I now know how Abbot felt when Costello left, how Brinkley felt when Huntley left, how Sears felt when Roebuck left, and, of course, how Dan Rather felt when Connie left.
Quotes about costello (16 Quotes)
I wanted some real economic advice from a real Australian, someone in touch with the land, in touch with reality . . . unlike the other Mr Costello.
People are going to see both of us and think it's an Abbott and Costello kind of thing. It's not an easy switch. It's not an easy transition from TV to film.
If Peter Costello wants more taxpayers, he is going to have to find more child-care places so mothers can actually get back to work.
Elvis Costello had a brand new bag. He was a musician, but he knew all about the attitude part of it.
Five years ago, I was in New York, and I saw Elvis Costello and I said, 'I look forward to seeing you in Vegas,
I caught a little bit of the games, but I was watching Abbott and Costello and old-time stuff like that. I think that was the main thing about the bye week. It wasn't for dwelling on the loss it was for guys like me with a sprained ankle who were banged up to get some rest.
I watched Bing Crosby and Abbott and Costello yesterday. Two old classics.
It gets so boring at home. After all, how many reruns of Abbott and Costello movies can a guy watch on television?
I've been here all the time; I could be putting out as many albums as Costello, y'know what I mean?
I think Beckett was influenced by those clowns, Buster Keaton, Abbott and Costello ... by that sort of physical comedy. I don't think it was an accident that they had Buster Keaton in his film.
Yes you heard correctly. As a matter of fact, the first time I was on TNT and I did the poem... I was in a suit of armor. ... Vince McMahon said, in the commercial he said, 'Lanny that was great, I want you to do that before every match, I want you to do a poem.' I thought to myself, well okay, that's a little tough on a babyface... so I thought to myself, Al Costello used to throw those boomerangs (with The Fabulous Kangaroos) ... and I know that, my brother and I used to gouge each other's eyes trying to get those things, you know Whenever you get free stuff... so I started out throwing these little rolled-up scrolls but they weren't really flying. So I said, I've gotta throw a frisbee. So I bought 500 frisbees and I wrote a poem on them. And then the marketing people from World Wrestling Federation said, 'Do you mind if we market these' Do I mind if you market these I said I was dying to get my feet wet in that. So they sold them at 3 apiece, they sold several hundred thousand of them. And the reason they sold so many is because I was the only wrestler, win, lose or draw, that would, after the match was over, go to the venues, meet the people, be nice to the people, whether they bought frisbees or not.
Although in Abbott and Costello, and straight man was first. That's a very interesting concept.
When somebody like Elvis Costello comes along, anybody can make a good record with him.
We didn't know anything about comedy duos - Abbot and Costello, Martin and Lewis - we didn't know anything about that. Kim Fields showed us a tape of Martin and Lewis and their old shows and they come through the curtain so we started doing research on them.
It was such a great time for music. Being in college radio in the '80s, R.E.M. just happened, Elvis Costello was going strong. The biggest, most famous Seattle band was the Young Fresh Fellows. Our town was halfway between Seattle and Minneapolis on I-90, and so we got tons of shows just by virtue of being the gas-money stop on I-90.