Product Description

America's most beloved comedy team pair up with a cast of monsters and The Keystone Kops in this collector's set filled with 6 classics. The last installment in this hilarious franchise includes revealing documentaries and interviews that give an in-depth look at the genius behind Abbott and Costello and their continued popularity. Also featured is the making of the original classic Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, which spawned an industry of comedy/horror films. Partnered with great legends like Boris Karloff, these masterpieces truly stand the test of time.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11626 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-10-04
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 391 minutes

Customer Reviews

The last of their Universal Pictures, sort of.
This is the last three movies that Abbott & Costello did for Universal.
Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Abbott & Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy

You may notice that "IT AIN'T HAY" is missing from these DVD sets. Universal could not come to agreement with the Damon Runyon estate for the rights to put the story out on DVD. Sigh, again we miss out because of greed.

To fill out this DVD set It would have been nice if Universal worked out a deal for Abbott & Costello's independent films. Where is "A & C MEET CAPTAIN KIDD", and quality copies of the Public Domain films "JACK AND THE BEANSTALK" & "AFRICA SCREAMS"? Or even the Docu-Drama "BUD & LOU" starring Harvey Korman & Buddy Hackett.

Instead, Universal pads out the set with two "clip" movies that show us the highlights of what we already have: "THE WORLD OF ABBOTT & COSTELLO" and "ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET JERRY SEINFIELD". There is also a documentary.

Well, at least we will finally get the last 3 Universal movies, which are superior to many of their movies included in set #3.

disregard for the fans and collectors
It's indeed great to have the last few films on this final collection (Jekyll and Hyde in particular), but why is this volume with less discs and less movies MORE expensive than the other volumes? And even worse, neither the packaging nor the discs themselves give ANY indication as to which movies are on which sides of each disc. You have to pop them into your dvd player and wait for the menu to come up to find out. Blatant mistreatment of these precious films...

Boy, Are We Spoiled
A couple of years ago if somebody announced that 3 A&C films, any 3 except the PD ones, and 3 documentaries would be available from Universal for less than $20 everyone would have dashed to buy it. However, since Universal put out 3 previous 8 film sets at fire sale prices suddenly this seems like a bad deal. A&C Meet the Mummy was originally more expensive than this by itself. My rating is for the films included which are not among the team's best but this is still a great deal.