Watched: 09/06/2026
Format: TCM
Viewing: First
Director: Charles Lamont
Confession time: I haven't really enjoyed Bud & Lou since I was a kid. I remember we'd check out 8mm projectors and film from the library and watch their movies. I was six.
Subsequent attempts to watch them have gone less well.
Well, I do like two other things: classic movie monsters and Marie Windsor, and I figure two out of three ain't bad.
Bud & Lou are semi-stranded in Egypt and get involved with a cult, an ancient mummy, a murder and shady characters looking to make some money.
It's Abbott being a know-it-all and Costello yelling and running away. You know the drill. It works for me in about 7 minute chunks, but over a movie, it's a lot.
At least Marie looks good in a pith helmet.
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| I think this look could really take off again |
There's not enough Windsor or Mummy in this movie for my liking, and a few too many riffs playing on the "Who's On First?" bit that Abbott and Costello built their career on (and which I did in 8th grade, winning the talent show with pal-Darren. I didn't even know I was entered - we were MC'ing and thought it would be fun to do).
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| She's absolutely had it with people want to borrow her sarcophagus |
I don't recommend this movie. I was bored and sorting comics through the back half.
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