Yesterday, while at an event at the Chameleon Café in Endicott (which I will review later) I was speaking with a group of friends. As the conversation was going along, the subject of comedy came up. Initially we were speaking about Eddie Izzard, who I think is fantastic.
But as we went along the discussion turned to some of the funniest comedy skits ever. Obviously the discussion ran into Monty Python. And thus we talked about the Dead Parrot skit. Which I believe is one of the greatest comedy skits ever.
But not everyone in the group agreed. Why not I don’t know. Probably because this is a very British skit. But I love it.
So as we continued we came on what is the greatest comedy skit ever. I believe there is nothing ever done that beats this. It’s family friendly, before such a term existed. It’s about sports, but done in a way where even non-sports fan can enjoy it. It has a fast pace, yet anyone can follow it. It’s simple in the set-up, and delivers multiple times in the execution.
Abbott & Costello’s Who’s On First.
In over 60 years of comedy and films, no one and nothing tops this. I found it amazing that the younger people in my group had no idea what this skit was. I felt really bad that they did not know the joy of true pure comedy at its best.
Now that I have presented this to you my readers, I’m wondering. Do my younger readers agree? If you don’t can you offer a better skit than this? Of all comedy teams, who is better than what I just presented?
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