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What are ya aksing me for?

TwoWordReview — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 02:49:28 -0800

Who's on first? The classic sketch from Abbott and Costello available for all to see on youtube. Many others have done the sketch since, or a variation of it, such as Slappy the Squirrel, Yoda and JarJar and World of Warcraft.Previously discussed

By: zardoz

zardoz — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 03:25:56 -0800

I had been looking for this (the A&C original) on video a few months ago and found the same clip. It seems this is the only one available on the interweb (for now, anyway). When I was a kid I remember seeing several different versions. This one was obviously done later in their careers and they seem to be ad-libbing a lot...actually they were probably bored silly with it at that point. Other versions are better done than this. \good FPP, tho

By: Deathalicious

Deathalicious — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 03:42:35 -0800

This shows that good comedy never gets old.

By: scarylarry

scarylarry — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 03:55:31 -0800

See, for me this is an example of how YouTube links can make for a good FPP if the poster puts a little time into making it interesting. I enjoyed this, TwoWordReview.

By: squirrel

squirrel — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 07:21:59 -0800

I dunno... a squirrel with a giant peace symbol necklace? Among those who really know squirrels, who would believe it?

By: edverb

edverb — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 07:29:12 -0800

Among those who really know squirrels, who would believe it? Naturally.

By: evilcolonel

evilcolonel — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 07:36:11 -0800

Somewhere I have on tape what I consider to be the definitive version. I don't know where it originally came from, but it was used to close out the compilation film, The World of Abbott and Costello.

By: Chuckles

Chuckles — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:00:25 -0800

Third base, obviously.

By: Chuckles

Chuckles — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:16:50 -0800

Another Abbott & Costello version.

By: Chuckles

Chuckles — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:18:27 -0800

And then there is the first Who on, but that would be a different post.

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:29:43 -0800

I would assert that there is no definitive version, because A & C did the routine so many times, never exactly the same way. My most recent viewing of this sketch was at a summer camp a couple weeks ago, performed by two 12-year-olds. While their timing and delivery were not comparable to Abbott and Costello's, there was an undeniable comedy in seeing the "Costello" kid, who hadn't memorized the routine as well as he thought (backtalk sketches are extra hard to memorize because of all the repetition, natch), take off on the wrong branch, realize his error and try to find his way back to the actual spot they were supposed to be at in the dialogue. Hey, ya takes yer comedy where ya can find it, no?

By: lodurr

lodurr — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:58:42 -0800

Among those who really know squirrels, who would believe it? It's even more ironic if you know Slappy.

Y: Ahh, excuse me, is this the Baghdad Cafe? SH: No! Who are you? Y:(singing) We're the Warner Brothers, We like to sing a lot. My name's Yakko, W: My name's Wakko, YW: And her's our sister... S: (reading the Script) Slappy. I'm the cute one. I don't get it.

By: The Bellman

The Bellman — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:59:05 -0800

The WoW version (that is, the audio of it) is really great. I'd never heard that version and I laughed. It sounds like it might be earlier.

By: lodurr

lodurr — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:00:55 -0800

Some classmates and I translated it into Latin once for a latin club dinner sketch. We closed it with me waddling on stage dolled up like Groucho and intoning "Ille est infacetissimus res audivi umquam!"

By: raedyn

raedyn — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:08:51 -0800

It's a brilliant sketch. I saw it done by a couple of guys in high school for a talent show and it was refreshing compared to a lot of current stand up.

By: baylink

baylink — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:23:31 -0800

Some classmates and I translated it into Latin once for a latin club dinner sketch. There simply is no percentage in being a geek anymore. /me wanders off dispiritedly.

By: TedW

TedW — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:55:48 -0800

I remember a version of it two of the kids on the seventies TV show "Eight is Enough" did substituting the bands The Who, Yes, and The Band for the ball players. I thought it was pretty clever, in fact pretty much the high point of the entire series. Can't seem to find anything about it online, though.

By: lodurr

lodurr — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 12:59:20 -0800

So the Animaniacs were doing an homage to 8 is enough? I don't know whether that's cool or sad.

By: wendell

wendell — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:35:06 -0800

Nononononono. The first Rock & Roll version of "Who's on First" was done in 1975 by The Credibility Gap featuring Harry Shearer and David L. 'Squiggy' Lander (second link on page, Real audio, blame Shearer, not me).

By: wendell

wendell — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:36:25 -0800

Oh, and in the Cred Gap version, they use The Who, Guess Who and Yes.

By: lodurr

lodurr — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:19:44 -0800

I'll sleep better tonight, Wendell. Really. Thank you. It's not that I hate 8 is Enough. It's just that...well... it makes me want to crawl into a dark corner with a case of Rolling Rock and drink myself into a stupor.