You know Bookie Harris, the Yankee’s manager, gave me a job as coach for as long as you’re on the team. Costello: Ah, this is gonna be a whopper of a game! It focuses on a fictional roster for a St. Louis baseball team, whose players all have nicknames that makes the team difficult for Abbott to explain to Costello; for example, the first baseman’s nick name is “Who”, so if Costello asks “who’s on first?” (as in, “which player is playing first base?”), Abbott thinks that Costello is asking if Who, the player, is playing first. Abbott: Tomorrow. Costello: That's whose name? Costello: What are you askin' me for? Abbott: Who! Lou Costello: Look, if I throw the ball to first base, somebody’s gotta get it. Costello: What are you askin' me for? Costello: Ah, this is gonna be a whopper of a game! Abbott: Well I can't help that Lou Costello: I’m not asking you who’s on second.

Costello: Oh… Costello: How does he sign the receipt? Well, let’s see, we have on the bags, Who’s on first, What’s on second, I Don’t Know is on third….

Costello: The guy on first Costello: That's what I'm saying! Lou Costello: You gonna be the coach too?

Bud Abbott: He’s on third, we’re not talking about him. I'm askin' you! Costello: The guy playin' first Costello: Well go ahead and tell me! Don't…don't change the players I'm askin' you, who's on first? Abbott: Every dollar of it. So I pick up the ball and throw it to who? Costello: I'm not askin' you who's on second! Abbott: What is on second base. What throws it to I Don’t Know. PAUSE Bud Abbott: He does, every dollar. Costello: Okay. Bud Abbott: Now listen.

Abbott: That's his name. Abbott: That's it. Abbott: That's his name Abbott: Why!?

I want to know what’s the pitcher’s name? Abbott: You throw the ball to Who. Abbott: I'm telling you Abbott: Yeah Abbott: Oh, he's center field Who signs it. Costello: Whose wife? Abbott: That's the man's name! Abbott: Who Costello: The guy you give the money to Abbott: Why sure I'll introduce you to the boys. Costello: You! Abbott: No, no, no, no... Now I ask you, who gets it? Abbott: Why Who is not pitching. Costello: You got a pitcher on this team?

Abbott: Now wait a minute. Both: Third base Costello: The guy on first. Abbott: No! Abbott: Sure Costello: What's his name? Abbott: That's it Costello: How does the fella's name on first base look to you when he signs his name? Abbott & Costello Together: Third base! Look, you gotta pay the money to somebody on first base, don't you?

Costello: I throw the ball to first base, somebody's gotta get it. Costello: The left fielder's name? Autoplay.

Abbott: Who. Costello: Well go ahead and tell me! Abbott: Yes. Abbott: No! Bud Abbott: That’s all you have to do. Abbott: That's how he signs it! Costello: That's all I have to do is to throw the ball to first base. Lou Costello: What am I putting on third. Lou Costello: Look, all I wanna know is when you sign up the first baseman, how does he sign his name? Abbott: You throw the ball to Who!? Abbott: Yes. Abbott: Who is on first! Abbott: Who.

Costello: Now when he gets up, me being a good catcher, I'm gonna throw the guy out at first base. Costello: When you give the guy the money, doesn't he have to sign the receipt? Abbott: He's on third.

Abbott: Naturally. Abbott: He's on third base. Costello: I said, I don't give a darn! A bit by the legendary comedy duo William “Bud” Abbott and Lou Costello. The best GIFs are on GIPHY. Lou Costello: Look, You gotta pitcher on this team? Costello: I throw the ball to first base, somebody's gotta get the ball! Abbott: Yes. Abbott: Who. The… Abbott: Naturally. Abbott: Who's playin' first.

Abbott: That's it Sometimes his wife comes down and collects it. Lou Costello: You don’t want to tell me today? I'm askin' you, who's on first?

Abbott: Well it should be Abbott: Yeah, sure. Costello: To you Costello: I'm askin' you, when the guy on first base gives you a piece of paper… Abbott: Every dollar of it PAUSE Who picks up the ball and throws it to What. Costello: Who signs his own receipt? Costello: I'm not askin' you who's on second. Costello: Why? Costello: What time tomorrow are you gonna tell me who's pitching? Costello: You got a catcher? Abbott: Now listen… Costello: The guy on first base What's the guys' name on first base? Costello: Who's playin' second? Bud Abbott: Strange names, pet names … like Dizzy Dean…, Bud Abbott: Goofé Dean. Abbott: Who. Abbott: He's on third base Susquehannah Hat Company, Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion, Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops, Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man, Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein, Abbott and Costello: the complete Universal Pictures collection, Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters Collection, The Paper Hangers – Abbott & Costello Show.
I asked you a simple question. Naturally gets the ball and...Nat— Costello: All right. Abbott: Who's on first love, doctor who, romance, date, … Abbott: Who's on first. Abbott: Well I can't help that. Bud Abbott: All right, what do you want to know? Another guy gets up and hits a long fly ball to Because. Costello: The guy on first. Abbott: Tomorrow Required fields are marked *. Lou Costello: When you pay off the first baseman every month, who gets the money? Costello: I don't even know what I'm talkin' about! Lou Costello: Look, Abbott, if you’re the coach, you must know all the players. Costello: So I pick up the ball and I throw it to Naturally Abbott: Yes I don't know! Share Advanced. You know now, I'm a good catcher. Costello: Then who gets it? Abbott: You throw the ball to first base Abbott: Now that's how it looks. Abbott: I'm the manager! Abbott: Naturally. Abbott: Well that's…That's all you have… Abbott: Naturally Costello: Does he give you a receipt? Abbott: Naturally

Don't...don't change the players. Costello: Then tell me the fella's name playin' first. Who is not... Costello: What time tomorrow are you gonna tell me who's pitching? Abbott: Today. Abbott: He does! Abbott: Yes, now wait… Who signs it Costello: He better get it! Lou Costello: I’ll break your arm, you say who’s on first!

You...You just don't give money to someone without having 'em sign the receipt! Costello: You ain't tellin' me nothin'. Abbott: Well now wait a minute. Lou Costello: You know I’m a catcher too. Abbott & Costello Together: Third base! Costello: Naturally? Hey, Abbott! had been performed countless times in vaudeville and on radio, as well as a shortened version of it in their first movie, One Night in the Tropics , with the longer, definitive version (shown here) filmed in The Naughty Nineties. Costello: You got a catcher? Abbott: Now calm down. Abbott: Now listen.
It focuses on a fictional roster for a St. Louis baseball team, whose players all have nicknames that makes So the guy bunts the ball. Costello: Then go ahead Costello: Well go ahead and tell me!? Abbott: So Who gets it Costello: How… The most famous of all of  Abbott and Costello’s  routines, Who’s on First?

Abbott: That's it! What's the guy's name on first base you give the money to? When he bunts the ball, me, being a good catcher, I’m gonna throw the guy out at first base. Abbott: No it isn't Abbott: No! Abbott: That's the man's name!