Abbott & Costello: "Two Tens for a Five"

Classic skit with Abbott & Costello. Very funny!
(This is just the "Two Tens for a Five" clip)

[@harryguidotti3815]

I love the look on his face when he realizes what happened. 1st time: I just got played. 2nd time: I got played again... 3rd time:.....I played myself....

[@hitman1755]

lol yea I agree

[@dariusmichel4435]

In the words of DJ khalid "just played myself "😂😂

[@mikebrideson6512]

Cool

[@AzzKicker-bz1cb]

@Harry Guidotti Poor Lou, he could never catch a break!!!!!!

[@Nicky2Chains]

My love life

[@strangeworldsunlimited712]

Costello plays the idiot and the fool, but the reality was that he was the brains of the operation and made a lot of the decisions on what jokes to do and how to do them. Abbot followed his lead and played the consummate straight man/con artist against Costello's man-child. Brilliant comedy team!

[@wiseguymaybe]

+Strange Worlds Unlimited It doesn't really matter who the brains were. That was still slick the way Bud Abbot did that.

[@TheBigDaddy51]

+larry potter In vaudeville, the straight man was always the higher paid. Baggy pants comics were a dime a dozen, but a great straight man was hard to come by.

[@wiseguymaybe]

+TheBigDaddy51 Yeah, I had heard that on Bud and Lou's bio about the straight man always the higher paid. As far as a great straight man, you couldn't get greater than Bud. Although Bud Abbott suffered from epilepsy, you really couldn't top his and Lou Costello's energy. Unlike what Regis Philbin said about Martin and Lewis, who were just plain slapstick silly, to me not funny, Abbott and Costello were the true best comedy duo ever. Their humor was more than slapstick, it was clever.

[@stanknight5764]

that's pretty interesting. Stan Laurel was the brains in Laurel & Hardy as well. Curious how the 'idiot' one was usually the bright one. :).

[@dontcallmewave]

Strange Worlds Unlimited it takes a lot of brains to look as stupid as Costello did.

[@kiro5000]

$15 dollars went south. My favorite line.

[@rudyiraheta80]

make the 40

[@DarthCuda]

@@rudyiraheta80 45

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti1663]

Legendary...

[@zerb9461]

15 dollars dollars

[@palean999]

True comedy. I grew up watching them as a kid. Still makes me laugh today

[@waynemidnight7454]

By the end of the bit, 45 dollars went south.

[@digiquo8143]

in today's money that's something like 300 dollars

[@_peepee_]

quick mafs

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

These guys are legends and geniuses all rolled into one...

[@PoliticusRex632]

I don't know....I'm down South and I ain't seen it.

[@Forevertrue]

And that was very big big bucks in those days when a Chicken salad sandwich was $0.25 cents with a pickle.

[@johnw2026]

" ok I gave you two 10s for a 5. Now will you FINALLY tell me WHO'S ON FIRST?" 😆

[@isaacwebb7918]

Yes, that's right.

[@GeneralG1810]

Sorry but that information will cost you $28 ;D

[@Pacvalham]

Gladly: Who's on first.

[@johnw2026]

It's classified. You don't have clearance for that information. 😁

[@mcfixer9503]

naturally

[@mulberryman1305]

the funniest thing about this bit is the two 10s for a 5 scam *actually works* if you manage to catch the person off guard

[@MachineGunMouth]

Only if they're complete idiots. Might can pull that off on a Trumptard...

[@Outdooradventures1776]

Maybe on a Libtard

[@andrewwhite1985]

You both are fucking stupid as fuck. It works on all people, people that are weak minded and slow or drunk. Politics aside do either of you have 2 tens for a five?

[@Autoskip]

@@andrewwhite1985 Sure! (Hands over 2 ten cent pieces)

[@andrewwhite1985]

@@Autoskip(keeps 2 ten cent peices and walks away.)

[@ransherman1611]

"here's two tens give me a five. AHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA"

[@SweetStoneArts]

YOU DID TO ME ...... You did it again

[@DaveGX]

Except Lou did it to HIMSRLF that time. 😂😂😂

[@victorjeffers1993]

Cleanest comedy act ever ! Love them guys ! Wished had more like them this day & time !

[@kevynhansyn2902]

Check ouy Drybar Comedy, and Studio C, and JK Studio's. Clean skit comedy, and 90% less political bs as well.

[@billgateskilledmyuncle23]

@@Tombalino clean means non sexual and no cussing.

[@AzzKicker-bz1cb]

@Dilly Dally But being bigoted is ok in “Clean” comedy??? To tell you the truth, I’d rather hear every swear word in the English language than to listen to two minutes of bigotry masquerading as comedy!!! Joy Behar comes to mind as a BIGOTED pretender of a comedian!!! And that cow has never been funny in my book!!!!

[@XF-wk6ns]

There was one version of who’s on first where the shortstop was “I don’t give a damn!”

[@Forevertrue]

They worked on being funny not cute and progressive.

[@LorenHelgeson]

0:43 - I love how defeated he sounds. Great comedy duo, one of the best.

[@ToadySP]

Lou's facial expression change at 0:12 is so perfect. He's able to emote it so carefully to fit what he's trying to convey without words, it's almost like he's looking at himself in a mirror. So much visible experience.

[@EdWoodJr1956]

"Have you got change for an eighteen dollar bill?" "What do you need? Two nines or three sixes?"

[@Team_225]

"I only got 2 sevens and a four"

[@geraldfrost4710]

@@Team_225 I asked my teller for change for a $21 bill. she said there was no such thing as a $21 bill. I said that because of inflation there was. She sighed, and asked if I wanted that in sevens, or threes.

[@Itemtotem]

5 pennies 4 quarters 2 nickels and a dime

[@donaldmembo2383]

I got 3 nines and 2 sixes

[@ryanshuler5751]

@@geraldfrost4710 oo

[@jackkircher1755]

This is my second favorite Abbot and Castello bit after "who's on first.". Poor Lou was always sweating buckets under the EXTREMELY hot stage lights of the day. He suffered every script they did.

[@TheSLUser]

look up the 7 goes in to 28 13 times

[@55Quirll]

What ever they do, whether it's money, baseball or math, I always laugh, no cursing, swearing just laughter. May you both be making people laugh where ever you both are.

[@MRJK87.]

Fool me once, shame on you Fool me twice, shame on me Fool myself and.....

[@andrewlance3898]

...Congratulations, you played yourself

[@alburito0]

Fool my self, guess i will die

[@HorrorLover98]

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA YOU DID IT TO ME....... I did it again."

[@johnbanks4761]

costello was brilliant, the look on his face..he stands there working it out each time...and the look...priceless.well, there is a price..it was 2 tens

[@otaviofrn_adv]

And a five

[@johnbanks4761]

@@otaviofrn_adv thats why i hated the abbott character...cheats his friend every chance he gets...wow i know its comedy but wow

[@otaviofrn_adv]

@@johnbanks4761 on a basic sketch you need the wise guy and the fool. And it was Costello that developed things the way they were. No reason to hate

[@dickbuelow8968]

Two of the funniest comedians ever

[@scottmiller6495]

They were the best !!!!!

[@AzzKicker-bz1cb]

@Dick Buelow Martin and Lewis were a damn good act as well, but I agree that Bud Abbot and Lou Costello were the absolute best!!! They are the guys that made comedian duos a marketable reality!!!

[@mattmarrillia4907]

right up there with Moe, Larry, and Curly. But not Shemp.

[@DrLumpy]

I just dig watching Costello's timing for the facial expression reaction to the gag. Lots to learn from these two.

[@terryherrera9054]

Love these guys , love their routines they never get old. There absolutely brilliant. And they make me laugh every time.🤪🤣😆

[@shifty4277]

I’m glad someone posts this stuff because it’s fading out and the younger generation doesn’t know what good clean humor is! I grew up watching this stuff with my dad in the mornings brings back great memories

[@otaviofrn_adv]

There's the great and at the same time bad thing about the internet: once in, never out

[@dannielz6]

Us too. We had a grainy recording that my dad made and we used to love it.

[@Hunter7509]

Always funny. Never gets old

[@albertpringle8197]

Hunter7509 FOESHOW

[@rohullahataie4950]

"Just a minute just a minute 15 dollars went south" funny and my favorit line

[@Cjnw]

$15 went south… Twice !!

[@Natenator77]

My favorite version: Get a friend to put $10 in a matchbox, you also put $10 into the same matchbox. Leave the matchbox around and come back to it after a few minutes of talking. Ask them how much is in it. They should say $20. Then you say, ok there's $20 in the box, if you give me $15 I'll give you the box and the $20 inside. They say, DEAL! You profit $5. Can be done w/ more cash if you care.

[@KingAm0]

Natenator77 I was wondering how that was a scam for a minute or two, and I KNEW it was a scam.

[@geraldfrost4710]

@@KingAm0 Several principals are at work here. The money in the box has been separated from the shill, so it isn't in a physical sense his money. Chips at casinos is the first degree of separation of money from marks. Then make the mark think they are winning something, when the math is obviously stacked against the drunk.

[@quietpresence-79k47]

Natenator77 . 👍

[@Momo_Kawashima]

Goddamnit I almost got tricked by that

[@badmanjones179]

nah but they get the matchbox so who really wins

[@nosafespaceneeded2561]

It was just a little before my time , but when I was a kid I saw most all the re-runs from these guys. 50 years later , still make me smile. God bless them both.

[@BatMite19]

Lou's timing was genius!

[@stevecox6104]

“Nothing will ever be funnier than misunderstandings!” -Family Guy

[@dylankrejci9965]

Reminds me of that scene in cheers when Diane tells Sam about meditation for relaxation, then she leaves and a pitcher in a slump comes into the bar. The coach suggests sex to get him out of the slump, but when the pitcher tells Sam he's not so sure about it, Diane comes back and tells him to just give it a try, thinking he's talking about meditation. Brilliant stuff

[@Milesco]

That reminds me of an episode of _Three's Company_ where there was a misunderstanding.

[@darylfoster7944]

@@Milesco Wasn't that every episode?

[@Milesco]

@@darylfoster7944 : That's the joke. 😁

[@bijanbijan3302]

2 tens for a five ...The greatest piece of comedy next to Who's on first .

[@BigCheech-wy9os]

Real Humor. No Cursing No insults. Just Good Funny Stuff.

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

Modern comedy sucks

[@frimi8593]

Found the comedy elitists

[@Carandini]

@@frimi8593 Found the goof who will settle for complete trash.

[@frimi8593]

Carandini so comedy is complete trash if it has curses? Sure

[@oz_jones]

@@Carandini you found a mirror?

[@kumarvasireddy4909]

Thanks for taking us back in time and reenjoying the hilarious skits!!!

[@Isaac_Shepard]

theres a reason these two are legend

[@shawnjarman9860]

Doesn’t get any better than these two!

[@Testnamehere001100]

A very funny classic. Laughter will reduce your stress.

[@ollanderparker]

You can't find comedy like this anymore. Hilarious!

[@Angela-Ruby]

Lou Costello was from my hometown of Paterson NJ! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ RIP We love you!

[@chrisfloyd9224]

they were great. clean and funny

[@blackredneck1396]

I love watching these comedy shows when growing up. Red Skelton, I Love Lucy, the Honeymooners. Those were the days.

[@jaytorr6701]

This is absolutely genius. So simple but the delivery is amazing. Genius

[@CD-oq8em]

Pure comedic talent. Everytime I watch this it is like the first time. Genius.

[@ZaulMJ04]

Abbott and Costello are the funniest duo I’ve ever seen.

[@robertbishop5357]

Simply hilarious. My dad pulled that on me once and I fell for it. Fortunately he gave me my money back. It was funny. My dad had a great sense of humor. I was only 12. Still laughed along with everyone else on the fishing boat.

[@evilemperordude]

Adjusting for inflation, that's actually a decent chunk of change.

[@ajithfernando1702]

Brilliant comedy. My favourites when growing up 😊😂🤣🤗🤗🤗

[@okrajoe]

Great comedic timing! Classic.

[@stephenadkins616]

I loved watching these guys.

[@alexduvall5420]

0:45 "Are you accusing me of cheating" Why yes I am bub.

[@carlosfigueroajr9141]

May God bless there souls and rest in peace ! They where the ultimate stand-up comedians ! 😂😅😜😊

[@jacksonkerr2095]

Incredible comedy. And they take time to let Costello realize his mistake. : D

[@forestdwellergirl474]

My favorite duo.. I have almost all of their movies. If I could go back in time and meet people, these would be the two.

[@mance985]

2021, this was made waaay before my time. Still funny.

[@luisreyes1963]

Now THAT'S comedy! 😂

[@billgateskilledmyuncle23]

This is what life is like when you're dyslexic.

[@jeffreese5977]

Gotta love the signature phrase: $15 went south!

[@cfriedalek]

Abbott and Costello are timeless classics. The last part, when Lou thinks he's pulled one over Bud finally reminds me of the classic Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck skits I'd watch as a kid when they are being hunted by Elmer Fudd and Bugs always manages to convince Elmer it's Duck Season even when its really Rabbit Season. Daffy (to Elmer): Shoot him now, shoot him now! Bugs (to Daffy): He doesn't have to shoot you now. Daffy (to Elmer): I DEMAND that he shoot me now ... BOOM!!!! Daffy (to Bugs): You're despicable

[@rurouni_xyz]

gotta love the classic. now a days there's no comedy without dirty jokes or slangs. ppl were actually creative and it feels so nice to find such gem and experience it once again

[@javier77th]

These were great! the "7 goes into 28" is also fantastic!

[@bloqk16]

I recall the line _two tens for a five_ in an A&C movie decades ago, and it always stuck with me. It also makes be extremely conscious on those seldom occasions when I do need to break a ten-dollar-bill for two fives.

[@dominickarmstrong648]

I love Abbott and Costello they are funny guys

[@smc1942]

dominick armstrong ; "Like funny how? Like I amuse you? Like I'm a clown here to amuse you? Funny how?" (Goodfella's!)

[@tf2529]

I miss watching Abbott & Costello movies on Sunday’s at 11AM before NY Yankees games on channel 11 WPIX. Yes I’m showing my age.

[@kenzieterhune9482]

This is so funny I wish they still played shows like this

[@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854]

Well, they can't anymore, because, sadly, they are both dead...

[@stephenfox8685]

Costellos face from 0.12 - 0.18 is both hilarious and classic. It gets me every time.

[@dumbdude3103]

I used to do this to my parents alot. I still laugh at how long it took them to realize what I was saying.

[@wesleyloroff2736]

Almost had an aunt and uncle on that. We were on the bus I asked him for 2 tens for a five. He told his wife to get the tens. As she was digging in her purse, he started thinking about it. He was like WAIT a minute! I tried so hard not to laugh

[@albertmatei8701]

I only stumbled across this gem of a show today. It's much better than most of the shows on tv nowadays

[@jaceperham3203]

This...NEVER...gets old

[@1mespud]

Lou Costello really breaks the 4th wall on this one. LOL!

[@SteveOXing]

Abbott finessing the shit out Costello lol

[@JohnPepp]

Bud Abbot and Lou Costello made a perfect comedy team. I sure don't know how Abbott could keep a straight face.

[@ZoraCatone]

Costello"s laugh KILLS me every time! XD

[@jessann5581]

Still watching in 2018. Only 26 and love this pair. 🤣🤣

[@transbutterflynick3540]

These men where the best in history passed present and I’d say future

[@beatsbyelvis6890]

Demon Slayer your grammar is the worst in past, present and definitely future.

[@JamieHitt]

“…and that, Timmy, is how the federal reserve works. Any questions?”

[@Christophersanchez1326]

$60 for $15 went on there quickly.

[@AdrianJayeOnline]

CLASSIC...... the best comedy is timeless, no swearing, no racism, no offending anyone, good clean fun !

[@Seth_Hezekiah]

Uh, this was pretty offensive, if it wasn't, it wouldn't be funny.

[@beatsbyelvis6890]

Daniel Baker what’s offensive about it?

[@Redmann0]

This bit is true genius, both of them were brilliant. Picture these two with George Carlin, damm that would be the ultimate show. All three had that, true talent. Great stuff. This bit never gets old.

[@rpmcnee]

100 years later. still funny.

[@JohnW1711stock]

IRS math? LOL!!!

[@albundy6008]

Common core math.

[@eclecticx]

These two were utter comedic gems.

[@martinkuliza]

Funniest Comedians ever i grew up on this stuff

[@mattygunn3852]

Where have greats like this gone? When TV and comedy was a true art form

[@johnverley]

Abbott and Costello, three stooges, laurel and hardy, marx brothers, martin and lewis, sadly are no longer with us they kept their comedy clean no dirty jokes or sexual innuendos we need that today.

[@mjnelson8655]

This is how I feel about playing margins, at any percentage...

[@alyxbryce4031]

This, unlike the “shit that passes for comedy today” will NEVER get old,,,, respect the genius👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@madumlao]

Basically how politics works.

[@niggaplease91]

Damn...

[@woodlefoof2]

Yeah this is big brain time

[@johnw2026]

Your comment in perfectly on target! 👍

[@weray7605]

It's how banking works

[@upyoursassmonkey]

Also how credit cards work.

[@robarnum7180]

the genius of these guys bud Abbott says give me two tens for a five and for about a second it sounds so normal! But then it hits you what he just said! AND it happens over and over!then there is Lou Costello and his reactions! as I said genius!!

[@Blaiyan]

😆🤣

[@gabizone]

Okay wtf jus happened.😂 did he jus play himself. Damn, this kind of thing must make you wonder if this guy was ever good at math😂😅😂

[@JAG51020]

"$15 just went south!" LOL

[@michaelfitzgerald9502]

Just good old fashioned fun.. comedy more or less is for mind dead zombies.. just look at the late nite joke.. I fear this is an era long gone.. r.i.p television..🍋🍋🍋

[@rev.stephena.cakouros948]

The good old days when comedy was not filthy.

[@jodysmith6317]

Steve Cakouros Amen

[@brandonmiddleton4487]

Rev. Stephen A. Cakouros not only is it not filthy it was a lot more creative

[@chadharmon7563]

God Damn right! Fucking filth gets old and isn't very fucking funny.

[@LorenHelgeson]

As Groucho Marx once (paraphrased) said, anyone can tell a filthy joke. The real test is to keep it clean, and still get a laugh.

[@Brunicon]

Rev. Stephen A. Cakouros agreed

[@jenniejoyz]

1:05 Lou's laugh.😄

[@jenniejoyz]

@Henry Newton Thanks. 🙂

[@jenniejoyz]

@Henry Newton Thanks. I'm in Jersey.

[@jenniejoyz]

@Henry Newton I suppose.

[@jenniejoyz]

@Henry Newton Don't have that.

[@bubblet5342]

Wish they were on tv

[@michaelzsizseri8015]

After all these years these guys can make you laugh I watch them when I was a kid for their real belly Buster👍👍🙏

[@IkeSan]

This man would have destroyed Pythagoras in his time

[@jaytorr6701]

Watch the 13 into 28 skit and you will see that they would have started a new branch of mathematics.

[@michaelschweigart3517]

This reminded me of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck arguing whether it's duck season or rabbit season

[@mackenshaw8169]

These two guys always had a real "street" vibe about them.

[@tehutimes1]

You noticed how urban themed their comedy is.

[@greenmarine5]

They use to have Reruns of abbot and Costello on Saturday afternoon, some of the best comedy in our history

[@ashleycano2324]

Oh my god dude I wish these guys would be back

[@demonteddybear3510]

Well they could be if you have a shovel. Doubt their performance would be as lively though.

[@benjamintielking4093]

I'd have a bone to pick with them.....a quite a few bones actually

[@benjamintielking4093]

Sorry....that's a dead issue.....

[@SOCORROSILVA-in7px]

Thank you very much, Steve Bass, for uploading this funny video so that I can see it and laugh to it again. Please have a nice day today. ©® November 02, 2022 @ 1:00 am ©®

[@NFrk97]

I can see this as titles of books based on them. (The Sucker) Lou Costello: How to lose $45 dollars in two minutes. (The Con Man) Bud Abbott: How to gain $45 dollars in two minutes.

[@nitaswett7785]

I had a math teacher show this skit before class. He was the best

[@davidtolley3225]

Simply the best Can't ever be equalled Would be fantastic if one of the T V stations could show them over Christmas Time along with all the other Greats of that Golden Time of Comedy Without by the way of some irritating voice butting in every two seconds which always seems the case on shows relating to the past You Really SHOULD STOP DOING THIS IT'S DAMMED ANNOYING

[@anthonypascale9003]

Flawless. Comedy