Abbott and Costello Comics #20

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello scheme to make quick money by entering Li'l Lou into a wrestling match against the fearsome Ape-Man, despite their obvious terror at the prospect. With Abbott's dubious coaching and a few unexpected tricks up their sleeves, the duo stumble their way through the night's bout in this slapstick showdown. Their victory, however, comes with a comedic price when Lou decides to show some poor sportsmanship to his defeated opponent.

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello take over a barber shop, only to find themselves caught between their legitimate business and the criminal underworld when a gangster, Scarface, mistakes them for bookies and starts placing bets with them. As various schemes unravel and the authorities close in, Abbott and Costello scramble to keep their new establishment from becoming ground zero in a mob war. It's a wild ride through mistaken identity and mob mixups that shows why these two were comedy's finest.

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello get suited up for a night at an upscale nightclub, where Costello plans to impress the glamorous Fifi La Belle with a bottle of perfume—only to discover she's married to Bruiser Poffski, a former boxing champion with a short temper. What follows is a chaotic evening of mistaken packages, flying bodies, and narrow escapes as the duo tries to survive their romantic blunder and the ex-champ's jealous wrath.

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello set out across the desert on a quest to find the legendary lost pyramid of Shlah Mehal, armed with nothing but a map and their wits—though their wits prove questionable when a camel goes lame and the sun starts playing tricks on them. As mirages, exhaustion, and each other test their resolve, the two must push through the harsh landscape toward what they hope is fortune and glory. What they actually discover when they finally reach their destination has a few surprising layers of irony built in.

Bud Abbott lands Lou Costello a job at the circus—as a lion tamer willing to stick his head in a lion's mouth for fifty dollars. What Lou doesn't know is that Abbott has sent him to the wrong lion, one that hasn't been trained, leading to a wild and hilarious scramble when the ringmaster realizes the mix-up. It's a perfect setup for slapstick chaos as our bumbling hero discovers the hard way that circus work comes with unexpected hazards.