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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 283861" data-attributes="member: 5079">ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN ranks very high among my favorite films; loved it as a kid, love it as an adult, and watch it every Halloween.&nbsp;&nbsp; I also like some of A&amp;C&#039;s other horror-comedies like HOLD THAT GHOST and A&amp;C MEET THE KILLER (BORIS KARLOFF).&nbsp;&nbsp; All of that has less to do with A&amp;C than my own love of comics in a spooky setting.&nbsp; It&#039;s an extinct form of comedy, last (semi well) practiced by Don Knotts in the 60s and no one since.Beyond that, I have minor appreciation for A&amp;C; I only find their schtick to be mildly amusing.&nbsp;&nbsp; Their slapstick was often done by obvious stunt doubles, and their overly rehearsed vaudevillian verbal routines are -- like Burns &amp; Allen -- kind of exhausting.I&#039;ll admit that the appeal of Laurel &amp; Hardy is a mystery to me, and I like Dean Martin solo far more than paired with Jerry Lewis.Less of an official duo than a frequent pairing, I like Hope &amp; Crosby more than any of the others.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 283861, member: 5079"] ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN ranks very high among my favorite films; loved it as a kid, love it as an adult, and watch it every Halloween. I also like some of A&C's other horror-comedies like HOLD THAT GHOST and A&C MEET THE KILLER (BORIS KARLOFF). All of that has less to do with A&C than my own love of comics in a spooky setting. It's an extinct form of comedy, last (semi well) practiced by Don Knotts in the 60s and no one since. Beyond that, I have minor appreciation for A&C; I only find their schtick to be mildly amusing. Their slapstick was often done by obvious stunt doubles, and their overly rehearsed vaudevillian verbal routines are -- like Burns & Allen -- kind of exhausting. I'll admit that the appeal of Laurel & Hardy is a mystery to me, and I like Dean Martin solo far more than paired with Jerry Lewis. Less of an official duo than a frequent pairing, I like Hope & Crosby more than any of the others. [/QUOTE]

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