america's favorite, abbott and costello. >> i say, who's on first, what's on second? i don't know what's on third. >> you know what that means? >> yes. >> who's on first? >> i mean they've got a plan first. >> who? >> the first baseman? >> who? >> who's on first base? >> who are you asking me for? >> abbott and costello is probably one of hundreds of comedy teams, and it was controversial to do the same routine a 70 else, so, with the appeared on radio, they became the most hated comedy team in burlesque, because all of those burlesque comedians that new abbott and costello, had been doing the same routine their whole career, and now all of the sudden abbott and costello are nationally known and they get their own radio show on nbc. >> did you and lou originate who is on first? >> oh, let's not going to that. >> no one knows who wrote who's on first. that is the great part of it. they perfected it. >> and now, the abbott and costello show. >> on tv, in new york, abbott and costello was a pervasive