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Abbott & Costello, Errol Flynn - "Niagara Falls"

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[From "Kovacs Corner" on KZfaq.com] - For a period of time in the early fifties, Bud Abbott & Lou Costello made frequent guest shots on one of the premiere comedy shows of it's day "The Colgate Comedy Hour". On this particular episode of the show, movie star Errol Flynn makes an appearance performing the vaudeville sketch "Niagara Falls". Playing the psychotic who is triggered into a rage by the mear mention of the waterfall, he goes berserk and starts pummeling Lou with each utterance. Obviously with his career on the skids from the ravages of drugs and booze, Flynn is terribly miscast in this burlesque classic. Sid Fields performing the same role on the boy's half hour syndicated show vastly outshines the once great Hollywood star. The scene also underscores the quote of actor Peter O'Toole from the movie "My Favorite Year" who incidently plays the Flynn-inspired character Alan Swann. He says, "Dying is easy...comedy is hard!"

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@cbandtheradio5610 2 жыл бұрын

I could watch this a thousand times, and laugh every time. Thank you for showing me this as a kid grandpa.

@serpico56 12 жыл бұрын

MAgnificant Flynn How can you critique his performance in anything , the man had abundant charisma.

@JudgeJulieLit 12 жыл бұрын

Errol Flynn onstage never gave less than a Barrymore-calibre performance. Flynn here is a great comic "straight man" (Shakespearean style, a dignitary comically undermined) to Costello's victim buffoon. Flynn's comic timing and gestures (and as ever, inventiveness with his body as vocal and gestural instrument) are impeccable here, as incidentally in his many great film performances. I say Emmyworthy.

@jayinizer1465 3 жыл бұрын

“He was an actor, broken in health and spirit, kinda like you but talented “ Costello *shooketh*

@DENAANN1000 6 жыл бұрын

I was hooked from the first movie I saw, Errol u stole my heart.

@crow672008 9 жыл бұрын

Three legends of old Hollywood. Errol Flynn one of the most underrated actors ever.

@joebloggs8636 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely.

@Nyzackon 2 жыл бұрын

And a narcissistic creep. Terrible person, magnetic personality.

@tuckerm60 2 жыл бұрын

True

@racheldianeames3729 2 жыл бұрын

Rip hollywood legends abbott,costello, and fylnn

@ATINKERER 8 жыл бұрын

I get a kick out of this every time I see it. Errol looks great, happy and very vivacious. He also has that bit of the devil in him as he steps on Lou's leg at the end, and implies he'd like to strangle one of the Warner brothers. Damn, Errol was good! Of course, Lou and Bud were such masters at their craft that they could have a personal conversation while doing a skit, and could jump right back into character and deliver a line without it affecting their comedy timing one bit. I've never seen anyone, or any other comedy team who was expert enough to do that, and I don't think there will ever be anyone who will ever come close. These are three legendary performers who will be enjoyed and admired for centuries to come.

@mikeswanson1466 2 жыл бұрын

I wondered about the leg stepping at the end. I don’t think Lou was ready for that.

@patricknicolucci5073 8 жыл бұрын

I love Erroll Flynn early movies Robin Hood, The seahawks, Captain Blood they died with their boots on. awesome stuff from the Tasmanian Devil!

@joehellno9097 4 жыл бұрын

Patrick Nicolucci I’m with you Patrick! Erroll was always better than most think. Check him in a couple of his later things, like Master of Ballantine. He’s great! World weariness added, his humor and swashbuckling kindness shines! The Sun also rises. Playing his friend John Barrymore. In his Don Juan, both playing and parodying his lady killer role. Beautiful movies. Let’s watch one sometime Patrick, over some good scotch! I’m bringing my wife too,. I’ve made her a Flynn fan, as if that took any work!

@derekllewellyn6663 2 жыл бұрын

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@derekllewellyn6663 2 жыл бұрын

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@RisingEdge111 3 жыл бұрын

the ending is fantastic, lol

@CaptainNavman 12 жыл бұрын

awesome talent Messrs Flynn and Costello Thanks for the clip

@JudgeJulieLit 12 жыл бұрын

Yes ... Flynn in film flourishing his comic timing, as when as Robin Hood, he strides cockily into the lordly dining hall, large heavy fresh deer kill on his shoulders, and tosses it merrily (as if a featherweight) and fearlessly (as if the lord cannot lethally hurt him, which he can) onto the dais table. Then fast reflexively dodges the arrow. Ever a multifaceted master of his acting art. A joy forever.

@jeanvisockis1347 3 жыл бұрын

. . . . and when Prince John says: "You speak treason" ! Robin replies: (spitting out a mouthful of venison) "Fluently" !

@Flynn1059 12 жыл бұрын

Live TV in the early 50's. He was in a couple of other sketches as well. one just needs to see the whole reel to enjoy it.

@JudgeJulieLit 12 жыл бұрын

(cont.) He did his own brawls because he could--as a 6' 2" natural athlete w/lightning reflexes and high skill, strength and energy, lifelong he rarely declined a challenge.And the challenges that mattered to him (as for example, geographical and oceanographic exploration) were those he set for himself ... likely to equal his marine professor father's greatness. He was no pawn of groundling audiences.He could take or leave acting (until money mandated it). A "natural" actor of craft, wit, grace.

@LadyPictureShow72 2 жыл бұрын

That was such a commanding performance

@marahwatta2181 2 жыл бұрын

Love that he broke character in the last second before exiting. Also, poor Lou, he never got to beat up anybody.

@garymorell6924 3 жыл бұрын

Errol Flynn was cracking me up near the end of the routine. Errol was such a great sport, and as I always suspected, a hell of a nice guy.

@joebloggs8636 2 жыл бұрын

I could not agree more.

@TheVirajster 13 жыл бұрын

Ever notice how the most serious thespian would crawl thru broken glass & barbed wire to do slapstick...Flynn displays great spirit in this sketch..

@haygraphics 10 жыл бұрын

Flynn was fine in this, though he nearly cracked up near the end - you can hear him stifling a laugh. That wasn't unusual for people who worked with Lou Costello because he ad-libbed compulsively and was always catching co-workers off guard. Glenn Strange finally went to the producers of A&C Meet Frankenstein and asked if they couldn't get Lou to be serious so they could get through the scene where he ends up on the Monster's lap. There's an out-take floating around that gives an idea of how much fun they had.

@richard40x 3 жыл бұрын

Erroll Flynn was good here, but nowhere near as great as the inventor of this bit, Moe Howard. Although Costello is almost as good playing the Curly Howard role. But nobody could beat Flynn, playing Pirates, and swashbuckling folk heroes.

@joebloggs8636 2 жыл бұрын

@@richard40x The 3 stooges did NOT invent this .its an old Vaudeville routine.

@wolfsige 11 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed it immensely

@lalapa1223 5 жыл бұрын

Earl Flynn re-enacts the three stooges step by step. Costello is so good at this 😍

@StakeJade 4 жыл бұрын

Laurel and Hardy did the "Slowly I Turn" skit as well. Such a classic comedic act. One of my favourites.

@bjbell52 2 жыл бұрын

It was not owned by the 3 stooges. It was a standard burlesque comedy bit that many in burlesque performed.

@tattooism 11 жыл бұрын

Errol Flynn is my favourite actor because of his swashbuckling, athletic grace and his wild private life and adventurous spirit ! However,I find this skit depressing because Errol was obviously past his zenith and the damage from booze and drugs is apparent. For a Star that burned so bright,his physical decline was so sad.

@tadkingsbury9364 5 жыл бұрын

Flynn was a GREAT ACTOR......

@RCGoetzke 5 жыл бұрын

If not great, certainly much better than he was given credit while he was active. Very few actors could have been as convincing as Flynn was in those WB classics such as "Captain Blood", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "The Adventures of Robin Hood", "The Sea Hawks", "They Died with Their Boots On", etc ...

@tacomadc 10 жыл бұрын

"College....and UCLA" - LOL!

@DanieltheTruebadour 3 жыл бұрын

"Slowly I Turned" is of indeterminate origin in vaudeville (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slowly_I_Turned), but it was given new life on TV and movies by the likes of these geniuses (what a treat to watch them -- and Errol Flynn!), the Three Stooges and Lucille Ball. Even Danny Thomas, Alan Alda, the inimitable Milton Berle and more recently Steve Martin rode that hoary old horse. The most durable routine ever? At least, a terrifically strong contender.

@joebloggs8636 2 жыл бұрын

At last, someone who KNOWS The 3 Stooges did not invent this!

@DanieltheTruebadour 2 жыл бұрын

@@joebloggs8636 I didn't really know the whole story until I looked it up, and was richly rewarded. Think about another famous routine: "Who's On First." I can't imagine anyone but Abbot and Costello doing it. They MUST have invented it, right⸮ Wrong! While they certainly made it famous, so that it's associated with them in nearly everybody's mind, "Who's On First" "is descended from turn-of-the-century burlesque sketches that used plays on words and names. Examples are "The Baker Scene" (the shop is located on Watt Street) and "Who Dyed" (the owner is named "Who"). In the 1930 movie Cracked Nuts, comedians Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey examine a map of a mythical kingdom with dialogue like this: "What is next to Which." "What is the name of the town next to Which?" "Yes." " You may read all about it in Wikipedia, a bottomless font of the arcane: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_on_First%3F Enjoy!

@rolko52 14 жыл бұрын

What could have been added to this sketch? An actual "slapstick". For those who are not aware of the device, it was two thin pieces of wood which weere attached at one end. During a vaudeville performance, a stagehand would "slap" the two pieces together and create (what else?) a slapping sound. This would juice the comedic stage performance. Today a sound engineer "sweetens" the action with a sound effect in post production.

@JudgeJulieLit 12 жыл бұрын

Flynn "couldn't even make the grade to get in the military" because of his long suffering from malaria, which he got as a young man, boldly sailing the southern Pacific seas and exploring jungles ... where most others feared to tread. In countless of his swashbuckling films, he demonstrated inconfutably obviously his virtuoso superman military prowess in swordfights, rope swings from ship masts and trees, jumps from high stone castle steps and climbs there up. His machisimo was lifelong, inborn.

@44032 13 жыл бұрын

This appears to be from the Colgate Comedy Hour 1/13/52. When I was a kid the local station had a package of films they showed over an over again and about a dozen of them were Errol Flynn films and another dozen were A&C. They we both huge favorites among the kids of my neighborhood. Everything would stop when either were on and we'd all congregate at one house to watch. I understand Flynn was pals with A&C, who lived near him and there they are together.

@m.josephinefonzo59 6 жыл бұрын

I love the Bugs Bunny version... "... slowly I turn... inch by inch..."

@alecwilliams7111 Жыл бұрын

Watching the old tapes and kinescopes, I must say that there are two famous actors who should be better known for their comedy skill: John Wayne and Erroll Flynn. People who haven't seen these are really missing something.

@mikeself26 12 жыл бұрын

WHAAAT? Flynn was the opposite of this behavior! He was usually the one being 'tapped on the shoulder' by drunks looking to beat the screen tough guy. By his own admission, he tried to talk the guy out of fighting by buying him a drink, etc. This didn't always work, as Flynn was in countless barroom brawls, but he tried to avoid them if he could. Great clip, btw.

@taxpayer1962 9 ай бұрын

Thanks didnt know errol was on their show, he did have pretty good comedic skills

@tacomadc 6 жыл бұрын

He was a far too good an actor for this, Lol. I can't imagine a better way for me to spend my Easter Sunday. This was a very dark bit for Errol to be involved in, but he did a great job.

@lordgaga2009 9 жыл бұрын

"If only one of the Warner Brothers were here" ROFL at Errol Flynn. What a ham? A black forest ham! :-O

@captaineuro7022 9 жыл бұрын

Santa Fe Trail and They Died with Their Boots On were great pictures.

@warrenlightning8137 7 жыл бұрын

Captain Euro - So was Captain Blood, Riding Hood and most of Errol's films. I love Errol Flynn.

@edlutz7218 3 жыл бұрын

My 2 favorites

@johnvoice815 Жыл бұрын

I wish these curios would be released into the public domain.

@AventusEntertainment 5 жыл бұрын

The Best!!!

@dominickarmstrong648 8 жыл бұрын

X''D now this is very funny I'm laughing like crazy

@dougblush2887 4 жыл бұрын

Love the old swasbuckler

@nonenoneonenonenone Жыл бұрын

A classic performance of the pretty much original script.

@VMA225 11 жыл бұрын

In Like Flynn !!!

@Phoenix_VanDerWeyden 6 жыл бұрын

Slooowly i turned lol Flynn was a legend :)

@tadkingsbury9364 7 жыл бұрын

Flynn is excellant ......

@peterwarnett1540 7 жыл бұрын

great aussie actor

@maureendevries1904 4 жыл бұрын

He was great in "Four is a Crowd" with Olivia De Havilland, Roselind Russell, and Patrick Knowles.

@therussiandragon616 Жыл бұрын

"College AND UCLA." Hahaha

@ennarvee7553 8 жыл бұрын

Hats off flynn for teaming with abbott$castello

@adgee3 3 жыл бұрын

So good, although I like the stooges portrayal better

@rolko52 14 жыл бұрын

@13loomisst I'm sorry if my comments seemed "harsh". I can only judge the performance based of the fact that I do not know of any comedic film or stage performance by Flynn to make an alternative assessment. He is also given to some missed cues and dropped or misplaced dialogue in the course of this sketch. I'm sure that he gave it an honest effort, but I did not intend to upset any one of his fans. My appologies.

@joebloggs8636 2 жыл бұрын

He was in ALOT of comedic roles contrary to beliefs.

@katrinaolsen2444 2 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing the Three Stooges version of Niagara Falls. Errol Flynn was really good in this. 😃 I’m guessing this is an old Vaudeville routine. I’ll have to look up who originated the routine. 👍🏼

@bjbell52 2 жыл бұрын

burlesque , not vaudeville.

@katrinaolsen2444 2 жыл бұрын

@@bjbell52 Uh the 3 Stooges were never in Burlesque; only Vaudeville. Abbot & Costello were in Burlesque AND Vaudeville. 🙄 And the actual routine, originated as a Vaudeville routine, not a Burlesque routine. Maybe do your research before attempting to correct someone.

@bjbell52 2 жыл бұрын

@@katrinaolsen2444 Slowly I turn has been called a burlesque routine, for example from Wiki "Danny Thomas and Joey Faye reprised the routine in Season 8, episode 20 ("Good Old Burlesque") of The Danny Thomas Show", so that's the term I used. A&C were NEVER in vaudeville so maybe YOU need to do some research yourself before shooting you big mouth off.

@katrinaolsen2444 2 жыл бұрын

@@bjbell52 A & C were in Vaudeville as well as Burlesque! Do you even know the difference?? Vaudeville was family friendly and Burlesque was not! A&C would never have made it to the mainstream if they ONLY were in Burlesque. Because that meant they couldn't do a clean routine. Slowly I Turn is a Vaudeville routine! It is a CLEAN routine. EVERYWHERE I have looked, it is listed as a VAUDEVILLE routine. Seriously STFU.

@katrinaolsen2444 2 жыл бұрын

@@bjbell52 Yes, it was part of "Good Old Burlesque" but it was a VAUDEVILLE routine. Burlesque jokes could NEVER have been on tv. Again, sit down.

@lala-gj4oo 6 жыл бұрын

soooo cute

@Amhlair 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this important piece of American history. Who did this skit first, Abbott & Costello or the Three Stooges?

@ndx2k 9 жыл бұрын

Abbott & Costello

@ndx2k 9 жыл бұрын

No prob

@Amhlair 9 жыл бұрын

Would you happen to know if the skit pre-dates A&C? I know they're old Vaudeville and Poconos. Could they have 'borrowed' it?

@ndx2k 9 жыл бұрын

As far as my knowledge goes, it's from Abbott & Costello. However, it could have been earlier. I would suggest searching the Interwebs.

@aprilvevea3448 8 жыл бұрын

+Amhlair It was before A&C. Joey Faye is usually credited as the one to start it.

@kevindoran9271 8 жыл бұрын

Fun stuff.

@errol-ih4jy 4 жыл бұрын

ERROL LESLIE FLYNN, WE WILL NEVER SEE HIS LIKES AGAIN.

@barryputterman2412 Жыл бұрын

Well Alan Swann panicked at the idea of doing live television shouting "I'm not an actor, I'm a movie star!" Apparently such was not the case with Errol fFynn.

@13loomisst 14 жыл бұрын

@rolko52 I'm not a particular fan of Flynn's, though I have enjoyed many of his films. I'm just a movie fan. If you are interested, a few minutes on IMDb will reveal a number of comedies. More to the point, in his biggest hits, he nearly always played a lighthearted fellow, eager for a good time, and his comic timing was evident. As for missed cues or dropped dialogue, this was par for the course in early television. I mean, he was working with A&C, not Fredric March. N.B.: I ain't at all upset.

@rlf1967 12 жыл бұрын

errol is errol

@tadkingsbury79 Жыл бұрын

Flynn is highly entertaining in this sketch , regardless of what the bores called critics wrote at the time .

@backbaconnbeer 7 жыл бұрын

Colgate Comedy Hour Jan 13 1952

@wobble108 11 жыл бұрын

Sadly a lot of our famous and loved actors/actresses of the Golden era of Hollywood were typecast, Flynn being one of them and its a shame because he was a good actor and if given the chance (which they were rarely given by the studio moguls) they were great at comedy. Health wise he wasnt at his best at this time of his life. great clip though.

@Thundermonkeyms 12 жыл бұрын

OMG I JUST SAW THE VIDEO OF THE STOOGES DOING THIS SKETCH! :D Who wrote it?

@orochikaiba 4 жыл бұрын

Moe Horowitz wrote it originally

@williammeyer214 3 жыл бұрын

Totally excellent

@mets2128 12 жыл бұрын

ABBOTT! HEY ABBOTT!

@Webtropro 10 жыл бұрын

The Stooges skit deployed "Poco Moco" as the trigger word and predates this A&C version by more than 10 years. Nevertheless this skit was designed for Lou Costello and he does it best

@bjbell52 2 жыл бұрын

Wrong. It's an old burlesque routine. A&C did it in a movie that was release around the same time the 3 Stooges release their short with this bit in it. Here, I looked it up -> The Three Stooges performed the sketch (as part of the show they put on within the movie, as they play performers) in Gents Without Cents, a 1944 short. Abbott and Costello performed the “Pokomoko” version in their 1944 film Lost in a Harem. Lucy did it in an episode of I Love Lucy.

@SO_DIGITAL 7 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see what a digital cleanup can do to this clip.

@Bramicus 5 жыл бұрын

Geez, Errol Flynn really stunk up that old Vaudeville chestnut.

@samualbickensworth183 4 жыл бұрын

Flynn was born in Tasmania which is part of Australia. They never had grade schools or UCLA. They used American writers for his speech.

@pregnancysupportnetwork 3 жыл бұрын

Kevin Kline could have played him at one time.

@joebloggs8636 2 жыл бұрын

He DID play Errol Flynn pal..i have the movie.

@luishumbertovega3900 2 ай бұрын

Both, Costello and Flynn died in 1959.

@thedude10171984 3 жыл бұрын

Who did this skit originally?

@djmegamase7590 7 жыл бұрын

stooges killed it. this is back.

@d4seasons 13 жыл бұрын

@darleawolfe lots of fun & laughter. it supposed to be step by step, inch by inch.****

@ashandwit 11 жыл бұрын

I think Abbott & Costello do fine, and Errol is funny: I hear a bit of envy (?) in the detractor... it is live TV, right? Not bad for filming live (probably with minimal rehearsal)....

@nidurnevets 9 жыл бұрын

I think a better version is with Abbott and Costello and Sidney Fields.

@13loomisst 14 жыл бұрын

Your assessment of Flynn's performance seems rather harsh. He always demonstrated a natural sense of comic timing, and was certainly never above broad humor. Given a moth-eared sketch, he acquits himself reasonably well. Thanks for the clip.

@metamorphosis67 12 жыл бұрын

Flynn couldn't even make the grade to get in the military. He was 4-F. But he had his macho image to protect so that's why he had to fight his own brawls. Very few stars nowadays go anywhere without a bodyguard. So-called tough guy Stallone is always with a bodyguard. A few like Matt Dillon & Woody Harrelson go everywhere by themselves, I'm not even in the industry & I've seen both around town multiple times over the years just hanging out like regular guys without any ego-tripping at all.

@janicestevenson3855 4 жыл бұрын

Errol did try to get into the military. He unfortunately suffered from malaria. It made him 4 F. He became a huge supporter of our allied forces and did several promos for war bonds. He became a US citizen in 1942.

@debbie12345able 8 жыл бұрын

NIAGARA FALLS

@CandleCoveCast 3 жыл бұрын

@Dorian Vaughn And step by step by step I approach him and I beat him.

@RCGoetzke 5 жыл бұрын

I believe that this was in 1956.

@sodality3970 Жыл бұрын

Sadly , both died in 1959 :(

@221heavymetal 11 жыл бұрын

So Abbott and Costello did this sketch before the three stooges?

@zacamanny Жыл бұрын

What’s my line Errol flynn

@tianapitesr8553 7 жыл бұрын

He did what with a piano??????????

@enriquevirdokolbe1 11 жыл бұрын

I've seen the "Niagara Falls" sketch serveral times in Abbot and Costello films, Even the Three Stooges did it in their short films. Sadly, Errol Flynn was the worst! He missed the timing and forgot when to act. Thanks to a real comedian like Lou Costello, the sketch is all right.

@joebloggs8636 2 жыл бұрын

Are you high again?

@Alan174 9 жыл бұрын

Mr. Been

@offrampt 6 жыл бұрын

3:24 *Something* goes wrong...

@rdbury507 3 жыл бұрын

Live TV. Also 3:53 the prop is knocked over. And 6:20 Flynn steps on Costello's leg and you can see he's in real pain there, but he carries on like a trooper.

@stewartsnape2936 10 ай бұрын

Good, i really like the same skit but with the bum who is with Lou in the jail cell somehow it has more effect and with bud absent

@ATINKERER 8 жыл бұрын

You know, Lou Costello once knocked out Errol Flynn with one punch, out of anger. This happened at Lou's house. It's a long story, but they knew each other, and their kids played together. Errol did something stupid, Lou lost it, and with one punch knocked him off a bar stool and on to the floor, out like a light. Lou was an expert boxer, an athlete, and a very strong man - not to be messed with in any way. But he was also a Saint.

@bjbell52 8 жыл бұрын

+ATINKERER In the movie Here Come the Coeds, the producer hire someone to teach Lou how to shoot a basketball. Lou went to center court with the ball and asked if he could shoot the ball from between his legs from there. The teacher said no but Lou proceeded to shoot from half court, sinking the shot. If they had bothered to ask Lou would have told them that he use to be the free throw champion of New Jersey,

@ATINKERER 8 жыл бұрын

+bjbell52 Oh thanks. I knew about him being star basketball player in Paterson, but I didn't know they hired someone to teach him how to shoot hoops for that movie. After Lou made that shot I'll bet the teacher they hired must have been stunned. I can just see Lou going over to the teacher and giving him a few pointers. Ha! Thanks again for the great story.

@diceguyg3799 7 жыл бұрын

Find the Lou knocked out Errol Flynn with one punch thing very hard to believe....I have read several bios of both and never heard of this happening....care to quote your source for what you're spreading??

@RCGoetzke 5 жыл бұрын

@@diceguyg3799 Flynn was more apt to fall off of a bar stool than to be knocked off of one.

@joebloggs8636 2 жыл бұрын

@@diceguyg3799 yep..you n me both.

@snakrut 4 жыл бұрын

By odd coincidence both Flynn and Costello died in the same year.

@wnewfmer Жыл бұрын

7 months apart...

@elizabethhenson9954 Жыл бұрын

It was OK but I liked the one on I love lucy better.

@mamabear0106 12 жыл бұрын

They did this skit on The Three Stooges, although this one is funnier!

@robertszvetics210 8 жыл бұрын

SIDNEY FIELDS DID IT MUCH BETTER

@krickhi 11 жыл бұрын

bon

@unclematt3134 Жыл бұрын

The three Stooges did a much funnier version. I love Abbott and Costello. I'm not saying they aren't legends.

@Perrosiutico 4 жыл бұрын

Flynn may have been a competent actor and a great "lady's man" but he lacks the comic latent to bring off this ancient routine. It would have been better to let Abbott and Costello do it themselves but they had to work Flynn into the routine to show what a good sport he was, I guess. Even so, this well-worn burlesque sketch shines through.

@joebloggs8636 2 жыл бұрын

Are you high ..again?

@Hutzjohn 10 жыл бұрын

I like Abbott & Costello but this one isn't very well acted out/ actually it sucks. The three stooges did it far better. A&C took a lot of material from the 3 stooges but not nearly as good/funny. But I do consider their "Who's on first" as one of the best routines of all time. The stooges did this about 10 year earlier in 1944 in "Gents without cents"

@BadfingerBoogieBarb 9 жыл бұрын

This is a classic vaudeville routine from the '20s. Everybody did it and no one knows for sure who really originated it.. It certainly wasn't the Three Stooges or Abbott and Costello.