The Abbott and Costello Show — Season 2
01 The Paper Hangers
Nov 7, 195325m★ 6.5
To pay back rent, Bud and Lou attempt to wallpaper an apartment. Later, as waiters in a restaurant, they brawl with hoodlums.
02 Uncle Bozzo's Visit
Nov 14, 195325m★ 7.0
Lou's eccentric opera singing uncle comes to stay with the boys for a couple of months.
03 In Society
Nov 21, 195325m★ 6.5
A wealthy society matron pays Bud to attend a formal reception and impersonate the Duke of Gluten. Lou comes along pretending to be his cousin, the Earl of Waldo.
04 Life Insurance
Nov 28, 195325m★ 7.0
Mr. Fields takes out an insurance policy on Lou. Later, Bud takes Lou on a hunting trip, and Lou suspects Bud and Mr. Fields have plotted to kill him for the insurance money.
05 Pest Exterminators
Dec 5, 195325m★ 7.0
Bud and Lou are pest exterminators mistaken for psychiatrists when they attend to Mrs. Featherton's "aunts."
06 Killer's Wife
Dec 12, 195325m★ 7.3
When a heavyweight prize fighter named Killer thinks that Lou is having an affair with his wife, Bud attempts to get Lou trained and fit in a gym.
07 Cheap Skates
Dec 19, 195325m★ 7.0
Bud and Lou accidentally buy a crate of roller-skates, not knowing that they have stolen diamonds hidden inside.
08 South of Dixie
Dec 26, 195325m★ 7.0
Lou accidentally lands himself and Bud roles in a Civil War melodrama.
09 From Bed to Worse
Jan 2, 195425m★ 7.0
Bud and Lou attempt to plant a backyard garden in order to win a cash prize offered by a civic group.
10 $1,000 TV Prize
Jan 9, 195425m★ 8.5
Lou wins a $1,000 dollar prize pretending to be Mr. Fields. He then has to get Mr. Fields out of the way so he can collect it.
11 Amnesia
Jan 16, 195425m★ 7.5
Lou is in love with a girl he has never met. As a gag, Bud and his friends convince him that he has already married the girl. The woman who poses as his wife then makes his existence miserable.
12 Efficiency Experts
Jan 23, 195425m★ 7.5
Bud and Lou land jobs as efficiency experts, and are assigned to restrain their client’s daughters from spending money. The young women, however, get the boys to buy them expensive dresses and take them to a casino, where they end up in a brawl.
13 Car Trouble
Jan 30, 195425m★ 7.5
When Lou wins a car, Bud sells it to buy a cheaper one, using the profits to try to finance a vacation in Flint, Michigan.
14 Wife Wanted
Feb 6, 195425m★ 7.5
When Lou finds out he will inherit $10,000 provided that he has a wife, he tries to marry a former girlfriend—who is dating a man named Bonebender Brodsky.
15 Uncle from New Jersey
Feb 13, 195425m★ 8.0
When Mr. Fields is just about to evict the boys, Bud convinces him that Lou's Uncle Ruppert is a millionaire and Lou is the sole heir. Complications arise, however, when Mike the Cop begins to believe that the visiting uncle (Lou in disguise) has been murdered.
16 Private Eye
Feb 20, 195425m★ 7.5
After receiving his private eye diploma from the Watchdog Correspondence School, Lou helps a friend locate some valuable bonds in a haunted house.
17 The Tax Return
Feb 27, 195425m★ 7.5
Lou receives a tax refund check for $1,000,000. He takes the check to a bank and demands cash. He is subsequently followed by home by crooks.
18 Public Enemies
Mar 6, 195425m★ 7.0
Lou is mistaken for a crook named Dapper Dan and is forced to take part in a robbery.
19 Bank Holdup
Mar 13, 195425m★ 8.0
Bud and Lou unwittingly take jobs as armed bodyguards for a couple of hoodlums and assist in a bank robbery. They use their share of money to pay their rent, and later try to get it back from Mr. Fields' safe.
20 Well Oiled
Mar 20, 195425m★ 8.5
Bud and Lou help Mr. Fields, who is being threatened with a lawsuit. Lou poses as a Texas millionaire to help discredit the complainant.
21 The Pigeon
Mar 27, 195425m★ 8.0
Bud and Lou's beautiful next door neighbor uses Lou as a decoy to help break up with her mobster boyfriend.
22 Honeymoon House
Apr 3, 195425m★ 7.7
When Bud and Mr. Fields help Lou put together a prefab house in order to impress his fiancée and her parents, a jealous former boyfriend sabotages their work.
23 Fencing Master
Apr 10, 195425m★ 8.0
A mad scientist's experiment convinces Lou that he is indestructible.
24 Beauty Contest Story
Apr 17, 195425m★ 7.5
When Bud and Lou judge a beauty contest, pressure is applied to sway their votes.
25 Fall Guy
Apr 24, 195425m★ 7.5
Bud and Lou want to take two sisters on a date but their father convinces the boys to put an antenna on his roof instead.
26 Barber Lou
May 1, 195425m★ 8.5
Lou tries to give Bud a rubdown following instructions from a radio show, but he's tuned into a program explaining how to paint a car at home.