This week has been an Abbott and Costello marathon for me. Their "Who's on First?" routine is an all-time classic, of course. Their other routines followed a similar pattern: Costello confuses similar sounding words to make an absurd situation even more absurd. It's formulaic and predictable, which makes it easy to laugh at.
Streaming audio and downloads can be found at: http://www.archive.org/details/otr_abbottandcostello
Just as funny are the advertisements for Camels cigarettes. I learned that in a survey of 113,597 doctors..."More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette."
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