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action · 05-05-2002, 11:18 PM

The boy's did a routine, I believe only on the tv series about a girl that Bud mathmaticly kept increasing her age till eventialy she would be older than Lou and said she'll have to wait for me
then Bud said why should she wait for you Lou said I was nice enough to wait for her.
If anyone know's where I can find a transcript
of that routine I would appreciate it.
Thanks

Joe Savoia · 05-21-2002, 02:40 PM

That is the famous " You're Forty She's Ten Rountine" Check out the Abbott and Costello Home Page. Be patient: Do a search for A&C and then manever to the home page.

TJL · 05-21-2002, 05:19 PM

I love that bit.

Another great one is when they argue about how many times 7 goes into 28. I forgot what movie they featured that in...

TV Knowledge Fan · 04-05-2006, 05:49 PM

was first preserved in their 1941 Universal movie, "IN THE NAVY". I'm sure Bud & Lou had performed it on stage and radio before then- and Costello made SURE he "owned" that routine when they did it on their filmed TV show in 1952-'53.

Yooch · 04-21-2006, 09:54 PM

In the McDougal-Littel 8th grade Literature book, used in many schools throughout the country is an excerpt from the Who's on First? routine. Some of the kids don't get it at first, but once they do, they love it!

Recently, I've seen other versions of the routine adapted to politics or current culture circulated around the internet. One of them is President Bush and Condoleeza Rice talking about Hu, the premier of China. "Who? That's what I said, the guy in China. Hu's in China. Who?"...well, it goes on and on. It's hilarious.

Another one I've seen is where Lou is trying to talk to a guy at the computer store (Abbott). "What do I need to keep track of expenses?" "Office" is the reply. "I already have an office" is the reply. "You mean to tell me I need another office in my office.!?" (I'm paraphrasing, of course, but you get the idea.) These 'takes' on Who's on First are very clever. Anyone else on the board seen them, or another one I haven't heard yet?

TV Knowledge Fan · 04-24-2006, 01:11 PM

.....Abbott & Costello's writers knew exactly what kind of routines they did best- where there's a double meaning, and Bud throws Lou every time he says, oh, "The guy's head Hertz!"/"Well, why don't he take an aspirin!?!?!" or
"The shovel is my pick."/"HOW can a shovel be your pick??" or "He wouldn't say 'miles to you', he'd say, 'NAUTS to you'!"/"And I'd say 'nauts' right back to him!!!".

Yooch · 04-24-2006, 09:42 PM

Yeah, they're so cleverly written--and performed. The fast pace and timing make these routines impeccable.

tv star collector · 04-25-2006, 06:52 PM

Another gem is A & C's "Mudder" routine (retold in Chris Costello's biography of
her father "LOU'S ON FIRST") ...

BUD: Didn't I see you at the race track yesterday?
LOU: Yeah, I was there. I like to bet on the nags.
BUD (grabs him): Don't talk like that about horses! Do you realize that I have one of the greatest mudders in the country?
LOU: What has your mother got to do with horses?
BUD: My mudder is a horse.
LOU: What? I will admit there's a resemblance.
BUD: Now stop that!
LOU: Is your mudder really a horse?
BUD: Of course. My mudder won the first race at Hialeah yesterday.
LOU: You oughta be ashamed of yourself, putting your mudder in a horse race.
BUD: What are you talking about? My mudder used to pull a milk wagon.
LOU: What some people won't do for a living!
BUD: I take very good care of my mudder. If she don't feel like running, I
scratch my mudder.
LOU: Now ain't that cozy! I suppose if you get an itch, your mudder scratches you.
BUD: You don't follow me.
LOU: Not when you're related to a bunch of horses, I don't. I won't even
speak to you.
BUD: Will you make sense? I said I've got a fine horse and he's a mudder.
LOU (does a take): He's a mudder! How can he be a mudder?
BUD: Because he makes a better mudder than a she. Now I can't waste my
time with you. I've got to go to the track and feed my mudder.
LOU: And what do you give the old lady for breakfast--oats?
BUD: Don't be old-fashioned. Modern mudders don't eat oats. They eat their
fodder.
LOU: What did you say?
BUD: I said I feed my mudder his fodder.
LOU: What have you got--a bunch of cannibals?

Yooch · 04-26-2006, 12:35 AM

I haven't heard that one before. It's good. I could just picture A & C performing it.

TV Knowledge Fan · 04-26-2006, 11:34 AM

...."Mudder and Fodder" on their radio show in the early '40s. Then, they recreated it in their film "The Noose Hangs High" (1948), and then on "THE COLGATE COMEDY HOUR" and their own filmed TV show. It was one of their
"evergreens".

HelloLarry · 01-13-2007, 10:21 PM

That bit was in their first starring film for Universal "Buck Privates" and it is also in Comin' Round the Mountain.

On the subject of the latter, that one always gets slammed but IMO, it moves along just fine and the music isn't that bad. My vote for their worst is Lost in Alaska.

ComedyGuy · 09-20-2007, 10:34 AM

I found some audio cassette tapes of the A & C show at "Ollies" and they are great but they lose alot without the video and they also have The Bob Hope Show on Audio tapes as well.

When I was a member of Netflix and I would video tape/dub all of the A & C DVDs they sent me in the mail, I'm a baaaaaaad boy !!!!

treky · 09-28-2007, 02:53 AM

I heard somewhere once that every time they did their WHO'S ON FIRST? routine, they'd change it slightly.

ComedyGuy · 10-03-2007, 05:22 PM

I saw one who's on First routine in the A & C show (a quote by Costello ==> "Abbots in the retired actors home but he isn't retired , he's tired") and another on in a movie and they were altered just a smidgen.

movie_ghoul · 03-20-2017, 01:46 PM

I was inspired to the following when the movie Saw 6 came out:

C: See any movies this weekend?
A: Saw 6
C: WOw, you must have spent the whole weekend at the theater! But what were the names of the films?
A; Saw 6!
C: I'm not asking you how many films you saw!

05-05-2002, 11:18 PM	#1
action Member First Time Poster Join Date: May 05, 2002 Posts: 1	Routine The boy's did a routine, I believe only on the tv series about a girl that Bud mathmaticly kept increasing her age till eventialy she would be older than Lou and said she'll have to wait for me then Bud said why should she wait for you Lou said I was nice enough to wait for her. If anyone know's where I can find a transcript of that routine I would appreciate it. Thanks

05-21-2002, 02:40 PM	#2
Joe Savoia That Darn Joe Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 26, 2002 Location: New Jersey Posts: 14	Routine That is the famous " You're Forty She's Ten Rountine" Check out the Abbott and Costello Home Page. Be patient: Do a search for A&C and then manever to the home page.

05-21-2002, 05:19 PM	#3
TJL Suburbanite Extrordinaire Forum Star Join Date: Dec 29, 2001 Location: New Jersey - the cradle of civilization Posts: 16,591	I love that bit. Another great one is when they argue about how many times 7 goes into 28. I forgot what movie they featured that in...
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04-05-2006, 05:49 PM	#4
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	The "13 x 7=28" routine... was first preserved in their 1941 Universal movie, "IN THE NAVY". I'm sure Bud & Lou had performed it on stage and radio before then- and Costello made SURE he "owned" that routine when they did it on their filmed TV show in 1952-'53.

04-21-2006, 09:54 PM	#5
Yooch Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 07, 2006 Location: California Posts: 3,181	Who's on First Routine In the McDougal-Littel 8th grade Literature book, used in many schools throughout the country is an excerpt from the Who's on First? routine. Some of the kids don't get it at first, but once they do, they love it! Recently, I've seen other versions of the routine adapted to politics or current culture circulated around the internet. One of them is President Bush and Condoleeza Rice talking about Hu, the premier of China. "Who? That's what I said, the guy in China. Hu's in China. Who?"...well, it goes on and on. It's hilarious. Another one I've seen is where Lou is trying to talk to a guy at the computer store (Abbott). "What do I need to keep track of expenses?" "Office" is the reply. "I already have an office" is the reply. "You mean to tell me I need another office in my office.!?" (I'm paraphrasing, of course, but you get the idea.) These 'takes' on Who's on First are very clever. Anyone else on the board seen them, or another one I haven't heard yet?
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04-24-2006, 01:11 PM	#6
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	Oh, sure... .....Abbott & Costello's writers knew exactly what kind of routines they did best- where there's a double meaning, and Bud throws Lou every time he says, oh, "The guy's head Hertz!"/"Well, why don't he take an aspirin!?!?!" or "The shovel is my pick."/"HOW can a shovel be your pick??" or "He wouldn't say 'miles to you', he'd say, 'NAUTS to you'!"/"And I'd say 'nauts' right back to him!!!".

04-24-2006, 09:42 PM	#7
Yooch Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 07, 2006 Location: California Posts: 3,181	Yeah, they're so cleverly written--and performed. The fast pace and timing make these routines impeccable.

04-25-2006, 06:52 PM	#8
tv star collector I Love Susie Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 18, 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 4,486	Another gem is A & C's "Mudder" routine (retold in Chris Costello's biography of her father "LOU'S ON FIRST") ... BUD: Didn't I see you at the race track yesterday? LOU: Yeah, I was there. I like to bet on the nags. BUD (grabs him): Don't talk like that about horses! Do you realize that I have one of the greatest mudders in the country? LOU: What has your mother got to do with horses? BUD: My mudder is a horse. LOU: What? I will admit there's a resemblance. BUD: Now stop that! LOU: Is your mudder really a horse? BUD: Of course. My mudder won the first race at Hialeah yesterday. LOU: You oughta be ashamed of yourself, putting your mudder in a horse race. BUD: What are you talking about? My mudder used to pull a milk wagon. LOU: What some people won't do for a living! BUD: I take very good care of my mudder. If she don't feel like running, I scratch my mudder. LOU: Now ain't that cozy! I suppose if you get an itch, your mudder scratches you. BUD: You don't follow me. LOU: Not when you're related to a bunch of horses, I don't. I won't even speak to you. BUD: Will you make sense? I said I've got a fine horse and he's a mudder. LOU (does a take): He's a mudder! How can he be a mudder? BUD: Because he makes a better mudder than a she. Now I can't waste my time with you. I've got to go to the track and feed my mudder. LOU: And what do you give the old lady for breakfast--oats? BUD: Don't be old-fashioned. Modern mudders don't eat oats. They eat their fodder. LOU: What did you say? BUD: I said I feed my mudder his fodder. LOU: What have you got--a bunch of cannibals?
	Last edited by tv star collector; 04-26-2006 at 08:13 AM.

04-26-2006, 12:35 AM	#9
Yooch Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 07, 2006 Location: California Posts: 3,181	I haven't heard that one before. It's good. I could just picture A & C performing it.

04-26-2006, 11:34 AM	#10
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	The boys first performed.. ...."Mudder and Fodder" on their radio show in the early '40s. Then, they recreated it in their film "The Noose Hangs High" (1948), and then on "THE COLGATE COMEDY HOUR" and their own filmed TV show. It was one of their "evergreens".

01-13-2007, 10:21 PM	#11
HelloLarry Meathead Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 21, 2006 Posts: 273	You're 40 she's 10 That bit was in their first starring film for Universal "Buck Privates" and it is also in Comin' Round the Mountain. On the subject of the latter, that one always gets slammed but IMO, it moves along just fine and the music isn't that bad. My vote for their worst is Lost in Alaska.

09-20-2007, 10:34 AM	#12
ComedyGuy King Of TV Trivia Senior Member Join Date: Sep 17, 2007 Location: Eastlake Ohio Posts: 1,255	I found some audio cassette tapes of the A & C show at "Ollies" and they are great but they lose alot without the video and they also have The Bob Hope Show on Audio tapes as well. When I was a member of Netflix and I would video tape/dub all of the A & C DVDs they sent me in the mail, I'm a baaaaaaad boy !!!!

09-28-2007, 02:53 AM	#13
treky star trek fan Eternal Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 25, 2002 Location: Conshohocken, pennsylvania Posts: 14,490	I heard somewhere once that every time they did their WHO'S ON FIRST? routine, they'd change it slightly.
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10-03-2007, 05:22 PM	#14
ComedyGuy King Of TV Trivia Senior Member Join Date: Sep 17, 2007 Location: Eastlake Ohio Posts: 1,255	I saw one who's on First routine in the A & C show (a quote by Costello ==> "Abbots in the retired actors home but he isn't retired , he's tired") and another on in a movie and they were altered just a smidgen.

03-20-2017, 01:46 PM	#15
movie_ghoul Member Forum Hawk Join Date: Mar 20, 2017 Posts: 4	I was inspired to the following when the movie Saw 6 came out: C: See any movies this weekend? A: Saw 6 C: WOw, you must have spent the whole weekend at the theater! But what were the names of the films? A; Saw 6! C: I'm not asking you how many films you saw!