During the summer, when burlesque was on hiatus, his father worked at Dreamland Park in Coney Island. Bud dropped out of grammar school to work at the park. In his teens, Abbott signed on as a cabin boy on a Norwegian steamer, but was soon forced to shovel coal. He worked his way back to the United States a year later.
during the summer when burlesque was on hiatus his father worked at dreamland park in coney island bud dropped out of grammar school to work at the park in his teens abbott signed on as a cabin boy on a norwegian steamer but was soon forced to shovel coal he worked his way back to the united states a year later