The first time hearing this is mostly spent sitting in awe and trying to take it in. I grew up hearing this, but have played it for people who hadn't. They will sit stone faced, then make laughing references to it for the rest of their lives. 😂
Even more amazing is when Lou Costello wasn't available and Mr. Fields from their TV show took his place and said his part exactly the way Lou said it.
@@XViTNg I've watch a lot of reactions for this. What I've come to a conclusion of is the difference in comedy acts today, compared to the Vaudeville days this humor comes from. Most are use to the comic to come out, say hello, and tell jokes. This comedy was made for set changes during live performances. They had like 4-5 minutes to keep a crowd interested. It wasn't so much the humor of this as it is keeping one occupied and in your seat. That is a very difficult thing to do. Their whole routine are 4-5 minute skits, with quick delivery and those two were some of the best at it. This wasn't flawless, they do this skit far better than this. They made mistakes in this one, their just good at covering them up.
@@blueduck5589 No, you can understand something and have a sense of humor and that particular joke just doesn't do it for you. and/or you're generally a stoic person so you don't laugh even if you did find it funny.
@@neutrino78x Oh, I got it alright! I got it when they did this routine when I was 8 years-old(1949) They had been doing this classic for at least 20 years!
A few Years ago there was a player with the last name HU it was pronounced Who. He reached Frst Base and the Legendary Announcer Vin Scully said He waited a lifetime to be able to say HU (Who) was on First.
A true classic that has stood the test of time. I first heard this as a kid in the very early 60's. Their movies are hilarious too. Well done. You two are adorable.
This is one of - if not THE - greatest comedy sketches of all time. It was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. In fact, it's the only comedy sketch ever to be in ANY Hall of Fame. It has stood the test of time and is just as funny today as it was 70 years ago. The timing and skill involved are a wonder to behold. No second takes. No editing. Just perfection.
Right? meanwhile Brad in this "reaction" video stares blankly the whole time. She laughs/claps and is entertained. He idiotically thinks she is the one confused since the bit is about baseball and compares this GREAT sketch to one big DAD JOKE.
The amount of rehearsal and experience that went into this skit is mind boggling. To make it look so easy and have it flow so naturally. It's really the gold standard for a stand up comedy routine.
Another Great Abbot and Costello skit is "7x13=28"! They had a TV show and did Several Movies like "Abbot and Costello meet Frankenstein"... They used the Original Actors for their Parts (Like Boris Karloff as "Frankenstein's Monster").
@@Deathbird_Mitch No you're like him and took her saying it was "hard to follow" too literal. She was laughing and clearly getting it for the most part the whole time. He was staring blankly with no emotion and not laughing. She clapped, laughed and was entertained. At the end she was merely trying to point out at the end when they started talking about other names and positions it was hard to follow, which is true and makes it more funny. He lied and clearly did not get it. He said it was one big Dad joke. Watch it again.
Because you're watching the 'censored' version. There are other recordings of this finishing with 'I don't give a damn.' That was considered profane back then, so you get to hear this, the non-profane one instead. You can go and find the profane version out there if you want.
@@emcsquared8681 Like I said, they did have profanity in this routine - just not in this 'clean' version of it. I mean, we might not call 'damn' profane now, but it was when this was recorded
Abbott and Costello were active from 1935 - 1957 on stage, radio, movies, and television, so their comedy has been around 87 years. Older fans are probably familiar with their comedic movies, one of their best being Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein from 1947. Another well-known earlier comedic duo were Laurel and Hardy.
In September 2007, Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Chin-Lung Hu, a late-season callup from Albuquerque, got his first major league hit against the Arizona Diamondbacks, a single; Dodgers announcer Vin Scully said "I can finally say, 'Hu is on first base.'"
Jeezy chreezy, Brad sat there blank faced the whole time watching one of the best comedy routines ever written and performed. I really don't what to make of him sometimes. 😆
I know, I agree. He is the ONLY reactor I have seen that DIDN'T laugh while watching "Who's on First" I have seen this skit so many times since I was a child in the '50s and it STILL makes me laugh that I shed tears. Even though I know what is coming, it NEVER gets old!
They had this routine down so well that they could just roll with it. I have heard a few versions on this and each one is a little different, but they had all the players down and which one was where so that even when they got off track, they knew exactly where to go next. One of the best comedy routines ever put together. Brilliant!
This is one of the funniest bits EVER! NOTICE how in Purple Rain Morris Day & Jerome Benton pay homage to this routine talking about the password when Apollonia walks into the club.
they did a lot of movies in the 1950's -- "Abbott & Costello meet Frankenstein" -- "Abbott & Costello meet the Mummy" -- and other movies -- funny stuff
Great memories of this routine and the comedy duo. Their movies involved a lot of physical comedy (Costello) and also song and dance numbers as well in many pictures. Good family type antics. Glad you reacted to this one. Peace!
Bud Abbott stated that it was taken from an older routine called "Who's The Boss?", a performance of which can be heard in an episode of the radio comedy program It Pays to Be Ignorant from the 1940s. After they formally teamed up in burlesque in 1936, he and Costello continued to hone the sketch. It was a big hit in the fall of 1937, when they performed the routine in a touring vaudeville revue called Hollywood Bandwagon. In February 1938, Abbott and Costello joined the cast of The Kate Smith Hour radio program and the sketch was first performed for a national radio audience on March 24 of that year. Abbott and Costello performed "Who's on First?" numerous times in their careers, rarely performing it exactly the same way twice. They did the routine for President Franklin Roosevelt several times. In 1956, a gold record of "Who's on First?" was placed in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. A video (taken from The Naughty Nineties) now plays continuously on screens at the Hall. In 1999, Time named the routine Best Comedy Sketch of the 20th Century. An early radio recording from October 6, 1938, was placed in the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry in 2003.[9] In 2005, the line "Who's on First?" was included on the American Film Institute's list of 100 memorable movie quotations. (Wikipedia)
One of the most inventive sketches ever. As a comedic duo, they did this on radio then when they did stage shows. It is a wonder that this is captured on film for all younger people to catch. They also did a whole series of really wonderful, funny, light movies around monster characters that I loved as a kid, too. They were so well crafted and never 'blue'. Testament to the use of language for a laugh---and sometimes a belly laugh.
Right! Fast foward to 2022 and this Brad guy in this reaction video acts like it wasn't hard for him to follow but he looked lost the whole time and never laughed. She clearly was getting it for the most part and laughing but he tells her that since it was about baseball it was hard for her to follow. He basically says nothing otherwise and the video ends. I'm not sure how this is a reaction video on his part, she was at least laughing and getting it. He compared it to a dad joke..
Some years ago, LA had a Chinese player named Hu. When he got on base, the announcer admitted that he had been waiting his entire life to say, "Hu's on first.".
"It's very hard for me to understand you sometimes because you think so differently.". And THAT's why she's so delightful, and I'd bet it's also most likely the reason you've stayed by her side all these years! My dad once told me years ago that you'll marry the woman you can't figure out, and I think you've done it, Brad. And I'll bet it's been a blast!
These guys were legends. From Vaudeville to radio to TV and major movie studio deals. True masters of comedy. They also do a bit like this about horse racing, it's very good as well. Look it up.
This classic routine never, ever gets old or less funny. When I visited the hallowed Baseball Hall of Fame in the picturesque upstate town of Cooperstown, N.Y., Who's On First played in the lobby every 30 minutes.
Lou had a son, Lou Jr., that drowned as a toddler in the family pool. Totally devastated Lou for the rest of his life. Lou wanted to do something to help the heartbreak and keep it from happening to other families and he was one of the first in the US to campaign for water safety and swimming lessons for children.
Y'know, there were other similar episodes. Cecil B. DeMille lived next to W. C. Fields in the '20s into the '30s. Cecil's daughter married Anthony Quinn and, as a wedding gift, Cecil B. gave this big ol' house to the young couple. Their first daughter wandered the backyard for months and, when she was 4, she wandered into W. C.'s yard, into his pool, and drowned. Long before anyone considered fences.
I took a cassette recording of the skit into my 10th-grade English class. We were reading it and I was so irritated at how badly my classmates were butchering it.
My class in forth grade tried to do this routine (it was in the 80's mind you) and I was told by the teacher a few times to keep it down since I was laughing. The class was butchering it as well but we still got the joke. Finally the teacher brought in a recording of it just like you did so we could hear how it was really performed. Our class was visited by two other teachers from other classes and told to keep the laughing to a minimum because it was disrupting the neighboring classrooms.
@@Smokie_666 I remember one of my teachers chasing a student around the class yelling at him (when they still could, lol), and witnessing his dentures falling out and skidding on the floor, the classroom of students burst out laughing so hard and loudly that the other students from the other classes came over to find out what was so funny. The very next day, we had dentures carved into some of the wooden desks to remind us of the laugh we had, unfortunately, at the expense of that teacher. I'm sorry, but, it was hilarious at the time.
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were one of the greatest comedy acts in all of entertainment. Their comedic timing was so great that when they were refused a spot on a popular radio show, they did a show at a theater on the next block and out-drew the radio show. The station offered them a spot on the following week's show, and they (to use the old time colloquialism) "Killed it". Some of the audience were literally on the floor laughing in hysterics.
That's my favorite one. I posted this link above: th-cam.com/video/lzxVyO6cpos/w-d-xo.html My favorite use of it was in their movie when they were in the navy and Costello was making donuts for the officers.
Bud Abbot and Lou Costello, they were comic geniuses. My favorite is how they manipulate math to make 7 x 13 = 28. If you're going to continue with them you gotta do that one too: th-cam.com/video/lzxVyO6cpos/w-d-xo.html
Bud Abbott & Lou Costello, two of the Greatest. This skit did what no other comedy routine has ever done. It was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
This is what you can call comedy gold & in 100 years or even in 500… People will still be laughing at this timeless classic that NEVER gets old, no matter how many times you watch it ☝️😆. Another great routine of theirs is called “7 X 13 = 28”. Many would know it as “the rent sketch” ☝️😂
I remember as a kid my mom loved Johnny Carson. And I remember this skit from that show. But I didn’t realize they lifted the skit from these two. Wow.
When we were little kids every once in a while they would have one of their comedy specials on and they would have this who's on first. It never got old it was so hilarious and the older we got as children, the better it got it seemed. Whenever they advertise it was going to be on we watched it.
The truly amazing thing about the skit is that it is not just about baseball but it has the rhythm of baseball. They had to have been massive fans of the game and thought one day what if we did a baseball skit that sounds like baseball looks. The bit is like a bases loaded play with a short ground ball to the short stop. Brilliant.
The ten year old in my heart is falling over with laughter. As most boys, we played sports during the summer for fun! I loved baseball!!! I could play sun up to sun down. Abbot and Costello are the only ones to make it into the baseball hall of fame without having anything to do with baseball. Thanks!!!!!
The fact you weren't laughing all the way through this skit leads me to believe you were missing the joke. It's clever, perfectly timed and flawless.
lol i figured this is probably a train wreck. they rarely understand what they're reacting too. lol...
Exactly. It’s only the funniest routine in history.
The first time hearing this is mostly spent sitting in awe and trying to take it in. I grew up hearing this, but have played it for people who hadn't. They will sit stone faced, then make laughing references to it for the rest of their lives. 😂
@@saragodres-tomes1032 fair enough
The guy was dumbfounded but the girl was a little better and seemed to understand at times.
I expected Brad would be lost in this kind of comedy…he didn’t disappoint
I wouldnt even react to stuff like this, if I didnt have enough sense to get it. I dont know how these two get there shoes on the right feet everyday!
What was more amazing than the concept itself was their ability to pull that off flawlessly.
Right?? Like I’ve heard this a thousand times. And I still get lost when they start getting to the outfield.
Even more amazing is when Lou Costello wasn't available and Mr. Fields from their TV show took his place and said his part exactly the way Lou said it.
Flawlessly is the Designated hitter.
@@XViTNg Who?
@@XViTNg I've watch a lot of reactions for this. What I've come to a conclusion of is the difference in comedy acts today, compared to the Vaudeville days this humor comes from. Most are use to the comic to come out, say hello, and tell jokes. This comedy was made for set changes during live performances. They had like 4-5 minutes to keep a crowd interested. It wasn't so much the humor of this as it is keeping one occupied and in your seat. That is a very difficult thing to do. Their whole routine are 4-5 minute skits, with quick delivery and those two were some of the best at it. This wasn't flawless, they do this skit far better than this. They made mistakes in this one, their just good at covering them up.
Again it’s beyond Brad’s level of sophistication. Blank look the whole classic skit. Lex is awesome!!!!
Watching brad was painful. Seeing him not understanding the humor was shocking. A 4 yer old would get the skit instantly. Sad to say the least
It's called not having a sense of humor.@HC-sb1ru
@@blueduck5589 No, you can understand something and have a sense of humor and that particular joke just doesn't do it for you. and/or you're generally a stoic person so you don't laugh even if you did find it funny.
@@neutrino78x Oh, I got it alright! I got it when they did this routine when I was 8 years-old(1949) They had been doing this classic for at least 20 years!
@@blueduck5589 lol
The "comedic timing" these two had was faster than most comedians around today. They were also "family friendly"!
U said it. The timing was fantastic
I'd say faster than any comedian today.
exactly how I was thinking about it. so rapid and on-cue.
Why does your man always look like he is having trouble getting things? This is a true classic comedy duo
The guy in Left field does her man?
A few Years ago there was a player with the last name HU it was pronounced Who. He reached Frst Base and the Legendary Announcer Vin Scully said He waited a lifetime to be able to say HU (Who) was on First.
Taiwanese Chin-Lung Hu
That's awesome!! 🤣
When Hu got on first base the announcer said, "I've been waiting 30 years to say this, 'Hu's on First.'"
I remember that!! I think I saw it on the sports news when it happened!
That’s cool!
A true classic that has stood the test of time. I first heard this as a kid in the very early 60's. Their movies are hilarious too. Well done. You two are adorable.
This is one of - if not THE - greatest comedy sketches of all time. It was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. In fact, it's the only comedy sketch ever to be in ANY Hall of Fame.
It has stood the test of time and is just as funny today as it was 70 years ago. The timing and skill involved are a wonder to behold. No second takes. No editing. Just perfection.
Right? meanwhile Brad in this "reaction" video stares blankly the whole time. She laughs/claps and is entertained. He idiotically thinks she is the one confused since the bit is about baseball and compares this GREAT sketch to one big DAD JOKE.
The amount of rehearsal and experience that went into this skit is mind boggling. To make it look so easy and have it flow so naturally. It's really the gold standard for a stand up comedy routine.
According to the guy named Brad in this "reaction" video it's one big Dad joke, after he stared blankly the whole time while she laughed...
These two starred in many movies together and I loved watching them on TV when I was little 😂
Another Great Abbot and Costello skit is "7x13=28"! They had a TV show and did Several Movies like "Abbot and Costello meet Frankenstein"... They used the Original Actors for their Parts (Like Boris Karloff as "Frankenstein's Monster").
Boris Karloff did not play the monster in Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein. Glen Strange played the monster.
7x13 is fantastic!
@@paulfrombrooklyn5409 Yes. But Lon Chaney jr. as the Wolfman and Bela Lugosi as Dracula.
This bit is magnificent 😂
@@alanfoster6589 Yes, but Quix 6942 said that Boris Karloff played the Monster but he didn't. I was pointing that out.
This skit plays on a continuous loop at the baseball hall of Fame at Cooperstown. I've sat down and watched it a few times through.
the fact that brad was following SO HARD and Lex was just giggling at the puns
....I think this proves what people have been saying
what have people been saying exactly
It appears Lex is the smarter cookie between the two she's switched on that gal.
Except Brad said he got it right away and Lex said she was confused for most of it.
@@Deathbird_Mitch No you're like him and took her saying it was "hard to follow" too literal. She was laughing and clearly getting it for the most part the whole time. He was staring blankly with no emotion and not laughing. She clapped, laughed and was entertained. At the end she was merely trying to point out at the end when they started talking about other names and positions it was hard to follow, which is true and makes it more funny. He lied and clearly did not get it. He said it was one big Dad joke. Watch it again.
@@UtopiaBlue68 That's pretty typical. The woman is always smarter.
That's what comedic genius looks like.
One of the best comedy routines ever written.
Comedy like this never gets old, and no profanity
Because you're watching the 'censored' version. There are other recordings of this finishing with 'I don't give a damn.' That was considered profane back then, so you get to hear this, the non-profane one instead. You can go and find the profane version out there if you want.
Meh, I love profanity, and if they were alive today they would have profanity.
People were offended fast back them and censorship was very high.
@@emcsquared8681 Like I said, they did have profanity in this routine - just not in this 'clean' version of it. I mean, we might not call 'damn' profane now, but it was when this was recorded
a true classic never gets old ;)
@@DaveF. right, but if they said shit, they would have been canceled the next day.
Abbott and Costello were active from 1935 - 1957 on stage, radio, movies, and television, so their comedy has been around 87 years. Older fans are probably familiar with their comedic movies, one of their best being Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein from 1947. Another well-known earlier comedic duo were Laurel and Hardy.
During One of The Shows Lou Costello Lost His Son😢🙏 RESPECT 💝 He Said I Have To Go On For Him 😑
The Three Stooges were also very funny.
When Lou runs into the monsters and get so scared and starts wheezing. Classic!
Their TV show was inspired anarchy.
Growing up in the 80's I would watch them here (Ohio) on WGN, witch would turn into UPN then the WB.
All of their movies and TV shows.
Grew up watching their movies. Great childhood memories.
Sometimes, simply out of curiosity, I click on these to see if Brad ever reacts to ANYTHING. I’m sad to say, he’s never disappointed me.
As a kid in the 60's we grew up watching this stuff and these 2 guys one of the best comedy teams of all time.
In September 2007, Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Chin-Lung Hu, a late-season callup from Albuquerque, got his first major league hit against the Arizona Diamondbacks, a single; Dodgers announcer Vin Scully said "I can finally say, 'Hu is on first base.'"
I like it when Lex gets it right away she had a I get it right away moment with this one, as she does with most of them Funny classic stuff.
Jeezy chreezy, Brad sat there blank faced the whole time watching one of the best comedy routines ever written and performed. I really don't what to make of him sometimes. 😆
I know, I agree. He is the ONLY reactor I have seen that DIDN'T laugh while watching "Who's on First" I have seen this skit so many times since I was a child in the '50s and it STILL makes me laugh that I shed tears. Even though I know what is coming, it NEVER gets old!
You gotta remember, Brad is kinda stupid. He never got it. Lol
at least this is proof that he doesn't pre-watchthe clips, LOL
@@bobtony6036 Maybe. But maybe he does and he thinks it’ll come out different this time. Lol
He's a simpleton.
The most original routine ever. Phenomenal. The best! Laugh every time...
They had this routine down so well that they could just roll with it. I have heard a few versions on this and each one is a little different, but they had all the players down and which one was where so that even when they got off track, they knew exactly where to go next. One of the best comedy routines ever put together. Brilliant!
A classic from two legends.
Imagine how many times this was practiced to perfect it like that....
About twenty years at that time.
This is one of the funniest bits EVER! NOTICE how in Purple Rain Morris Day & Jerome Benton pay homage to this routine talking about the password when Apollonia walks into the club.
they did a lot of movies in the 1950's -- "Abbott & Costello meet Frankenstein" -- "Abbott & Costello meet the Mummy" -- and other movies -- funny stuff
I've never seen this skit!!! This was hilarious!!!
This is absolute gold - the epitome of the best comedy ever...
The man/woman comedy duo you may be thinking of is George Burns and Gracie Allen...A serious straight man and a wacky woman.
This routine got them in the Baseball Hall Of Fame.
Remember Seeing This Over 50 Years Ago In England. Never Stops Been Funny!✌🏻😂🤣
Great memories of this routine and the comedy duo. Their movies involved a lot of physical comedy (Costello) and also song and dance numbers as well in many pictures. Good family type antics. Glad you reacted to this one. Peace!
Bud Abbott stated that it was taken from an older routine called "Who's The Boss?", a performance of which can be heard in an episode of the radio comedy program It Pays to Be Ignorant from the 1940s. After they formally teamed up in burlesque in 1936, he and Costello continued to hone the sketch. It was a big hit in the fall of 1937, when they performed the routine in a touring vaudeville revue called Hollywood Bandwagon.
In February 1938, Abbott and Costello joined the cast of The Kate Smith Hour radio program and the sketch was first performed for a national radio audience on March 24 of that year.
Abbott and Costello performed "Who's on First?" numerous times in their careers, rarely performing it exactly the same way twice. They did the routine for President Franklin Roosevelt several times.
In 1956, a gold record of "Who's on First?" was placed in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. A video (taken from The Naughty Nineties) now plays continuously on screens at the Hall.
In 1999, Time named the routine Best Comedy Sketch of the 20th Century.
An early radio recording from October 6, 1938, was placed in the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry in 2003.[9]
In 2005, the line "Who's on First?" was included on the American Film Institute's list of 100 memorable movie quotations.
(Wikipedia)
You ought to like this. It's a Johnny Carson skit from the 1980s:
th-cam.com/video/miALHtQzIqw/w-d-xo.html
One of the most classic routines of all time. Brad looked either entirely confused the whole time or trying to just soak it all up.
One of the most inventive sketches ever. As a comedic duo, they did this on radio then when they did stage shows. It is a wonder that this is captured on film for all younger people to catch. They also did a whole series of really wonderful, funny, light movies around monster characters that I loved as a kid, too. They were so well crafted and never 'blue'. Testament to the use of language for a laugh---and sometimes a belly laugh.
Right! Fast foward to 2022 and this Brad guy in this reaction video acts like it wasn't hard for him to follow but he looked lost the whole time and never laughed.
She clearly was getting it for the most part and laughing but he tells her that since it was about baseball it was hard for her to follow.
He basically says nothing otherwise and the video ends. I'm not sure how this is a reaction video on his part, she was at least laughing and getting it. He compared it to a dad joke..
this will live on for generations and never be matched.
One of the best comedy routines ever!!
Some years ago, LA had a Chinese player named Hu. When he got on base, the announcer admitted that he had been waiting his entire life to say, "Hu's on first.".
this video can drive anyone nuts 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
"It's very hard for me to understand you sometimes because you think so differently.".
And THAT's why she's so delightful, and I'd bet it's also most likely the reason you've stayed by her side all these years!
My dad once told me years ago that you'll marry the woman you can't figure out, and I think you've done it, Brad.
And I'll bet it's been a blast!
These guys were legends. From Vaudeville to radio to TV and major movie studio deals. True masters of comedy. They also do a bit like this about horse racing, it's very good as well. Look it up.
Its one of the most famous comedy routines ever and can never get old. Timing and delivery are essential.
this was just the best! i just listened to it as much on radio as i did on tv back in my childhood!
Brad had absolutely no clue what was going on at any point. lol.
A classic, mom an dad always watched them when they was on. Many memories, love you both mom an dad rip.
Hilarious every time, and the delivery is superb. Their timing is amazing.
One of the best routines in history!
It’s still funny after seeing this as kid growing up in the 70’s
One of the greatest comedy skits of all time. You should watch some of their movies, they are a lot of fun, especially the monster movies.
This classic routine never, ever gets old or less funny. When I visited the hallowed Baseball Hall of Fame in the picturesque upstate town of Cooperstown, N.Y., Who's On First played in the lobby every 30 minutes.
Abbott and Costello are the only two people inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame who were not affiliated with the sport.
A genius bit! Thank you Lex for gettin' it.
They were one of the best comedy teams ever!
This got me a few times despite seeing this many, many times. Brilliant....and, very funny.
How did that guy sit there stone face perplexed through the whole thing? Wow! Totally over his head I guess.
These two and the Marx Brothers are some of the oldest comedy classics. These two had a few movies as well as their famous bits.
This is on a loop at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
Lou had a son, Lou Jr., that drowned as a toddler in the family pool. Totally devastated Lou for the rest of his life.
Lou wanted to do something to help the heartbreak and keep it from happening to other families and he was one of the first in the US to campaign for water safety and swimming lessons for children.
Y'know, there were other similar episodes. Cecil B. DeMille lived next to W. C. Fields in the '20s into the '30s. Cecil's daughter married Anthony Quinn and, as a wedding gift, Cecil B. gave this big ol' house to the young couple. Their first daughter wandered the backyard for months and, when she was 4, she wandered into W. C.'s yard, into his pool, and drowned. Long before anyone considered fences.
I have this poster of Abbott and Costello hanging in my garage with the whole routine. Best routine ever.
The practice it took to perfect this routine must have been unbelievable. It's pretty amazing.
I used to watch Abbott and Costello every Sunday morning to shows on my black and white TV…. Yes I am old.
11:30am every Sunday morning. I wouldn't miss it.
@@paulfrombrooklyn5409 used to watch a 10 clock on WPIX 11 out of New York and 11 o’clock show from a station out of Boston… every Sunday morning…
I took a cassette recording of the skit into my 10th-grade English class. We were reading it and I was so irritated at how badly my classmates were butchering it.
My class in forth grade tried to do this routine (it was in the 80's mind you) and I was told by the teacher a few times to keep it down since I was laughing. The class was butchering it as well but we still got the joke. Finally the teacher brought in a recording of it just like you did so we could hear how it was really performed. Our class was visited by two other teachers from other classes and told to keep the laughing to a minimum because it was disrupting the neighboring classrooms.
@@Smokie_666 I remember one of my teachers chasing a student around the class yelling at him (when they still could, lol), and witnessing his dentures falling out and skidding on the floor, the classroom of students burst out laughing so hard and loudly that the other students from the other classes came over to find out what was so funny. The very next day, we had dentures carved into some of the wooden desks to remind us of the laugh we had, unfortunately, at the expense of that teacher. I'm sorry, but, it was hilarious at the time.
one of the greatest comic routines in history!!! clean and witty!
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were one of the greatest comedy acts in all of entertainment. Their comedic timing was so great that when they were refused a spot on a popular radio show, they did a show at a theater on the next block and out-drew the radio show. The station offered them a spot on the following week's show, and they (to use the old time colloquialism) "Killed it". Some of the audience were literally on the floor laughing in hysterics.
This is STILL the greatest piece of American comedy and holds up after all these years. I absolutely love it.
I chuckled when the cute couple listening paused the video and bickered; they are a lot like Abbot and Costello after all!
Classic. IQ on 1,000. Greatest sketch of all time. Almost 100 years old.
According to Brad in this video it's one big Dad joke (after he stared blankly with no emotion and clearly not getting it most of the time..)
You should check out their rent skit, "7 x 13 = 28"
Definitely
That's my favorite one. I posted this link above: th-cam.com/video/lzxVyO6cpos/w-d-xo.html
My favorite use of it was in their movie when they were in the navy and Costello was making donuts for the officers.
I love 'Who's on First'; always good for a laugh 😆
one of the best bits in comedy. these guys were giants.
One of the all time greatest comedy sketches.
4:35 Wait what?!?...... 'Song sounds like bacon grease - Hahahahahahahaha! 🤣🤣🤣
Bud Abbot and Lou Costello, they were comic geniuses. My favorite is how they manipulate math to make 7 x 13 = 28. If you're going to continue with them you gotta do that one too: th-cam.com/video/lzxVyO6cpos/w-d-xo.html
Comedic genius. I haven’t watched this in years. Still makes me laugh😂😂😂. Imagine how long to learn/perfect this act. Cheers
Only about twenty years at that point. Never exactly the same. Normally, the shortstop was I DON’T GIVE A DAMN.
Funny, because when this finished, went straight to your theme, which begins with "I don't know" lolol
Bud Abbott & Lou Costello, two of the Greatest. This skit did what no other comedy routine has ever done. It was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
"It shoudl be easy to understand because it's LITERAL" lmao love you guys
This pair made so many movies, that are just as hilarious…They never miss a beat… Great slapstick comedy…
This is the first guy in my lifetime that has not laughed at this. Amazing
Classic slapstick comedy from two of the best there ever was and ever will be!
Must have heard this a 1000x and every time it cracks me up. Such a great bit
Classic humor - timeless. This routine is actually in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
This is what you can call comedy gold & in 100 years or even in 500… People will still be laughing at this timeless classic that NEVER gets old, no matter how many times you watch it ☝️😆. Another great routine of theirs is called “7 X 13 = 28”. Many would know it as “the rent sketch” ☝️😂
I had my fifth grade class watch this, some of them really got it, others were delightfully lost.
I remember as a kid my mom loved Johnny Carson. And I remember this skit from that show. But I didn’t realize they lifted the skit from these two. Wow.
When we were little kids every once in a while they would have one of their comedy specials on and they would have this who's on first. It never got old it was so hilarious and the older we got as children, the better it got it seemed. Whenever they advertise it was going to be on we watched it.
They're in the Baseball Hall Of Fame. ⚾️⚾️⚾️
The truly amazing thing about the skit is that it is not just about baseball but it has the rhythm of baseball. They had to have been massive fans of the game and thought one day what if we did a baseball skit that sounds like baseball looks. The bit is like a bases loaded play with a short ground ball to the short stop.
Brilliant.
I'm 56. Seen this hundreds of times as a wee kid.
I still giggle watching it.
Classic! Laughed the whole way through.
That is legendary and genius comedy skip.
The ten year old in my heart is falling over with laughter. As most boys, we played sports during the summer for fun! I loved baseball!!! I could play sun up to sun down. Abbot and Costello are the only ones to make it into the baseball hall of fame without having anything to do with baseball. Thanks!!!!!
You cats have to see the movie "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein". A total classic!
Another incredible bit by them is "7×13=28"
It's performance art - not punchline art. The appreciation is in the perfection of their ability to do something so silly - so perfectly.
I can relate to Brad. First thing I thought of was bacon grease. LOL