{"product_id":"advertising-anarchy-selling-bud-abbott-lou-costello-to-war-torn-america-hardback","title":"Advertising Anarchy! Selling Bud Abbott \u0026 Lou Costello To War-Torn America (hardback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdvertising Anarchy! Selling Bud Abbott \u0026amp; Lou Costello To War-Torn America\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby Richard S. Greene\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNominated for the 2023 Richard Wall Memorial Award\u003c\/strong\u003e, honoring books on film and broadcasting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8 1\/2” x 11” size\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e724 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eColor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN 9798887711447\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBud Abbott \u0026amp; Lou Costello were the comedy team that defined the war-torn 1940's in a series of hit movies, two radio programs and two television series that continued to convulse audiences well into the 1950's. \u003cem\u003eAdvertising Anarchy\u003c\/em\u003e explores the many ways in which the duo was sold to those audiences in newspaper advertising, film posters, lobby cards, publicity stills, magazines \u0026amp; comic books, promotional merchandise and retail products. This book takes a visual journey through these different advertising mediums in more than 1,000 rare and compelling images, many in full color, most in print for the first time in seventy years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoin author and collector Rick Greene as he presents marketing materials from Universal, MGM, United Artists, NBC and other agencies who tickled funny bones across the country presenting the latest product from Bud \u0026amp; Lou. The team of Abbott \u0026amp; Costello were SO much more than 'Who's On First' as \u003cem\u003eAdvertising Anarchy \u003c\/em\u003eso richly depicts!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"As a follow-up to his impressive tome about Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, author and enthusiast Greene has now produced this 724-page tribute to the duo that preceded them in the 1940s. There are countless rare photos and images of posters and pressbook advertisements chronicling Bud Abbott and Lou Costello’s lives and careers. I sat with this oversized volume one afternoon and had a great time leafing through its pages, remembering my earliest encounters with Bud and Lou on television. No true-blue A\u0026amp;C fan will want to be without Greene’s massive new book.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Leonard Maltin\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJames L. Neibaur's review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50211233038593,"sku":"mhg1787308009207","price":86.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0756\/1979\/5201\/files\/advertising-anarchy-selling-bud-abbott-lou-costello-to-war-torn-america-hardback_1.jpg?v=1787308015","url":"https:\/\/www.juniperavenue.shop\/products\/advertising-anarchy-selling-bud-abbott-lou-costello-to-war-torn-america-hardback","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}