Abbott and Costello's - Who's On First (filmed Jan 15

Abbott and Costello's - Who's On First (filmed Jan 15 - Mar 1 1945) WITH SUBTITLES

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The timeless routine Who's on First by Abbott and Costello. This was filmed for the movie The Naughty Nineties between January 15, and March 1, 1945
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@dietersoegemeier139 10 ай бұрын

In another hundred years this will still be as good as the day they first performed it.

@nthgth 9 ай бұрын

It's kinda unbelievable how timeless it is😂

@SeverSTL 9 ай бұрын

Why........left field

@stephensanfilippo1845 Жыл бұрын

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.

@cactusjackhausen8508 Жыл бұрын

@derekllewellyn6663 Жыл бұрын

@@cactusjackhausen8508 universal studios hollywood movies on Netflix with oasr awesome picture awards TCM channel interview date definitely

@RangaTurk 11 ай бұрын

Sometimes it seems amazing what the entertainment industry produced on film during WWII.

@krog44 11 ай бұрын

Comedy yes great movies

@user-fh3yz4gx6q 11 ай 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!

@user-df9wf6ux9k 11 ай 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 10 ай бұрын

Isn't this the version proudly played in the Baseball Hall of Fame?

@svevo 10 ай 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 10 ай бұрын

@@svevo THIRD BASE!

@TD-sw3kv 9 ай 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 6 ай бұрын

Is this the version that was in their movie? It is the Naughty Nineties. I think it is the best.

@bri-guy8757 10 ай бұрын

That routine NEVER gets old.

@mclovin9578 9 ай бұрын

And it never will. 🙂

@bluehornet197 8 ай бұрын

I mean it's old but it's delivery is pure genius and it still cracks me up every time I hear it

@bigmclargehuge7170 10 ай 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 10 ай бұрын

It does, on a continuous loop.

@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 10 ай 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 6 ай бұрын

@@cindydott452 Somehow that makes it even better knowing the professional crew is in tears trying to keep it together.

@luisreyes1963 11 ай бұрын

The greatest stand-up routine in comedy history, thanks to Bud Abbott & Lou Costello.

@judi6078 10 ай 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.

@TheLastFBIagent 8 ай 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

@challengerwilliam8414 9 ай бұрын

Absolutely the G.O.A.T. of all stand up comedy ever. Those were the days!

@bobbysands6923 2 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 11 ай бұрын

@@davidlafleche1142 👍👍

@scottrussell2281 11 ай бұрын

Still holds up as one of the all time greatest comedy bits. 😂

@Rotorhead1651 9 ай бұрын

"ONE OF"?!?!? This is the SINGLE funniest routine OF ALL TIME!!!😂

@collinsnider4179 2 жыл бұрын

This is definitely the best version of this routine

@ryancalhoun2910 2 жыл бұрын

I actually prefer the one that goes a little bit faster, but this is still great

@stellaq3306 2 жыл бұрын

@@ryancalhoun2910 1.25 X

@darrenhirst9900 Жыл бұрын

So who is on first base?

@stevencrouse167 Жыл бұрын

@@darrenhirst9900 Naturally

@T.Tuxedo 10 ай бұрын

This is a scene from their 1945 film "Naughty Nineties".

@rmagdos 10 ай 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 8 ай бұрын

How old are you exactly? I heard this back in 2008 when I was 18 and I thought it was amazing

@rmagdos 8 ай 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

@michaelgregory7719 Жыл бұрын

Have watched this routine for decades and still laugh every time greatest comedy team ever

@acdii 11 ай 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 10 ай 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 9 ай бұрын

Good on you, this is one of the best examples of comedy in existence

@Patiencelad 13 күн бұрын

That was you? I did it in grade school in the 70s.

@johnlittle6008 11 ай 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 11 ай бұрын

👍👍

@justinlang8229 10 ай бұрын

That went off the rails quick 😂

@johnrichardson6033 11 ай бұрын

Makes me laugh every time. It’s one of the best duo comedies of all time.

@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 11 ай бұрын

In the version from their vaudeville days, the shortstop’s name was probably not so clean.

@nthgth 9 ай 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

@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.

@mclovin9578 9 ай 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. 🙏

@brentritchie6199 10 ай бұрын

It truly is the greatest comedy routine of all time genius in its conception and genius in the implementation

@ericjohnson6665 11 ай 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.

@AthenaSchroedinger 10 ай бұрын

This is truly timeless. Just as funny now as when I first heard it many decades ago.🤣❤

@jasonrodgers9063 10 ай 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!

@consco3667 11 ай бұрын

They were great!

@leeboyles4480 8 ай бұрын

I have heard this referenced many times but never seen the whole routine, I loved it more than I thout

@CrimsonParkDog 8 ай бұрын

Man, I could watch this skit for like a million, gazillion times, and it'll STILL be funny. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@SL-vr1jx 7 ай 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

@ronaldharding3927 9 ай 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.

@outdoorguy845 4 ай бұрын

That was one of the greatest comedian skits ever, you don't see things like that anymore

@nobodyuknow4911 10 ай бұрын

A vaudeville act so well rehearsed it's as well timed as a Swiss watch.

@swolfe9668 Жыл бұрын

This is pure good humor and should be allowed to play at work

@outlawriderandoubletrouble 2 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!!!

@Toni-oy5gu 9 ай 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 🧡

@bdbotts 11 ай бұрын

Will never ever get old!!! ❤

@stephenragland7710 5 ай бұрын

Agree

@mjmeadows1016 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely the best

@bigdaddy1818 10 ай бұрын

My God!how many times to perfect that! Perfection

@megatherium99 10 ай бұрын

Plain and simple, comedic genius! Is there ANY comedians today that could pull of such timing? Don't think so....

@esausjudeannephew6317 Жыл бұрын

The TIMING!

@vinmanoct1279 Жыл бұрын

Impeccable and absolutely perfect timing.

@ilikegrapes5769 11 ай бұрын

Classic stuff. 34 years before I was born and I've seen this 100 times and still enjoy their humor.

@jakeg3126 10 ай бұрын

I’m 34 too!!

@nthgth 9 ай бұрын

Even more years before my time but it's still one of the most surefire cry-laughs I can possibly find on KZfaq. These boys definitely hit on something special.

@robertcoggeshall3071 9 ай 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.

@mariefortunato4737 9 ай бұрын

Excellent routine that could never be forgotten 👏

@gibandruski6744 10 ай бұрын

Whoever wrote this piece was absolutely brilliant!

@tysonhawk5437 10 ай 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 9 ай 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.

@chijako7990 9 ай 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....

@benjamess3194 11 ай 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 10 ай 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!⚾️☮

@thesupremesextendedkanan4216 3 жыл бұрын

Classic!!! Love Abbot and Costello!!!

@dragonrider7796 11 ай бұрын

I saw this for the first time in 1983 at six years old, loved it then and still do.

@ajfoyt1480 Жыл бұрын

Possibly the funniest skit ever written 🤣 😅😂😊❤

@dougadams9419 10 ай бұрын

I still get a laugh out of this skit even after all these years. I have the "Naughty Nighties" on my hard drive.

@nelson2503 10 ай бұрын

Nothing will ever beat this routine.😂

@noahbody9782 11 ай бұрын

What can you say. This is totally awesome. How did they do this without missing a beat.

@mattmurphy8288 10 ай бұрын

I think how was a pinch hitter…

@nthgth 9 ай бұрын

Gotta be practice and professional showmanship. Supposedly they were laughing completely out of control when they were first coming up with this 🤣

@ilirllukaci5345 2 жыл бұрын

Abbott and Costello. My Dad's favorite.

@edmacy51 11 ай бұрын

A classic bit that never fails to entertain ❤

@GoateddAshh25 23 күн бұрын

My 5th grade teacher showed the class this video last year, he is old like the video. Awesome teacher, awesome video.

@williambrady3963 2 жыл бұрын

"I don't even know what I'm talking about!"

@paulbrennan3996 11 ай 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 🤝👏

@renewagain6956 10 ай бұрын

After all these years... I finally watch the original that spawned all the parodies.

@rickdrewer6427 11 ай бұрын

TOTALLY BRILLIANT. Simply perfection. Downunder, South Australia

@Tigerman1138 10 ай бұрын

Skippy and Slappy Squirrel did a great rendition on “Animaniacs.”

@coachjon6967 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 9 ай бұрын

@@moohowardDon't bring the left fielder from St Louis into this 😄

@jeanninem8227 3 жыл бұрын

I have always Loved this. When I say ,"Who's on first", today..2021 Nobody knows what I'm referring to. 😂

@supermombelle9750 3 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!

@vd2656 Жыл бұрын

😢

@LongLiveMetal-pw3fz 10 ай бұрын

They don't make comedy like this anymore and it's a real shame.

@l.salisbury1253 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!

@29988122 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I can't understand this without subtitles!

@williamh.jarvis6795 3 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 KZfaq) 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.

@MrThermostatic 2 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.

@user-ij1sm5ir9w 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.

@spectrum7virkeytroni 2 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.

@TrondBrgeKrokli 8 ай 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.

@SOCORROSILVA-in7px 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, Tis Done, for uploading this funny video of Abbott and Costello so that we can see it whenever we are confined to staying at home during this quarentine as much as possible. Please have a nice day today. ©® June 10, 2022 @ 10:30 pm ©®

@jeffmorris4802 9 ай 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

@stephennixon9609 11 ай 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 9 ай бұрын

They play this routine on a continuous loop at the Hall of Fame so they technically are there already

@stephennixon9609 9 ай бұрын

@@traviskomar1061 I know they are in there I was just saying they deserve to be there.

@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301 10 ай 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

@bryanmahon7866 2 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...

@aldob6379 2 күн бұрын

The best comedy scene ever heard. Classic

@lowbridge7070 10 ай бұрын

One day i was at my local library. The rear windows were open and unusual and loud noises were coming from outside. So, i, along with a couple of other library patrons, went to look through the window to see whats up. Behind the library was a jewish hebrew school. In the alleyway of the school were a couple of Rabbinical dudes (the beards, the yamulkes, the payos, the tzitzit, etc.) acting out the abbott and costello who's on first routine, word for word. I imagine they were just rehearsing for a show of some sort they were going to put on inside the school.

@oscarsnr 10 ай бұрын

This never gets old 😂

@fatkiller1000 8 ай бұрын

I thought this would be dated but the delivery is such gold that i truly believe this is timeless.

@justsomeguy1691 9 ай 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

@enbybunny9940 9 ай 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.

@boething 10 ай бұрын

I used to show this to my fifth graders when I taught. They loved it!

@fredericbarclay7468 11 ай бұрын

Hadn't watched this in years and I forgot they didn't mention the right fielder. RIP Lou and Bud!

@christasimon9716 11 ай 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.

@paulbruno2568 2 жыл бұрын

Love these guys

@wallacelang1374 9 ай 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).

@spankyjeffro5320 4 ай бұрын

Still love these guys. Keystone cops and the Mummy, Dracula and Wolfman were my faves as a kid.

@user-mx1tz1kl6w 7 ай бұрын

The timing has to be perfect for this to work!

@okapiking4507 10 ай бұрын

i didnt realize how many shows have parodied this untill i watched it for a second time

@Stevesautopartsify 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely brilliant!!!

@michaelmiller8914 9 ай бұрын

I have loved that skit since I was a kid. I had it on cassette tape back then. ❤❤

@khristophertaylor3718 10 ай бұрын

2023 to still comical has anyting thank you guys

@richstrobel 11 ай 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.

@Novastar.SaberCombat 9 ай бұрын

The one from The Kate Smith Hour was absolutely hysterical. Best iteration of it ever.

@charlesbartholomew2910 10 ай бұрын

One of the Best comedy routines! Love these two doing this one!

@kennethavesato3883 11 ай бұрын

That will always be a classic for more than 200 years

@kayowalsh Жыл бұрын

Still laugh out loud at this great skit. 😂

@AprehamLincoln 10 ай бұрын

I've heard this routine referenced all my life but this is the first time I've ever seen it. Brilliant comedy. These guys were timeless geniuses that helped pave the way for great comedy like Python and The Three Flavours Cornetto.