Seton Hall, Sat. Feb. 11, 12 Noon, CBS SN/SiriusXM

[monte]

To us kids of the 60's Besser was better known as Stinky on the Abbott and Costello show reruns.

He was much better as Stinky than he was as a stooge. But then again, Curly was so head and shoulders above the rest that anyone who followed him was going to pale in comparison.

 

[Las Vegan]

To us kids of the 60's Besser was better known as Stinky on the Abbott and Costello show reruns.

He was much better as Stinky than he was as a stooge. But then again, Curly was so head and shoulders above the rest that anyone who followed him was going to pale in comparison.

Seinfeld show actually took a lot from Abbott and Costello. Jerry's rivalry with Newman was quite similar to Lou and Stinky being eternal enemies. I always felt Stinky was underutilized.

 

[Red.Fans]

To us kids of the 60's Besser was better known as Stinky on the Abbott and Costello show reruns.

He was much better as Stinky than he was as a stooge. But then again, Curly was so head and shoulders above the rest that anyone who followed him was going to pale in comparison.

Seinfeld show actually took a lot from Abbott and Costello. Jerry's rivalry with Newman was quite similar to Lou and Stinky being eternal enemies. I always felt Stinky was underutilized.

I remember an interview years ago with Seinfeld where he gave them credit. Tragically, Costello and two of his kids died young. By most accounts he was a great person he even insisted that Abbot as the straight man who he picked up working as a theater cashier get paid 60% to his own 40%. Two little know facts about him: 1) A&C are the only two non-sports people honored in Cooperstown. 2) Costello was an amateur boxer that at one point won 32 straight fights.

 

[Knight]

To us kids of the 60's Besser was better known as Stinky on the Abbott and Costello show reruns.

He was much better as Stinky than he was as a stooge. But then again, Curly was so head and shoulders above the rest that anyone who followed him was going to pale in comparison.

Seinfeld show actually took a lot from Abbott and Costello. Jerry's rivalry with Newman was quite similar to Lou and Stinky being eternal enemies. I always felt Stinky was underutilized.

I remember an interview years ago with Seinfeld where he gave them credit. Tragically, Costello and two of his kids died young. By most accounts he was a great person he even insisted that Abbot as the straight man who he picked up working as a theater cashier get paid 60% to his own 40%. Two little know facts about him: 1) A&C are the only two non-sports people honored in Cooperstown. 2) Costello was an amateur boxer that at one point won 32 straight fights.

I was under the impression that the 60/40 split was Abbot's demand to leave vaudeville and perform in movies. They were not friendly off screen as were Laurel & Hardy.

 

[Red.Fans]

To us kids of the 60's Besser was better known as Stinky on the Abbott and Costello show reruns.

He was much better as Stinky than he was as a stooge. But then again, Curly was so head and shoulders above the rest that anyone who followed him was going to pale in comparison.

Seinfeld show actually took a lot from Abbott and Costello. Jerry's rivalry with Newman was quite similar to Lou and Stinky being eternal enemies. I always felt Stinky was underutilized.

I remember an interview years ago with Seinfeld where he gave them credit. Tragically, Costello and two of his kids died young. By most accounts he was a great person he even insisted that Abbot as the straight man who he picked up working as a theater cashier get paid 60% to his own 40%. Two little know facts about him: 1) A&C are the only two non-sports people honored in Cooperstown. 2) Costello was an amateur boxer that at one point won 32 straight fights.

I was under the impression that the 60/40 split was Abbot's demand to leave vaudeville and perform in movies. They were not friendly off screen as were Laurel & Hardy.

Costello go Abbot into Vaudeville. He already had a partner but when his partner got sick Costello literally got the theater cashier (Abbot) to be his straight man for the performance.

 

[fun]

To us kids of the 60's Besser was better known as Stinky on the Abbott and Costello show reruns.

He was much better as Stinky than he was as a stooge. But then again, Curly was so head and shoulders above the rest that anyone who followed him was going to pale in comparison.

Seinfeld show actually took a lot from Abbott and Costello. Jerry's rivalry with Newman was quite similar to Lou and Stinky being eternal enemies. I always felt Stinky was underutilized.

The episode where Kramer and Newman take the old guy's record collection, the old guy's name was SIdney Fields.

 

[fun]

To us kids of the 60's Besser was better known as Stinky on the Abbott and Costello show reruns.

He was much better as Stinky than he was as a stooge. But then again, Curly was so head and shoulders above the rest that anyone who followed him was going to pale in comparison.

Seinfeld show actually took a lot from Abbott and Costello. Jerry's rivalry with Newman was quite similar to Lou and Stinky being eternal enemies. I always felt Stinky was underutilized.

I remember an interview years ago with Seinfeld where he gave them credit. Tragically, Costello and two of his kids died young. By most accounts he was a great person he even insisted that Abbot as the straight man who he picked up working as a theater cashier get paid 60% to his own 40%. Two little know facts about him: 1) A&C are the only two non-sports people honored in Cooperstown. 2) Costello was an amateur boxer that at one point won 32 straight fights.

Two other little known facts: Costello had a legendary porn collection that formed the basis of an FBI investigation and; Costello discovered Dean Martin, who he signed to a personal services contract in exchange for paying for Martin's nose job.

 

[Knight]

To us kids of the 60's Besser was better known as Stinky on the Abbott and Costello show reruns.

He was much better as Stinky than he was as a stooge. But then again, Curly was so head and shoulders above the rest that anyone who followed him was going to pale in comparison.

Seinfeld show actually took a lot from Abbott and Costello. Jerry's rivalry with Newman was quite similar to Lou and Stinky being eternal enemies. I always felt Stinky was underutilized.

I remember an interview years ago with Seinfeld where he gave them credit. Tragically, Costello and two of his kids died young. By most accounts he was a great person he even insisted that Abbot as the straight man who he picked up working as a theater cashier get paid 60% to his own 40%. Two little know facts about him: 1) A&C are the only two non-sports people honored in Cooperstown. 2) Costello was an amateur boxer that at one point won 32 straight fights.

I was under the impression that the 60/40 split was Abbot's demand to leave vaudeville and perform in movies. They were not friendly off screen as were Laurel & Hardy.

Costello go Abbot into Vaudeville. He already had a partner but when his partner got sick Costello literally got the theater cashier (Abbot) to be his straight man for the performance.

Some interesting stuff on A&C.
http://hubpages.com/entertainment/Bud-Abbott-and-Lou-Costello-Kings-of-Comedy

 

[JackofVirginia]

Just returned from Vegas and watched an enjoyable Johnnies victory. Didn't watch any sports programs or read any papers while there. Lovett and Ponds are getting much better on defense. Mullin's doublie teaming Delgado was an excellent adjustment. Thought Yakwe finally played with confidence, even though his slippery hands remains a problem. Ellison, who seems to be regressing, belonged on the bench.

 

[Red.Fans]

To us kids of the 60's Besser was better known as Stinky on the Abbott and Costello show reruns.

He was much better as Stinky than he was as a stooge. But then again, Curly was so head and shoulders above the rest that anyone who followed him was going to pale in comparison.

Seinfeld show actually took a lot from Abbott and Costello. Jerry's rivalry with Newman was quite similar to Lou and Stinky being eternal enemies. I always felt Stinky was underutilized.

I remember an interview years ago with Seinfeld where he gave them credit. Tragically, Costello and two of his kids died young. By most accounts he was a great person he even insisted that Abbot as the straight man who he picked up working as a theater cashier get paid 60% to his own 40%. Two little know facts about him: 1) A&C are the only two non-sports people honored in Cooperstown. 2) Costello was an amateur boxer that at one point won 32 straight fights.

I was under the impression that the 60/40 split was Abbot's demand to leave vaudeville and perform in movies. They were not friendly off screen as were Laurel & Hardy.

Costello go Abbot into Vaudeville. He already had a partner but when his partner got sick Costello literally got the theater cashier (Abbot) to be his straight man for the performance.

Some interesting stuff on A&C.
http://hubpages.com/entertainment/Bud-Abbott-and-Lou-Costello-Kings-of-Comedy

Interesting. I guess who tells the story makes a difference but no matter how you slice it, there was no way Costello should have been on the short end of the %.

 

[Knight]

To us kids of the 60's Besser was better known as Stinky on the Abbott and Costello show reruns.

He was much better as Stinky than he was as a stooge. But then again, Curly was so head and shoulders above the rest that anyone who followed him was going to pale in comparison.

Seinfeld show actually took a lot from Abbott and Costello. Jerry's rivalry with Newman was quite similar to Lou and Stinky being eternal enemies. I always felt Stinky was underutilized.

I remember an interview years ago with Seinfeld where he gave them credit. Tragically, Costello and two of his kids died young. By most accounts he was a great person he even insisted that Abbot as the straight man who he picked up working as a theater cashier get paid 60% to his own 40%. Two little know facts about him: 1) A&C are the only two non-sports people honored in Cooperstown. 2) Costello was an amateur boxer that at one point won 32 straight fights.

I was under the impression that the 60/40 split was Abbot's demand to leave vaudeville and perform in movies. They were not friendly off screen as were Laurel & Hardy.

Costello go Abbot into Vaudeville. He already had a partner but when his partner got sick Costello literally got the theater cashier (Abbot) to be his straight man for the performance.

Some interesting stuff on A&C.
http://hubpages.com/entertainment/Bud-Abbott-and-Lou-Costello-Kings-of-Comedy

Interesting. I guess who tells the story makes a difference but no matter how you slice it, there was no way Costello should have been on the short end of the %.

And that doesn't matter even if you don't know who's on first.

 

[monte]

To us kids of the 60's Besser was better known as Stinky on the Abbott and Costello show reruns.

He was much better as Stinky than he was as a stooge. But then again, Curly was so head and shoulders above the rest that anyone who followed him was going to pale in comparison.

Seinfeld show actually took a lot from Abbott and Costello. Jerry's rivalry with Newman was quite similar to Lou and Stinky being eternal enemies. I always felt Stinky was underutilized.

I remember an interview years ago with Seinfeld where he gave them credit. Tragically, Costello and two of his kids died young. By most accounts he was a great person he even insisted that Abbot as the straight man who he picked up working as a theater cashier get paid 60% to his own 40%. Two little know facts about him: 1) A&C are the only two non-sports people honored in Cooperstown. 2) Costello was an amateur boxer that at one point won 32 straight fights.

Two other little known facts: Costello had a legendary porn collection that formed the basis of an FBI investigation and; Costello discovered Dean Martin, who he signed to a personal services contract in exchange for paying for Martin's nose job.

Somehow I feel like there's an Italian insult hidden somewhere in your post. As long as we've gone way off topic, and speaking of Dino, last night I happened to catch a documentary on The Stones called "Crossfire Hurricane" on AXIS TV. Highly recommend it. They made mention of an incident when Martin was guest hosting The Hollywood Palace on the night that the Stones performed on the show, and he went out of his way to mock them before and after their performance. Found The Hollywood Palace clip on Youtube. Worth a watch



Apparently Keith Richard had spoken about wanting to confront Dean after the show. Seeing as Martin was an ex-boxer, and Richards was likely strung out, it wouldn't have been a smart move on Richards' part.

 

[austour]

First, saw that listing and thought, "How many Stones documentaries does the world need?" but if you say it was good I'll watch it next time. Also, going way off topic, or just stream of consciousness a news story this morning was about an auction of a pair of green velvet pants that belonged to Mick but that Keith also loved so they passed them back and forth. Another member of the brotherhood of traveling green velvet pants was Gram Parsons, who apparently died in them. Starting bid is $10K if anyone is interested.

edit: Sorry $10K was the estimate, right now they're at $5,286

 

[fun]

Somehow I feel like there's an Italian insult hidden somewhere in your post. As long as we've gone way off topic, and speaking of Dino, last night I happened to catch a documentary on The Stones called "Crossfire Hurricane" on AXIS TV. Highly recommend it. They made mention of an incident when Martin was guest hosting The Hollywood Palace on the night that the Stones performed on the show, and he went out of his way to mock them before and after their performance. Found The Hollywood Palace clip on Youtube. Worth a watch

[...]

Apparently Keith Richard had spoken about wanting to confront Dean after the show. Seeing as Martin was an ex-boxer, and Richards was likely strung out, it wouldn't have been a smart move on Richards' part.

I am a great fan of the rock journalist Nick Toches, an exception to Frank Zappa's maxim that "rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." He's a marvelous writer who chronicles the seedy side of life and seems attracted especially to second fiddles: he wrote a biography of Jerry Lee Lewis rather than Elvis (Elvis said his greatest influence as a crooner was Dean Martin); Sonny Liston rather than Ali; and Dean Martin rather than Frank. His portraits are on the one hand laudatory expositions of the greatness of his subjects and on the other inexorably melancholic paeans to what never was. Anyway it turns out that Toches is a great friend of Keith Richard - they bonded over a love of alcohol and opium. All of which is a bit of synchronicity the wellspring of which is my racism against Italians.

 

[redken]

Just returned from Vegas and watched an enjoyable Johnnies victory. Didn't watch any sports programs or read any papers while there. Lovett and Ponds are getting much better on defense. Mullin's doublie teaming Delgado was an excellent adjustment. Thought Yakwe finally played with confidence, even though his slippery hands remains a problem. Ellison, who seems to be regressing, belonged on the bench.

Jack, can you please stay on topic. Can't you see this is the Three Stooges / Abbott & Costello thread?

 

[monte]

First, saw that listing and thought, "How many Stones documentaries does the world need?" but if you say it was good I'll watch it next time. Also, going way off topic, or just stream of consciousness a news story this morning was about an auction of a pair of green velvet pants that belonged to Mick but that Keith also loved so they passed them back and forth. Another member of the brotherhood of traveling green velvet pants was Gram Parsons, who apparently died in them. Starting bid is $10K if anyone is interested.

edit: Sorry $10K was the estimate, right now they're at $5,286

I'm not a huge Stones fan, so I learned a lot from the documentary. Like the details of the Hell's Angels attempt to whack Mick at his summer house in the Hamptons. If not for a storm on the Long Island Sound the night of the attempt, Mick likely would have been history. Plus there was some pretty cool old footage from concerts, etc. If you're huge Stones fans, you may already know a lot of the stuff and have seen the footage before, I hadn't. I found it well done and informative.

 

[SJU85]

To us kids of the 60's Besser was better known as Stinky on the Abbott and Costello show reruns.

He was much better as Stinky than he was as a stooge. But then again, Curly was so head and shoulders above the rest that anyone who followed him was going to pale in comparison.

Seinfeld show actually took a lot from Abbott and Costello. Jerry's rivalry with Newman was quite similar to Lou and Stinky being eternal enemies. I always felt Stinky was underutilized.

I remember an interview years ago with Seinfeld where he gave them credit. Tragically, Costello and two of his kids died young. By most accounts he was a great person he even insisted that Abbot as the straight man who he picked up working as a theater cashier get paid 60% to his own 40%. Two little know facts about him: 1) A&C are the only two non-sports people honored in Cooperstown. 2) Costello was an amateur boxer that at one point won 32 straight fights.

I was under the impression that the 60/40 split was Abbot's demand to leave vaudeville and perform in movies. They were not friendly off screen as were Laurel & Hardy.

Costello go Abbot into Vaudeville. He already had a partner but when his partner got sick Costello literally got the theater cashier (Abbot) to be his straight man for the performance.

Some interesting stuff on A&C.
http://hubpages.com/entertainment/Bud-Abbott-and-Lou-Costello-Kings-of-Comedy

Interesting. I guess who tells the story makes a difference but no matter how you slice it, there was no way Costello should have been on the short end of the %.

And that doesn't matter even if you don't know who's on first.

I don't know, 3rd base,

So much prefer Abott and Costello to the Stooges. When I was a kid, I use to run h,e for, church to catch the Sunday Morning Movies (always Abott and Costello) on WPIX before the Yankee game.

They have a picture hanging on the wall of Abott and Costello with the words form The Who's on first skit at the rehabilitation center where my Dad is staying for physical therapy.

 

[austour]

Yup. 11:30am-1pm and even I was going to church back then.

 

[bamafan]

Yup. 11:30am-1pm and even I was going to church back then.

And on Monday mornings had a psychology course taught by a Priest at St. John's where my friend and I sat next to each other and did the lines from previous day's movie. Ah, the fun of getting in trouble. :evil:
PS we were quizzed like 5 times that semester with one question-What is psychology? It was like a four line definition the Prof was looking for and most of us continually got it wrong. We all figured well he'll never ask that again. We was wrong!

 

[bamafan]

Just returned from Vegas and watched an enjoyable Johnnies victory. Didn't watch any sports programs or read any papers while there. Lovett and Ponds are getting much better on defense. Mullin's doublie teaming Delgado was an excellent adjustment. Thought Yakwe finally played with confidence, even though his slippery hands remains a problem. Ellison, who seems to be regressing, belonged on the bench.

Kudos to you Jack as every time I go on Vacation I say I will give up sports until I get home but I am never able to do it. For example went to Bahamas for Battle for Atlantis T in November with my wife and went to the 3 St. J's games which I don't even count since they were part of the vaca. Ended up watching Bama-Auburn which was going to be my one exception but then ended up watching Ohio St.-Michigan, and Jets-Pats. Luckily have a very understanding and accommodating wife.