 Ep25
7.0
22nd May 1953
Mike the Cop helps Bud and Lou enroll in the Police Rookie School, where Lou blows up the gymnasium while playing with a hand grenade.
S2 Ep1
7.0
7th Nov 1953
To pay back rent, Bud and Lou attempt to wallpaper an apartment. Later, as waiters in a restaurant, they brawl with hoodlums.
S2 Ep2
7.0
14th Nov 1953
Lou's eccentric opera singing uncle comes to stay with the boys for a couple of months.
S2 Ep3
7.0
21st Nov 1953
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.
S2 Ep4
7.0
28th Nov 1953
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.
S2 Ep7
7.0
19th Dec 1953
Bud and Lou accidentally buy a crate of roller-skates, not knowing that they have stolen diamonds hidden inside.
S2 Ep11
7.0
16th Jan 1954
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.
S2 Ep12
7.0
23rd Jan 1954
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.
S2 Ep13
7.0
30th Jan 1954
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.
S2 Ep17
7.0
27th Feb 1954
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.
S1 Ep1
7.4
5th Dec 1952
Bud and Lou find jobs in Fields' drugstore and nearly wreck the place. This episode opens with the famous "Jonah and the Whale" routine.
S1 Ep2
8.4
12th Dec 1952
When Lou gets a toothache he attempts to get arrested so he can receive free treatment while incarcerated.
S1 Ep3
8.1
19th Dec 1952
Lou damages Mrs. Crumbcake's waterpail and she drags him into court claiming .79 cents in damages. In jail, Lou's crazed cellmate becomes enraged whenever he hears "Niagara Falls."
S1 Ep4
8.3
26th Dec 1952
Bud and Lou head off to the Biltmore Hotel near Phoenix for a vacation. "Hertz U-Drive" and the "Pack-Unpack" routines are performed.
S1 Ep5
8.3
2nd Jan 1953
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.
S1 Ep6
8.9
9th Jan 1953
When news arrives that Lou's uncle has struck gold in Alaska, Bud and Lou plan to help him spend it.
S1 Ep7
8.5
16th Jan 1953
Bud and Lou visit an employment agency run by Mr. Fields' brother, who gives Lou a job selling vacuum cleaners door to door.
S1 Ep8
6.8
23rd Jan 1953
Bud and Lou join the Army, where they recreate their routines from the feature film 'Buck Privates.' "Drill Routine" and "Dice Game" are performed.
S1 Ep9
8.4
30th Jan 1953
Working as a door-to-door cookware salesman, Lou prepares a dinner for his friends in hopes of moving some product. However, his honest culinary efforts are met with disaster.
S1 Ep10
8.8
6th Feb 1953
Bud and Lou participate in Hillary's charity bazaar, raising money with the "shell game." Lou blows his money at the kissing booth.
S1 Ep11
8.3
13th Feb 1953
Bud and Lou accept Hillary's invitation to visit her uncle's B-Bar-Bop ranch.
S1 Ep12
8.7
20th Feb 1953
Hillary will inherit a castle if she spends one night there. Bud and Lou come along with her for protection and Lou is scared out of his mind by frightful encounters.
S1 Ep13
8.2
27th Feb 1953
Lou sleeps all day but can't sleep at night. Bud takes him to see a psychiatrist. Eventually Bud checks him into a sanitarium for a night's rest. "Crazy House" is performed.
S1 Ep14
8.0
6th Mar 1953
Bud and Lou visit a couple of restaurants. In one they become involved with twin waitresses. In the other, Lou has a battle with an oyster.
S1 Ep15
8.4
13th Mar 1953
Lou attempts to impress Hillary and her father with his musical abilities. While pretending to perform, Bud falls asleep and ruins the scheme.
S1 Ep16
8.7
20th Mar 1953
Bud coaches Lou on running for public office, a political campaign that ends with Lou delivering a disastrous speech in a neighborhood park.
S1 Ep17
8.3
27th Mar 1953
Lou and Stinky agree to settle their differences with a wrestling match. When Stinky becomes ill, his little brother Ivan the Terrible takes his place.
S1 Ep18
9.0
3rd Apr 1953
Bud and Lou are hired to deliver hats to the Susquehanna Hat Company on Floogle Street and encounter several lunatics on the way. Also, Stinky attempts to kill Lou by backing him into traffic. The "Loafing" routine is performed.
S1 Ep19
8.3
10th Apr 1953
Mike the Cop tells Lou that he must have a license for his pet chimp. But Lou accidentally applies for a marriage license.
S1 Ep20
8.3
17th Apr 1953
While shopping for Hillary's birthday present, Lou nearly destroys a grocery store. Later, at her party, Mr. Fields becomes upset about the noise.
S1 Ep21
7.3
24th Apr 1953
Lou is a contestant on a TV quiz show where he wins a pack of bubblegum. Their neighbor slips on a piece of gum and takes them to court.
S1 Ep22
7.3
1st May 1953
Bud and Lou pay $90 for a car and head for Las Vegas, where Lou takes part in a violent game of billiards. The "mudder/fodder" routine is performed.
S1 Ep23
7.5
8th May 1953
Bud and Lou attempt to help an old lady who has been evicted. They raise $300 and she uses the money to bet on a racehorse.
S1 Ep24
8.0
15th May 1953
Bud is taken away to an old actors' home where he and Lou perform their famous "Who's on first?" routine.
S1 Ep25
7.0
22nd May 1953
Mike the Cop helps Bud and Lou enroll in the Police Rookie School, where Lou blows up the gymnasium while playing with a hand grenade.
S1 Ep26
6.5
29th May 1953
When Bingo gets sick, the whole gang travels to Africa to find his parents.
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The first episode of The Abbott and Costello Show aired on December 05, 1952.
The last episode of The Abbott and Costello Show aired on May 01, 1954.
There are 52 episodes of The Abbott and Costello Show.
There are 2 seasons of The Abbott and Costello Show.
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The Abbott and Costello Show has ended.