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Summary: Who Cares About Behind-The-Scenes Grumbling?
Review: ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE MUMMY was one of the funniest of their screwball antics. The tale of the two cleverest yucksters chasing a medallion to an ancient Egyptian crypt where they encounter -- as the title promises -- the Mummy is one classic set of laughs after another. All of the trades touched on the bitterness the two men felt for one another during the filming process of this outing, but, with all the magic of their performances still on the silver screen, you sure wouldn't know it. A great transfer for a classic addition to any DVD library, this is one for the ages.
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Summary: Who Cares About Behind-The-Scenes Grumbling?
Review: ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE MUMMY was one of the funniest of their screwball antics. The tale of the two cleverest yucksters chasing a medallion to an ancient Egyptian crypt where they encounter -- as the title promises -- the Mummy is one classic set of laughs after another. All of the trades touched on the bitterness the two men felt for one another during the filming process of this outing, but, with all the magic of their performances still on the silver screen, you sure wouldn't know it. A great transfer for a classic addition to any DVD library, this is one for the ages.
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Summary: Wait for Best of Volume 4
Review: Although Meet The Mummy is a decent swan-song for Abbott and Costello with Universal Pictures after an incredible run of about 30 films I can't really recommend buying this DVD unless you can get it dirt-cheap or if for some reason you only like this A&C vehicle and none of their later films. Unlike the companion edition ...Meet Frankenstein, which is filled with wonderful special features that were not included with Best Of Volume 3, Meet The Mummy contains almost nothing except for production notes and cast and crew, and when Universal releases Best Of Volume 4 you will be paying no more than three dollars per movie which has made the Abbott and Costello Best Of series one of the best DVD values available.
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Summary: Wrapping Up the Horror Spoofs
Review: Although this isn't the classic that ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN is, it's still funny, reasonably fast-paced and has some excellent supporting actors like Richard Deacon, Marie Windsor and Michael Ansara. The only drawback is the character of Klaris the Mummy, who is not handled all that amusingly, and who furthermore is hampered with a makeup job that shames the professionals at Universal. Among the funniest scenes are Windsor's attempted seduction of Costello in a room full of hidden henchmen.
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Summary: HOW STUPID CAN YOU GET?
Review: Bud and Lou are sitting in a Restaurant..a waiter comes with flaming shishkabab and Lou puts water on it and bud saysBud: How stupid can you get"?
To which lou finally says " How stupid do you want me to be"? Well...Lou has finally hit on the ultimate question..if you are viewing this film ..." How stupid can you be"?
Actually its not that bad. Marie Windsor looks confused with her absurd lines. Richard Deacon as Semu seems to hold up better saying his lines. Kurt Katch ( Dr. Zoomer) is mercifully murdered early in the film..and has no more lines. Michael Ansara is merely auditioning for the TV Show " Cochise ( Sherrif of) without us knowing or for that matter caring. Dan Seymour, it appears, was not paid in dollars for his work ..but rather in large dinners with desserts. The only routine of merit is the Shovel and Pic routine...and we had hoped it would have been earlier in the film before they arrived in the desert( sound stage)
Oh well...we can watch " Buck Privates" just once more and forget this outing..
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Summary: Bud and Lou put a wrap on their Universal movies.
Review: Bud and Lou's final film at Universal is a pleasent little comedy, nothing more. It managed to generate some chuckles and a constant warm smile on my face, but no deep belly laughs (unlike some of their greatest work in Hold that Ghost, Hit the Ice, or ...Meet Frankenstein). Seeing character actors Michael Ansara and Richard Deacon in supporting roles was an added hoot for the movie. The best thing about ...Meet the Mummy that I can say is that after several viewings it still has not worn out its welcome as a Sunday afternoon time waster in our home. Enjoyable matinee fluff.
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Summary: Best of the "meet the monsters" series
Review: Fans of the original Mummy movie featuring Kharis the mummy, The Mummy's Hand (not to be confused with Boris Karloff's radically different and unrelated 1932 film titled "The Mummy") could have seen this movie coming. The original film that introduced Kharis is somewhat in the same vein as Abbott & Costello as far as story and characterization are concerned. In fact, the original duo cast in the Mummy's Hand are similar to and could have been better cast as Abbott & Costello. In a sense, this movie brings Kharis full circle long after the demise of Ananka in his own movies, he finally meets his end here in a slightly more humorous picture than his first. However, the similarities between the two could almost make this the final instalment in the canon, other than out of continuity (like Abbott & Costello's other "meet the monster" movies). My only complaint with this DVD is that it did not have a great commentary like Abbott & Costello meet Frankenstein. But it's still a great DVD, and the sight of the two charicatures running madly accross the main menu is enough entertainment (yes, i can be simple-minded, but then again it is Abbott & Costello i'm talking about). Abbott & Costello, sadly, did not go on to make any more pictures after this one, but this is still some of their greatest material. So in two ways, this movie has a sense of finality: the last Kharis movie, and the last Abbott & Costello movie. It should also be a must-have in the collection of any fan of either.
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Summary: Best of the "meet the monsters" series
Review: Fans of the original Mummy movie featuring Kharis the mummy, The Mummy's Hand (not to be confused with Boris Karloff's radically different and unrelated 1932 film titled "The Mummy") could have seen this movie coming. The original film that introduced Kharis is somewhat in the same vein as Abbott & Costello as far as story and characterization are concerned. In fact, the original duo cast in the Mummy's Hand are similar to and could have been better cast as Abbott & Costello. In a sense, this movie brings Kharis full circle long after the demise of Ananka in his own movies, he finally meets his end here in a slightly more humorous picture than his first. However, the similarities between the two could almost make this the final instalment in the canon, other than out of continuity (like Abbott & Costello's other "meet the monster" movies). My only complaint with this DVD is that it did not have a great commentary like Abbott & Costello meet Frankenstein. But it's still a great DVD, and the sight of the two charicatures running madly accross the main menu is enough entertainment (yes, i can be simple-minded, but then again it is Abbott & Costello i'm talking about). Abbott & Costello, sadly, did not go on to make any more pictures after this one, but this is still some of their greatest material. So in two ways, this movie has a sense of finality: the last Kharis movie, and the last Abbott & Costello movie. It should also be a must-have in the collection of any fan of either.
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Summary: One of my favorite A & B movies
Review: I agree about the Take Your Pick sequence. I have the entire A & B movie collection and watch them often. My granddaughter always asks to watch one when she comes over. The sequence in the restaurant with the medallion is also very funny. I would recommend this movie to anyone interested in classic comedies.
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Summary: Their Last Movie For Universal.
Review: Last Movie Bud and Lou did for Universal in 1955, here they meet the last of the black and white monsters, The Mummy, in a film that is both not very scary and not very funny.
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