This act never gets old. Their timing was perfect.

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

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 !!!

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.

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...

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.

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😅😅😢😢

This great routine was placed in the baseball Hall of Fame, I believe, in Cooperstown, in 1956. It just never gets old.

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.

Hearing it the first time, you realize it's funny. Hearing it a few more times, you realize it's absolutely BRILLIANT!

Abbott and Costello are brilliant there timeless. I showed there act to my sons and even they loved it and it never gets old

This made my day. I've probably seen this 1000 times and it still makes me laugh.

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.

70 years later and this routine still remains the single greatest comedy bit in history.

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 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.

Abbot and Costello were comedic geniuses, and no one now has ever topped them.

"Two tens for a five"is another great one of theirs...

It’s amazing how well that holds up. It would definitely be difficult to do. I loved it 😊

By far the best comedy routine of all time. They never performed it the same way twice so it wouldn’t feel scripted.

By the time this was filmed, they had been performing this routine for nearly 20 years.

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.

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.

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".

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!

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.

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.

This one of THE classic comedy routines of all times. I'm amazed that people may not have ever heard of it.

Abbott & Costello... classic. They used their wits and timing and their comedy was clean. The whole family could enjoy them

These guys are among the greatest comedians in history and this particular routine is timeless.

This routine is so brilliant that it has been included in the Baseball Hall of Fame

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

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.

Greatest comedy skits ever done it's in baseball hall of fame

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.

The amount of memorization and timing this skit requires is amazing.

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.

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.

This should be a masterclass for comic timing!

A MUST SEE/HEAR Hilarious Comedian,, John Pinette...R.I.P. John🙏❤️

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!

One of the all-time best comedy bits ever produced. Bud and Lou kill it! Cheers....

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

These guys were my favorite on Saturdays when I was a kid in the late 60's and early 70's

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 saw that for my first time in the early 70's. Still laughing at it today. Good clean comedy, rare these days. Thanks for the laughs.

I first heard this many, many years ago when I was young. It has never aged. Just me.

Another good one from them is 7 x 13 = 28.

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! 😄

I remember seeing this on the Abbott and Costello show on Saturday mornings as a kid back in the sixties.

The brilliance in their delivery

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.

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.

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.

It is so hard to find comedic timing like this anymore!

Fun fact: they memorized the names of each person at each position and then totally ad lib the entire sketch.

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!

At the time of filming, they'd been doing this bit for around 20 years.

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 🙏

The bit where the landlord wants his money is pretty awesome as well...

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.

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.

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 👍🏾👊🏾👊🏾

Lou Costello wrote this skit,Bud Abbot was the straight man ,or the serious part of the team. This skit was first performed on their 1950s TV show, but they also made many movies.another skit that was funny was JONAH and the whale. There will never be another duo like them .

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 skit is in The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown .....one of a kind

I grew up watching them. Never gets old

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.

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.

2 tens for a five is also a great routine of theirs. Their timing is seldom matched today.

Laugh every time! It just never gets old.

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 was born in 1966. So I saw this many times in syndication through out the 70s and 80s.

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.

They predicted the future. A lot of conversations on social media are just like this.

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.

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.

This is classic Abbott and Costello comedy routine.

In 1986, my husband and I were on our way to visit Alaska, and our truck was broken in, and most of our cassettes were stolen. I purchased a few at a thrift shop, and then began trading them as we drove up the Alaska Highway. This routine by Abbott and Costello was one of the first I trade for, because I loved “Who’s on First!”

@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?"

That skit is a masterclass in comedy.

70 years ago and it's still hilarious! Never gets old! Good clean humor! Need more of it especially today!

They have done this sketch on radio, movies and TV. Great reaction

They performed this routine so many times, over the course of decades, they could do it in their sleep.

UNDOUBTEDLY THE GREATEST COMEDY SKIT OF ALL TIME

My generation (born in the 60s) grew up with Abbott and Costello, mostly on channel with their show and their movies (almost every Sunday late morning). It's surreal to see others just discovering them.

This duo found that TV performances "burnt through" material that would have lasted months on tour...

When I was a kid here in Ireland in the 1960s I really loved these guys. They weren't just stand up comics. Indeed they produced a lot of movies and these were on our TV screens quite often. They were amazing.

Hands down the best comedy sketch ever,

Funny every. single. time. OMG! They are LEGEND

Seinfeld was based on A&C comedy as Jerry is a big fan. Classic comedy like Abbott & Costello, Laurel & Hardy, The 3 Stooges were cartoon characters who came to life.

this never gets old! i appreciate you so much!

They refined and polished this, every single line, over years...

Can you imagine writing this routine and rehearsing it so many times that you have everything donw so well and timed so perfectly?

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 & 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.

One of their most famous and enduring sketches. Funny..funny...funny.....pure art! These beautiful guys have left us and still make us laugh....