''Classic Comedy Teams Collection'' on DVD from Warner Home Video November 21.BURBANK, Calif. -- On November 21, Warner Home Video Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video (for Warner Communications, Inc.). It was re-named Warner Home Video in 1980. tickles the funny bone with the release of "Classic Comedy Teams Collection," featuring six classic comedies from three of Hollywood's legendary comedy teams - The Three Stooges, Abbott and Costello Abbott and Costello (kŏstĕl`ō), American comedy team of William Alexander "Bud" Abbott, 1895–1974, b. Asbury Park, N.J., and Lou Costello, 1906–59, b. Paterson, N.J., as Louis Francis Cristillo. , and Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy, American film comedy team. The duo consisted of Stan Laurel, 1890–1965, b. Ulverson, England, whose real name was Arthur Stanley Jefferson; and Oliver Hardy, 1892–1957, b. Atlanta, Ga. . The three double-feature discs include "Meet the Baron"/"Gold Raiders," "Air Raid Wardens"/"Nothing but Trouble" and "Lost in a Harem"/"Abbott and Costello in Hollywood." The Collection will sell for $28.98 SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol. with the individual double features of each team available for $14.97 SRP. The Three Stooges in "Meet the Baron" (1933)/"Gold Raiders" (1951) In "Meet the Baron," radio comic Jack Pearl (with support from Jimmy Durante) plays the bogus baron on a speaking tour, and Larry, Curly (billed as Jerry) and Moe play janitors at the all-girl Cuddle College. "Gold Raiders" - One of their several full-length features, this is a rarely seen comic gem. With Larry, Shemp and Moe holding the horses' reins, there's a load of shenanigans shenanigans Noun, pl Informal 1. mischief or nonsense 2. trickery or deception [origin unknown] in this way-out Western. Laurel and Hardy in "Air Raid Wardens" (1943)/"Nothing but Trouble" (1944) Rejected by the military, the duo become "Air Raid Wardens." Lights-out laughs include an uproarious argument with slow-burn comic Edgar Kennedy, and a hysterical run-in with a nest of spies. In "Nothing but Trouble," the boys fuss and finagle as World War II-era domestics who rally 'round an exiled boy-king when danger arises. "Lost in a Harem" (1944)/"Abbott and Costello in Hollywood" (1945) "Lost in a Harem" - Locked in is more like it, as the two land in jail twice, where their timing, repartee rep·ar·tee n. 1. A swift, witty reply. 2. Conversation marked by the exchange of witty retorts. See Synonyms at wit1. and monkeyshines shine. Douglas Dumbrille plays the evil potentate POTENTATE. One who has a great power over, an extended country; a sovereign. 2. By the naturalization laws, an alien is required, before he can be naturalized, to renounce all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereign whatever. who uses hypnosis against the boys - making this a tale of Arabian daze and nights. One of the most famous of their films - "Abbott and Costello in Hollywood" - finds Buzz (Bud Abbott) and Abercrombie (Lou Costello) working in a Tinseltown haircut salon where they usually take a little off the side. But why not take 10% off the top? So the fellas become movie talent agents, setting in motion the lights-camera-comedy antics. Art can be downloaded at www.whvdirect.com. |
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