Abbott dan Costello

Abbott and Costello
Abbott (kiri) dan Costello (kanan) pada sekitar tahun 1940an
Lahir	New Jersey, Amerika Serikat
Media	Burlesque, vaudeville, film, radio, televisi
Kebangsaan	Amerika Serikat
Genre	Permainan kata, komedi fisik, humor surreal

Abbott dan Costello adalah sekelompok duo komedi Amerika Serikat yang terdiri dari pelawak Bud Abbott dan Lou Costello. Karya-karya mereka dalam radio, film dan televisi yang membuat mereka menjadi duo komedi paling populer pada 1940an dan awal 1950an, dan komedian berbayaran tertinggi di dunia pada Perang Dunia II.

Referensi

Bacaan tambahan

• Anobile, Richard J. (ed.), Who's on First?: Verbal and Visual Gems from the Films of Abbott & Costello (1972) Avon Books
• Costello, Chris, Lou's on First: The Tragic Life of Hollywood's Greatest Clown Warmly Recounted by His Youngest Child (1982) St. Martin's Press ISBN 0-312-49914-0
• Cox, Stephen and Lofflin, John, The Abbott & Costello Story: Sixty Years of "Who's on First?" (1997) Cumberland House Publishing (A revised and updated edition of The Official Abbott & Costello Scrapbook)
• Cox, Stephen and Lofflin, John, The Official Abbott & Costello Scrapbook (1990) Contemporary Books, Inc.
• Dunning, John, On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (1998) Oxford University Press
• Firestone, Ross (ed.), "Bud Abbott and Lou Costello" from The Big Radio Comedy Program (1978) Contemporary Books, Inc.
• Furmanek, Bob and Palumbo, Ron, Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1991) Perigee ISBN 0-399-51605-0
• Maltin, Leonard, The Great Movie Comedians (1978) Crown Publishers
• Maltin, Leonard, Movie Comedy Teams (1970, revised 1985) New American Library
• Miller, Jeffrey S., The Horror Spoofs of Abbott and Costello: A Critical Assessment of the Comedy Team's Monster Films (2004) McFarland & Co.
• Mulholland, Jim, The Abbott and Costello Book (1975) Popular Library
• Nachman, Gerald. Raised on Radio (1998) Pantheon Books
• Nollen, Scott Allen, Abbott and Costello on the Home Front: A Critical Study of the Wartime Films (2009) McFarland & Co.
• Palumbo, Ron, Buck Privates: The Original Screenplay (2012) Bear Manor Media.
• Palumbo, Ron, Hold That Ghost: The Original Screenplay (2016) Bear Manor Media.
• Sforza, John, "Swing It! The Andrews Sisters Story" (2000) University Press of Kentucky
• Sies, Luther F., Encyclopedia of American Radio (2000) McFarland & Co.
• Terrace, Vincent, Radio Programs (1999) McFarland & Co.
• Thomas, Bob, Bud & Lou: The Abbott and Costello Story (1977) J.B. Lippincott Co. (Dual biography featuring a highly unflattering portrait of Lou Costello, contested by friends and family members)
• Young, Jordan R., The Laugh Crafters: Comedy Writing in Radio and TV's Golden Age (1999) Past Times

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