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My grandmother grew up with Lou Costello. They lived in the same neighborhood in Paterson and went to school together. He is a legend there, and they have a statue of him downtown.
Hey that means your grandmother grew up with my great-uncle and aunt (if I'm not mistaken lol)
My great uncle was a priest who ran a homeless shelter in Patterson.
That’s really cool.
My Grandfarher was a bartender at a horse racing track in California, back in the 50's and 60's and Lou Costello, loved betting on horses.
ASHLEIGH: You'd ❤ the South Park Halloween episode 'SPOOKYFISH' 😉
The Invisible Man is so obviously voiced by the great Vincent Price and it's completely uncredited. This has to be one of Abbott and Costello's all-time greatest movies, and getting both the actors who played Wolf Man and Dracula to reprise their roles makes it work so well. I watched this as a kid and rewatched it as an adult; surprisingly, it holds up.
The Invisible Man Returns (1940) was Vincent Price’s first foray into the horror genre. His cameo here was a delightful addition to this comedy classic.
@@TheTerryGeneI just watched “returns” last week and it’s soo GOOD, and he was excellent as the invisible man
I wonder how interested Ashleigh would be in watching Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff in "The Comedy of Terrors" from 1963.
Ashley needs to put some Vincent Price films on the Hallobeans watch list period
House of Wax
The House on Haunted Hill
The last man on earth
The fly
The Raven
the mask of red death
Dr Goldfoot and the Bikini machine
@@shawnmiller4781Don’t forget The Abominable Dr. Phibes and Theater of Blood. Oh, and The Comedy of Terrors which is a hidden gem.
You saw Laurel and Hardy in Sons of the Desert--two very different guys.( different decade, too.) These two are Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Universal Studio's most successful comedy team. In the short span of ten years or so, they made a bunch of movies together, sometimes several in one year. Many of them were actually very good and worth seeing. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were good friends, Abbott and Costello, not so much. The two of them were paired up back in the days of Burlesque, a type of stage entertainment that gained popularity after Vaudeviille was put out of business by talking pictures. Lou Costello, the little fat guy, wanted to be a solo act, but his manager thought he needed a straight man to balance out his antics. He teamed him up with Bud Abbott, a guy considered one of the best straight men in show business. Bud had worked opposite big stars like Bert Lahr, Ed Wynn, and Jimmy Durante and he wasn't happy about being paired up with some inexperienced newcomer. Lou hated having to be part of a team, and he especially didn't like getting second billing (it's show business tradition to give the straight man top billing) They didn't get along with each other, but on stage they had great chemistry. They became a big hit on radio, especially with their most famous routine, "Who's on First?" Universal offered them a movie contract, and they ended up working together for years. In the fifties, they made severel appearances on television, and they even produced their own TV show for two years. Finally they broke up, but Lou passed away in 1959..
yeah... whats going on with her?... thats weird... does she really pay attention to the movies? odd...
She just needs to be exposed to more classic comedies, that's all.@@itubeutubewealltube1
So why be mean about it? She even said that they weren't the same actors she saw in the last movie. I just appreciate how fun she is and love her awkwardness. She didn't grow up with these characters and doesn't remember. It's okay Ashleigh I love you!
@@itubeutubewealltube1 She gets mixed up, but she not taking notes like a student, haha!! She says it all in the description " . . . and what the hell do I know?"
Coming up on your left is Soundstage 12… ***Sorry… I felt like I was giving a tour at Universal… LOL… I knew a lot of your info from “stall filler” when I was a Studio Guide! 😂🥰🎥
One of the best horror comedys, and one of Abbott and Costello’s best. It also serves as the last grand hurrah of the original Universal Horror era complete with the final appearance of Lon Chaney Jr as The Wolf Man, and Bela Lugosi as the immortal Count Dracula. Which, incidentally, was only Bela’s second time playing Dracula on film, despite how one would reasonably assume he played the role in film more times given his legacy as the most iconic and enduring portrayal of Dracula, even over ninety years later.
Strangely, Bela Lugosi wasn't the first choice to play Dracula. The part originally went to Lon Chaney, but Chaney died before they started filming, so the part went to Bela Lugosi instead. On a related note, Lugosi was offered the role of the monster in Frankenstein, but he turned it down when he found out he didn't have any speaking parts in it, so that part went to Boris Karloff, who at the time was known as William Henry Pratt.
@@j.woodbury412Lol, Lugosi was too vain for Frankenstein. He didn't want the makeup to cover his 'good looks'.
Man, I read all about those guys endlessly when I was a kid in the 70s.
@@j.woodbury412 Pratt adopted the stage name of Karloff 20 years before he appeared in "Frankenstein".
The great Glenn Strange, who played Sam the bartender on Gunsmoke, played Frankenstein's monster here!!
@@creech54 Oh okay.
Okay so background Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were a famous comedy duo and that were on radio, had many many films, and even were on television. Their most famous bit was Who's On First.
This film was basically the finale to the Universal Monsters Shared Universe.
Bela Lagosi who plays Dracula in this is the original Dracula from 1931,
The man playing the Frankenstein Monster is not Boris Karloff and instead an actor named Glen Strange,
The Wolfman is Lon Chaney Jr who started the role in 1940 with the Wolf Man,
The voice cameo at the end of the Invisible Man is Vincent Price who previously played the character in The Invisible Man Returns. You will know him better for giving the Thriller Rap in the Michael Jackson song and was the Inventor in Edward Scissorshands.
Both Abbot & esp Costello hated the script and improvised some of the dialogue. The whole production was wrought with problems. It is a tribute to their professionalism that they were able to pull this off.
@@alanholck7995 I heard before Bela hated working with them.
It would be cool for Ashleigh to react to Who's on First.
Glen Strange was hurt in the scene where the doctor is thrown out the window so Bela was forced to play the monster in a few scenes.
@@keithneale6223 It was Chaney who took over for Strange in that scene.
Talbot: "Every night when the moon is full, I turn into a wolf!"
Wilbur: "You and twenty million other guys!"
Still one of the funniest exchanges in cinema :)
Twenty thousand dollars in 1948 would have the spending power of almost 255,000 dollars today!
I think the other movie you watched was Laurel and Hardy, not Abbott and Costello. That's why they looked different. This movie was the MCU before the MCU was a thing. Each of those monsters had their own horror movies with those exact actors and of course A&C had theirs. When they put them all together in one movie it was a big deal at the time.
yeah... whats going on with her?... thats weird... does she really pay attention to the movies? or has this become a grift for her like so many other reactioners on here..... odd..
@@itubeutubewealltube1 I think most of these reaction videos are a grift. You would think if you're gonna have a channel devoted to movies, you should know a little something about movies. But no, just use the name of a famous film as click bait and rack up the views.
@@tedbishop567 yeah true... but this girl seemed to be more honest on if she liked something or didnt, she was into radio djing for a while..so a little bit into the arts. seems like she will watch movies from her patreons that are not neccessarily well known unlike other people... but you do have to pay to get her to watch something older...so money is the priority, not expanding your left brain.. i think? or is it right?
@@itubeutubewealltube1well she’s been watching 4-5 movies a week for the past four years so I’m sure she doesn’t retain everything
Yeah it’s not that deep. She just got them confused. She even says “and what the hell do I know” in her intro. She has been clear she has barely seen any movies in her life growing up.
One of the things that makes this movie great is the monsters are never the butt of the jokes.
The monsters played it straight and A&C did the comedy. That's why it worked so well.
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein trivia.
1. this was the ONlY other time that Bela Lugosi played Dracula.
2. Glenn Strange (the monster) broke his ankle during filming and Lon Chaney Jr (the Wolf Man) stepped in and played the monster for one scene.
3. Glenn Strange (the monster) walked on a broken ankle when he had to break open a large gate near the end of the film.
4. When the monster punches through the door and hits Wibur (Lou Costello), it was real. Lou missed his mark to stand a few inches to the left but stayed in the middle of the door and got popped.
5. The voice of the Invisible Man at the very end of the film is Vincent Price.
With Bella Lagosi reprising his classic role of Dracula and the fact that Lon Chaney played Wolfman and the Cameo by Vincent Price as the invisible man was the icing on the cake these were the biggest stars of horror on the silver screen at the time
This was sadly his last Dracula performance in the Universal Monster Movies.
I like "Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man" and "Comin' 'Round the Mountain".
The actor who played Mr. McDougal was Frank Fergusson. He was a wonderful character actor. His career lasted 47 years in over 300 movies and tv shows. I know him best for playing multiple characters on the Andy Griffith show, including a councilman and a butcher.
He was also a drama coach at the Pasadena Playhouse and taught actors such as Dana Andrews, Robert Preston, Victor Mature and George Reeves.
Abbot and Costello were a staple of my Saturday afternoons in the 70's. Two of their movies were shown every Saturday, back-to-back, and even as a kid watching 30-year-old films I laughed my a** off for hours.
Watch more Abbot and Costello. You will LOVE IT.
Another fun fact: a lot of the tropes about werewolves that are used today, such as turning in the full moon, the upside down pentagram, originated with 1941’s The Wolf Man. Lon Chaney Jr. was the only actor to play the Wolf Man. But he’s also played Dracula, the mummy AND Frankenstein.
Only affected by silver weapons is a new trope, too.
@@mickaleneduczech8373 I believe that also cam from The Wolf Man.
His father was known for his starring roles in such silent horror films as _The Hunchback of Notre Dame_ (1923) and _The Phantom of the Opera_ (1925). His ability to transform himself using makeup techniques that he developed earned him the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Faces".
I think this movie works because the horror aspects are played straight. That gives Abbott and Costello something to react to and makes it funnier. Lon Chaney Jr. gives a performance that wouldn't be out of place in a straight ahead horror film.
The only other time Bela Lugosi played Dracula in a movie! (He’s in Plan 9 from Outer Space with his Dracula cape (recycled footage from half realized projects) but he’s credited as old man/ghoul man, not Dracula).
Also, this might be the first, or at least one of the earliest instances of a vampire and a werewolf fighting in a movie. I’ve looked into it a handful of times over the years, I haven’t found anything else. This movie doesn’t even come up! On top of that, it’s beween the most iconic vampire and werewolf in film! Bela Lugosi’s Dracula and Lon Chaney Jr’s Wolf-Man. How is that real?!
That could be true about this being the first occasion of a vampire fighting a werewolf in film, and as noted, it happens to be between the most iconic vampire and werewolf in the history of cinema.
@jonmercano1138 There was a script for a movie involving these versions of Dracula and The Wolf Man fighting each other that of course never got produced, James Rolfe did a video about it.
@@justindenney-hall5875 oh yeah! I saw that forever ago
Universal didn’t offer Bela the part because they thought he was dead and the studio considered character actor Ian Kieth to play the role. Kieth was the Lugosi’s competitor for the role when they were casting the 1931 film. Kieth could never seem to get a break Dracula wise.
Was Bela not playing Dracula in Plan 9 From Outer Space?
Another Abbott and Costello Spooky movie you might enjoy is "Time of Their Lives" (1946) - in which Lou Costello (the "chubby guy") plays a ghost. A non A+C comedy horror movie I recommend is "Love At First Bite" (1979).
It's weird to hear Ashleigh ask how Dracula does that with his hands. It's in the movie Ed Wood: "You must be double-jointed. And you must be Hungarian."
Abbott and Costello are a classic comedic duo. Putting them up against the big three of the universal monsters Dracula, Frankenstein monster and the wolfman is a recipe for hilariousnus
I don't know. Abbott and Castello meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is hilarious. I mean the confusion over the duel identity.
@@DanSolo0119 yeah that's also funny
Wonderful reaction Ashleigh. I'm pretty sure you watched Lauel and Hady before, not Abbott and Costello. Of course the original Universal monster movies should be on your list to watch. They may not be scary by today's standards, but the atmosphere of spookiness is phenomenal.
As a fan of the original Universal Monsters Universe, I wholeheartedly agree. It is especially a treat to see Boris Karloff's unmatched performance of the Frankenstein's Monster.
A Laurel and Hardy handshake. A line from Blazing Saddles.
@@johnhawk1089 Owwww......🤣
Oh, for sure!
The scene where Lou Costello sits on Frankenstein's ( Glenn Strange) lap, Lou kept making Glenn crack up behind the scenes
Growing up my sister and i loved this movie along with Abbott & Costello's paranormal comedy 'The Time of Their Lives'. A pretty fun ghost story i think most people on this channel might get a kick out of. Maybe for a President's Day watch.
“Melody”
"Even a man who is pure of heart, and says his prayers by night... may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms, and the autumn moon is bright..."
This is legitimately one of my favorite films ever and probably my favorite film using the original Universal Monsters properties. I feel like the only miss in this film is the lack of Boris Karloff to play Frankenstein's Creeature.
I also love the fact that Vincent Price voiced the Invisible man at the end.
It's worth noting that there was kind of a short series of movies like this: the comedy duo were also paired off against The Invisible Man, The Mummy and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - but I would definitely argue that this film was the best or at least best known of the crop.
Boris Karloff had retired from playing Frankenstein's Monster at this point in time, but he was still acting. Interestingly - He played the part of Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde in "Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde".
I would agree this one is better than "... Meets the Invisible Man", and "... Meets the Mummy", but I would place "Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" at least on par with "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein" and maybe even a bit better - in part due to Karloff's performance.
While he had retired the monster, Boris Karloff was kind enough to help promote this movie, and then went on to play “the killer” in Abbott and Costello meet the Killer before doing Abbott and Costello meet Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Don’t forget _Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld._
Would have been great to have Karloff back as the monster but he had passed the torch (fire..BAD!! sorry lol) on to Glenn Strange who took over the role in 1944's House of Frankenstein and again in 1945's House of Dracula before playing the monster again in A and C meet Frankenstein. In House of Dracula, Karloff played a scientist. I read that Karloff helped Strange by giving him monster pointers. A class act!
There is nothing more terrifying, more blood curdling, more heart stopping, than BIG BUSHY EYEBROWS!
I love this movie. So many classic actors playing the monsters. Bela Lugosi as Dracula. Lon Chaney Jr as the Wolfman. They could not get Boris Karloff as the Frankenstein Monster. Glenn Strange plays the Monster instead.
But a year after this they do meet him in "Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff".
@@frugalseverin2282 yes that was done to makeup for Boris not being in this movie.
Strange was the 'current' monster, having played him in the two previous Universal films, 'House of Dracula' and 'House of Frankenstein'.
Karloff felt that the movie was going to make fun of the monster and he was very protective of it since it gave him a career.
Glenn was the bartender on Gunsmoke
Abbott and Costello have a great list of movies to watch.
Yes please!
An absolute classic classic movie (not for hallowbeans): His Girl Friday. The dialogue is so snappy you'll miss things while you are laughing.
Unofficially, the reason the wolf man is out to get Dracula is because of his actions in the previous movie, House of Dracula. This movie is seen by some as the conclusion to the Universal monstermash series that was going on through the 40s.
Bela Lugosi's big bushy eyebrows are part of his iconic Dracula look. When I picture Dracula, I think of his dramatic arched eyebrow every time.
Another Great Abbott and Costello movie that you can watch anytime is The time of their lives. Costello plays a ghost in a wishing well. Just like the Gordon Lightfoot song says.
Is that where he got the reference!? Never knew that, if it's the case. Nice. 👍
You were confusing Abbott and Costello with Laurel and Hardy. You haven't watched anything with these two before.
I was going to say I didn't remember her watching anything with Bud and Lou in it before.
I was wondering what she was talking about when she said they were different people... that clears that up!
And when she said "Bela Lugosi must be Brude of Frankenstein"😂😂😂🎩
If nobody else had bothered to clarify, I would have. With Laurel and Hardy, Oliver Hardy, the stout one of the pair, was the straight man, and Laurel, the thin one, was the simpering underdog. Here, it's "quasi" reversed.
Abbott and Costello were super popular in the 40s and 50s. You ought to watch their bit called Who's on First. It wouldn't be suitable because it's only about 5 minutes long, but often said to be one of the best written comedy bits ever.
One interesting thing about this movie is that the actors who played Dracula and the Wolfman in those original movies also played the characters in this movie.
PLEASE trust me on this ABSOLUTE MUST SEE classic,, "The Ghost And Mr. Chicken"
(1966) Featuring the legendary & iconic comedic genius of Mr. Don Knotts (R.I.P. Don 🙏❤️)
Us Gen-Xers actually did grow up on these old movies, Ashleigh. Before cable TV became widespread in the 1980s, most Gen-Xers grew up in the age of UHF local television stations, which played old movies all the time. WKBS Channel 48 in Philadelphia played Abbott and Costello movies every Sunday at noon, and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein was my favorite. 😊
Same for me. Gen X. Saturday mornings were Abbott and Costello, and the Bowery Boys.
Ashleigh: This was one of my favorites growing up. The actors playing the "monsters" were almost all of the originals from earlier scary movies. Thanks for doing this one, my friend.;
Absolute classic. Can't watch it without laughing. I always hold this movie up with Young Frankenstein, A Night At The Opera, and It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as some of the older comedies that I grew up with and are among my favorite films.
My favorite A&C films are "Little Giant" and "The Time of Their Lives".
You chose the two very best.
Laurel&Hardy and the Marx
Bros. are on a higher level
and in the Genius class only
Chaplin and Keaton. Art and
Class are not democratic...
A lot of people take it for granted that Bela Lugosi must have appeared as Dracula, his best known role, in many movies. But no, he only did it twice. He starred in Dracula in 1931, which was the very first of the classic Universal Studios horror films, starting off the whole franchise. And, appropriately enough, he played the role here in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein in 1948, which brought that franchise to an end.
I grew up in the 70's watching Abbott & Costello every Sunday afternoon with my dad when I was young and I love this movie! Grat job Ashleigh!
This is a superb comedy horror movie, that is actually considered canon, in the Universal Monsters Movie Series.
In my opinion, whilst everyone involved is amazing, my favourite performance is from Lon Chaney Jr. who steals the movie, for me! :)
If Ashleigh is going to watch Abbott & Costello's most famous bit, "Who's on First?", can I plead that everyone encourage her to watch the version from "The Naughty Nineties" instead of the one from their TV series. It's superior in every way and has been cleaned up and posted on CZcams through Universal. Here's the link: czcams.com/video/sYOUFGfK4bU/video.html
I remember when I used to get up at 5 AM, stoke the coal furnace, make my lunch, snag a little breakfast, and head off to catch the bus to school. There was an early radio show (no TV broadcasts that early) I'd listen to that the clock radio woke me up to. One day they had Whit Bissell on the live show for an interview. He and the host sang "Winchester Cathedral" together through megaphones in nasal vaudeville voices. It was a hoot.
That scene with Costello sitting on the Monster's lap took a few takes to film because he'd always do different little bits and it kept making Glenn Strange break character and laugh blowing the take.
This is my favorite Abbott and Costello movie! I watch it every year for halloween.
Rewatched this recently. One of my favorite Abbott & Costello films.
It’s remarkable how well this movie holds up. It’s still funny as hell and is such great fun. Also a nice send off to the great Universal monsters.
This was the first time a female scientist is portrayed on film . I grew up watching this every year on tv , I think Lenore Aubert was memorable as Dr. Mornay. I hope you watch Abbott and Costello in Who done it ? Another favorite.
Abbott and Costello are always Abbott and Costello no others play them. This movie has it all from all the great horror actors of their time - all Universal monsters except for the Mummy ( I didn't see or notice) Wonderful surprise having Vincent Price voicing the Invisible Man awesome reaction as usual.
Big Bushy Eyebrows -- thank you for reacting to this. This was one of my favorite movies as a kid. One of the channels used to play a lot of Abbot & Costello movies (on Sundays, I think) and I ended up loving them after watching many of their movies. I also liked Abbot & Costello Meet the Mummy.
Lon Chaney Jr. was a victim of the disease of alcoholism. The director Charles T. Barton said that Lon was as “gentle as a little lamb.” Yet when he was under the influence of alcohol he wouldn’t even know where he was.
Bud Abbott relied on alcohol to combat his epilepsy since there was no medication for epilepsy in those days. His biggest fear was suffering an epileptic seizure when performing so he would drink alcohol to keep it at bay. Whenever he suffered an epileptic fit, Lou would punch him in the pit of the stomach and that snapped him out of it for some reason.
Abott and Costello, were part of the silver age of movies where many of the comedic movies came straight from Vaudeville acts that had already perfected their timing.
one of my faves, this was the one my mom chose to introduce me to the pair. These are especially meaningful to my family since my great grandparents worked the international vaudeville circuit as opera singers. My great grandpa would start his set selling peanuts in the crowd while someone else was performing interrupting them, only to break into song after being challenged by the person on stage.
Im so glad you had a chance to see these guys. I grew up on them. They had a whole lot of other horror comedy films here is a list if you're interested in checking them out :)
bud abbout and lou costello : hold that ghost
bud abbout and lou costello: meet the mummy
bud abbout and lou costello: meet the killer
bud aboout and lpu costello: meet the invisible man
budabbot and lou costello: meet dr. Jekyll and mr. Hyde
Yes to all, please!
"And frankly you never will." I love how old movies got the subtle innuendo in. 😂
The electrical equipment used in the laboratory is the same as was used in the original Frankenstein and later borrowed by Mel Brooks for Young Frankenstein . Glenn Strange , as the Monster actually broke his leg during filming .
Because Glen Strange broke his leg, for one shot, Lon Chaney offered to put the costume and make up so they could complete the movie (Lon had already played the monster in "Ghost of Frankenstein".)
This movie of theirs is amazing but pretty much everything they ever did is PHENOMENAL. I think you might like one of their other movies "Hold That Ghost" it was one of my favorites as a kid... It's the only thing that we could agree on watching on TV.
Yes! Hold That Ghost is awesome!
@@johnw8578 I still count money like Bud Abbott and Lou Costello to this day when my brother and I are divvying up funds 🤣
There is a Mexican film with two comedian actors who were the Abbott and Costello comedy team in many Mexican films, Viruta y Capulina which they did 'El Camino de los Espantos' (1967) which in translation is 'The Road of the Ghosts', and very similar to Abbott and Costello 'Hold That Ghost'. That film is uploaded on CZcams.
These movies are the definition of Classics! Add the Universal horror fils to your must watch list Ashleigh... DO IT NOW!!
If you love wit and comedy of any kind you MUST start with these two in "Who's On First", the greatest comedy routine of all time.
I've been wanting to suggest a movie for you to see, but I saw your emotional rection to Field of Drrams, and I know this movie would absolutely turn you into a puddle. LOL So I'm going to refrain. Two others I think you'd like are Wall Street and Working Girl.
Wow, that was a dangerous typo I made. "reaction".
It’s warms my 55 year old heart to see you enjoy this movie. I grew up watching them on Saturday mornings. Do yourself a favor and look up the “who’s on first” routine. Classic!!! Big bushy eyebrows were fashionable on Brooke Shields in the 80’s 😉🧡🖤🧡
Ashleigh: How do you do the scary hands?
Lugosi: You must be Hungarian.
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I can't even remember how many Saturdays this movie was shown in the 70s and 80s.
Loved Lou Costello. Met him several times as a youngster. I grew up in a township next to his home town, Paterson, NJ (East Paterson). His aunt, Mrs. Varello, was a lovely lady and his grandmothers sister who literally lived next door to my family in a mother-daughter type home. When Lou would visit his relatives back in Paterson, he would often stop in our neighborhood to visit his aunt. I was only about 5 when he passed, so my memories have faded. I do recall he was kind, very funny, and very generous with the parents and kids locally. He loved kids, and would freely sign autographs, give out signed photos, and I clearly remember him giving out 50-cent pieces to all the kids which was a heck of a lot of money back then. He was also quite an athlete even in his fifties, and he would borrow one of the neighborhood kids bicycles and do all kinds of showing-off tricks on the bike.
I love that they used all of the original classic monsters of that time to be in this movie. His big bushy eyebrows were their own character.
Bela Lugosi was the original Dracula and also played the werewolf that bites Talbot in, The Wolfman. He isn't seen as a Wolfman himself however. Lon Chaney Jr., also played a vampire onscreen but as Count Alucard (Dracula spelled backwards) as well as Frankenstein's monster and the Mummy in various films. He was actually a very good actor and one of his best roles was as Lennie in, Of Mice and men.
if you look closely, Abbot always has a pencil in his top pocket he was an epileptic and needed them to bite on if he had a fit
"Y'all ever throw it back on Frankenstein?" - Ha ha ha - I'm dying over that line!
For classic duos there are 3 for me. Abbott and Costello, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and Bing Crosby and Bob Hope (the Road movies). You can't go wrong with any of those ever.
Oh my God, it's been ages since I've seen this movie. I was still very, very young. That must have been sometime in the early 70s. My face, how time flies.😅
They used to call pneumonia "the old man's friend." It was responsible for alleviating a lot of suffering.
I'm so happy that she was finally exposed to Abbott and Costello and while it isn't my favorite it is one of their most memorable movies.
It's good to see this generation appreciating the classics. My little sister, my step daughter and I love this movie.
"I've had this brain 30 years and it ain't worked right yet." BROOO SAAAMEE!
I love these Abbot and Costello movies. Through cinema, they really brought Vaudville to a range of audiences that would not have experienced it otherwise. "BIG BUSHY EYEBROWS"
This movie, and Arsenic and Old Lace have been a annual Halloween tradition for the last 50 years. Great movie, and the best of Abbott and Costello.
Love Abbott and Costello. Their monster and ghosts spoofs, are a lot of fun. Here is a few Abbott and Costello movie classics: "Meet the Invisible Man", "Meet Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", "Meet the Mummy", "Hold that Ghost", "Meet the Killer", and "The Time of Their Lives"
Growing up in the ‘60s and ‘70s, A&C movies were Saturday afternoon staples on TV and the Universal horror movies were the go to ‘Creature Feature’ films that played Saturday nights. For a budding film nerd at the time, this movie was a great crossover of two of my favorite things. And the movie is a great Halloween tradition watch, especially with little kids after they trick or treat; cinematic comfort food like the odd candies you get in your basket that one night and never buy the other 364 days of the year.
Bela Lugosi played the Monster in Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man. His Monster had lines, but they were removed so it was never established that the Monster was blind after receiving a. New brain in the previous movie. This is why his Monster had a sleepwalking like lumbering gait with arms outstretched. This became the stereotypical walk of the Monster as a result. The actor who played the Monster in the movie before that was Wolf Man star Lon Chaney Jr, he also played the Monster for a period in the movie when Glenn Strange injured his ankle.
1948???
Wow, my parents were 8 & 4 years old. How fun to think of them at that age seeing this in the theater!
This has long been one of my favorite comedy horror films. Not just because I love older movies in general but also that it had the unbeatable lineup of Bela Lugosi as Dracula (with his Big Bushy Eyebrows!), Lon Chaney Jr. as the Wolf Man and Vincent Price as the Invisible Man. We'll never see anything like that ever again!
One of the best endings ever, with the invisible man.
Voiced by Vincent Price.
The "welcome baaack" and finger waggle always makes me smile ... almost as much as Big Bushy Eyebrows 😉
My favorite comedy duo! It made it more tolerable since so many conversations with my son, when he was little, was like their skits. No wonder so many of his classmates wanted him in their projects even though he majored (and graduated) for editing!
I have all of Abbott and Costello's movies on DVD. I'm 61 and grew up with this wonderful movies.
Bela had double-jointed fingers. That’s how he was able to do his trademark creepy hand gestures.
Bela Lugosi, playing Dracula in this film is was very popular for playing that character and many other scary roles way back in the golden age of Hollywood, he is also thought of as one of several masters of horror of the same time period (1920s to late 1950s) which included actors like Boris Karloff and Vincent Price both also well known in their own right for the scary characters they played in movies. Anyway, When Bela Lugosi passed away in 1956 (age 73) he was so loved that when they put him in his coffin for his service his body was on display dressed in his full Dracula costume, and was later buried that way...
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"There is no Sandra, only Zuul." Hilarious.
Love that they actually got Bela Lugosi to reprise his role as Dracula here 😆
Bit of trivia, Lon Chaney (who played the Wolf Man), doubled Glenn Strange for one shot after he throws Dr Mornay out the window. Glenn broke his ankle during filming and Lon stepped in.
"Verified and valified" -Ashleigh Burton
Words to live by! 😂
"How does he do those creepy hands?" Well you see Ashleigh, you need to be double jointed and Hungarian 😂
What!? Big Bushy Eyebrows!! So glad I watched this. I had been looking for Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters for years. But after re-watching with you..this is it!! Vincent Price's voice at the end confirmed it. I miss this kind of quick witted humor and fun. Thanks Ashleigh...I probably rewatch with you over and over.
This movie, Mad Monster Party, and Nightmare Before Christmas are the three movies I watch every Halloween! So excited to see you react to this!
As a kid in the 50's all we had was a black & white TV that only got 3 channels. On Saturday mornings all you could see was Abbott & Costello, old Marx Bros. movies, the Three Stooges, old Tarzan & WC Fields movies and Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis flicks. And you wonder why our generation was so Crazy!
If I remember correctly, the first one you watched was Laurel and Hardy not Abbott and Costello but that's ok because now you have seen another legendary comedy duo.
Abbott and Costello are best known for the "Who's On First" sketch and '13 x 7= 28". We'll worth looking atore of their stuff.
SOOOO much horror movie legends here. Bela Lugosi was the original sophisticated, tuxedo wearing Count Dracula playing him here. Lon Chaney. Junior was the original Wolfman and plays that part here. His father was a master of special effects make up, Lon Chaney. He starred in silent films, and was the original hunchback of Notre Dame and Phantom of the opera. And as noted elsewhere, Vincent Price is the voice of the invisible man. Another classic horror movie actor.
*BIG BUSHY EYEBROWS* Super cool that Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney Jr are in this!
The abbot and Castillo meeting the mummy, the invisible man, and dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde are also really funny
I'm a Gen X'er, and I lived for these old movies. Cary Grant movies were the best. I had Abbott & Costello on cassette in old radio shows.