In 1936 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello formed a comedy duo.
In 1938 they performed "Who's On First?" on Kate Smith's radio show.
Over the next two decades, until they broke up their act in 1956, Abbott and Costello performed the routine at least 10,000 times — some sources estimate in excess of 15,000.
They insisted they never did it exactly the same way twice.
In 1999 TIME magazine named it the Best Comedy Sketch of the 20th Century.
More?
Read the sketch here.
Listen to it here.
antares
ReplyDeleteI have seen this routine a hundred times, and I still laugh.