Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) - Newspaper Ad

Oakland Tribune - July 29, 1948

Having played out their roster of monsters with a cycle of ever increasing silly, albeit entertaining and seldom boring, films in the first, war torn half of the 1940s. Universal Pictures decided to combine them with their equally played out comedic duo of Abbott & Costello.

The result was box office gold, although it seems that it took some convincing on Lou Costello's part to actually make the film. KBHK (Channel 44, Cable Channel 12) had a dedicated Saturday midday time slot for Abbott & Costello films and would cycle through them over and over. 

While I would pass on the stuff like Pardon My Sarong and Buck Privates, I tried not to miss whenever an entry in their own semi-series of monster comedies, or monster comedy adjacent fare such as Hold That Ghost, was broadcast. Fun times, good memories.