I intended to blog about the Texas Rangers job opening for an “accountability partner” for Josh Hamilton but had second thoughts. It seems a little heartless to talk about it, maybe even a little sad, so when I found this little ditty out there in YouTube land it was an easy change-over. This is light-hearted good stuff!
So in case you’ve never seen it and even if you have here’s a wonderful version of one of Abbott & Costello’s finest routines. Abbott and Costello performed this classic “Who’s on first?” baseball sketch in their 1945 film “The Naughty Nineties” first performed as part of their stage act. This video now plays continuously on screens at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
In 1999, Time Magazine named the routine the “Best Comedy Sketch of the 20th century. And who’s to argue with them? No matter how many times I’ve seen it, it’s a classic that never gets old.
You can read all about it at Wikipedia, but not on Wednesday, January 21, as they’re having a “black-out” to protest the Freedom of Information Act being proposed in Congress.
“Who’s on First” YouTube Video courtesy of, and uploaded by, Swancourt on Feb 16, 2007.
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