THIRD BASE!
Fri Apr 11, 11:51 PM
I have spent the evening watching the videos on The 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches of All Time, according to Nerve and IFC. (via theackattack) Some of them were amusing, some were funny, some were hilarious. My favourites from the list? #29 "Argument to Beethoven's Fifth" and #2 "Who's On First?" They also had Carol Burnett's "Went With the Wind" but I think there are much funnier sketches from her show than this one. Classic comedy there, I tell ya! Oh and a couple of Kids in the Hall (Chicken Lady and the Crush Your Head) along with a mess of SNL sketches. The whole list is not too Americentric, French and Saunders are listed a couple times, Monty Python makes the list a few times, as well as other Brits. So the two I liked best are under the cut. Watch and you will laugh!Argument to Beethoven's Fifth - Cid Cesar. I had never seen this before, but man it is brilliant. According to the list, this was live tv, no retakes or edits. This is a brilliant bit.
Who's on First - Abbot and Costello. I love this. Every time I hear it I laugh so hard I cry. The unfortunate thing is that they continued this gimmick through their entire career. The whole "Costello doesn't understand what Abbot is talking about" thing. And it gets old, fast. This was the best of all their bits.
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