i be not really much of an abbott and costello fan ( although i do enjoy who on first ) and and to be honest and there wasn not much in this movie that would inspire me to watch any more of their work . it wasn not really bad . it have some mildly amusing scene and and actually a very convincing giant play by buddy baer and but somehow and give the fame of the duo and the esteem in which theyre generally hold and i have to say i be expect more . a the story go and the pair stumble into a babysitting job and and during the reading of jack and the beanstalk a a bedtime story ( with the kid read it to costello ) and costello jack fall asleep and dream himself into the story . there a wizard of oz kind of feel to the story and in that the character in the dream be all the equivalent of real life acquaintance of jack and and the movie open in black and white and shift to colour during the dream sequence . the fight scene between jack and the giant and the dance scene between jack and polly ( dorothy ford ) be among the amuse part of the movie . polly and of course and also lead to one of the question of the movie what happen to her . jack and gang apparently leave her behind in the giant castle . i know it be just a dream and so who care . still i wonder . there be also a couple of cute song and dance routine . my 4 year old giggle a bit during this and so she be able to appreciate some of the humour . i find it to be an acceptable timewaster and but certainly not anything that would convince you of abbott and costello a comic genius . 4/10 .