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Summary: After All
Review: Name any other mummy in any other mummy show who is that nimble and has loose bandages half coming undone, who takes your hand when you put it out to him. Or Marie Windsor in a harem suit at Dr. Zoomer's house chasing Lou around. Or Bud wondering if a lost tie clasp was showing up on the x-ray of Lou's stomach. Name a more pitiful hole ever dug in the history of movies.[about 2 feet deep to bury TWO mummies.] Or Bud just happening to find a bag of bandages so he could be a mummy too. Just watching Marie wheel her horse around [she was a champion rider who was able to run and mount a horse from behind like the Lone Ranger, the only actress able to do that.] is a pleasure. This may be the best movie ever made....just trashes Citizen Kane. I have it tied with 'Dr. Strangelove' and 'The Apostle' as the three best movies ever made. Pure Poetry, every minute.
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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: My favorite A&C movie.
Review: Saw these and liked them as a kid in the 1950's. My kinds don't care for them. This is the one i liked the best.
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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: Yikes! The comedy is kept under wraps here...
Review: The Abbott and Costello films fit into one of two categories; really good or really bad. Sadly, this film sits in the later camp. I'm not sure what the screenwriters and Bud & Lou were thinking when they concocted this strange mishmash of bad comedy and bad horror. The Universal Mummy films were always the weakest of their horror films (the exception is the eerie but really slowwwwww first film with Boris Karloff. It's only alive in the very beginning). I'd suggest sticking with the first and best of this bunch A&C Meet Frankenstein. All the later films (including Dr. Jekell & Mr. Hyde)are little more than pale imitations. Any A&C film is only as good as their routines. This one, sadly, doesn't have very inspired ones. The best involving the tools is a pale imitation of the who's on first variety. They don't make them like this anymore (on second thought....what about all those Halloween and Friday The 13th sequels? They're not comedies? What?)
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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 says Bud: 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: 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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Summary: NOT A SINGLE ONE LIKE THIS!
Review: This Abbott and Costello movie is one that is unforgettable. I don't know how Costello goes through all those walls. It doesn't give him haedaches, becuase he's in perfect shape, except for being a little bit fat. Otherwise, this movie is totally funny, especially that fat serpent. And if you think about it, it can give you a small chill or laugh (or both) when those two guys with knives come along. And just wait till you see the police. They are weird. There's just too much to say. Enjoy!
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