June 21- Bud, Lou and an Invisible Who?
Tonight at 9 (1 am on Me-TV)- you can meet an invisible man, along with two very visible morons- as we bring back “Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man!”
Bud and Lou graduate from detective school- and end up alternating between trying to clear a boxer who’s been framed for murder- and turning him in! Things are complicated by the fact that the boxer uses the original potion used by the “Invisible Man” himself- as played in the classic film by Claude Rains- to become transparent and escape the police- but, as he uses his invisibility to find the truth about who framed him and actually committed the murder he’s accused of- the negative effects of the invisibility formula begin to work on his mind!
There are some funny scenes with Lou pretending to be a boxer, with the invisible pugilist supplying the actual fisticuffs- and some familiar sights as well. Watch for the place Bud and Lou go to, to find the doctor with the invisibility potion- it’s the same house later used as the Munsters home!!!
Also, you’ll see the actor-producer Sheldon Leonard-who made a career of playing tough guys and gangsters-not to mention the bartender Nick in “It’s a Wonderful Life” (“Out you pixies go- out da door or t’rough da window!”) who later produced shows like “I Spy!” You’ll also see William Frawley- more familiar as Fred Mertz in “I Love Lucy!”
This film was originally supposed to be part of the over-all ‘Invisible Man” series-coming after “Invisible Agent” and “Invisible Woman”- but, once Bud and Lou had so much success with their classic “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein”- Universal wanted to continue raking in the cash by pairing them up with characters on their monster roster. Somebody must’ve thought that their brief brush with the Invisible Man at the end of the Frankenstein flick wasn’t enough- although it would have been pretty cool to have Vincent Price, who voiced that Invisible Man, play him in this flick! Nonetheless, the original script was re-written to feature Abbott and Costello, and they even re-use a few scenes from
“Invisible Man Returns” (which DID star Price) in this one.
We again show how the invisible effects were done-especially the black and white “luma-keying” effect- so, you can learn while you laugh when you tune in “Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man”-tonight on Svengoolie!
Bud and Lou graduate from detective school- and end up alternating between trying to clear a boxer who’s been framed for murder- and turning him in! Things are complicated by the fact that the boxer uses the original potion used by the “Invisible Man” himself- as played in the classic film by Claude Rains- to become transparent and escape the police- but, as he uses his invisibility to find the truth about who framed him and actually committed the murder he’s accused of- the negative effects of the invisibility formula begin to work on his mind!
There are some funny scenes with Lou pretending to be a boxer, with the invisible pugilist supplying the actual fisticuffs- and some familiar sights as well. Watch for the place Bud and Lou go to, to find the doctor with the invisibility potion- it’s the same house later used as the Munsters home!!!
Also, you’ll see the actor-producer Sheldon Leonard-who made a career of playing tough guys and gangsters-not to mention the bartender Nick in “It’s a Wonderful Life” (“Out you pixies go- out da door or t’rough da window!”) who later produced shows like “I Spy!” You’ll also see William Frawley- more familiar as Fred Mertz in “I Love Lucy!”
This film was originally supposed to be part of the over-all ‘Invisible Man” series-coming after “Invisible Agent” and “Invisible Woman”- but, once Bud and Lou had so much success with their classic “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein”- Universal wanted to continue raking in the cash by pairing them up with characters on their monster roster. Somebody must’ve thought that their brief brush with the Invisible Man at the end of the Frankenstein flick wasn’t enough- although it would have been pretty cool to have Vincent Price, who voiced that Invisible Man, play him in this flick! Nonetheless, the original script was re-written to feature Abbott and Costello, and they even re-use a few scenes from
“Invisible Man Returns” (which DID star Price) in this one.
We again show how the invisible effects were done-especially the black and white “luma-keying” effect- so, you can learn while you laugh when you tune in “Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man”-tonight on Svengoolie!
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