Editing Bud Abbott (section)

===Later years===
Abbott faced financial difficulties in the late 1950s when the IRS disallowed $500,000 in tax exemptions which forced him to sell his home and come out of semi-retirement.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety215-1959-06#page/n145/mode/1up|title=Bud Abbott Preps New Act with Eddie Foy Jr.|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 17, 1959|page=2|access-date=June 15, 2019|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref>

In 1960, Abbott began performing with a new partner, [[Candy Candido]], to good reviews. But Abbott called it quits, remarking that "No one could ever live up to Lou." The following year, Abbott played a straight role in a dramatic television episode of ''[[General Electric Theater]]'' titled "The Joke's on Me". In 1962, he was interviewed by NBC's [[Jack Lescoulie]], in a nostalgic segment. That year, as it's reported, Abbott was considered for a cameo in Stanley Kramer's comedy ''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]''.{{Citation needed |date=August 2022}} In 1964, he suffered the first in a series of [[stroke]]s and recuperated at the [[Motion Picture Country Home]].<ref name="Furmanek 1991"/> The following year, he was filmed on the set of the Elvis Presley movie, ''Frankie and Johnny'', with [[Barbara Stanwyck]], [[Frank Sinatra]] and other celebrities when Presley donated $50,000 to the Motion Picture Relief Fund to help its $40 million building and endowment drive.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/elvis-presley-make-a-charitable-donation-to-the-motion-news-footage/590239562|title = Elvis Presley make a charitable donation to the Motion Picture Relief| date=August 16, 2016 }}</ref> In 1967, Abbott provided his own voice for the [[Hanna-Barbera]] animated series ''[[The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show]]''. Stan Irwin provided the voice of Lou Costello.