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Film Quotes by Bud Abbott

24 quotes
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Year: 1947

Director:
Charles Barton
Chester Wooley: We stop the stage, the bandits are waiting for the stage, and then you show up instead of the stage.
Duke Egan: That's pretty well-staged.
-- Bud Abbott (as Duke Egan) in The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Year: 1949

Director:
Charles Barton
Freddie Phillips: Who's the culprit?
Casey Edwards: The culprit and the murderer are the same!
Buck Privates
Year: 1941

Director:
Arthur Lubin
Herbie Brown: What time is it?
Slicker Smith: None of your business!
[completely ad-libbed during the drill routine. Abbott didn't know it was coming but delivered his response flawlessly]
-- Bud Abbott (as Slicker Smith) in Buck Privates (1941)
Jack and the Beanstalk
Year: 1952

Director:
Jean Yarbrough
Jack: [about the Princess] We gotta save her.
Mr. Dinkelpuss: You're right.
Jack: There's the castle. Let's go.
Mr. Dinkelpuss: Come on. What am I doing? Go ahead.
-- Bud Abbott (as Mr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss) in Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Year: 1951

Director:
Charles Lamont
Lou Francis: [about graduating] This is the happiest day of my life, how did I ever graduate?
Bud Alexander: [whispering] I slipped the guy twenty bucks. Now keep quiet.
Africa Screams
Year: 1949

Director:
Charles Barton
Stanley Livington: Listen boss, I'm not going along. You've got no right to put me in a thing like that. You're always putting me right in the middle
Buzz Johnson: Don't tell me that. Don't you give me that. No arguments.
-- Bud Abbott (as Buzz Johnson) in Africa Screams (1949)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Year: 1948

Director:
Charles Barton
Wilbur Grey: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Wilbur Grey: Who screamed?
Chick Young: You did.
Chick Young: [amused] I did?
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Year: 1948

Director:
Charles Barton
Wilbur Grey: Oh, boy! I'm floatin' on a cloud of love!
Chick Young: Listen, you little blimp! I'll let the air out of you in a minute if you don't give me a hand -
[slams a bag into Wilbur's head]
Chick Young: - ya understand that?
Wilbur Grey: Thank You.
Chick Young: Boy, is this kid lost!
Lost in a Harem
Year: 1944

Director:
Charles Reisner
Prince Ramo: [from inside his jail cell] Don't worry! I'll get you out!
Peter Johnson: [being locked up in a nearby cell] Who's gonna get YOU out?
-- Bud Abbott (as Peter Johnson) in Lost in a Harem (1944)
Buck Privates Come Home
Year: 1947

Director:
Charles Barton
Bill Gregory: That's my car, hey Slick, who's racing my car?
Slicker Smith: I don't know, I'll ask Herbie... Herbie? Herbie can't drive!
-- Bud Abbott (as Slicker Smith) in Buck Privates Come Home (1947)