A very fun episode and one that actually seems quite original for Bud and Lou; there aren’t any routines from their films as far as I can tell. The closest is the “scamming out of change” scene, which even then has a nice twist with Lou being the scammer and, knowing Lou, it seems like he legitimately was confused by the situation, he wasn’t doing it on purpose. Bacciagalupe and Mike get some funny scenes in the first half, but for the second half, they and Hillary are kind of just in the background, as it becomes a vehicle for Lou to mess around in a kitchen. Very much a Three Stooges type thing, yes, and the floating turkey particularly reminded me of the floating cake in LISTEN, JUDGE. In this case, though, Lou is simply trying to get the cake down whereas in the previous example, Shemp and Larry are trying to hide the fact from Moe. So, yeah, even that part feels unique to Costello and while there are predictable moments such as Lou accidentally substituting soap for cheese, even those are done with such great comic energy from Lou that they work. I also really liked the twist with the duck; Costello bonding with the hit man about how they take care of ducks was something I definitely was not expecting. So, yeah, another fun episode, one of the best ones I’ve seen so far.
