Restoring the Sacred

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Who's on First?


Time for a break from all the bad news, and a flash back to the 50's and Abbott and Costello's famous routine. Maybe it will take our minds off the threats to our health care - the greatest health care in the world.

The following is from Wikipedia:

In 1956 a gold record of "Who's on First?" was placed in the Baseball Hall of Fame museum in Cooperstown, New York. A video (taken from The Naughty Nineties) now plays continuously on screens at the Hall.

In the 1970s, Selchow and Righter published a Who's on First? board game.

In 1999, Time magazine named the routine Best Comedy Sketch of the 20th century.

An early radio recording was placed in the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry in 2003.

In 2005, the line "Who's on First?" was included on the American Film Institute's list of 100 memorable movie quotes.