Agul
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Post by Agul on Dec 27, 2004 14:46:09 GMT -8
Any able to get their hands on this colgate special. I'd love to be able to see it?
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Post by amphiboid on Dec 27, 2004 15:51:32 GMT -8
Funny you should say that. I was wondering...
I heard that a short film called "Abbott and Costello Meet the Creature" was produced in 3-D. This is something I heard; never seen it. But a long time ago in the 80's I did find a "Colgate Comedy Hour" show featuring Abbott and Costello, and they did a spook sketch----at the end of which, the Creature (presumably played by Ben Chapman) did appear for about two seconds. Sort of a surprise appearance at the end of the sketch. Not sure if I still have this in storage, but I did have it quite some time back.
Does anyone know if these two films are the same thing? Is the 3-D short film just a rumor?
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Dec 27, 2004 16:34:06 GMT -8
as far as i know there's no 3-D featurette or anything, just the Colgate show.
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Post by Torgaman on Dec 29, 2004 16:14:16 GMT -8
Little known fact,this was the Creature's firt appearance ever since the special predates the film.It
was obvious that Universal had a hand in this since Abbott and Costello were studio stars,and Frankenstein
[played by Glenn Strange in the sketch]was also a Universal property,so Universal might have thought it a good way to get cheap publicity for the upcoming CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON film.I have seen some brief clips of the sketch.Lou manages to get Franky stuck in a box or soemthing,starts to brag,and from behind the Gillman knocks down a door.The audience gasps,since the Gillman was at this point not
known and some people were genuinely scared a little.
Let's see someone try this with CGI.
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Dec 30, 2004 0:19:28 GMT -8
now that i didn't know- the timing of the suit showing up.
the clip was widely available on a poor quality PD tape for a long time, but i dunno about it now.
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Post by Torgaman on Dec 30, 2004 7:21:27 GMT -8
I don't recall where I got this info[possibly Don Glut's CLASSIC MOVIE MONSTERS book]but I did read or hear that the sketch appeared after the film was made but before it's theatrical release.I also think this was the last time the Universal Frankenstein was used.
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Post by amphiboid on Dec 31, 2004 10:08:47 GMT -8
Yeah, that poor-quality PD tape was how I got it! And at a cheesy local video store that had a large number of awful movies, all the stuff I wanted to see.
The Colgate Comedy Hour segment would have made a nice special feature in the "Creature" boxed set. They wouldn't have needed the whole show, just the 10-minute sketch.
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