Film Quotes by Lou Costello
108 quotes
Abercrombie:
A face like mine is hard to forget.
Buzz Kurtis: How do you know?
Abercrombie: I've been tryin' for years!
Buzz Kurtis: How do you know?
Abercrombie: I've been tryin' for years!
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Lou Costello
(as Abercrombie)
in
Abbott and Costello in Hollywood
(1945)
Abercrombie:
I gotta break the date.
Ruthie: What date?
Abercrombie: Don't you remember? June 22nd?
Ruthie: June 22nd? I don't remwember anything about a date.
Abercrombie: Oh, yes. Don't you remember? I said I was gonna take you to the Palladium a long time ago, and you said, 'See me next year.' Well, tonight the year is up.
Ruthie: What date?
Abercrombie: Don't you remember? June 22nd?
Ruthie: June 22nd? I don't remwember anything about a date.
Abercrombie: Oh, yes. Don't you remember? I said I was gonna take you to the Palladium a long time ago, and you said, 'See me next year.' Well, tonight the year is up.
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Lou Costello
(as Abercrombie)
in
Abbott and Costello in Hollywood
(1945)
Albert Mansfield:
Lady, he ain't dead, he's hiding!
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Lou Costello
(as Albert Mansfield)
in
In Society
(1944)
Benny Miller:
Do you mind if I have a piece of candy while I wait on you?
Hazel Temple Morrison: Aren't you worried you're going to wear your teeth down to the bones?
Benny Miller: What?
Hazel Temple Morrison: You ate three packages of cracker jacks, two bags of peanuts, one of those red gooey apples on a stick, and three chocolate malked milkshakes.
Benny Miller: And don't forget the banana split, with a lot of fruit on it!
Hazel Temple Morrison: Aren't you worried you're going to wear your teeth down to the bones?
Benny Miller: What?
Hazel Temple Morrison: You ate three packages of cracker jacks, two bags of peanuts, one of those red gooey apples on a stick, and three chocolate malked milkshakes.
Benny Miller: And don't forget the banana split, with a lot of fruit on it!
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Lou Costello
(as Benny Miller)
in
Little Giant
(1946)
Chester Wooley:
Marriage is a three ring circus: the engagement ring, the wedding ring and suffering.
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Lou Costello
(as Chester Wooley)
in
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
(1947)
Chester Wooley:
That wild goose chase of yours is going to lay an egg.
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Lou Costello
(as Chester Wooley)
in
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
(1947)
Costello:
He's gonna make a wonderful husband.
Abbott: You don't even know what a husband is.
Costello: A husband is what's left of a sweetheart after the nerve has been killed.
Abbott: You don't even know what a husband is.
Costello: A husband is what's left of a sweetheart after the nerve has been killed.
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Lou Costello
(as Costello)
in
One Night in the Tropics
(1940)
Freddie Phillips:
[upon escaping a steambox] I saw a hand turn around the corner, and he put on a lot of steam, all the steam he could put on, f-full force... I think somebody's trying to kill me.
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Lou Costello
(as Freddie Phillips)
in
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
(1949)
Freddie Phillips:
Ain't I a lucky stiff? Lucky stiff? I should've never left Paterson.
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Lou Costello
(as Freddie Phillips)
in
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
(1949)
Freddie Phillips:
I have a confession to make.
Angela Gordon: You did it?
Freddie Phillips: No, I mean that stuff
[champagne]
Freddie Phillips: I don't drink that stuff, that's like drinking poison.
Angela Gordon: Oh come on...
Freddie Phillips: Oh stop it, the bubbles' is tickling my nose.
Angela Gordon: For little Angela...
Freddie Phillips: I wouldn't drink it for big Angela.
Angela Gordon: You did it?
Freddie Phillips: No, I mean that stuff
[champagne]
Freddie Phillips: I don't drink that stuff, that's like drinking poison.
Angela Gordon: Oh come on...
Freddie Phillips: Oh stop it, the bubbles' is tickling my nose.
Angela Gordon: For little Angela...
Freddie Phillips: I wouldn't drink it for big Angela.
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Lou Costello
(as Freddie Phillips)
in
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
(1949)