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Finished chapter 23, “Mexican Hayride” (1948) (pages 275-282).

Finished chapter 22, “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948) (pages 265-274).

Finished chapter 21, “The Noose Hangs High” (1948) (pages 256-264).

Finished chapter 20, “The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap” (1947) (pages 246-255).

Finished chapter 19, “Buck Privates Come Home” (1947) (pages 234-245).

Finished chapter 18, “The Time of Their Lives” (1946) (pages 222-233).

Finished chapter 17, “Little Giant” (1946) (pages 212-221).

Finished chapter 16, “Abbott and Costello in Hollywood” (1945) (pages 201-211).

Finished chapter 15, “The Naughty Nineties” (1945) (pages 190-200).

Finished chapter 14, “Here Come the Co-Eds” (1945) (pages 178-189).

Finished chapter 13, “Lost in a Harem” (1944) and “Mail Call” (1944) (pages 168-177).

Finished chapter 12, “In Society” and “A Wave, a WAC, and a Marine” (1944) (and also the time frame in which Lou Costello had a months long bout and recovery from rheumatic fever, and also the tragic drowning death of his almost one year old son) (pages 149-167).

Finished chapter 11, “Hit the Ice” (1943) (pages 139-148).

Finished chapter 10, “It Ain’t Hay” (1943) (pages 129-138).

Finished chapter 9, “Who Done It?”(1942) (pages 114-128).

Finished chapter 8, “Pardon My Sarong” (1942) (pages 106-113).

Finished chapter 7, “Rio Rita” (1942) (pages 97-105).

Finished chapter 6, “Ride ‘Em Cowboy” (1942) (pages 90-96).

Finished chapter 5, “Keep ‘Em Flying” (1941) (pages 80-89).

Finished chapter 4, “Hold That Ghost” (1941) (pages 62-79).

Finished chapter 3, “In the Navy” (1941) (pages 54-61).

At this point have read the two authors’ separate introductions (pages 1-23), and the chapters on “One Night in the Tropics” (1940) (pages 25-32) and “Buck Privates” (1941) (pages 33-53).