British Couple first time reaction to Abbott & Costello 7 x 13 = 28

[@Tunnell_Ratt]

Love these two. Great clean comedy that holds up all these many years.

[@marykleeberg7162]

They were so funny. Watched them on Saturday's and laughed till tears ran down my face and I was not even in my teens yet. Their Dracula, Frankenstein those kind of movies were hilarious.

[@MykeruMedia]

Sundays was for Abbott and Costello where I grew up. Every Sunday morning WPIX in New York showed an Abbott and Costello film

[@MykeruMedia]

@@tedrowland8672 No, it was Sunday. I was there. Saturdays they showed old B science fiction and monster movies.

[@schnauzersrule4335]

I watch these every Halloween!

[@Pops-km8xt]

@@MykeruMedia grew up in Philly. Sci-fi or horror on Saturday and Abbott are Costello, MA and PA Kettle, the Stooges were Sundays. Good times

[@MykeruMedia]

@@Pops-km8xt You got bonus stooges? You obviously had a privileged upbringing. Ya bastard.

[@george217]

"Two tens for a five" and "Dice" are a couple of good ones of theirs.

[@Rebel9668]

I'd like to see them react to listening to the board routine, or Costello's farm or their Hertz U Drive routine, or even their "Story of Moby Dick" routine. It would be a nice change from watching them react to the same routines as all the others that react to "Dice" and "Two Tens For A Five". I find it harder and harder to believe in these reaction videos when every single reactor always reacts to the same set of videos and always in the exact same order like it was written as a rule that if they were going to do reactions they had to do them that way like they were all part of the same cookie cutter factory.

[@tonycg9952]

like the dice one

[@nicoribezzo8339]

Loafer

[@george217]

@@nicoribezzo8339 Loafing?

[@nicoribezzo8339]

@@george217 yea

[@justinherbert9146]

So nice to see young people in 2022 discovering and appreciating the comedic brilliance of ABBOTT AND COSTELLO. The landlord in the scene is SIDNEY FIELDS who was one of their main writers during their career and played their landlord on their TV show.

[@bjbell52]

He was one of the main writers during the TV show but their main writer was John Grant.

[@PaulSmith-xc7vt]

They are such a great comedy team.

[@fredcasdensworld]

Well as someone in the New Jersey, nice to see folks in the Old Jersey appreciating the classics

[@ROFO79]

I’m only 43 but grew up in old movies. I’ve seen all the Abbott and Costello movies and shows. They were brilliant .

[@topcatwarrior]

If only math worked like that, I would be rich!😂 Great fun, guys, a good laugh to head into the weekend.

[@ImFrelled]

As long as they weren't figuring your paycheck like that. 40 x 15... Here hold this zero... 4 x 5 = 20... Here hold this zero too... Now, 4 x 1 = 4. ; 4 + 2 = 6. Now give me back those zeros and we'll put'em here 6.00. Here you go, here's your $6.00!

[@topcatwarrior]

@@ImFrelled Well, I am the boss so it works in my favor😂

[@Sunny-jz3dy]

😂😂😂

[@ronaldholmes8525]

That was a clip from The Abbott and Costello Show . They had their own TV series in the early 1950s , and they did 52 episodes . As a comedy team, they made 36 movies together ,Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein being their most famous one. The two of the them did these comedy routines so. much, they probably could do them in their sleep.

[@johnyoung4039]

Thank you for playing that! It was great to see that again! Have a great day!!

[@ronunderwood8099]

I just love Millie's expressions. She is just cute as a bug.

[@Soupermahn]

Bugs are cute?

[@oldergent5266]

@@Soupermahn If they are in a rug, yes.

[@nb9121]

The “Are you smoking an army blanket?” Joke is way underrated when you realized military blankets at that time were made of hemp.

[@JoelleGrace]

1:06 😂 I am so glad you guys did this one! It’s one of my favorites so I can’t believe I forgot to recommend it! I’m glad it wasn’t missed!

[@jameswilson7790]

Fun fact: The "landlord" is actually a writer for Abbott and Costello. I don't think a real landlord would allow Lou to write on his wall. Just a thought.

[@janetcarlson7189]

Hi Millie and James. This is classic Abbott &Costello. They started performing in the 1930s. The first broadcast of this routine was on radio in 1938. They were the highest paid entertainers during WWII. This version is from their TV show. It aired in 1953. Keep up the great work

[@CER954]

You 2 are awesome and made for each other 😊

[@Sunny-jz3dy]

The creative math done in this.....is astounding! Love that they made it work in three different ways!

[@Rkenton48]

I did this to my students once to showcase the power of a persuasive argument. Messed up their math skills, but boy can they sell things!

[@davidzenner7040]

Also from the 1952-53 TV show (and sorry Millie but the version of who’s on first u showed last week was also from 52-53. They had been doing the routine on radio since 1938)

[@Nimbus1701]

Genius skit! I'm glad you two found this comedy act.

[@davidheilman1928]

"You only work one day a year and you want that day off???" is a good one.

[@RetroRobotRadio]

My favorite Abbott and Costello sketch is their "Loafing" skit.

[@jdub8325]

Hope you two are well! Thanks for the reaction. Been watching war coverage all day. Prayers for Ukraine.

[@MykeruMedia]

We are all 🇺🇦

[@stuartestrine1234]

Prayers for Donbas.

[@kennethschlayer4614]

They had so many great routines. Most people requested who's on first, to the point they dreaded doing it. lol But, there is Hurtz you drive, and even one where abbot is trying to shoot craps with Costello, and ends up losing. That is a favorite of mine.

[@Rebel9668]

The skit of "Who's On First" did indeed originate in 1938....on the RADIO, but the version you watched was broadcast on television many years later which is why Bud Abbott, when asking the audience what they'd like to hear was surprised when they said baseball as by then it was a pretty old routine of theirs. Try reacting to one of their old radio skits like "Hertz U-Drive" or "The Board Routine".

[@mutleymutley7474]

Abbott and Costello routines are classic. They got a ton of them. Check out Susquehanna hat company, the banana routine, loafing, two tens for a five, the pay phone and of course who can forget the many interactions Costello had with Stinky.

[@craigtalbott731]

I need him to do my mathematics. I enjoyed A&C primarily when I was a youngster. My Auntie was an actress and had the opportunity to work w/ the duo on one of their TV episodes early in her career.

[@armybeef68]

Gloria?

[@craigtalbott731]

@@armybeef68 That's her.

[@jameslaird1213]

They started "Who's on First?" in 1938 on the radio, but the film you watched was most likely from the early 1950's.

[@wolfman2100]

I watched your reaction to Who's on First skit the other day and even suggested this too. Today I find out you had already reviewed it by the time I watched the last video. Still gives me the giggles every time I watch it.

[@mariaochs]

This is my favorite Abbott and Costello sketch

[@Maeshalanadae]

This and Who’s On First were classic, hilarious bits. And clean, at that. Just pure clean fun.

[@timothykissinger4883]

Although Abbott And Costello have been around since the 1930s ,the shows that you have been watching is from the Abbott and Costello show which aired from 1952 to 1954.

[@cp368productions2]

Math like this is used in one of the Ma & Pa Kettle movies.

[@josephcox178]

The Beesleys, love your reactions. Yes, Ma and Pa Kettle did a sketch similar to this one (on KZbin). You should also check out the contract sketch between Groucho and Chico from "A Night At The Opera". W.C. Field's "Dentist Sketch" and "Golf Sketch" are also worth a look. Pure Comedy Gold. Stay safe and well.

[@dcoxdon]

The AMAZING part of this is they got the math to "Work" all 3 ways (addition, multiplication, Division) WITHOUT using a computer!!!

[@georgedarrell7416]

Since you liked their skits "Who's on First?" and this, you should see their "Loafing" routine, too. Comedy gold!

[@disgustedvet9528]

They were great .

[@donaldaustin1275]

Abbott and Costello are really good, and their Who's on First is a classic!! Glas you two enjoyed it!

[@secolerice]

I have never seen this! Very funny 😄

[@bambamnj]

Yay!!!! Love it. The "follow the science" comment was perfect Millie.

[@jlovebirch]

This clip and the 1930s "Who's on First?" sketch are from the 1952-54 TV series where they mostly reworked comedy bits from their movies of the 40s and 50s.

[@chassisresearchkid]

Thank God. I'm so glad you two watched this. Also known as Todd math!!!

[@nehemiahadams9573]

Love the work/content keep it up 👍🏿

[@Wiley_Coyote]

Millie is almost always right, but in the case of Who's on First she was HALF right. The routine dates from the 1930s. The actual performance you viewed was from the 1950s.

[@joemondello4312]

As a child, I used to watch reruns of "The Abbott & Costello Show" on TV every weekday after school in the mid-late 1950s -- a fond memory for me There is an earlier version of this "7x13=28" bit from a WWII-era movie called "Abbott & Costello In The Navy" kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXnZeKmbo5mkgJI An earlier version of "Who's On First" is from a "The Naughty Nineties" a 1945 film. The version you reacted to is from a benefit show for The Retired Actors Home. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYTLfnRuatWpbq8 The reason they are so good at these complex routines lies probably in their having been stage performers (I'd guess in Vaudeville?) where they would do the same schtick 3 times a night for weeks or months on end. They then brought these routines into radio, then films and later TV. This version of "Who's On First" is in color(!!!) for the USO and gives a sense of the days of radio. its the first time (TODAY) that I've ever seen them in color! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKHbnKyKmJ6NaZo So glad you did these, as they are among the few classic bits of American comedy which have aged well. Jimmy Fallon even did a spoof of "Who's On First" for his TV show kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWGtmGqmq7utgc0

[@route2070]

One of their main classic ones, this one, whose on first, and also their Niagara Falls skit is also good.

[@johnwright7033]

I used to go to their movies as a kid. The theater would have triple features on Saturday matinee.

[@firemanj35]

These two guys were great. And funny, I love your reactions to the stuff you show.

[@Novaximus]

I agree with the suggestion... "Two tens for a five" video

[@MH3GL]

For me, their funniest skit ever was the "Hamburger necklace" routine they did live. All of their skits are treasures, but this is the only one that still makes me laugh until it hurts.

[@CassandrashadowcassMorrison]

The Hamburger Necklace as originally seen in ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE MUMMY (1955) (you can watch it free on DailyMotion)

[@JoeXTheXJuggalo1]

One of the many classic comedians of the time.

[@jamessceeles4397]

Need these guys to negotiate my rent if I ever need to rent again; love your reactions.❤️

[@garryrice1954]

I’m here in the states and have listened to Abbott & Costello years ago. They were a great comedy team. Y’all are a good team too. I love listening to your accents! 😁

[@bruce5402]

Hi guys! Great clips! I used to watch their half hour shows all the time. In these difficult times, I am so glad I found your KZbin shows. Your very sincere and I enjoy you both very much!

[@TheCaveman46]

A bunch more available in the Abbott and Costello rabbit hole! Another personal favorite is "The Mustard Sketch" 🤣.

[@lnr1002]

Hold that Ghost is one of my fave movies with those guys.

[@davidcheffi5479]

A timeless comic routine by this great comedy team. And a natural reaction by the Brits. Very good.

[@marklawler5670]

Check out Bud and Lou doing the Loafing routine

[@pauld6967]

I knew you two would enjoy this one as well.

[@Milner62]

That episode was taken from their tv series that they used to have. The back story of theirs was similar to the three stooges taking place around the great depression era where people still were hard up for work and money but Abbott and Costello were fast talkers that did what they could to scam people out of money one way or another.

[@parsifal40002]

Abbott and Costello were the funniest comedians of the 40s and 50s! I grew up watching them! They were comic geniuses!!

[@GilaMonster971]

When I a kid I use to stay up late on Saturday nights because they always showed Abbot & Costello movies. Even thought the movies were a a couple decades old (at the time) I thought they were barrooms.

[@stevenruvolo499]

The Loafing routine is a funny one. old bag is a good one and the twin waitresses is also a funny one

[@44032]

Alos betting on the 'mudder' at the race track.

[@denniscollins8051]

I love watching you two. You're like peanut butter & jelly. Good by yourself put way better together! Hello from Missouri.

[@juliayoung537]

Love them and Love Y'all!🇺🇸🇬🇧❤️ We need more fun videos, 👼🙏 for all brothers and sisters in Ukraine

[@van8ryan]

The "Loafing" skit is another great A&C skit

[@jamesjones8482]

I really enjoy watching your reactions! ✝

[@denomolous]

I always loved Abbot and Costello. If you want to go even further back check out Buster Keaton (stunts). He was one of the greats of the silent film era.

[@pauld6967]

....and don't forget other greats Harold Lloyd, Charlie Chaplin and W.C. Fields.

[@yardssmills21]

Agree, Abbott and Costello's craps (dice) game and two 10s for a 5 are classic. BTW they started a burlesque comics in the 30s and then did movies and television in the 40-50s.

[@willedelman7960]

This and the other one is from their TV series from the early fifties. These are all classic vaudeville routines. Sid Fields played the landlord and was hilarious with Costello on the Niagra Falls sketch,

[@damonbryan7232]

These is almost 90 years old. An still just as funny.

[@dawnlight9454]

Love it I was never good at math anyway. Now I have an excuse. Classic!!!

[@TyphoidBryan]

One of my favorite bits from the duo is the stolen diamond necklace in the hamburger routine. I remember seeing it on an old A&C videotape compilation of their comedy hour series. The premise is simple, but what makes the skit funny is how Lou (Costello) breaks character throughout the routine.

[@stephaniec.w.7297]

LOL.....that is what I like to think of as modern day COMMON CORE MATH here in America!!

[@elizabethbartels4121]

Their television show was in the 50's.

[@tgurlamber5874]

Great. You did this one as well. Nice

[@dayeak57]

Can't deny science... Brilliant

[@kindredsoul79]

The crazy thing is that they were so professional and comedicly perfect, seeing as they hated each other.

[@corinnepmorrison1854]

Most people probably don’t know that fact!!

[@Carandini]

The animosity angle has been played way up, much like the supposed 'hatred' between Boris Karloff and Blea Lugosi. It is true that towards the end of their career they had a falling out, but hardly throughout their heyday. Despite what you see in their performances, Abbott was the nicer of the two and Costello was a sharp operator.

[@CassandrashadowcassMorrison]

@@Carandini True. Karloff and Lugosi were good friends. So much so that even when Lugosi's career was in decline (The Body Snatcher 1945) and the studio tried to get him cheap Karloff demanded that they pay Lugosi the same they were paying him. They did. (RKO was always kinda cheap_

[@MykeruMedia]

The "they hated each other" angle is girl gossip. There was tension between each other due to the fact that their personalities and on-screen personas were virtually swapped. Bud Abbott was the easy-going one, while Lou Costello was the driven, ambitious one and the perfectionist of the two. Sometimes a team like this breaking up has nothing to do with hatred and everything to do with the fact that they achieved everything they could, and they wanted to move on. Just because they were capable of doing their bits with the same energy the 500th time as the 1st doesn't mean they wanted to do it forever. But their break up at the end of their career is as easily attributable to the various traumas that Lou Costello suffered, including his son drowning in a swimming pool. He was so deeply affected by this that he had a bracelet commemorating this child welded onto his wrist. It could not be removed. If you watch their TV shows carefully you can sometimes catch a glimpse of it. Lou Costello died years before Bud Abbott did and I've seen interviews with Bud Abbott near the end of his life and I never got the impression that they hated each other.

[@Gregwing]

@@MykeruMedia Actually the falling out was over pay. In those days the Straight man (Bud) was paid way more than the Comic relief (Lou). They started arguing over the money which led to most of Lou's problems.

[@yadarehey1130]

They first did The Who’s On First bit in 1938. The clip you watched was from the 50’s. This clip is from their tv show from 1954-1955

[@sapjap172]

2 of my favorite A&C routines: '365 dollars' and the 'Susquehanna Hat Company'

[@thomasohanlon1060]

It is fun trick to play on friends at a bar (pub)

[@garyripple1775]

'Loafing' is another good one.

[@scottdebruyn7038]

Just goes to show, figures don't lie but, liars can figure! :)

[@josephcox178]

The Beesleys, Check out the "Ma And Pa Kettle" skit on 14x5=25 and the contract sketch between Groucho and Chico from "A Night At The Opera". Priceless and hysterical.

[@majkus]

Sid Fields was sort of the third member of the team in their TV show in the 1950s.

[@thomastimlin1724]

This was from their 1950's TV show. The same routine was used at least twice in their movies. I remember a dumb joke from one of their movies [paraphrased]: ....Bud hands Lou a bottle of formaldehyde, says "Here, take this formaldehyde." Lou: "You want Mal to hide this?" "No, take this formaldehyde." "I know who it's for but what is it?" "It's formaldehyde." "But I already know who it's for...I wanna know, what it is..." etc etc.

[@bomat761]

This was from the Abbott & Costello tv show, from 1954 on CBS.

[@marklee7236]

Absolute legends,used to watch these two with my dad when I was young,still love them to this date….guys if you get a chance do a reaction to one of there films….Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein…

[@kinjiru731]

LOL that was great.

[@GraemeCree]

It's a clever sketch, the whole basis of which is that the digits in 13 (1 and 3), add up to 4. So in every case, the trick is to sneakily turn the tens digit into a 1's digit.

[@deborah6084]

Absolutely adore you two!!

[@michaelway7936]

Another funny one is "Mustard"probably second IMO,to Who's on First as far as showing Costello being annoyed with what Abbott is telling him 🤣

[@vernhoke7730]

These videos were filmed back in the fifties, although the skits were from decades before. There's a couple more classics, one is Niagra Falls, the other is Susquehanna Hat Company.

[@44032]

This is also from their 1953-54 TV show. My favorite A&C line: Costello is going to have a fight. Abbott advises him to give his opponent "the old 1-3". Costello asks "What happened to 2?" Abbott: "You get that."

[@MrFrankd1962]

Look for Moby Dick, Dice, and the bottle magic trick. You'll be seeing it from the TV show back in the '50s. They got their start in Vaudeville and a lot of these bits have been around since at least the '20s with various teams taking their shots at them.

[@ROCKINGMAN]

The same gag is used in their 1946 film 'Little Giant.

[@thepocketducks3148]

A variation on this was done by Ma & Pa Kettle in their movie "Back on the Farm" (1951). Using similar tactics, they "proved" that 25 divided by 5 equals 14. Try it yourself :)

[@gearrazkarraysgyfarnogod8554]

Laurel and Harvey's 'Big Business' from 1929 is hilarious! A silent movie masterpiece.

[@williamking632]

From what i have always heard about Abbott and Costello, off camera they did not speak to each other at all.. some have said they actually didn’t like each other.. but back when they were alive and on camera, times were different.. back then, the show must go on.. they were a hilarious team and even made some movies you might like.. also look into “Laurel and Hardy” another great comedy team from this era..

[@davidzenner7040]

They had a falling out. Only lasted a few months. Most of the rest of the time they got along well. They weren’t real close off camera or off stage but they were definitely friends most of the time

[@brianeleighton]

Yes, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello actually really didn't like each other. However, they both recognized how good they were on stage. It was a case of two people putting aside their feelings for each other to make magic on stage. Apparently, Costello had a pretty bad drinking problem and Abbott was not cool with drinking.

[@speedyrunner101]

I was going to request this but thought it was too short for a reaction video.

[@bravehome4276]

This reminds me of the "New Math" my son brought home in the 80s for me to explain to him....

[@josephkondrat6478]

The full hour movies were made during the late 1930's and through the 1940's. The television show was during the 1950's.

[@Lycanthromancer1]

Lou Costello: Doing New Math before it became fashionable.