Happy Birthday to Lou! 3-D #loucostello

Happy Birthday to Lou! 3-D #loucostello

Happy Birthday to Lou! 3-D #loucostello

Happy Birthday to Lou!

Should I wear Bud or Lou's mask?

I picked up the blu ray for this and watched this past week....

I have been watching a ton of A & C lately!   They just announced that SHOUT FACTORY is re-releasing the box set on Blu Ray this year.  I really wanted to watch this again (Although the Laser Disc release from years ago was better and included the Promotional ads and record in the bonus features).  It was still great to see again.   I always liked the songs and the way they portrayed the giant.  I recently learned they used sets from the Joan of Arc film.

I have the one-sheet and one of the best lobby cards with Lou and the Giant!

Me and twenty million other guys.....my costume!

Happy Birthday to Lou!

LOU COSTELLO

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BUD ABBOTT & LOU COSTELLO MEET THE MUMMY

From my friend Tom Frederick ABBOTT & COSTELLO collection
This is something that looks like a cardboard bumper sticker

ABBOTT & COSTELLO

We are big ABBOTT & COSTELLO fans here! Want to see the HANNA-BARBERA CARTOONS come out one day as a set! I did some art for the families of ABBOTT & COSTELLO including the T-shirt design for their only convention in Patterson, New Jersey (Lou's home town)!

FRED GWYNN

I watched my friend Kevin Burn's BIOGRAPHIES on FRED GWYNN & AL LEWIS the other night and REALLY enjoyed them! He did a wonderful job at putting everything together. I was struck by how the tragedy Gwynn went through during CAR 54, WHERE ARE YOU? and how it mirrored the tragedy LOU COSTELLO went through years earlier. I actually did some art for the families of LOU COSTELLO and BUD ABBOTT and later I did art for GRANDPA MUNSTER Al Lewis, when he worked in his restaurant in New York. I REALLY enjoyed talking to Al Lewis about CAR 54, WHERE ARE YOU? and his relationship with Fred Gwynn. Gwynn had alot of different interests that were very similar to mine.