Who’s on first?


just about the greatest comedy routine ever, by comedians abbot and costello, with abott telling costello the names of the players.

in this context, the first baseman is named “who”; thus, the utterance “who’s on first” is ambiguous between the question (“which person is the first baseman?”) and the answer (“who is the name of the first baseman.”).
“costello: whats the guy’s name on first base?
abott:what is the guy’s name on second base
costello: im not asking you who’s on second!
abott: who’s on first!
costello: i dont know!
abott: he’s on third, we are not talking about him.”

“that who’s on first? routine always makes me lol”
the most basic of facts (from who’s on first?, a confusing comedy routine that was done by bud abbott and lou costello)
apparently, most politicians don’t even know who’s on first about citizenship.

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