The classic comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are best remembered for their “Who’s on First” baseball routine. But they had other routines (most based on burlesque routines that they reworked) that were funnier. My favorite: the loafing routine.
Not that this doesn’t just work due to the scripting but the the timing and onstage chemistry between the two. A short routine but must viewing for all comedy fans of all ages:
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.