Abbott: Well Costello, I'm going to New York with you. The Yankee's manager gave me a job as coach for as long as you're on the team.
Costello: Look Abbott, if you're the coach, you must know all the players.
A: I certainly do.
C: Well you know I've never met the guys. So you'll have to tell me their names, and then I'll know who's playing on the team.
A: Oh, I'll tell you their names, but you know it seems to me they give these ball players now-a-days very peculiar names.
C: You mean funny names?
A: Strange names, pet names...
C: Oh, oh, I'm ready for this. O.K. so tell me, "Who's on first!?"
A: Gary Busey.
C: ... Really?
A: Yes.
C: Gary Busey's on first? The actor?
A: That's what I'm tellin' ya.
C: Why?
A: Character research.
C: ... Wow. Uh, O.K. So... "What's the guy's name on second base?!" Eh?
A: Justin Bieber.
C: Oh come on. Seriously?
A: Dead serious.
C: Really?
A: Dead really.
C: Why?
A: Also character research.
C: .... well get outta town.
A: For the same part too.
C: But they're nothing alike!
A: I know. The character is an intense 50 something year old man hiding from the cops on a baseball team. Busey fits the part but the producers are worried about marketability. They don't like taking chances these days. That's why everything's a sequel.
C: I thought people weren't as creative anymore.
A: No no, there's still plenty of that.
C: Oh good, so back to our all-star team here. Anyone else famous on the team?
A: All professional ball players are somewhat famous.
C: You know what I mean! Tell me! Who!?
A: That's our third baseman.
C: WHO?
A: Yes.
C: ...Wait... the same Who who used to play first?
A: Yes, you know him?
C: ... You are such an asshole.
A: What?
C: ASSHOLE!
A: That's our catcher.
I feel stupid because I don't really get it. But I still like it.
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