<P> Abbott learned to drive a car for this film, which according to his son Bud Abbott, Jr., was the only time in his life that he ever drove . </P> <P> A few weeks into filming, Costello wanted to switch roles with Abbott . He refused to work, but director Charles Barton waited him out . Costello eventually returned to work and said nothing more about it . </P> <P> The film was re-released in 1951, along with Little Giant . </P> <P> The film has been released three times on VHS: 1989, 1991, and 2000 . It has also been released twice on DVD: The Best of Abbott and Costello Volume Two on May 4, 2004; and on October 28, 2008 as part of Abbott and Costello: The Complete Universal Pictures Collection . </P>

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