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I know you guys are having some fun here, but that got me wondering.

I did a bit of research and the Abbott & Costello routine is from the movie "Little Giant" which was put out in 1946. The Ma & Pa kettle one was done for "Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm" which was put out in 1951. So, for the purposes of these two bits, Abbott & Costello did it first.

However, we are talking about Vaudeville here and so it is very likely that it was a bit done by both for a long time before it ever made it into film and neither one were the first to come up with it.
 
I prefer the Abbott & Costello version better (usually done by Costello to cheat his landlord out of rent).
 
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