First Time Hearing Abbott & Costello Who's On First Reaction - ARE THESE GUYS THE COMEDIC ORIGINALS?
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The best routine ever. Fun fact , a few years the Yankees had a player named Hu. He hit a single and the announcer said he has waited his lifetime to say Hu is on first
Chin-Ling Hu was with the Dodgers when that happened, and the announcer who said the line was the late great Vin Scully
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Dodgers
My last name is Watt and I actually did play second base.
This act never gets old. Their timing was perfect.
Act? They're talking about one of the best lineups ever... Jimmy Hu, Fred Watt, Victor Adunough, Tom Wye, Cesar Tamara, Haruto Tidei, and Eidon Givatarn. Heavy hitters every one!
Impeccable !
@@Mr.Ekshin LMAO! Brilliant!
Well, this was later in their career, they had a long time to perfect the routine
@@TheKyrix82 but the timing was there all along
Fun Fact: Abbott & Costello are the only two people who are in the Baseball Hall of Fame who have no association with the sport. I honestly can not count how many time I've watch this skit & laughed every time !!! Great reaction video you two. Keep it going !!!
Cool fact 🫡
Old Aussie comedy fan..
First time they did the skit was on the radio 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸🤠
Nobody couldn't go like that, fast as funny🤗
This is a common mistake. They are not in the Hall of Fame. A copy of the script is on display at the Hall of Fame and a video version of it is there as well. This is very different from being in the Hall of Fame.
@@AMD7027 They ARE in the Baseball Hall of Fame. They are REPRESENTED by that script and the video.
I guess there always has to be someone who HATES anyone else enjoying themselves so they have to find a way to screw things up. JERK!
The "retired actor" in the front row that suggests they di the baseball routine and hands Costello the props is none other than THE GREATEST voice actor of all time, Mel Blanc. He was the voice for EVERY cartoon character you can name (well it's estimated he did 90%). Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Pie, Sylvester, Foghorn Leghorn, and the Road Runner to name a few.
I met and interviewed Mel Blanc for a college course I was taking many years ago.
Thanks for the info! I believe you're right. Sure looks like Mel! Millions of children and adults were entertained by Blanc's character inventions.
Wow! That's Awesome! Thanks!
Fun fact:
Mel blank was allergic to carrots, yet they could find nothing that sounded like a crunched carrot, so when he did Bugs Bunny, it was for real and he would have to spit it out every time.
There's something I never knew!
Whoa, I never knew that was Mel Blanc "The man with a thousand voices"! Mel was a genius!
This routine is a classic. It is gold.!! It moves rather fast at times so pay attention. I think they were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame with this skit in 1956. The first "non-baseball celebrities ever to be inducted...
Well, the skit is in the Hall of Fame -- not technically Bud and Lou. The skit runs on a continuous loop there.
It's always amazed me that Abbott and Costello somehow managed to do this entire skit in 1 take, it took me 5 watches to notice the camera never cuts away after they get started. Pure comedic gods, they don't have anything like that these days😅😅😢😢
To make it even better there was a mistake in this. At 6 minutes and 30 seconds Lou lifts his hand to begin the segment where Who gets paid.
Costello fumbles.
A backs up a few lines and starts again.
It is so seamless.
Unless you saw this a thousand times which I probably have you wouldn't even know it.
I've seen other clips of who's on first two so I know what I'm telling you is true.
They do have several great skits. A couple of my favorites:
"7 times 13 = 28"
"2 Tens for a 5."
As you said great chemistry and humor based on word play. Although some of their movies did have great situational humor as well. Fun reaction.
Also playing dice.
*Loafing* is another good one
Don't forget "The Susquehanna Hat Company".
All of what you guys listed is comedy gold. And yes, their timing was just so terrific.
2 tens for a 5 🤣
This made my day. I've probably seen this 1000 times and it still makes me laugh.
same with me, I have seen this since I was a child in the '50s, It's my favorite comedy routine EVER
If you spoof it you have to have both people say “Third base!” Together, even if the context no longer baseball
What's so funny???
@@GARY6661967 if you have to explain it, it won’t be funny.
But Who’s on first has made people laugh for decades, and continues to do so.
Not everybody finds the same things funny, and that’s okay
Great Reaction......
Abbott And Costello were a Comedy Duo that started in Vaudeville, Travelling Stage Shows, that tranistioned into Movies/Film. Abbot and Costello even had a TV show in the 1950's......
Other acts that took a Similiar Path are: Laurel and Hardy, Marx Brothers, The 3 Stooges........
In 2006 a Major Leauge Player named Hu, Got a base hit and the announcer had the presence of mind to say on-air "It only took 70 years, but Hu is on First."
Some of Abbot and Costello's Skits include, "7x13=28" and "Loafing".
That's funny!
Thanks for the comment! We've thought about doing the 3 stooges & 7x13 seems like a popular request!
The Announcer was Vin Scully.
They performed in over 30 comedy movies over a 20 year period and also performed on 2 TV Shows (Colgate Comedy Hour and the Abbott and Costello Show) followed by an animated series and a comic book series following Lou's early death. they had soooooo many skits that all entertain modern audiences even in this day. Some of their best include 7X13=28, the Dice Game, Loafing, 2 Dimes for a Nickel, the Sasquehanna Hat Company, Niagara Falls and Alexander 2222.
I think they also performed this bit during their vaudville days before they hit it big.
Loafing is my favorite.
Alexander 4444.
Damn! They were the original comedy stars!
@@barsandbarbells2022 They were just one of several great comedy groups of that period of the 20th century, others comedy greats of the time included The Three Stooges, The Marx Brothers, and Laurel and Hardy. All were very talented and had their own unique styles. If you haven't seen any of the groups I just named do find time to check them out.
Hearing it the first time, you realize it's funny. Hearing it a few more times, you realize it's absolutely BRILLIANT!
This skit never gets old. I have seen it many times & it still is funny! This is what you call good clean comedy that has lasted for decades. That was real talent! What a difference compared to the garbage that gets passed off today as comedy full of swearing & dirty jokes.
@@rickwelch8464 I feel ya, but for those of us older folks that do appreciate todays comedians, it is still nice to briefly transport back to a time when Milton Berle in drag and actual live tv prohibited the use of constant swearing. That way when someone like Vicki Lawrence in the momma skit swearing out of script was jaw dropping hilarious. 🇨🇦🖖🏻
A few years back my mom got my dad (born in 47) a Christmas tree ornament that has the likeness of Abbott and Costello and it has a recording of this bit on it. He sat there all day just listening to it over and over again. It was the greatest thing since sliced bread to him that Christmas day.
You got that right. Take away the swearing and most of today's so-called comedians wouldn't have a career.
So true.
This is certainly their most famous routine. It was so intricate that they had to have practiced it on numerous occasions. Lou's delivery is so fast. He was also a fine dramatic actor.
His last dramatic role before his death a few months later was 'The Tobias Jones Story" on Wagon Train. Great episode very emotional..
They played that skit for twenty years; various lengths. Never twice exactly the same.
This great routine was placed in the baseball Hall of Fame, I believe, in Cooperstown, in 1956. It just never gets old.
Abbott and Costello are brilliant there timeless. I showed there act to my sons and even they loved it and it never gets old
Check out their 7×13=28. They actually show at least 3 ways to come up with this total. Every time I've seen this skit I'm in awe of how seamlessly his math supposedly works. It's great.
Yep, math is a crazy thing
the chalkboard thing?
lmao
great classic
I've been listening to this bit for almost 50 years now, and I still laugh. Glad you guys liked it.
This is so timeless. It's so funny no matter how many times you see it. I was about 7 or 8 the first time I saw this, and I laughed so hard it hurt. I'm 54 now, and it's still a laugh out loud skit.
By far the best comedy routine of all time. They never performed it the same way twice so it wouldn’t feel scripted.
70 years later and this routine still remains the single greatest comedy bit in history.
This has all the elements of what comedy is; rhythm, timing, writing, performance, chemistry. It's spawned many inspirations over the years, but the original article always stands above.
Another comedy element is one guy losing his temper without knowing why!
I’m 56 and I’ve seen this multiple times over the years and I still laugh out loud. They were a great comic duo and they made some fun and entertaining movies.
It was a treat to experience!
By the time this was filmed, they had been performing this routine for nearly 20 years.
The presentation changed every time but they had been doing it for many years at this point. It stems from an old vaudeville routine and they did it on their radio program 3 times. They have many other routines including "for mel to hide" and the restaurant scene.
"Two tens for a five"is another great one of theirs...
These guys are among the greatest comedians in history and this particular routine is timeless.
I'm retired two years now and we had a bunch of up and coming kids in the office who were really sharp. I say kids... they were in their late 20's. Us older folks were constantly using terms they didn't understand. This is one of the routines we used to play for them that they had never heard of. Sadly, we also explained the expression "drank the Kool aide" on another occasion. Their minds were blown.
Abbot and Costello were comedic geniuses, and no one now has ever topped them.
Abbott & Costello... classic. They used their wits and timing and their comedy was clean. The whole family could enjoy them
Woo hoo! I suggested this on one of your recent comedy reactions. I knew you'd love this!
It's arguably the greatest comedy routine of all time. It's definitely their best known one.
They have so many more tho. I would also recommend; "7x13=28". "Loafing", and "Dice". Just to name a few. Brilliant comedians! 😄
GREAT CALL!
@@shannonotoole3526 Thanks! 😃🤙
Woo Hoo is the catcher.
Thx for making the suggestion! We'll be adding "7x13 = 28" to the list!
@@barsandbarbells2022 you won't regret it. Although it will make you scratch your head trying to figure out how it's done. 😂
Thank you. My Dad loved this routine. He was never one to laugh out loud. Would usually just grin if he liked something. I remember watching him watch this. Great memory!
Thanks for the great comment! Happy to hear we could bring back some fond memories for you :)
This one of THE classic comedy routines of all times. I'm amazed that people may not have ever heard of it.
It’s amazing how well that holds up. It would definitely be difficult to do. I loved it 😊
Lou's groan at the 8:11 mark when Bud says "Tomorrow" is the best! Thos whole routine is just classic!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
They were highest paid and most grossing comedy act in movies and tv in 1940s and 1950s
It was originally written and performed in their movie “The Naughty Nineties”. It became a permanent part of their repertoire. It was voted by time magazine as the funniest comedy routine of the 20th century.
They did it on radio in 1938. 🙂🤔
@@barryrivadue9228 And had been doing it in burlesque before that.
They also did a version in their first movie, "One Night In The Tropics".
heard it heaps of time when i was a kid! my old man loved it... old memories of Dad come flooding back. thanks for the memories! ❤
This routine is so brilliant that it has been included in the Baseball Hall of Fame
One of the all-time best comedy bits ever produced. Bud and Lou kill it! Cheers....
A MUST SEE/HEAR Hilarious Comedian,, John Pinette...R.I.P. John🙏❤️
Greatest comedy skits ever done it's in baseball hall of fame
This should be a masterclass for comic timing!
OMG they were one of the biggest comedy acts from the 1940s through the mid 1950s. Started in radio. They made a slew of wildly successful full length movies and had a weekly TV show later. One of their best movies was Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein.
My grandfather was shopping at Costco and found a collection of 15 or so cassette tapes of classic comedy routines. I was around twelve or thirteen at the time and this was on an Abbott and Costello tape this was the first routine on side a. Since then I've listened to this routine and it still cracks me up to this day even after I lost Grandpa
Oh, I loved those; my grandparents got those for us too! I still like to track down those OTR shows. So far my favorite is the one where Superman fights the KKK.
I just liked and subscribed. I like what you guys are doing. I have seen many of their movies as well, their most famous (at least to me was “Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein”, which start a string of comedic scary, horror movies for them. They were funny with a touch of scary in them, can’t really call them horror at all, they were fun to watch! I will catch you guys on the next video!
Thank you! Glad to have you along for the ride! We'll see you soon!
In their early career they did some radio broadcasts , but at the time Costello was using his natural deeper voice which made it hard for listeners to tell them apart. So Costello changed to a higher pitch to differentiate between the two men and the famous trademark was born.
Recommend Harold Lloyd in Safety Last.
This movie had no special effects and the most amazing stunt sequence ever filmed
Harold Lloyd's is hanging off a building doing the most amazing stunt work, and note he was missing parts of his fingers on his right hand when an explosive blew up in his hand. Every stunt he is literally 30 + feet off the ground with only a painter's platform 16 ft below him to catch him if he fell.
I first heard this many, many years ago when I was young. It has never aged. Just me.
The amount of memorization and timing this skit requires is amazing.
Im 70 and no matter how many times I listen to that skit I have to laugh!
Two of the masters of the form, at the top of their game. It's almost like watching a magic trick when you see people with actual talent doing their thing.
I loved watching Abbott and Costello movies when I was a kid. I remember this scene like I watched it yesterday ❤❤❤
Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin are another pair I loved to watch.
I remember seeing this on the Abbott and Costello show on Saturday mornings as a kid back in the sixties.
What a pleasant surprise! Shout-out to whoever suggested this, they know their ish lol love seeing younger generations like myself and you guys learning about legends/icons 🙏
It was a fantastic suggestion 💯
These guys were my favorite on Saturdays when I was a kid in the late 60's and early 70's
They started in radio in the 30's, made a bunch of great films in the 40's, and then were on TV in the early 50's. They did this routine in all 3. There is a statue of Lou in Paterson,, NJ, by the way.
This is an all-time classic. Another sketch worth checking out is Johnny Carson's "The Copper Clapper Caper" featuring Jack Webb in a hilarious spoof of Dragnet.
Abbott and Costello have a lot of great movies that you both would love.
I believe the first time this bit was used, was in a June 18, 1944 Abbott and Costello radio show. The show was a work-up to the routine. The premise was that Costello got a letter (telegram?) from baseball star Joe DiMaggio asking Costello to fill in for him, as he was recovering from an injury. The program ran for about 30 minutes. This is just comedy gold.
At the time of filming, they'd been doing this bit for around 20 years.
this skit is in The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown .....one of a kind
First heard this in the 1950s'. Never gets old. Thanks
This skit was already over 30 years old when i first heard it and that was 50 years ago when i was 8 ...never gets old seeing people discover it for the first time. Good choice.
They first did this skit on radio in 37 or 38. They did 4 or 5 on the radio and in a movie. They changed it a little each time they did it but only the order of it. The First time I heard it was the first radio version and they used real ballplayers Dizzy and Daffy Dean. Lou Costello was their French cousin Goo Fay. That's how he pronounced it.
The bit where the landlord wants his money is pretty awesome as well...
This is one if the all time best skits that was ever made. So funny. Also check out Tim Conway. Also hysterical.
I was born in 1966. So I saw this many times in syndication through out the 70s and 80s.
@11:13 I have had this act memorized for a long time. In this performance there was a brief moment where Bud actually had to give a "reminder" line to Lou, because he didn't say the line correctly to stay on pace. This occurred at 8:29 when Bud says, "...what time what?" This was so Lou could ask the proper line of, "what time tomorrow you gonna tell me who's pitching?"
Another good one from them is 7 x 13 = 28.
2nd on this suggestion.
Good one. I always liked the loafing routine.
Hands down the best comedy sketch ever,
Thank you both -- this was wonderful to see!
Several people here have recommended the Marx Brothers. Oh yes. Absolutely.
There was a golden age in American comedy between approximately the 1920s and the 1970s. In those fifty or so years the scene was embarrassingly rich. Everywhere you looked there were good comedians and comic actors. Many of these were very good. Some were even great.
And then... then there were the Marx Brothers. They were in a class by themselves; nobody else came close. Their raw talent was staggering. It seemed they could do _everything._ Physical and verbal comedy, piano playing, harp playing, singing, dancing, stunts -- these guys did it all themselves, and they did it amazingly well.
They put in lots of years on the vaudeville circuit before making their many movies. The experience shows. I’d recommend their two best films. Start with “A Night at the Opera” (1935). Then see "Duck Soup" (1933).
After their movie career they (particularly Groucho) got into radio and television. And they didn’t stop there: Groucho was also a terrific writer. In fact, he always thought of himself primarily as a writer. Check out his autobiography: “Groucho and Me". Really well written, funny, and fascinating. He describes their childhood and adolescence, their years on the road, getting started in movies, etc. Another good one is "The Groucho Letters -- Letters To and From Groucho Marx". Sharp, witty, perceptive. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.
The most complete routine of this sketch is found in the movie The Naughty Nineties. It is the version that plays on a loop in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
A few years ago in a Major League Baseball game a player with the last name HU pronounced Who got on First Base. The Legendary Announcer Vin Scully says I have waited a lifetime to be able to say Hu is on First.
2 tens for a five is also a great routine of theirs. Their timing is seldom matched today.
Really enjoy your channel and reaction, always look forward to what you say. Keep up the great job. BEST WISHES FROM Detroit.
Thank you! We really appreciate that! Come back soon! Best wishes!
One of my favorite comedy situations was the interaction between Lucille Ball and Harpo Marx. Definitely worth looking up.
This version is from TV, first done of burlesque stage,early radio and in the movie "NAUGHTY NINETIES" and after all these years it still holds up a good laugh 👍🏾👊🏾👊🏾
In their movies and in their sketches they were just the greatest duo. Used to watch them with Bowery Boys on Saturdays and Abbott and Costello was a perfect double feature.
It is so hard to find comedic timing like this anymore!
This was actually an old vaudeville routine that was performed by many entertainers besides Abbott and Costello. But they adapted it, perfected it, and made it their own. So now it is remembered as their signature skit and rightfully so.
This is an old Vaudeville they picked up and polished. What makes it so special is their timing. To this day comedians study their timing to improve their craft.
Funny every. single. time. OMG! They are LEGEND
The brilliance in their delivery
70 years ago and it's still hilarious! Never gets old! Good clean humor! Need more of it especially today!
This duo found that TV performances "burnt through" material that would have lasted months on tour...
Fun fact: they memorized the names of each person at each position and then totally ad lib the entire sketch.
I've seen other versions of the skit where they had different wording and entire parts of the exchange changed out, so they obviously were able to mix things up, although it might have been a bunch of pre-set segments that they could insert or remove based on their goals for the particular performance.
OMG! This is the 2nd reaction to this routine I’ve seen in the last few minutes and I’m cracking up all over again. I’m 79 and have seen this routine countless times and it never gets old.
Laugh every time! It just never gets old.
Abbott and Costello did a troop comedy sketch called "The Susquehanna Hat Company".
"Oh!!....My husband's dead!! He's dead!!"
He ain't dead, lady......he's hiding.
They predicted the future. A lot of conversations on social media are just like this.
There’s another great math bit between Lou and his landlord, Mr. Fields.
It is pure, raw comedic genius! And it must have been one hell to rehearse!
I grew up watching them. Never gets old
I LOVE this bit. I see others mentioned a lot of their other routines but I hadn't seen this one mentioned. See if you can the one that starts out...Your 40 and your girlfriend is only 10. You can't marry her because you're 4 times older than her, so you wait 5 years....
I used to play in an 18-piece swing band. About 20 years ago, we had this outdoor gig that was WWII themed and had additional entertainment of a trio of girls from the USO. After we played and the USO girls did their thing, we noticed two guys walking around dressed up like Abbot and Costello. Nobody knew who they were, or if they were supposed to be part of the entertainment. They just showed up. And they both really looked like them. So before our next set, we let them get up and do their Who's On First bit. I was seated at a table in the back and there was a kid that must have been 8 or 10 in front of me, that literally rolled off his seat laughing at this. To me, THAT was funnier than their bit.
True comedy. You don’t have to use curse words to be funny this is a hilarious routine they probably did it 20,000 times between their radio show this live TV show and the burlesque theaters they performed in
One of the things I so appreciate about channels like yours is that as a guy who has seen this routune so many times I have it memorized, sewing this in a "first viewing and reaction" like yours makes me feel like im watching it again for the first time. Thank you.
As a side note, back in the day, there was a board game based on this routine many, many years ago. I think the object of it was to guess the player's names on the other person's team. Anyway, if you pay attention, the only player who is not mentioned in the routine is the right fielder.
So they gave a name to the right fielder in the game. And the name was "Nobody." Nobody's in right field.
I thought it was really clever.
All my best to you two!
One of their most famous and enduring sketches. Funny..funny...funny.....pure art! These beautiful guys have left us and still make us laugh....
Abbott & Costello first performed this routine on radio in 1936 and this sketch was performed in 1953.
When performing for the USO during WWII, Who's On First was their most requested sketch.
They performed this routine so many times, over the course of decades, they could do it in their sleep.