The Abbott and Costello Show - Season 2
Season 2
Network
Episodes26
DatesNov 7, 1953 - May 1, 1954
Episodes
Season 2Episode 130 min
The Paper Hangers
To pay back rent, Bud and Lou attempt to wallpaper an apartment. Later, as waiters in a restaurant, they brawl with hoodlums.
Nov 7, 1953
Season 2Episode 230 min
Uncle Bozzo's Visit
Lou's eccentric opera singing uncle comes to stay with the boys for a couple of months.
Nov 14, 1953
Season 2Episode 330 min
In Society
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.
Nov 21, 1953
Season 2Episode 430 min
Life Insurance
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.
Nov 28, 1953
Season 2Episode 530 min
Pest Exterminators
Bud and Lou are pest exterminators mistaken for psychiatrists when they attend to Mrs. Featherton's "aunts."
Dec 5, 1953
Season 2Episode 630 min
Killer's Wife
When a heavyweight prize fighter named Killer thinks that Lou is having an affair with his wife, Bud attempts to get Lou trained and fit in a gym.
Dec 12, 1953
Season 2Episode 730 min
Cheapskates
Bud and Lou accidentally buy a crate of roller-skates, not knowing that they have stolen diamonds hidden inside.
Dec 19, 1953
Season 2Episode 830 min
South of Dixie
Lou accidentally lands himself and Bud roles in a Civil War melodrama.
Dec 26, 1953
Season 2Episode 930 min
From Bed to Worse
Bud and Lou attempt to plant a backyard garden in order to win a cash prize offered by a civic group.
Jan 2, 1954
Season 2Episode 1030 min
$1,000 TV Prize
Lou wins a $1,000 dollar prize pretending to be Mr. Fields. He then has to get Mr. Fields out of the way so he can collect it.
Jan 9, 1954
Season 2Episode 1130 min
Amnesia
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.
Jan 16, 1954
Season 2Episode 1230 min
Efficiency Experts
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.
Jan 23, 1954
Season 2Episode 1330 min
Car Trouble
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.
Jan 30, 1954
Season 2Episode 1430 min
Wife Wanted
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.
Feb 6, 1954
Season 2Episode 1530 min
Uncle from New Jersey
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.
Feb 13, 1954
Season 2Episode 1630 min
Private Eye
After receiving his private eye diploma from the Watchdo Correspondence School, Lou helps a friend locate some valuable bonds in a haunted house.
Feb 20, 1954
Season 2Episode 1730 min
The Tax Return
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.
Feb 27, 1954
Season 2Episode 1830 min
Public Enemies
Lou is mistaken for a crook named Dapper Dan and is forced to take part in a robbery.
Mar 6, 1954
Season 2Episode 1930 min
Bank Holdup
Bud and Lou unwittingly take jobs as armed bodyguards for a couple of hoodlums and assist in a bank robbery. They use their share of money to pay their rent, and later try to get it back from Mr. Fields' safe.
Mar 13, 1954
Season 2Episode 2030 min
Well Oiled
Bud and Lou help Mr. Fields, who is being threatened with a lawsuit. Lou poses as a Texas millionaire to help discredit the complainant.
Mar 20, 1954
Season 2Episode 2130 min
The Pigeon
Bud and Lou's beautiful next door neighbor uses Lou as a decoy to help break up with her mobster boyfriend.
Mar 27, 1954
Season 2Episode 2230 min
Honeymoon House
When Bud and Mr. Fields help Lou put together a prefab house in order to impress his fiancée and her parents, a jealous former boyfriend sabotages their work.
Apr 3, 1954
Season 2Episode 2330 min
Fencing Master
A mad scientist's experiment convinces Lou that he is indestructible.
Apr 10, 1954
Season 2Episode 2430 min
Beauty Contest Story
When Bud and Lou judge a beauty contest, pressure is applied to sway their votes.
Apr 17, 1954
Season 2Episode 2530 min
Fall Guy
Bud and Lou want to take two sisters on a date but their father convinces the boys to put an antenna on his roof instead.
Apr 24, 1954
Season 2Episode 2630 min
Barber Lou
Lou tries to give Bud a rubdown following instructions from a radio show, but he's tuned into a program explaining how to paint a car at home.
May 1, 1954
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