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Who Is On First?

by Steven Wagenheim
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It just never gets old.

  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    OH, a WISE GUY huh! NYUK,NYUK,NYUK! Yeah, I know, THREE STOOGES, but one fo the what, 5?, three stooges was in the other!

    Yeah, I wonder why you don't see more of this stuff anymore. Remember the one where abbot and costello, with two similar criminals, end up going in a rocket, land in louisiana during mardigras, and end up going to venus?

    Steve
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    • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
      Originally Posted by seasoned View Post

      OH, a WISE GUY huh! NYUK,NYUK,NYUK! Yeah, I know, THREE STOOGES, but one fo the what, 5?, three stooges was in the other!

      Yeah, I wonder why you don't see more of this stuff anymore. Remember the one where abbot and costello, with two similar criminals, end up going in a rocket, land in louisiana during mardigras, and end up going to venus?

      Steve
      I've seen every A&C movie ever made...yes...even that quite forgettable
      one.

      Not one of their best, but sadly I think later in their career.
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      • Profile picture of the author seasoned
        Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim View Post

        I've seen every A&C movie ever made...yes...even that quite forgettable
        one.

        Not one of their best, but sadly I think later in their career.
        It was the first one that I thought of that was almost 100% based on silly ideas and perception. Ironically, the criminals were very similar to A&C.(as to how they related and saw the world)

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        • Profile picture of the author Dave Patterson
          Kurt...

          Thanks for that Andy Griffith video. I had forgotten about that part of his career...
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  • Profile picture of the author lcombs
    Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim View Post

    It just never gets old.

    YouTube- Broadcast Yourself.
    One of the best bits ever!

    My grandson and one of his buddies did it for bit in school.

    I was thinking of applying it to rock bands.

    Kind of like...

    "Who's the Band?"

    "Yes"

    "Yes is the Band?"

    "No. Who is the band?"

    "That's what I want to know"

    "What?"

    "The Band!"

    "No. The Who!"

    "That's right"

    Etc., etc.
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  • Profile picture of the author lcombs
    I may work on it in my spare time.

    Overheard at a Who concert".

    There's a place in there somewhere for Guess Who as well.

    Cheech and Chong are back on tour.

    Maybe I could send it to them.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kurt
    "Who's on first" is a classic...Here's my favorite sports comedy bit, another classic:


    Yet another classic...Andy Griffith from 1953, the football clips are from 1977.

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    • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
      Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

      "Who's on first" is a classic...Here's my favorite sports comedy bit, another classic:

      YouTube- Broadcast Yourself.

      Yet another classic...Andy Griffith from 1953, the football clips are from 1977.

      YouTube- Broadcast Yourself.
      Kurt, without even watching the Carlin clip, I remember it vividly from when
      it was shown on HBO sometime in the 70s I think. It was absolutely
      brilliant.

      George was one of the funniest guys around and he will be missed...a lot.
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  • Profile picture of the author lcombs
    Of course, being a horror movie freak, A&C Meet Frankenstein is my favorite.

    It's odd, though, that in real life Lou Costello was the strong one.
    And, from what I understand, not particularlly nice.
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    • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
      Originally Posted by lcombs View Post

      Of course, being a horror movie freak, A&C Meet Frankenstein is my favorite.

      It's odd, though, that in real life Lou Costello was the strong one.
      And, from what I understand, not particularlly nice.
      If you watch "Bud and Lou" with Buddy Hackett and Harvey Korman,
      supposedly, Lou was a real SOB. I don't know how true it was but that is
      how he was portrayed. Also, Bud had epilepsy, which is something I never
      knew.
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      • Profile picture of the author seasoned
        Originally Posted by Steven Wagenheim View Post

        If you watch "Bud and Lou" with Buddy Hackett and Harvey Korman,
        supposedly, Lou was a real SOB. I don't know how true it was but that is
        how he was portrayed. Also, Bud had epilepsy, which is something I never
        knew.
        Two more supposed TRUE facts...

        Laurel was the smarter one. He even worked on the theme. Since he often perplexed oliver, and did magic tricks, I guess that isn't hard to see.

        Alf Alfa was apparently a BULLY!

        Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author lcombs
    Well, generally speaking, the "straight man" is not the smart one.
    Abbott and Costello, Laurel and Hardy, Martin and Lewis...
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    Laurel and Hardy were the better of the comedy duos of that era.

    They were also my fathers favorites.

    I don't know if this is true or not, I have never asked my mother, but my wife told me that my mother has some of my father's ashes in a Stan Laurel statue......
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    • Profile picture of the author Bruce Arnold
      Kurt,

      Have you read the George Carlin autobiography, "Last Words"? It's a very good read.
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    Comfortable thread, Steve.....just like sitting in a big hand.
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    • Profile picture of the author Killer Joe
      That was fun to watch that Andy Griffith vid. My Dad had that album and played it many times when I was a kid, so that brought back a lot of memories.

      KJ
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