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Louis Francis Cristillo (March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959), known by the stage name Lou Costello, was an American actor and comedian best remembered for the comedy double act of Abbott and Costello, with Bud Abbott. Costello played a chubby, bumbling character. He was known for the catchphrases "Heeeeyyy, Abbott!" and "I'm a baaaaad boy!"

Abbott and Costello Do Unemployment (Someone e-mailed this cleverly written riff to me just after the April 2012 Obama unemployment figures were released. If they were alive, I am sure that Abbott and Costello would do a gag just like this.) COSTELLO: I want to talk about the unemployment rate in America . ABBOTT: Good Subject. Terrible times. It’s 9%. COSTELLO: That many people are out of work? ABBOTT: No, that’s 16%. COSTELLO: You just said 9%. ABBOTT: 9% Unemployed. COSTELLO: Right 9% out of work. ABBOTT: No, that’s 16%. COSTELLO: Okay, so it’s 16% unemployed. ABBOTT: No, that’s 9%…...

He was the funny little guy. The chubby one who did the pratfalls, was the butt of jokes, was always being conned and abused by his tall, skinny buddy. That was the movies. In real life Lou Costello was nobody's fool. The jokester to Bud Abbott's straight-man in dozens of Abbott & Costello movies, radio skits and television shows, Costello was known in real life as a generous, caring man who loved kids and never forgot his roots. Especially his hometown of Paterson, N.J. Next weekend, Paterson will return the favor. It will throw a 100th birthday bash for the...

In "honor" of the deranged gunman who can't stand the sound of "New Jersey..."

<p>PATERSON -- Anti-war protesters said they had come to show support for the city's large Muslim community Saturday, but only a small group of people from the neighborhood joined them.</p> <p>Some Muslims, watching from across the street, said they were suspicious of the protesters' motives. They remembered the backlash against them after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks when radio talk shows spread apparently false rumors that there had been celebrations in Paterson.</p>