Table of Contents Foreword by Chris Costello 1 Preface 3 Introduction 5 1. New Jersey Boys Make Good 7 2. On the Land and On the Sea: Buck Privates (1941) and In the Navy (1941) 12 3. Money in a Moose Head: Hold That Ghost (1941) 27 4. In the Air Corps: Keep 'Em Flying (1941) 34 5. B Western Bunk: Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942) 42 6. The Nazis of MGM: Rio Rita (1942) 49 7. Widespread Comic Relief: Pardon My Sarong (1942) and Who Done It? (1942) 56 8.
Stallions and Skaters: It Ain't Hay (1943) and Hit the Ice (1943) 72 9. Sickness and Slapstick: Lost in a Harem (1944) 86 10. Clique and Campus: In Society (1944) and Here Come the Co-eds (1945) 94 11. Who's in Uncle Tom's Cabin? The Naughty Nineties (1945) 106 12. Lucy and Lou: Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945) 113 13. Postwar Experiments: Little Giant (1946) and The Time of Their Lives (1946) 120 14. Back from the Front: Buck Privates Come Home (1947) 137 15. Cold War Monsters 149 Appendix: The Feature Films of Abbott and Costello 181 Chapter Notes 205 Bibliography 207 Index 209.