S1.E8

The Army Story

Episode aired Jan 23, 1953
TV-G
26m

IMDb RATING

8.1/10

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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in The Abbott and Costello Show (1952)

The Abbott And Costello Show: The Army Story

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The boys join the reserves.The boys join the reserves.The boys join the reserves.

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Bud and Lou receive a letter to report to Army headquarters, their applications accepted. Mr. Fields wants his 13 weeks back rent, but they only have a fraction, leading to Lou performing the comical "7 X 13 = 28" routine. After some snappy lines, they pass their physicals. Bud is made corporal. In the barracks, Bud teaches Lou how to shoot dice- their classic "Dice Game" routine. Bud leads his men to drill resulting in their "Drill Routine".

The episode is a condensed version of their feature film "Buck Privates".

Trivia
Some of the scenes in this episode are rehashes of scenes from Deux nigauds soldats (1941).

Goofs
When Bud is drilling Lou and 3 other soldiers there's another group further back also drilling and another soldier walking up the sidewalk. As the group in the back is marching towards Bud and Lou the soldier on the sidewalk is ahead of the second group and he stops when he comes to the end of the building on the right. Then there's a closer up view of Bud and Lou's group and the sidewalk guy is back again walking up only now he's further back from the second group still advancing. As the second group gets closer they turn and march to the right disappearing between the two buildings and the sidewalk guy does an about face. Then the film jumps and the sidewalk guy has disappeared completely while the second group is marching back from between the buildings.