Who's On First - Abbott & Costello 

I was at a baseball game this past summer with a friend. He asks me who is on first. I just said yes. He was confused because he has never seen this skit. He kept asking who is on first, and I kept quoting this. So then an older guy walks up and starts laughing because he obviously got the joke. 😂

This is quite simply the funniest routine of all time.

This routine has aged like wine. I guarantee everyone will still be laughing at this in a century from now.

This routine will NEVER get old. Classic, 100%, raw comedy

Still in 2024 this is some of the smartest writing and best timing I've seen in comedy. So funny

I dont think people realize how much work went into getting this right . These guys are true professionals .

Showed this to my 11 year-old and it kept him smiling - just had to explain to him what it means to sign a payvheck.

This is one of the greatest sketches ever written. This never gets old as long as you hear it.

They were both entered into the Hall of Fame for this so brilliant

I can't imagine how an 80 year old bit is this funny. I can only assume it will still be just as funny 80 years from now.

After 50+ years this shit is still fucking HILARIOUS!!!!! Comedy genius!!!!

Now that's the first thing you've said right. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!

Of all the versions of this routine, this is the best.

Another reason why I wish iPhones existed 70 years ago: Abbott & Costello were sharing a nite club bill with Martin & Lewis! Having those two legendary duos on the same stage is exciting enough. But then, on a lark, the teams decided to SWITCH PARTNERS!! That lucky audience got to see Bud Abbott and Jerry Lewis tear through "Who's On First" while Dean Martin and Lou Costello ran through a Martin & Lewis classic (don't remember which one- I'm not as well-versed with their output). Sadly, however, NO ONE had the foresight to set up a camera so this once-in-a-lunchtime moment was not preserved!

Best comedy bit of all time. No cursing, no sexual innuendo. Just baseball and strange names.

This is the greatest skit of all time, its not subject to negotiation!

I have seen this routine a hundred times and still laugh just as hard as I did the first time .

even 70 yrs later its still funny

I just need to watch this at least twice a month. The timing, the comedy, the facial expressions, etc., a genuine classic.

I am a British person living in the us and don't care for baseball, but this is an all time classic of comedy, timing and script is superb, never beaten on this style of delivery apart from morcombe and wise

Greatest comedy sketch of all time!!! Rest in piece Lou and Bud!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍

Timeless comedy routine from Bud Abbott and Lou Costello! Absolutely genius...and probably took a lot of time to perfect it. Probably the greatest two-man comedy routine of all time!

I absolutely loved these two I used to laugh at them so much as a kid and after watching this I’m totally in tears of laughter

They were so quick with this so many lines ..Amazing

Old Man and I are old. "Who's on First" is our life everyday.

I first saw this when I was a teenager and it never gets old now that I'm an adult. They were great.

After seeing this so many times, it still makes me laugh! 😏🥹😅

I am 60 years old and was always hearing this from a recording I think that my folks had😂 Years later on Jimmy Fallon mom and I loved when Jimmy and Higgins recreated this sketch. It was just as perfect as when Abbott and Costello did it 😂

Nothing will ever be funnier than misunderstandings

Like this so much. Wish we had talent like this today.

All these years later and this is still hilarious.

Abbott and Costello were so funny. Good clean comedy.

Who ever wrote this was a genius, it must be years old as a routine but it still works. I am amazed at how they managed to do the routine without fluffing anything.

Never gets old. Nothing tops this, although Andy Griffiths 'What It Was Was Football' comes in a close second. Our last name is Abbott. We're in FLA at Christmas time in 2023. Just introduced my grandson to this bit. I can now die a happy man.

Greatest Comedy routine EVER!!! Hilarious

This sketch is total comic genius

ABBOTT AND COSTELLO'S WHO'S ON FIRST IS NOT ONLY THE FUNNIEST 😆😅😂🤣 COMEDY ROUTINE OF ALL TIME BUT ALSO THE GREATEST COMEDY ROUTINE OF ALL TIME WHAT A CLASSIC SKIT THAT NEVER GETS OLD

86 years later and still hilarious

Simply brilliant😂...."Whos on first" Abbott & Costello.... 👍😂🤣

I swear Costello is everyone's inner rage, he's so relatable 🤣

My mom told me to look this up and I love it😂😂😂😂

The best stand up skit ever. These two guys were superb

They were entered into the Hall of Fame for this

Ike I said, I watch this every day

What is interesting is how frustrated Costello gets while Abbott keeps a straight face and deadpans throughout the entire rant.

No Profanity No Vulgarity No Obscenity 100 % Comedy 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

such a classic pops up every now and then since i was a kid thanks one of the best luv it 😂 master class in comedy

Perfect comedic timing. Classic comedy from these two

How they don't even crack a smile gets me, they don't break character for a second despite the absurdity. Absolute classic :)

Way before my time, and still funny as heck!

This has got to be the best routine in all of comedy! It still elicits a belly laugh from me! 😆😆

This is still one of the best comedy routines, ever written

TO ME, THE ABSOLUTE BEST COMEDY ROUTINE OF ALL TIME!!!!! SERIOUSLY, 2 GUYS NEVER PLAYED BASEBALL, NEVER COACHED BASEBALL, NEVER OWNED A BASEBALL CLUB AND YET, THEY ARE IN THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME..... GO FIGURE..... MIND BLOWING!!!!!

GREATEST SKETCH IN HISTORY.HIT THE LIKE BUTTON Y'ALL!

Something similar happened with my French teacher in school. I wanted to know what Kylie Minogue was saying during the French part of the chorus from "I still love you" (bear in mind millennials, Google didn't exist, phones were either in booths/boxes, or stuck to the wall by coiled cable, and computers were massive and clunky and for the most part black & white). The line is: "I still love you, je ne sais pas pourquoi". My French teacher kept repeating to me "I don't know why" and I kept saying "Because it's in a song and I want to know what it means" and she said "I don't know why" and I said "Because it's in a song, I've just said that!".

Awesome comedy routine

This is what's known as a circular argument

Very slick performance. They were brilliant together

Due to this routine getting many many people interested in the game of Baseball, Abbott and Costello are the only people in The Baseball Hall of Fame who had nothing to do with the game of Baseball.

Kids these days are missing out on the classics😂

Thank u arrival for sending me to this master piece. Brilliant

Such a classic!

MASTERS OF IMPROVISATION!!!!!!!!

These guys are great. Wish I discovered them while my poppop was still alive could have bid out with him with this show

This is so damn hilarious 😂

“OOOOOOH!!! That’s our SHORTSTOP!” Lol! 🤣 ❤

Makes me think people were smarter back then when watching this.

I use to be on a speech and acting team and we did a variant of this HILARIOUS

This sketch aged like a FINE WINE! 🍷 ❤

As my dad says this is when comedians were comedians

This is a certified hood classic.

I remember first seeing this a year after I played a summer league of junior baseball in my cousin’s team, being coached by my uncle, who’s American while me and my cousin are Aussie’s. So while we did love doing baseball together, us Aussie’s are all about cricket as well. Would love to see a similar comedy routine based on cricket as well

100 years from now, parents will still be showing this skit to their children.

Perfection 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

My dad just did this to me and I was like dying saying “WHOOOSSS on first😭😭”

The standard for all comedy!!

One of the all time classics

They were both comedic geniuses. Note that they played their skit the entire way through, without camera changes, without zooming in and out, and without shaking the camera, etc. No camera theatrics. The focus was 100% on the two actors on the stage. The result is that we got a front row seat to watch, as if we were there. In the two season series: Lou Costello played the role of a gullible simpleton. Scripts were written for everyone to dump on him, and he reacted and played his role to the "T". Bud Abbott is considered to be the best straight man of all time. The way he comes across as oblivious to all of the bad things that happen to Lou, is outstanding. Also note that all of their scripts were 100% clean. They were gentlemen with the ladies. Sydney Fields was also an amazing actor in the series, as was Joe Kirk.

I love this routine. Abbott & Costello were my favorite comedians when I was growing up.

TIMING! EXELLENT WRITING! NO 4 LETTER WORDS! THAT'S COMEDY!

I loved the jokes, wow,this comedy gets better with age.

This just never gets old

A classic! A true classic!!!!!

😂 never gets old

That’s extremely well written

Somewhere on that big sound stage in the sky, Bud and Lou are just slaying them!!!

Never get tired of listening to this routine. 🙂🙂🙂🙂

I’M NOT ASKIN’ YA WHO’S ON SECOND!!!!!

Never get tired of it 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I have to thank my history teacher for showing this

CLASSIC! In high school a friend and I had this down packed 😍

I'm in my 60's. I still love this skitt.

There are several versions of this routine; this is one of the best.

All these years later, and this skit is still hilarious. Genius comedy.

Damn this is still funny 😂 today. About/ Costello were legends in their comedy 🎭 era.!! Imagine 💭 comedy without profanity.!! A child 👦 could listen 👂 to this and enjoy it.!!

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Thank you so much for uploading

What I find amazing is that they tell the same joke a thousand times and it only gets better

One of their best scenes of all time.

Still leaves me in stitches! 🤣

Great clean comedy.