Why Conversations Go Wrong
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This is Hidden Brain, I'm Shankar Vedantham. One of the most famous comedy sketches of the 20th century is built on a simple misunderstanding. We'll just pretend that we're organizing a baseball team here at the retired actors' hole, and I am the manager. It's the routine from Abbott and Costello Who's on first?
Well let's see now we have on our team we have who's on first, what's on second, I don't know's on third. That's what I want to find out, the guy's names. That's what I want to find out, the guy's names. I'm telling you, who's on first, what's on second, I don't know's on third. The duo first performed the sketch in the 1930s and continued to refine it over the next two decades.
They rarely did it the same way they were. Twice. You know the guy's names on a baseball team? Well go ahead. Who's on first?
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