I work with a lot
of young people and I am shocked to learn that many of them had any idea about the famous Who's on First routine. I am guessing I am getting old.
While Abbott
and Costello
made the routine famous, this routine would be performed at the road
comedy shows from various acts. It is basically a long-form joke on
a series of words and confusion. You have to one person knows the whole thing and the other has to play the “fool”. The fool has to get progressively angry as the straight man tells the story and explains. By the way,
Abbott and Costello performed the skit differently all the time.
A great number of
people don't realize that
they've seen the Who's on First skit remixed and remade in
various movies and shows.
Spaceballs did a
modified version.
Rush Hour 3 does
one too
Lion King has
short beat
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