Posted on 03/06/2015 5:28:47 AM PST by lowbridge
Last photo in the series...Lou is munching on the wrong lapel, but the message is clear. That’s Jane Russell on the right.
Not sure who’s the fellow in the middle.
Thats Elvis Costello.
Er, I mean...Elvis Presley :-)
I read somewhere that in the early days of their partnership, the cut was 60-40 in Abbott's favor. And that was rather standard because straight men were considered to be more talented than the comics.
So maybe Lou was just trying to even things out.
From a short biography of Abbott at famousbirthdays.com:
TRIVIA
He (Abbott) was the straight man within the Abbott and Costello comedy duo and was even paid more in the early days of their career because a good straight man was seen as more of a commodity.
I always like the SUSQUAHANA HAT COMPANY on Bagel Street skit.
Both were Freemasons.
I remember reading once that back in the Vaudeville days, the straight man was paid more than the comic. It’s deceptively difficult to be a straight man.
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