Abbott & Costello - The Niagara Falls Sketch (Slowly I Turned)

Abbott & Costello - The Niagara Falls Sketch (Slowly I Turned) - Amplified Volume

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@Lilibetrose444 Жыл бұрын

Coworker said they were heading to Niagara falls and instantly quoted "slooowly I turned". I'm 36 and knew it was a bit obscure, but was surprised that absolutely no one around knew what I was talking about. I had only seen the Stooges and Lucy version, but they're all so funny!

@TheOtherBill Жыл бұрын

I was in elementary school in the early 60's and if "Niagara Falls" was ever uttered by anyone there would always be about a half dozen kids who said that, almost as if it was planned. But it never was. EVERYONE knew that back then.

@tylerleon8888 11 ай бұрын

I’m the same age as you. Wish I could have been there to back you up 😅

@dm3150006 5 жыл бұрын

My grandfather back when he was alive and i was a kid used to make me giggle reciting this! "Slowly i turned step by step closer and closer AND I GOT YOU AHHH" haha memories

@jackattack3565 4 жыл бұрын

My aunt would say it lol

@carminemurray6624 2 жыл бұрын

I remember watching these shows on a Sunday morning as a kid, and I remember a blessing Costello used to give the Audience, "May You Live as long as You want, and not want as long as You Live." I hope I remember this blessing as long as I Live.

@1.86agallon Жыл бұрын

Uncle Kenny did the same thing! Much love to y'all!

@davemclean3899 10 ай бұрын

My father to me.. fun days 😂

@joewelnack3283 2 жыл бұрын

Best burlesque bit ever done! Sid Fields played the bum who beat Costello up. He played Mr. Fields as well as other parts; many don't know it but Sid Fields was a good comedy writer, worked for Steve Allen and Jackie Gleason. Joey Faye claimed credit for this bit but who knows with burlesque comics it is based on a verbal tradition. This piece of business is second only to "pocket full of nickels".

@baronvonpiano7625 3 ай бұрын

When I was little we went to Niagara Falls on vacation. The whole drive up there we kept saying "Niagara Falls Slowly I turned Step by step Inch by inch" over and over. I didn't know what it was but I thought it was the funniest thing ever.

@debrabolton6475 5 жыл бұрын

I have loved Abbott and Costello since a child. Their films were so much fun to watch, hilarious, and truly classics. I vaguely remember the television series that they had. This skit was so well done!

@hattmann16 4 жыл бұрын

It's on the decades channel 11:30 pm Mon-fri

@derekllewellyn6663 2 жыл бұрын

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@andrewft31 Жыл бұрын

Yeah but they stole it from the Three Stooges

@Helo_rides_for_commies 8 ай бұрын

@@andrewft31No they didn’t. The Stooges didn’t write it.

@quinnlevy8996 6 ай бұрын

I may have been born in 2000 but my dad was born in 1957 and we have all the Abbott & Costello and Three Stooges dvds and that's the shit I grew up on, and this is the second most important Abbott and Costello memory for me (I mean come on, you can't beat "Who's on First") and it gets referenced all the time. Or at least before the....eh I won't get into depressing details. This skit is the shit

@offrampt 2 жыл бұрын

1:36 "A bundle in pink and white, a baby boy". Not a joke. The old colours were the opposite. Pink for boys, blue for girls.

@tambrosia 11 ай бұрын

THANK YOU for sharing 7+decades and we listened and watched these wonderful guys from radio and tv Just listening toe Lou Costello when he yells ABBOTT....Lous' voice sounds just like a Frenchie dog shrill!

@rogermansour6085 9 ай бұрын

The funniest skit I've ever seen.must of watched it 500 times

@bigearl9086 3 жыл бұрын

This actor: Sidney Fields, was so talented. He could play any character.

@carminemurray6624 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe he really was Every Character in a sense, I remember his Parmigiano cheese routine.

@Helo_rides_for_commies 8 ай бұрын

Could he play Conan the Barbarian.

@sherlock_1 4 жыл бұрын

Next time I’m in a pickle, I’m gonna shout “Niagara Falls!” in hopes that guy is there

@MRDOOWOP1 3 жыл бұрын

Abbot & Costella - Absolutely love this sence I laughed so hard 😂😂😂Sid Fields is superb & Costello pure legend, I love the look in his eye on the first 'slowly I turned' before his first slapping. Plus every time I watch this clip I do the routine with my knee!! 😂 brilliant classic comedy.

@Bluzslam 5 жыл бұрын

This is Sidney Fields finest moment. He's totally brilliant in this.

@NKYDIY 4 жыл бұрын

That facial hair threw me off but Sid Fields for sure! That voice and acting are unmistakable!

@chickenringNYC 9 ай бұрын

His first outburst after "A girl?" is so hilarious.. just a hint of what's to come

@georgeevangel4292 5 жыл бұрын

Abbott And Costello---- Best Comedy team ever

@walkergillette3918 4 жыл бұрын

SID FIELDS WAS VERY TALENTED, HE WAS A BIG PART OF THAT SHOW

@WizardClipAudio 2 жыл бұрын

The ending was extra satisfying. 😂

@arniewolsky3638 3 жыл бұрын

The great Sydney Fields, who later played the landlord and a host of parts on the TV show.

@rosegardenia8588 4 ай бұрын

We're gonna get you outta here, if it takes 20 years. OMG The funniest skit EVER, Just showed this to my Son, a Play Station Guy..

@georgeevangel4292 5 жыл бұрын

By father gave me the benefit of a college education-College and UCLA

@christineklinger 4 жыл бұрын

Poor Lou he can't win for the sake of losing but he is so funny when he yells for help.

@Zerep-USAF316 2 жыл бұрын

He was Great, should of gotten top roles. Still he was a Giant actor, Bless his heart.

@jaideeunderwood5887 Жыл бұрын

4:5

@jaideeunderwood5887 Жыл бұрын

4:54

@jaideeunderwood5887 Жыл бұрын

4:55 4:55

@jeffreyholmes7216 2 жыл бұрын

It still makes me laugh . Just funny.

@sipo70 5 жыл бұрын

3 Stooges did this act too! It's always great.

@jamescullen622 5 жыл бұрын

I was trying to remember where I first heard this. I think it was the 3 Stooges.

@nancystowell4877 4 жыл бұрын

@@jamescullen622 This Abbott & Costello version was the original.

@notme222 4 жыл бұрын

@@nancystowell4877 I always figured this was a Vaudeville act done on stage many times by many people, and then later Abbott & Costello were the ones who first brought it to film.

@TheBarracuda 3 жыл бұрын

Lucille Ball too

@dougr.2398 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheBarracuda who was on first?

@offrampt 5 жыл бұрын

By some cinematic sorcery, Sid Field played both the nutcase in the cell and the lawyer outside of it.

@richardrizzo3871 5 жыл бұрын

You can tell as Costello & Joe Kirk leave the cell there is a camera cut. So Mr Fields can change and they put another actor in the cell to finish up playing the part of the vagrant

@santocatlaldi4425 4 жыл бұрын

The best 30 minutes of comedy of all time

@edwinmorse6615 3 ай бұрын

The true love of my childhood

@namronx8246 Ай бұрын

This was an old vaudeville routine, similar to the "peace and quiet" one seen in "The Night They Raided Minsky's", which Abbott & Costello covered elsewhere. It was of course covered by many comedy teams.

@odaralakov Жыл бұрын

Niagara Falls!

@None-zc5vg 4 жыл бұрын

I can't watch Costello without thinking how tormented he must have been after his son's drowning in 1943, something that must have constantly played on his mind as it would with anyone.

@RisingEdge111 3 жыл бұрын

I always have the same thought too.

@elainecanzonieri1311 Жыл бұрын

@robcayman4040 5 жыл бұрын

4:52 - "SLLLOOOOOOOOOOOWW..I'm gonna get it again!" LOL

@jaideeunderwood5887 Жыл бұрын

We gonna get it again

@jaideeunderwood5887 Жыл бұрын

ABBOBIT!

@manofthehour6856 10 ай бұрын

Hahaha! I recalled the Three Stooges version way back when, but I actually like this version with Bud and Lou better. It's hysterical!

@VIDEOHEREBOB 6 жыл бұрын

Beyond greatness.

@fredferd965 6 жыл бұрын

They were giants in those days! And the guy playing the bum - that's an awful lot of lines to memorize! And he didn't miss a beat!!! Well, OK, he DID beat Costello, but he did remember his lines. Nicely done!

@darknessanddistance4469 5 жыл бұрын

Sid Fields is the wall after Costello bounces off it has to remain in vulnerable in terms of his logic or Luke and be funny

@darknessanddistance4469 5 жыл бұрын

By the way Beavis faversham sucks

@richardrizzo3871 5 жыл бұрын

That was Mr Fields. When they leave the cell. There is a camera cut and Mr Fields is the lawyer. Joe Kirk, Mr Baccigulupe is the guard who coincidentally is Costello's brother in law in real life

@richardhenry7841 2 жыл бұрын

what so funny about this scene? 🤔

@mikestang679 6 жыл бұрын

Best vaudeville routine ever, Bud & Lou included all their best vaudeville routines in those 2 seasons of TV series episodes, still funny today, That's when TV had class, the fabulous fifties, now it's all pretty much garbage, great upload, thanks!!!

@bjbell52 4 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy they made the A&C show. They single handily preserved an American comedy style.

@andrewft31 Жыл бұрын

But they stole this from the Stooges

@mikestang679 Жыл бұрын

@@andrewft31 Vaudeville, was before the boyz got a hold of it, many acts used it, before and after since, it's public domain stuff, still relevant and funny today...

@andrewft31 Жыл бұрын

@@mikestang679 I knew of the Stooges version before ik Abbott and Costello did it. And according to Google both teams did the routine on film the same year, 1944.

@karch139 3 жыл бұрын

Sidney Fields was an incredible talent.

@JOHNWLOUCKS 6 жыл бұрын

this is the best version and Sid Fields is brilliant!!!!!

@shounenbat510 Жыл бұрын

I'm also fond of the Three Stooges version. Curly is fantastic in it.

@marilynstevenson865 5 жыл бұрын

Some years ago, I (stupidly) put ""Slowly I Turned"" on my first FB page waiting for friends (or others..perhaps even my sister!!!) to bite!! Silly moi!! I could have sworn that everyone of my age group, would know this classic line and skit!!! Sigh..not a comment..Such is youth...

@richardrizzo3871 5 жыл бұрын

I would have jumped on that in a heartbeat. Lol 😂

@AceripXF 5 жыл бұрын

im 35 now n i know it by heart from the 3 stooges LOL

@fredferd965 6 жыл бұрын

Folks, this is undoubtedly the second most famous vaudville routine of all time. The most famous, naturally, is Who's on First. This was one of the immortal classics of a sadly, long gone art form. As it stands now, the only way you can see fresh routines like this is to watch Congress in action - but that's depressing.

@Wild_Dice 2 жыл бұрын

But it's not naturally, it's who's on first.

@TeatroGrotesco 2 жыл бұрын

Fred Ferd...with that Congress crack are you sure you are not Jay Leno?

@fredferd965 2 жыл бұрын

@@TeatroGrotesco Thanks!

@andrewft31 Жыл бұрын

But this routine was stolen from the Three Stooges who had done it long before this show

@johnblacke26 5 жыл бұрын

Got to love this. Brand of comedy!

@davidsigalow7349 5 ай бұрын

Lou's ad-libs are always fun to watch.

@TheDataMaestro 4 жыл бұрын

Costello mentions Patterson, NJ. That's where he as born, they erected a statue in his memory.

@lotusfirebird 4 жыл бұрын

I think it’s spelled Paterson

@TeatroGrotesco 2 жыл бұрын

Eh heh heh heh, you said, statue.

@TheDataMaestro 2 жыл бұрын

@@lotusfirebird Correct, thank you!

@marilynstevenson865 5 жыл бұрын

And, done in one take!!!

@bjbell52 4 жыл бұрын

bud & lou played these routines for a decade. when trying to film them they had a hard time because the director wanted to use multiple takes and they could only do it in one take.

@romanefron2982 Жыл бұрын

Honestly I'm not sure which I prefer this or the I love lucy versions thier bolth a laugh 😂❤❤

@user-dh6uf8be2y 5 ай бұрын

I like the Three Stooges version.

@saintcruzin 5 жыл бұрын

Sidney Fields wrote many of the skits on the show....Classic performance

@andrewft31 Жыл бұрын

Apparently he was watching the Three Stooges when he wrote this one as it is one of their most famous skits

@saintcruzin Жыл бұрын

@@andrewft31 It actually is an older Vaudeville routine claimed by three different comedians before the Three Stooges. Each generation added their own take on it…

@richardlevy4663 5 жыл бұрын

Super!! None like them today.

@queunlimited4779 3 жыл бұрын

Heeey that's the landlord!

@louiseperrello8652 5 жыл бұрын

Pink and white,a baby boy lol

@marilynstevenson865 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Richard..Glad to hear from you..cheers..Marilyn..

@thomasjorge4734 3 жыл бұрын

This Triggered a Generation!

@mikecane 5 жыл бұрын

Always makes me laugh. Thanks very much!

@sveerdlov1917 6 жыл бұрын

Sidney Fields also played decades later on Seinfeld and Married with Children.

@capacola262743 5 жыл бұрын

that must have been a pretty good trick, considering he DIED in 1975, you fucking asshole.

@georgeevangel4292 5 жыл бұрын

He didn't play Seifeld used his name

@richzinamon536 4 жыл бұрын

Bill Erwin played Sidney Fields on "Seinfeld".......

@rentslave 4 ай бұрын

Next week,the Moon is going to say that at Niagara Falls.

@mets2128 6 жыл бұрын

HEY ABBOTT!

@Desertphile 3 жыл бұрын

Step by step I came!

@SuperCaveDog1 4 жыл бұрын

No one did it better!

@cmm2145 5 жыл бұрын

This skit was on an episode of I Love Lucy also. I don’t remember the title of the episode.

@jasonwebb1882 6 жыл бұрын

I love the classics. They just don't do funny comedy without cussing anymore. This is stuff that you can watch with your kids and laugh for days. My favorite by far is Who's on first. They all are classics and still funny to watch today. Thank you so very much for uploading theses. Do you have any problem with me saving them to my channel so i can keep them to enjoy with my kids? If you say no i totally understand. If you say yes. I'd greatly appreciate more than you will ever know.

@silascraven 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, this is why I watch, play and listen to any and all classics

@AHN2001 Жыл бұрын

My mom did this all the time to me as a kid, now she does it to the dog

@aaronbruceladner1983 5 жыл бұрын

NIAGARA FALLS!!

@darknessanddistance4469 5 жыл бұрын

Niagara falls!!!!!!

@jacksagrafsky4936 5 жыл бұрын

Thats Mister Fields.

@MsAppassionata 5 жыл бұрын

Lmfao 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 My favorite routine of theirs.

@saltyark7564 2 жыл бұрын

Hmmm… I prefer the landlord rent bit more than this one, but this wasn’t bad, the landlord bit had me laughing pretty good though. 😝

@premacrasto7810 6 жыл бұрын

I saw this act in I love Lucy

@darknessanddistance4469 5 жыл бұрын

Never happen false memory

@blisterbrain 5 жыл бұрын

@@darknessanddistance4469 it's right here on KZfaq, along with a couple of others

@darknessanddistance4469 5 жыл бұрын

Ricky and Lucy and Fred and Ethel did slowly I turned? I've never seen it. I'll have to look more closely.

@blisterbrain 5 жыл бұрын

@@darknessanddistance4469 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qamSi89ep7iRaYk.html

@kevindavis2315 4 жыл бұрын

Yep

@nightsazrael 4 жыл бұрын

Love this!😂

@johnnyray88 11 ай бұрын

In one of Abbot & Costello movie they used the same skit but the word wasn't Niagara Falls but Poco Moco.

@michaelpatrick7197 6 жыл бұрын

Who could give this a thumbs down?

@trakula618 6 жыл бұрын

Michael Patrick people who flip on the spoken name of "Niagara Falls"

@zaccheusp8691 6 жыл бұрын

Michael Patrick, 12 sad saps, that's who! And none of them have been on 1st! Lol

@spenceypoo 6 жыл бұрын

i could

@fredferd965 6 жыл бұрын

You ask who could give this a thumbs down? Well, the suspects include the Niagara Falls Chamber of Commerce, The American Karate Martial Arts Society (for bad chops, etc.), and several PTA ladies, just out of onrieness!!!!! Moving on here....

@Philflash 6 жыл бұрын

Morons give it a thumbs down!

@MusicmanII777 4 ай бұрын

Three stooges did this bit too.

@Sundayschoolnetwork 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone notice he said a bundle of pink and white for a boy? Colors were different then.

@KevinStogner-fd7tl 3 ай бұрын

HA !! Never seen the Abbott & Costello bit. Only The Three Stooges bit. Who did it first?

@amybess 5 жыл бұрын

NIAGARA FALLS! Which version do you guys think is better? This or Stooges?

@darknessanddistance4469 5 жыл бұрын

Abbott and Costello's what's the best the second time they make the first time they filmed it was in Lost in a harem

@jamesmotlagh1833 Жыл бұрын

3 stooges version is the best

@tonylaino8739 3 жыл бұрын

Sidney Feilds wrote most of their sketches...

@Snowboarder16 3 ай бұрын

This was hilarious

@billygillan821 5 жыл бұрын

I liked this sketch but I always hope Costello would turn the table and take a base ball bat and get revenge on all the so called funny beatings he took

@bjbell52 4 жыл бұрын

There were a few of their skits where Costello got the best of Abbott.

@jameskennedy9655 6 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh I'm just too old? Thing is this was just so funny. It was free of condensation. There was no belittling. Excuse me younger generation, I've only noticed what you're calling funny, comedy? Is only full of belittling condescending and dissension. I only have a few years left and I count myself fortunate for that.

@Linkman247 6 жыл бұрын

Saw this was a week old so I figured I would comment. I'm 29, but my parents grew up with Abbot and Costello, Laurel and Hardy, Ma and Pa Kettle. I know a lot of people probably don't even know what they are anymore. But I consider myself fortunate that my parents introduced these classics to me. I have all 4 volumes of Abbott and Costello's films. Their comedy is timeless.

@susanb2015 5 жыл бұрын

@Vega Crux What a nasty remark.

@darknessanddistance4469 5 жыл бұрын

@@Linkman247 that's the point that the guy that you're commenting on mist it's timeless

@darknessanddistance4469 5 жыл бұрын

@Vega Crux are you seriously depressed? Perhaps you should see a doctor dot-dot-dot dr. Bud Abbott

@darknessanddistance4469 5 жыл бұрын

Ignorance by name is sanity

@scottsteele8164 Жыл бұрын

Lol mary mary!!! Mary! Mary!!!!

@mayhemx9 2 жыл бұрын

While the stooges did this bit first i still like this version

@odaralakov Жыл бұрын

GRAVİTY FALLS AND STAR VS THE FORCES OF EVİL MEETS ABBOTT AND COSTELLO CROSSOVER Dipper Pines as Bud Abbott Marco Diaz as Lou Costello

@robertbrandywine 6 жыл бұрын

What the heck happened at 3:26?

@daxbradley4346 2 жыл бұрын

So who did it first? Them, or Moe Howard? Or is it like an old classic song that several people do

@Katara_Lewinski 3 жыл бұрын

Like this is you’re here because of ‘Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve’

@rdubzz 6 ай бұрын

Thought that maybe it was Burt lancaster

@steveschmidt6847 9 ай бұрын

So who did this originally? I only knew the stooges version. I have a feeling they both stole it from Vaudeville.

@joeyb.954 5 жыл бұрын

Step by step ,Slowly I turn...🤣🤣🤣

@igorschmidlapp6987 4 жыл бұрын

You got it backwards, dumbass

@MrMarvelous1973 Жыл бұрын

Didn't The Three Stooges do this bit but differently

@ThmJBurke 6 жыл бұрын

Who's playing the old man?

@robertbrandywine 6 жыл бұрын

I am guessing that is Abbott.

@grandyco 6 жыл бұрын

Thomas Burke Sidney Fields

@44032 6 жыл бұрын

Who also plays the lawyer.

@frgioia405 6 жыл бұрын

Sid Fields

@sveerdlov1917 6 жыл бұрын

Right, Sid Fields. He continued on TV even on Seifeld once.

@offrampt 6 жыл бұрын

1:05 Can someone explain (to a non-American) the joke about UCLA?

@notahotshot 5 жыл бұрын

It was most likely intended as a derogatory statement, meant to indicate UCLA was somewhat less than respectable as a choice in higher education. "Did you go to a good college?" "No, I could only get into UCLA."

@georgeevangel4292 5 жыл бұрын

@@notahotshot ha ha I was first on the list that failed

@Weriartysmok 2 жыл бұрын

What does Costello mean by "It's the little rats I'm afraid of"?

@wesleyboyer6843 Жыл бұрын

Who did it 1st the 3 stooges or lou?

@offrampt 4 жыл бұрын

1:00 PLEASE!! What is the "...and UCLA" joke? It gets a big laugh but I don't get it.

@jacquelynking2184 4 жыл бұрын

Because "College" and "UCLA" are basically same thing . (University of California, Los Angeles) That part got a laugh out of me!

@graemestansfield6170 3 жыл бұрын

As if he is going away lol.

@williammize8270 4 жыл бұрын

Yes how'd he do that 😂?

@smilsmff 5 жыл бұрын

stooges had this

@bjbell52 4 жыл бұрын

both the Stooges and A &C came from the same clubs and these were standard routines from all of the comedy acts.

@proudamerican7662 4 жыл бұрын

The word these days is Trump! Protesters here Trump and they go crazy.

@berniecioffoletti3398 Жыл бұрын

They've got TDS.

@DevilTravels 5 жыл бұрын

Stolen from 3 stooges? Who did this bit originally?

@notahotshot 5 жыл бұрын

It is a classic vaudeville routine. It was widely performed in that era, in different variations with different trigger words. The Three Stooges did not originate it so it was not stolen from them.

@bjbell52 4 жыл бұрын

@@notahotshot absolutely. Someone obviously doesn't know their comedy history.