Editing Paterson, New Jersey (section)

=== Comedy ===
[[Lou Costello]] often referred to his hometown of Paterson in his comedy routines with [[Bud Abbott]]. The plot of the June 28, 1945, episode of the [[Abbott & Costello]] radio show is about the City of Paterson inviting him back for "Lou Costello Day" to [[Ship naming and launching|launch]] a new [[garbage scow]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140723215153/http://www.myoldradio.com/old-radio-episodes/ac-return-to-paterson/1 Episode: "Abbott & Costello – Return To Paterson"], My Old Radio, broadcast June 28, 1945. Accessed August 16, 2012.</ref> Three Abbott and Costello films had their world premieres at the Fabian Theater in Paterson, which could accommodate a crowd of 3,000: ''[[One Night in the Tropics]]'' (1940), ''[[Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion]]'' and ''[[Jack and the Beanstalk (1952 film)|Jack and the Beanstalk]]'' (1952).<ref>Cichowski, John. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105396641/lou-costello-and-his-films/ "Costello: Playing in Jersey City"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', April 2, 2002. Accessed July 11, 2022, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "''Jack and the Beanstalk'' has special resonance. It is one of only three Abbott & Costello films to debut at the Silk City's Fabian Theater, a 3,000-seat movie venue that closed in the late 1980s. The other Paterson premieres were ''One Night in the Tropics'' (1940) and ''Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion'' (1950)."</ref> Costello was honored with a larger-than-life statue in Federici Park in 1992.<ref>Pollak, Michael. [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/21/nyregion/paterson-prepares-to-take-who-s-on-first-to-its-heart.html "Paterson Prepares to Take 'Who's on First' to Its Heart"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 21, 1992. Accessed July 11, 2022. "A private group of Patersonians headed by Lou Duva, the boxing promoter, and backed by contributions from all over the country, has been polishing the steel gazebo and painting the bocci courts in Federici Park, a half-acre of green in the city's oldest factory district. At noon, they will unveil a bronze statue of Costello, 6 feet tall from shoes to derby hat. (Lou, who was about 6 inches shorter, would have liked that.) He is in a business suit and is holding a bat over his shoulder, as if performing his routine."</ref>