Top Ten Signs You've Seen Too Many Abbott and Costello Films

[The Blackbird]

#10. Your life is interrupted every 15 minutes or so for a musical interlude
#9. Every girl you fall in love with prefers some singing Hollywood pretty-boy instead
#8. You see floating candles everywhere but nobody else ever does
#7. Wherever you go you keep bumping into Shemp
#6. You consider checkered jackets and bowler hats a bold fashion statement
#5. Every time the Samba plays you start compulsively dancing it
#4. You're very reluctant to ask anyone directions to the Susquehana Hat Company
#3. You're certain the best way to break into Fort Knox is by drilling straight down in the middle of hillbilly country
#2. You firmly believe 7 X 13 = 28
#1. After you're in a fender bender you shout, "When I said Dance with Me Henry, I didn't mean this!"

[AlonzoChurch]

11. You hang out with a best friend who keeps hitting you.

12. You feel guilty for not putting mustard on your hot dog.

13. You think the way to get to third base with a girl is to say “I don’t know”

14. Your dreams are all famous old burlesque routines.

15. You see monsters and your best friend never does.

16. You wonder why you are the funny guy, when it’s the best friend who is saying all the silly insane stuff.

[Paul Penna]

11. Whenever you point at something, instead of looking, the other guy says, “What's the matter with you?”

[Jim Roots]

Check.

Check.

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Umm, does Harpo count in place of Shemp?


Jim
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[s.w.a.c.]

17. You're not sure, but you think Bobby Barber might be stalking you.

[MaryGH]

18. I make and enjoy a hamburger every time I watch "Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy"

[The Blackbird]

"Stop the music...!"
But, hey, pardon my sarong...

[Daveismyhero]

#10. Your life is interrupted every 15 minutes or so for a musical interlude

My first thought! A blessing and a curse.

Thanks for sharing a great list!

[Marr&Colton]

19. You fly into a rage when someone wants to serve you meat balls.

20. When you make 'orderves for a party you reach for ant paste instead of antipasto.

21. All landlords remind you of Sidney Fields.

22. You duck every time you hear "Niagra Falls" mentioned in a conversation.

[NotSoSilent]

23. You can't provide a simple answer for "Who's on first?" (Was that one too easy?)

[The Blackbird]

Some fun A & C trivia:

Lou's daughter Carole appears in IN THE NAVY as the baby in the stroller, in ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE KEYSTONE KOPS as the theatre cashier [hence the "You're silly"/"So's your old man" exchange], and in ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE MUMMY as the flower girl.

The kid who asks Lou how a rocketship works at the start of ABBOTT AND COSTELLO GO TO MARS is a young Harry Shearer.

As Bud and Lou ride to foil the stagecoach robbery in THE WISTFUL WIDOW OF WAGON GAP, they hurry right past the rock formation at the Garden of the Gods where Buster Keaton does his rope bridge gag in THE PALEFACE.

The basketball match in HERE COME THE CO-EDS was shot on Universal's "Phantom" stage, complete with Lon Chaney Jr. in attendance.

ABBOTT AND COSTELLO GO TO MARS is still technically more scientifically accurate than ROCKETSHIP X-M.