The GREATEST comedy routine of all time. I saw this almost 70 years ago and I always laugh and find it fresh. Abbott & Costello were comedy geniuses.
@cactusjackhausen85082 жыл бұрын
@derekllewellyn66632 жыл бұрын
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@RangaTurk Жыл бұрын
Sometimes it seems amazing what the entertainment industry produced on film during WWII.
@krog44 Жыл бұрын
Comedy yes great movies
@DavidLeglover Жыл бұрын
I have to disagree as one who enjoys comedy I consider the banter involving the Legenday Danny Kaye talking about how the vessel with the passel has the brew that's true but the chalice from the palace has the potion that can kill you!
@dietersoegemeier139 Жыл бұрын
In another hundred years this will still be as good as the day they first performed it.
@nthgth Жыл бұрын
It's kinda unbelievable how timeless it is😂
@SeverSTL Жыл бұрын
Why........left field
@PhilSolari-f9x Жыл бұрын
The boys themselves considered this version to be the absolute best it's ever been! And all Bud and Lou fans wholeheartedly agree!
@cindydott452 Жыл бұрын
Isn't this the version proudly played in the Baseball Hall of Fame?
@svevo Жыл бұрын
I don't know, I like the other one that comes out when you search "who's on First" on here better. I feel the flow is better Edit: it's also a minute longer and in this case, more of great thing is better
@barfo281 Жыл бұрын
@@svevo THIRD BASE!
@TD-sw3kv Жыл бұрын
No, the other one is the more classic one. This is not the one they played over and over just from the first two minutes you can hear that.
@susanb2015 Жыл бұрын
Is this the version that was in their movie? It is the Naughty Nineties. I think it is the best.
@bri-guy8757 Жыл бұрын
That routine NEVER gets old.
@mclovin9578 Жыл бұрын
And it never will. 🙂
@bluehornet197 Жыл бұрын
I mean it's old but it's delivery is pure genius and it still cracks me up every time I hear it
@robbymounce57645 ай бұрын
It had aged like a fine wine! 🍷 ❤
@johnlittle6008 Жыл бұрын
There will never be another pair of comedians like these two fantastic men. I grew up watching these guys. Never a dull moment watching.
@justachipn3039 Жыл бұрын
👍👍
@justinlang8229 Жыл бұрын
That went off the rails quick 😂
@SL-vr1jx Жыл бұрын
The focus required to keep up with the pace without getting any lines mixed up is pretty impressive, let alone the ingeniuity behind every line delivered. This is a true classic even by today’s standards for a reason
@judi6078 Жыл бұрын
My husband and I tried to explain this routine to our son. We finally printed the script and read it at the kitchen table. I think I was Abbott and my husband was Costello. Our son giggled thru the whole presentation.
@ckinahan16 ай бұрын
And he'll never forget it I promise you! Now that's great parenting! A true home run! 😁
@deanerling13154 ай бұрын
When I showed it to my children, they just looked at me like there was something wrong with me. I think they were refusing to find anything funny about something that existed from that long ago...
@bigmclargehuge7170 Жыл бұрын
The rapid word play and the incredible linguistic stretches make this so amazing. The Baseball Hall Of Fame better well have this showing somewhere.
@cindydott452 Жыл бұрын
It does, on a continuous loop.
@ckinahan16 ай бұрын
What a good point and thank goodness it is! Except what's at second and thank goodness is probably in the dugout... 😁
@rippt5302 ай бұрын
@@cindydott452 Itdoes is our long reliever.
@mclovin9578 Жыл бұрын
Does anyone else remember watching this with their dad when you were a kid? He passed away a few years ago but this was his favorite skit and it brings back some of my warmest memories of growing up in a house filled with laughter. Thanks for posting. 🙏
@scottlewis86815 ай бұрын
I have been listening to this for over 70 years. I still never get tired of listening to it.
@GodmanGoddard Жыл бұрын
The best part of this is that the people in the audience were told not to laugh since they were filming and you can hear them all chuckling and giggling
@cindydott452 Жыл бұрын
This version was produced for the film "The Naughty Nineties". It was a movie, with no live audience. The laughter you hear is the film crew cracking up!
@clueless_cutie Жыл бұрын
@@cindydott452 Somehow that makes it even better knowing the professional crew is in tears trying to keep it together.
@AbsolutelyJason4 ай бұрын
lol
@luisreyes1963 Жыл бұрын
The greatest stand-up routine in comedy history, thanks to Bud Abbott & Lou Costello.
@challengerwilliam8414 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely the G.O.A.T. of all stand up comedy ever. Those were the days!
@TheLastFBIagent Жыл бұрын
All I know is my grandpa had a figurine of these guys up on a shelf when I was about 5 years old. He passed away when I was 9. A couple decades later and I’m happy to see he had such a precious sense of humor
@michaelgregory7719 Жыл бұрын
Have watched this routine for decades and still laugh every time greatest comedy team ever
@acdii Жыл бұрын
This was a high school routine my friend and I did back in 82. It is not easy trying to not crack up while doing it. Nothing compares comedy wise to this two giants of comedy. Vaudeville created some of the greatest comedy talent ever. My kids even know and love this routine.
@tambrosia Жыл бұрын
BRAVO my brothers and I tried this never got through it without screwing it up. Bet you had better luck. 2 of the best guys in the biz
@nthgth Жыл бұрын
Good on you, this is one of the best examples of comedy in existence
@Patiencelad7 ай бұрын
That was you? I did it in grade school in the 70s.
@LeslieKerr-y5fАй бұрын
This comedy routine can never be put in the grave. It will never die because it's too wonderful 👍.
@outdoorguy84511 ай бұрын
That was one of the greatest comedian skits ever, you don't see things like that anymore
@rmagdos Жыл бұрын
This routine has been making me laugh for over 70 years. I still laugh so hard that it beings tears to my eyes. This will still be making people laugh as long as it can be viewed , it's timeless.
@bluehornet197 Жыл бұрын
How old are you exactly? I heard this back in 2008 when I was 18 and I thought it was amazing
@rmagdos Жыл бұрын
I turned 76 back in June, this skit was filmed two years before I was born. I have seen it hundreds if times and I still laugh every time I( watch it. @@bluehornet197
@scottrussell2281 Жыл бұрын
Still holds up as one of the all time greatest comedy bits. 😂
@Rotorhead1651 Жыл бұрын
"ONE OF"?!?!? This is the SINGLE funniest routine OF ALL TIME!!!😂
@leeboyles4480 Жыл бұрын
I have heard this referenced many times but never seen the whole routine, I loved it more than I thout
@ilikegrapes5769 Жыл бұрын
Classic stuff. 34 years before I was born and I've seen this 100 times and still enjoy their humor.
@jakeg3126 Жыл бұрын
I’m 34 too!!
@nthgth Жыл бұрын
Even more years before my time but it's still one of the most surefire cry-laughs I can possibly find on KZbin. These boys definitely hit on something special.
@bobbysands69233 жыл бұрын
The last time I was at the Baseball HOF, they had this looping endlessly. I must have watched it 30 times in a row, and still laughed every time. It is maybe the funniest comedy bit ever and is clean as a whistle. And if you listen carefully, you can hear someone on the crew giggling, most likely barely containing themselves.
@davidlafleche1142 Жыл бұрын
Look up "St. George and the Dragonet" and "Little Blue Riding Hood." Both of them were parodies of "Dragnet." Jack Webb was a big fan of Stan Freberg and loaned him the NBC orchestra to do the theme music. They had to keep doing takes because the musicians kept cracking up.
@justachipn3039 Жыл бұрын
@@davidlafleche1142 👍👍
@brentritchie6199 Жыл бұрын
It truly is the greatest comedy routine of all time genius in its conception and genius in the implementation
@Toni-oy5gu Жыл бұрын
I remember watching this one Sunday afternoon and have never forgotten it. Occasionally, I come out with the "Who's on 1st, What's on 2nd.... third base" and people who have never watched this piece of comic genius look at me strangely. Loved Abbott and Costello 🧡
@collinsnider41793 жыл бұрын
This is definitely the best version of this routine
@ryancalhoun29103 жыл бұрын
I actually prefer the one that goes a little bit faster, but this is still great
@stellaqaustralia2 жыл бұрын
@@ryancalhoun2910 1.25 X
@darrenhirst9900 Жыл бұрын
So who is on first base?
@stevencrouse167 Жыл бұрын
@@darrenhirst9900 Naturally
@T.Tuxedo Жыл бұрын
This is a scene from their 1945 film "Naughty Nineties".
@johnrichardson6033 Жыл бұрын
Makes me laugh every time. It’s one of the best duo comedies of all time.
@John_Burns.Crazy_Cooter3 жыл бұрын
Even though this was way before my time I enjoy it never gets old good clean humor can't beat only heard this for the first time a few years back but show it to my daughter an grand daughter they love it too.
@drogz Жыл бұрын
how is it clean he threatens to bludgeon the other guy to death!!!
@jeffberbert7784 Жыл бұрын
The best version of this classic routine. The speed, the timing.....I have no idea why reactors don't watch this version.
@bdbotts Жыл бұрын
Will never ever get old!!! ❤
@stephenragland7710 Жыл бұрын
Agree
@MaryAnnPaventa-b2r3 ай бұрын
Always loved this routine. It cracks me up every time I watch it, especially if I need a good laugh!
@jasonrodgers9063 Жыл бұрын
My stepson & his best friend bore strong resemblances to Abbot & Costello, (Stepson, Costello, friend, Abbott) They did an abbreviated version of this routine for a High School talent night back in the '80's, was WELL received!
@bigdaddy1818 Жыл бұрын
My God!how many times to perfect that! Perfection
@AthenaSchroedinger Жыл бұрын
This is truly timeless. Just as funny now as when I first heard it many decades ago.🤣❤
@tysonhawk5437 Жыл бұрын
My friend and I did this skit for a high school play. We ended up being asked to perform it at numerous places for a couple years. This is so nostalgic.
@nthgth Жыл бұрын
That's freakin awesome. You may not have written it, but the showmanship is just as important and you must've nailed that if you were getting repeat requests.
@gibandruski6744 Жыл бұрын
Whoever wrote this piece was absolutely brilliant!
@AnnaSharp4 Жыл бұрын
Best skit ever!! We need good clean humor like this again on television.
@keithyakouboff8755 Жыл бұрын
Agreed. But, clean humor requires genuine creativity. Crudeness is easy.
@stephenpenrice1230 Жыл бұрын
In the version from their vaudeville days, the shortstop’s name was probably not so clean.
@nthgth Жыл бұрын
@@stephenpenrice1230as I recall, it was usually I Don't Give a Darn. In other recorded versions anyway. I don't know if it was different earlier than that
@ericjohnson6665 Жыл бұрын
This is a prime example of humor that's funny many times, even always... as opposed to jokes that are only funny once, because the punchline relies on the unexpected. After you've heard it, the punchline is no longer unexpected.
@ronaldharding3927 Жыл бұрын
Set my alarm on my radio clock a little over forty years ago. I woke up laughing. This routine was playing and had me in stitches while I was asleep.
@nobodyuknow4911 Жыл бұрын
A vaudeville act so well rehearsed it's as well timed as a Swiss watch.
@theoneandonlyashh7 ай бұрын
My 5th grade teacher showed the class this video last year, he is old like the video. Awesome teacher, awesome video.
@mariefortunato4737 Жыл бұрын
Excellent routine that could never be forgotten 👏
@enbybunny9940 Жыл бұрын
This is the PERFECT kind of comedy that holds up infinitely well no matter the time period. I wish more comedy was more deeply smart and just light-heartedly silly like this nowadays. It seems like most attempts at comedy lately is riddled with jokes that use topical events as a crutch to support a lackluster sense of humor.
@dragonrider7796 Жыл бұрын
I saw this for the first time in 1983 at six years old, loved it then and still do.
@spankyjeffro532011 ай бұрын
Still love these guys. Keystone cops and the Mummy, Dracula and Wolfman were my faves as a kid.
@chijako7990 Жыл бұрын
I love Abbott and Costello. Costello has always been my favorite :) Now that I'm older I'm reminiscing on all the arguments I've been in and seen, that are basically this skit with different words....
@megatherium99 Жыл бұрын
Plain and simple, comedic genius! Is there ANY comedians today that could pull of such timing? Don't think so....
@rickdrewer6427 Жыл бұрын
TOTALLY BRILLIANT. Simply perfection. Downunder, South Australia
@swolfe9668 Жыл бұрын
This is pure good humor and should be allowed to play at work
@CrimsonParkDog Жыл бұрын
Man, I could watch this skit for like a million, gazillion times, and it'll STILL be funny. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@299881224 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I can't understand this without subtitles!
@paulbrennan3996 Жыл бұрын
These two My favourites and best comedy due of All time R.I.P. to Bud and Lou first class 👏 total legendary comic's 🤝👏✊ respect 🤝👏
@noahbody9782 Жыл бұрын
What can you say. This is totally awesome. How did they do this without missing a beat.
@mattmurphy8288 Жыл бұрын
I think how was a pinch hitter…
@nthgth Жыл бұрын
Gotta be practice and professional showmanship. Supposedly they were laughing completely out of control when they were first coming up with this 🤣
@robertcoggeshall3071 Жыл бұрын
Easily the best of the different versions of the whos on first routine. The absolute greatest comedy routine ever enacted. And its got to be one of the most complex, requiring perfect timing. Lou almost stumbled thinking of Buds character name, from the naughty nineties, but still saves it.
I used to show this to my fifth graders when I taught. They loved it!
@thesupremesextendedkanan42164 жыл бұрын
Classic!!! Love Abbot and Costello!!!
@ilirllukaci53452 жыл бұрын
Abbott and Costello. My Dad's favorite.
@benjamess3194 Жыл бұрын
The funny part is that if look up the 1934 Gas House Gang (AKA) The St. louis Cardinals you will find that there were in fact some funny nicknames for some of the players. Dizzy Dean, Leo ( The Lip ) Dirocher, Ducky Medwick and so on. But you gotta love this comedy. It's timeless.
@williamcolbert7828 Жыл бұрын
Omgosh, so cool you know the Gas House Gang! My grandfather was on that World Series winning team! His name is Charles 'Chick' Fullis. I never was able to talk baseball with him because he passed away at age 42! Oh gosh the stories he would have had! Yay baseball!⚾️☮
@nelson2503 Жыл бұрын
Nothing will ever beat this routine.😂
@coachjon69672 жыл бұрын
After all these years it is still funny. I would love to see a version of this for Basketball.
@moohoward Жыл бұрын
Why?
@OneWeirdDude Жыл бұрын
Um, but basketball doesn't have the same variety, does it? Why not try football.
@zr3755 Жыл бұрын
@@moohowardDon't bring the left fielder from St Louis into this 😄
@williamh.jarvis67953 жыл бұрын
This is a cut from one of their 90 minute movies 🎥, the title of it being: The Naughty Nineties, in a story about some professional gamblers swindle the Captain of ownership of his show boat 🚢. As others have commented (from duplicate clips posted here on KZbin) about how come members of this audience are not laughing here it is likely because the "audience" present are actual paid actors, who have been instructed to refrain from laughter, so that we movie viewers are able to comprehend the "discussion" between Dexter Broadhurst (Bud Abbott) and Sébastien Dimwiddie (Lou Costello) about names of the players on the "St. Louis Wolves" baseball team.
@MrThermostatic3 жыл бұрын
I think the audience not reacting has more to do with them playing "straightman". Much like everyone else who interacts with Abbott and Costello in movies never find them the slightest bit amusing or funny. I've always been so aware how in comedys, nobody involved is finding the material funny. It creates more intimacy between the audience and the comedy, as we are aware of something funny going on , that no one in the movie seems to.
@mjmeadows1016 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely the best
@consco3667 Жыл бұрын
They were great!
@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301 Жыл бұрын
they got their start on radio so they had to rely totally on what they said so that certainly helped then when they transferred to film they became just as accomplished for me making them the #1 comedy duo of all time
@l.salisbury12532 жыл бұрын
CHALMERS: Well, Seymour, it seems we've put together a baseball team, and I was wondering Who's On First? SKINNER: Yes. Not the pronoun but rather a player with the unlikely name of Who is On First. CHALMERS: Well, that's just great, Seymour! We been out here six seconds and you've already managed to BLOW the routine!
@williambrady39633 жыл бұрын
"I don't even know what I'm talking about!"
@wallacelang1374 Жыл бұрын
Abbott and Costello's "Who's On First" routine is an all time classic that actually was inducted into the Baseball Hall Of Fame in Cooperstown. Both members of the Abbott and the Costello families were present during its induction ceremony. This was before there ever had been any discussion of possibly creating a Comedy Hall Of Fame (which hasn't even been built yet).
@DarthPizza777 Жыл бұрын
They don't make comedy like this anymore and it's a real shame.
@richstrobel Жыл бұрын
Bought this movie on vhs for my Dad and stepmother years ago. I was surprised to see a short about McKee Gardens in Vero Beach where I live. I thought the movie was poor but the Who's on First routine made it worth buying.
@stephennixon9609 Жыл бұрын
They deserve to be in Cooperstown for this routine. The first time I heard it way back when I was busting out laughing. I even have it on DVR from the old Abbott and Costello Show
@traviskomar1061 Жыл бұрын
They play this routine on a continuous loop at the Hall of Fame so they technically are there already
@stephennixon9609 Жыл бұрын
@@traviskomar1061 I know they are in there I was just saying they deserve to be there.
@DavidTucker-x5y Жыл бұрын
The timing has to be perfect for this to work!
@charlesbartholomew2910 Жыл бұрын
One of the Best comedy routines! Love these two doing this one!
@TrondBørgeKrokli Жыл бұрын
It is one of the finest acts in comedy. Pity that the people making the decision to add the text did not take into consideration that the names could be actual names, like Hu, Watt and Aydunno.
@freethrice Жыл бұрын
Brilliance. Never to be matched.
@bryanmahon78669 ай бұрын
Today is catching tomorrow, who what, and I don't know, cover the infield... I remember that cardinal team. Born, raised in St. Louis... And yes, this never gets old...
@jeanninem82273 жыл бұрын
I have always Loved this. When I say ,"Who's on first", today..2021 Nobody knows what I'm referring to. 😂
@supermombelle97503 жыл бұрын
me too, I had to show this to my mom, she said, it was before her time, & I say "but it's a timeless classic!!!" It even makes my teenager laugh!
@vd26562 жыл бұрын
😢
@MaryAnnPaventa-b2r3 ай бұрын
I don't know how they don't get the names mixed up in this routine! It is just too hysterical!
@Yumi_Jay Жыл бұрын
My mom and I love to quote this at times especially at the ball games.
@michaelmiller8914 Жыл бұрын
I have loved that skit since I was a kid. I had it on cassette tape back then. ❤❤
@GereneAvila8 ай бұрын
In high school a friend of mine and I did this routine for 'Cabaret Night'. We knew we would never remember it as written so we printed it out like we were broadcasting a baseball game. Not sure f people noticed we were holding anything, they were laughing so hard. Early '80s and still slayed everyone.
@jimmyz8788 Жыл бұрын
This is always funny no matter how old it is classic comedy never dies
@jadenquam5332 Жыл бұрын
The wording is is just so great
@esausjudeannephew63172 жыл бұрын
The TIMING!
@vinmanoct1279 Жыл бұрын
Impeccable and absolutely perfect timing.
@robbymounce57645 ай бұрын
“OOOOHHHH! That’s our SHORTSTOP!” Lol! This routine aged like a FINE WINE! 🍷 ❤
@Linkman247 Жыл бұрын
Greatest comedy team of all time. I have all the films on blu ray
@renewagain6956 Жыл бұрын
After all these years... I finally watch the original that spawned all the parodies.
@jeffmorris4802 Жыл бұрын
I could watch clips like this over and over because the crap we have on TV these days SUCKS and that's a fact
@Novastar.SaberCombat Жыл бұрын
The one from The Kate Smith Hour was absolutely hysterical. Best iteration of it ever.
@christasimon9716 Жыл бұрын
Umpire (to the manager): So is your starting pitcher ready? Manager: Yes. Umpire: Ok, well get him out here. Let's get this game started. Manager: He's still warming up. Umpire: You just said he's ready. Manager: He _IS_ Reddy.
@BobbleCube Жыл бұрын
“There is a player named who.” “What?” “There is also a player named what, he is on second base.” “I don’t know… what you’re talking about?”
@spectrum7virkeytroni9 ай бұрын
This is a pretty good version. A few years ago, there was a version from a 1940 radio program where they just called it "baseball" instead of "who's on first". And I really liked that version too.
@MMAGamblingTips Жыл бұрын
The closed captioning messes up the skit. The first baseman’s name should be spelled like the Chinese name “Hu” and on 2nd base is "Watts” pronounced like "what/wot" with Bud’s thick accent.
@vayja99553 ай бұрын
1.What is the name of the baseball player on third base? Who is on second base ?
@gregknudson8700 Жыл бұрын
This just never gets old. We've all seen it 100 times and we all want to see it another 100 times. What is it about this routine that will live in infamy?
@gregknudson8700 Жыл бұрын
You're right. I could watch it 100 times and not get tired of it. 😊
@familyfirst4ever Жыл бұрын
The way it's done. I can watch it again and again, and I still laugh every time. They're hilarious.
@NeighborhoodThird3 күн бұрын
the amount of genius in every line is crazy
@honestytoafault Жыл бұрын
Totally ad libbed! Great guys
@justsomeguy1691 Жыл бұрын
This is just really impressive, aside from how funny it is. I’ve acted and memorized lines, those are a lot of lines, and they are all really símilar to each other and easy to conflate. Not to mention they’re delivering them rapid-fire. There is a lot of great sketch comedy out there but I’ve never really been impressed with delivery in the way I am when I watch this