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Don't believe me? I'm surprised at your learnin!



(I'm sure some of you have seen this)

My Mom got my nieces hooked on that show.

I've not seen it since I was 8. It was a pretty awesome set of comedies.

Abbott & Costello did the same routine:

Hah, wow, that's funny. I should send that to my math teacher.

General Specific said:

Abbott & Costello did the same routine

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But who did it first?

Who did.

That's what I want to find out.

Who did it first!

That's what we're asking!

What's on second

Matt² said:

What's on second

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Come on, does it matter who did it second?

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).