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ORIGINALLY AIRED
JULY 22, 2007 AT 8 PM ET
DAUGHTER CHIS COSTELLO
ON ABBOTT AND COSTELLO
LISTEN TO SHOW
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO
Costello: You know the fellows' names?
Abbott: Certainly!
Costello: Well then who's on first?
Abbott: Yes!
Costello: I mean the fellow's name! Abbott: Who!!
Costello: The guy on first!
Abbott: Who!
Costello: The first baseman!
Abbott: Who!
Among the funniest routines ever created, Who’s On First? has defined Abbott & Costello ever since they performed it in 1945’sThe Naughty Nineties. If they had done nothing else their entire careers but Who’s On First?, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello would still rank in comedy’s top tier. For this signature A & C piece – sheer genius – is one of the most influential comedy routines of all time. But A & C are known for far, far more, of course. Ask men or women of certain generations the scariest film they saw when young, and the answer, almost invariably, is Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein. Not some straight horror flick, but A & C Meet Frankenstein. Abbott & Costello. The two names are inseparable. Can’t have one without the other. But Lou Costello and Bud Abbott most definitely were not joined at the hip. Tune in to ICONS Radio Hour this Sunday, July 22, at 8 pm EST, as Chris Costello discusses her mercurial father. Not just the public Lou Costello, the legendary comedian. But the fascinating human being behind the public legend. Lou Costello as father, husband, private man.
