Slapstick humor of Abbott, Costello still holds up well

• "That Funny Feeling" (Universal, 1965, not rated, $14.98). In the early '60s, Sandra Dee and her then-husband Bobby Darin were being groomed as a younger Doris Day/Rock Hudson team. These two films are contrived romantic comedies, but both offer some glossy fun.

"If a Man Answers" has them getting married, but Dee's French mother offers outrageous advice, urging her daughter to train her husband like a dog.

In "That Funny Feeling," Dee is Darin's maid, but they've never met. So she pretends his apartment is hers to impress him! Donald O'Connor co-stars.

Extras: Widescreen, trailer, subtitle options (English, Spanish, French), chapters.

• "The Sting II" (Universal, 1983, PG, $14.98). The cast is OK, and the predictable twists aren't too bad, but this sequel — about a boxing scam — certainly pales in comparison to the original. Jackie Gleason has Paul Newman's part, Mac Davis plays Robert Redford's role, and the villain played by Robert Shaw is now Oliver Reed. Best are Teri Garr as a duplicitous grifter and Karl Malden as a mobster who's a lout.

Extras: Widescreen, subtitle options (English, Spanish, French), chapters.

• "The Prince & Me" (Paramount, 2004, PG, 29.99). Julia Stiles appears to be bored stiff in this lightweight fairy tale, part frat-house farce and part "Princess Diaries." Stiles slowly falls for a conceited, spoiled fellow college student — only to discover he's a Danish prince in this flat comedy. And why is English actress Miranda Richardson, as the prince's mother, doing a Scandinavian accent when all her British co-stars are content to maintain their British accents?

Extras: Separate widescreen and full-frame editions, audio commentary (director Martha Coolidge), making-of featurettes, deleted/extended scenes, outtakes, trailer, language options (English, French), subtitle options (English, Spanish), chapters.

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