National Farmers » Costello http://www.nfowis.org Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:13:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Who’s On First Base? http://www.nfowis.org/first/whos-on-first-base http://www.nfowis.org/first/whos-on-first-base#comments Sun, 04 Jul 2010 23:23:02 +0000 admin http://www.nfowis.org/first/whos-on-first-base Who’s on First Base, the routine by Abbot and Costello.

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]]> http://www.nfowis.org/first/whos-on-first-base/feed 25 Who’s On First? http://www.nfowis.org/first/whos-on-first-5 http://www.nfowis.org/first/whos-on-first-5#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:55:19 +0000 admin http://www.nfowis.org/first/whos-on-first-5 In February 1938, Abbott and Costello joined the cast of the The Kate Smith Hour radio program, and the sketch was first performed for a national radio audience that March.[1]The routine may have been further polished before this broadcast by burlesque producer John Grant, who became the team’s writer, and Will Glickman, a staff writer on the radio show.[2] Glickman may have added the nicknames of then-contemporary baseball players like Dizzy and Daffy Dean to set up the routine’s premise. This version, with extensive wordplay based on the fact that most of a fictional baseball team’s players had “strange nicknames” that seemed to be questions, became known as “Who’s on First?” By 1944, Abbott and Costello had the routine copyrighted.

Abbott and Costello performed “Who’s on First?” numerous times in their careers, rarely performing it the same way twice. Once, they did the routine at President Roosevelt’s request. The routine was featured in the team’s 1940 film debut, One Night in the Tropics. The duo reprised the bit in their 1945 film The Naughty Nineties, and it is that version which is considered their finest recorded rendition. They also performed the routine numerous times on radio and television (notably in The Abbott and Costello Show episode “The Actor’s Home”).

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]]> http://www.nfowis.org/first/whos-on-first-5/feed 25 Shakespeare’s Who’s On First http://www.nfowis.org/first/shakespeares-whos-on-first http://www.nfowis.org/first/shakespeares-whos-on-first#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:49:13 +0000 admin http://www.nfowis.org/first/shakespeares-whos-on-first An Elizabethan twist on Abbot and Costello’s famous vaudeville routine. Performed by STNJ actors David Foubert and Jay Leibowitz on New Year’s Eve of 2006 in Morristown, NJ. Written by Jay Leibowitz and directed by Jason King Jones. Material Copyright 2007 Jay Leibowitz – www.jayleibowitz.com

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]]> http://www.nfowis.org/first/shakespeares-whos-on-first/feed 25 Who’s on First? Typography http://www.nfowis.org/first/whos-on-first-typography http://www.nfowis.org/first/whos-on-first-typography#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:21:18 +0000 admin http://www.nfowis.org/first/whos-on-first-typography Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s on First?” routine using typography only.

website: http://web.mac.com/james_zito/JimZito/HOME.html

Whos On First, copyright and used by
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]]> http://www.nfowis.org/first/whos-on-first-typography/feed 25 Abbott and Costello “Who’s On First” http://www.nfowis.org/first/abbott-and-costello-whos-on-first-3 http://www.nfowis.org/first/abbott-and-costello-whos-on-first-3#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:10:07 +0000 admin http://www.nfowis.org/first/abbott-and-costello-whos-on-first-3 who’s on first baseball skit

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]]> http://www.nfowis.org/first/abbott-and-costello-whos-on-first-3/feed 25 Who’s On First http://www.nfowis.org/first/whos-on-first-3 http://www.nfowis.org/first/whos-on-first-3#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:19:17 +0000 admin http://www.nfowis.org/first/whos-on-first-3 Abbott and Costello’s famous “Who’s On First” bit at, what they claim to be, it’s best.

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]]> http://www.nfowis.org/first/whos-on-first-4/feed 25 Who’s on first? http://www.nfowis.org/first/whos-on-first http://www.nfowis.org/first/whos-on-first#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:01:00 +0000 admin http://www.nfowis.org/first/whos-on-first Abbott and Costello perform the classic “Who’s on first?” baseball sketch in their 1945 film “The Naughty Nineties” first performed as part of their stage act. Still find this really funny

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