Coworker said they were heading to Niagara falls and instantly quoted "slooowly I turned". I'm 36 and knew it was a bit obscure, but was surprised that absolutely no one around knew what I was talking about. I had only seen the Stooges and Lucy version, but they're all so funny!
I was in elementary school in the early 60's and if "Niagara Falls" was ever uttered by anyone there would always be about a half dozen kids who said that, almost as if it was planned. But it never was. EVERYONE knew that back then.
My grandfather back when he was alive and i was a kid used to make me giggle reciting this! "Slowly i turned step by step closer and closer AND I GOT YOU AHHH" haha memories
I remember watching these shows on a Sunday morning as a kid, and I remember a blessing Costello used to give the Audience, "May You Live as long as You want, and not want as long as You Live." I hope I remember this blessing as long as I Live.
THANK YOU for sharing 7+decades and we listened and watched these wonderful guys from radio and tv Just listening toe Lou Costello when he yells ABBOTT....Lous' voice sounds just like a Frenchie dog shrill!
Best burlesque bit ever done! Sid Fields played the bum who beat Costello up. He played Mr. Fields as well as other parts; many don't know it but Sid Fields was a good comedy writer, worked for Steve Allen and Jackie Gleason. Joey Faye claimed credit for this bit but who knows with burlesque comics it is based on a verbal tradition. This piece of business is second only to "pocket full of nickels".
When I was little we went to Niagara Falls on vacation. The whole drive up there we kept saying "Niagara Falls Slowly I turned Step by step Inch by inch" over and over. I didn't know what it was but I thought it was the funniest thing ever.
Abbot & Costella - Absolutely love this sence I laughed so hard 😂😂😂Sid Fields is superb & Costello pure legend, I love the look in his eye on the first 'slowly I turned' before his first slapping. Plus every time I watch this clip I do the routine with my knee!! 😂 brilliant classic comedy.
I have loved Abbott and Costello since a child. Their films were so much fun to watch, hilarious, and truly classics. I vaguely remember the television series that they had. This skit was so well done!
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I may have been born in 2000 but my dad was born in 1957 and we have all the Abbott & Costello and Three Stooges dvds and that's the shit I grew up on, and this is the second most important Abbott and Costello memory for me (I mean come on, you can't beat "Who's on First") and it gets referenced all the time. Or at least before the....eh I won't get into depressing details. This skit is the shit
This was an old vaudeville routine, similar to the "peace and quiet" one seen in "The Night They Raided Minsky's", which Abbott & Costello covered elsewhere. It was of course covered by many comedy teams.
michael driver Bud and Lou also did this sketch in their film "Lost In A Harem" (1944), which is set in a fictitious Arabian country. In this movie, the boys are arrested after inadvertently starting a riot in a nightclub and put in a local jail, where they meet a broken down tramp similar to the one in this video. He too tells a sad story about how a stranger he had invited into his house had stolen his wife and baby, how he had searched for him for years before finally catching up with him. Only in this version, he finds him, not at Niagara Falls, but on "the banks of the Pokomoko." It is that latter word that causes him to speak the "Slowly I turned, step by step" line and to attack Lou, while Bud just stands around scolding his friend for "interrupting the man" while he's "telling you his life story." Variations on this routine have appeared on "Your Show Of Shows" with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca, on "I Love Lucy," and even on a musical-variety special with Julie Andrews.
You can tell as Costello & Joe Kirk leave the cell there is a camera cut. So Mr Fields can change and they put another actor in the cell to finish up playing the part of the vagrant
I can't watch Costello without thinking how tormented he must have been after his son's drowning in 1943, something that must have constantly played on his mind as it would with anyone.
Best vaudeville routine ever, Bud & Lou included all their best vaudeville routines in those 2 seasons of TV series episodes, still funny today, That's when TV had class, the fabulous fifties, now it's all pretty much garbage, great upload, thanks!!!
@@andrewft31 Vaudeville, was before the boyz got a hold of it, many acts used it, before and after since, it's public domain stuff, still relevant and funny today...
@@mikestang679 I knew of the Stooges version before ik Abbott and Costello did it. And according to Google both teams did the routine on film the same year, 1944.
bud & lou played these routines for a decade. when trying to film them they had a hard time because the director wanted to use multiple takes and they could only do it in one take.
@@nancystowell4877 I always figured this was a Vaudeville act done on stage many times by many people, and then later Abbott & Costello were the ones who first brought it to film.
Some years ago, I (stupidly) put ""Slowly I Turned"" on my first FB page waiting for friends (or others..perhaps even my sister!!!) to bite!! Silly moi!! I could have sworn that everyone of my age group, would know this classic line and skit!!! Sigh..not a comment..Such is youth...
They were giants in those days! And the guy playing the bum - that's an awful lot of lines to memorize! And he didn't miss a beat!!! Well, OK, he DID beat Costello, but he did remember his lines. Nicely done!
That was Mr Fields. When they leave the cell. There is a camera cut and Mr Fields is the lawyer. Joe Kirk, Mr Baccigulupe is the guard who coincidentally is Costello's brother in law in real life
Folks, this is undoubtedly the second most famous vaudville routine of all time. The most famous, naturally, is Who's on First. This was one of the immortal classics of a sadly, long gone art form. As it stands now, the only way you can see fresh routines like this is to watch Congress in action - but that's depressing.
@@andrewft31 It actually is an older Vaudeville routine claimed by three different comedians before the Three Stooges. Each generation added their own take on it…
I love the classics. They just don't do funny comedy without cussing anymore. This is stuff that you can watch with your kids and laugh for days. My favorite by far is Who's on first. They all are classics and still funny to watch today. Thank you so very much for uploading theses. Do you have any problem with me saving them to my channel so i can keep them to enjoy with my kids? If you say no i totally understand. If you say yes. I'd greatly appreciate more than you will ever know.
You ask who could give this a thumbs down? Well, the suspects include the Niagara Falls Chamber of Commerce, The American Karate Martial Arts Society (for bad chops, etc.), and several PTA ladies, just out of onrieness!!!!! Moving on here....
I liked this sketch but I always hope Costello would turn the table and take a base ball bat and get revenge on all the so called funny beatings he took
It was most likely intended as a derogatory statement, meant to indicate UCLA was somewhat less than respectable as a choice in higher education. "Did you go to a good college?" "No, I could only get into UCLA."
Oh my gosh I'm just too old? Thing is this was just so funny. It was free of condensation. There was no belittling. Excuse me younger generation, I've only noticed what you're calling funny, comedy? Is only full of belittling condescending and dissension. I only have a few years left and I count myself fortunate for that.
Saw this was a week old so I figured I would comment. I'm 29, but my parents grew up with Abbot and Costello, Laurel and Hardy, Ma and Pa Kettle. I know a lot of people probably don't even know what they are anymore. But I consider myself fortunate that my parents introduced these classics to me. I have all 4 volumes of Abbott and Costello's films. Their comedy is timeless.
It is a classic vaudeville routine. It was widely performed in that era, in different variations with different trigger words. The Three Stooges did not originate it so it was not stolen from them.
Coworker said they were heading to Niagara falls and instantly quoted "slooowly I turned". I'm 36 and knew it was a bit obscure, but was surprised that absolutely no one around knew what I was talking about. I had only seen the Stooges and Lucy version, but they're all so funny!
I was in elementary school in the early 60's and if "Niagara Falls" was ever uttered by anyone there would always be about a half dozen kids who said that, almost as if it was planned. But it never was. EVERYONE knew that back then.
I’m the same age as you. Wish I could have been there to back you up 😅
My grandfather back when he was alive and i was a kid used to make me giggle reciting this! "Slowly i turned step by step closer and closer AND I GOT YOU AHHH" haha memories
My aunt would say it lol
I remember watching these shows on a Sunday morning as a kid, and I remember a blessing Costello used to give the Audience,
"May You Live as long as You want, and not want as long as You Live."
I hope I remember this blessing as long as I Live.
Uncle Kenny did the same thing!
Much love to y'all!
My father to me.. fun days 😂
THANK YOU for sharing
7+decades and we listened and watched these wonderful guys from radio and tv
Just listening toe Lou Costello when he yells ABBOTT....Lous' voice sounds just like a Frenchie dog shrill!
Best burlesque bit ever done! Sid Fields played the bum who beat Costello up. He played Mr. Fields as well as other parts; many don't know it but Sid
Fields was a good comedy writer, worked for Steve Allen and Jackie Gleason. Joey Faye claimed credit for this bit but who knows with burlesque comics it is based on a verbal tradition. This piece of business is second only to "pocket full of nickels".
When I was little we went to Niagara Falls on vacation. The whole drive up there we kept saying "Niagara Falls
Slowly I turned
Step by step
Inch by inch" over and over. I didn't know what it was but I thought it was the funniest thing ever.
The funniest skit I've ever seen.must of watched it 500 times
Abbot & Costella - Absolutely love this sence I laughed so hard 😂😂😂Sid Fields is superb & Costello pure legend, I love the look in his eye on the first 'slowly I turned' before his first slapping. Plus every time I watch this clip I do the routine with my knee!! 😂 brilliant classic comedy.
I have loved Abbott and Costello since a child. Their films were so much fun to watch, hilarious, and truly classics. I vaguely remember the television series that they had. This skit was so well done!
It's on the decades channel 11:30 pm Mon-fri
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Yeah but they stole it from the Three Stooges
@@andrewft31No they didn’t. The Stooges didn’t write it.
I may have been born in 2000 but my dad was born in 1957 and we have all the Abbott & Costello and Three Stooges dvds and that's the shit I grew up on, and this is the second most important Abbott and Costello memory for me (I mean come on, you can't beat "Who's on First") and it gets referenced all the time. Or at least before the....eh I won't get into depressing details. This skit is the shit
1:36 "A bundle in pink and white, a baby boy". Not a joke. The old colours were the opposite. Pink for boys, blue for girls.
Next time I’m in a pickle, I’m gonna shout “Niagara Falls!” in hopes that guy is there
Abbott And Costello---- Best Comedy team ever
The ending was extra satisfying. 😂
SID FIELDS WAS VERY TALENTED, HE WAS A BIG PART OF THAT SHOW
We're gonna get you outta here, if it takes 20 years. OMG The funniest skit EVER, Just showed this to my Son, a Play Station Guy..
This is Sidney Fields finest moment.
He's totally brilliant in this.
That facial hair threw me off but Sid Fields for sure! That voice and acting are unmistakable!
His first outburst after "A girl?" is so hilarious.. just a hint of what's to come
It still makes me laugh . Just funny.
This actor: Sidney Fields, was so talented. He could play any character.
Maybe he really was Every Character in a sense,
I remember his Parmigiano cheese routine.
Could he play Conan the Barbarian.
By father gave me the benefit of a college education-College and UCLA
Poor Lou he can't win for the sake of losing but he is so funny when he yells for help.
The great Sydney Fields, who later played the landlord and a host of parts on the TV show.
Niagara Falls!
The true love of my childhood
This was an old vaudeville routine, similar to the "peace and quiet" one seen in "The Night They Raided Minsky's", which Abbott & Costello covered elsewhere. It was of course covered by many comedy teams.
Beyond greatness.
Got to love this. Brand of comedy!
This one version is the best one!!!
michael driver Bud and Lou also did this sketch in their film "Lost In A Harem" (1944), which is set in a fictitious Arabian country. In this movie, the boys are arrested after inadvertently starting a riot in a nightclub and put in a local jail, where they meet a broken down tramp similar to the one in this video. He too tells a sad story about how a stranger he had invited into his house had stolen his wife and baby, how he had searched for him for years before finally catching up with him. Only in this version, he finds him, not at Niagara Falls, but on "the banks of the Pokomoko." It is that latter word that causes him to speak the "Slowly I turned, step by step" line and to attack Lou, while Bud just stands around scolding his friend for "interrupting the man" while he's "telling you his life story."
Variations on this routine have appeared on "Your Show Of Shows" with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca, on "I Love Lucy," and even on a musical-variety special with Julie Andrews.
Lucille Ball did a good one too.
@@Annieh-ii5jx Abbott and Costello and the Three Stooges were both in vaudeville and this was one of the skits people in vaudeville did.
This is the best version.. best acting, and full length.
By some cinematic sorcery, Sid Field played both the nutcase in the cell and the lawyer outside of it.
You can tell as Costello & Joe Kirk leave the cell there is a camera cut. So Mr Fields can change and they put another actor in the cell to finish up playing the part of the vagrant
The best 30 minutes of comedy of all time
Hahaha! I recalled the Three Stooges version way back when, but I actually like this version with Bud and Lou better. It's hysterical!
He was Great, should of gotten top roles. Still he was a Giant actor, Bless his heart.
4:5
4:54
4:55 4:55
Lou's ad-libs are always fun to watch.
Sidney Fields was an incredible talent.
I can't watch Costello without thinking how tormented he must have been after his son's drowning in 1943, something that must have constantly played on his mind as it would with anyone.
I always have the same thought too.
P
4:52 - "SLLLOOOOOOOOOOOWW..I'm gonna get it again!" LOL
We gonna get it again
ABBOBIT!
this is the best version and Sid Fields is brilliant!!!!!
I'm also fond of the Three Stooges version. Curly is fantastic in it.
Best vaudeville routine ever, Bud & Lou included all their best vaudeville routines in those 2 seasons of TV series episodes, still funny today, That's when TV had class, the fabulous fifties, now it's all pretty much garbage, great upload, thanks!!!
I'm so happy they made the A&C show. They single handily preserved an American comedy style.
But they stole this from the Stooges
@@andrewft31 Vaudeville, was before the boyz got a hold of it, many acts used it, before and after since, it's public domain stuff, still relevant and funny today...
@@mikestang679 I knew of the Stooges version before ik Abbott and Costello did it. And according to Google both teams did the routine on film the same year, 1944.
Heeey that's the landlord!
And, done in one take!!!
bud & lou played these routines for a decade. when trying to film them they had a hard time because the director wanted to use multiple takes and they could only do it in one take.
3 Stooges did this act too! It's always great.
I was trying to remember where I first heard this. I think it was the 3 Stooges.
@@jamescullen622 This Abbott & Costello version was the original.
@@nancystowell4877 I always figured this was a Vaudeville act done on stage many times by many people, and then later Abbott & Costello were the ones who first brought it to film.
Lucille Ball too
@@TheBarracuda who was on first?
Costello mentions Patterson, NJ. That's where he as born, they erected a statue in his memory.
I think it’s spelled Paterson
Eh heh heh heh, you said, statue.
@@lotusfirebird Correct, thank you!
Step by step I came!
Super!! None like them today.
Some years ago, I (stupidly) put ""Slowly I Turned"" on my first FB page waiting for friends (or others..perhaps even my sister!!!) to bite!! Silly moi!! I could have sworn that everyone of my age group, would know this classic line and skit!!! Sigh..not a comment..Such is youth...
I would have jumped on that in a heartbeat. Lol 😂
im 35 now n i know it by heart from the 3 stooges LOL
They were giants in those days! And the guy playing the bum - that's an awful lot of lines to memorize! And he didn't miss a beat!!! Well, OK, he DID beat Costello, but he did remember his lines. Nicely done!
Sid Fields is the wall after Costello bounces off it has to remain in vulnerable in terms of his logic or Luke and be funny
By the way Beavis faversham sucks
That was Mr Fields. When they leave the cell. There is a camera cut and Mr Fields is the lawyer. Joe Kirk, Mr Baccigulupe is the guard who coincidentally is Costello's brother in law in real life
what so funny about this scene? 🤔
Pink and white,a baby boy lol
Folks, this is undoubtedly the second most famous vaudville routine of all time. The most famous, naturally, is Who's on First. This was one of the immortal classics of a sadly, long gone art form. As it stands now, the only way you can see fresh routines like this is to watch Congress in action - but that's depressing.
But it's not naturally, it's who's on first.
Fred Ferd...with that Congress crack are you sure you are not Jay Leno?
@@TeatroGrotesco Thanks!
But this routine was stolen from the Three Stooges who had done it long before this show
This Triggered a Generation!
Honestly I'm not sure which I prefer this or the I love lucy versions thier bolth a laugh 😂❤❤
I like the Three Stooges version.
HEY ABBOTT!
Always makes me laugh. Thanks very much!
Sidney Fields wrote many of the skits on the show....Classic performance
Apparently he was watching the Three Stooges when he wrote this one as it is one of their most famous skits
@@andrewft31 It actually is an older Vaudeville routine claimed by three different comedians before the Three Stooges. Each generation added their own take on it…
Love this!😂
This skit was on an episode of I Love Lucy
also. I don’t remember the title of the episode.
Hi Richard..Glad to hear from you..cheers..Marilyn..
Next week,the Moon is going to say that at Niagara Falls.
No one did it better!
This was hilarious
My mom did this all the time to me as a kid, now she does it to the dog
NIAGARA FALLS!!
Niagara falls!!!!!!
Lmfao 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 My favorite routine of theirs.
Thats Mister Fields.
Lol mary mary!!! Mary! Mary!!!!
Sidney Fields also played decades later on Seinfeld and Married with Children.
that must have been a pretty good trick, considering he DIED in 1975, you fucking asshole.
He didn't play Seifeld used his name
Bill Erwin played Sidney Fields on "Seinfeld".......
I love the classics. They just don't do funny comedy without cussing anymore. This is stuff that you can watch with your kids and laugh for days. My favorite by far is Who's on first. They all are classics and still funny to watch today. Thank you so very much for uploading theses. Do you have any problem with me saving them to my channel so i can keep them to enjoy with my kids? If you say no i totally understand. If you say yes. I'd greatly appreciate more than you will ever know.
Exactly, this is why I watch, play and listen to any and all classics
In one of Abbot & Costello movie they used the same skit but the word wasn't Niagara Falls but Poco Moco.
Hmmm… I prefer the landlord rent bit more than this one, but this wasn’t bad, the landlord bit had me laughing pretty good though. 😝
I saw this act in I love Lucy
Never happen false memory
@@darknessanddistance4469 it's right here on CZcams, along with a couple of others
Ricky and Lucy and Fred and Ethel did slowly I turned? I've never seen it. I'll have to look more closely.
@@darknessanddistance4469 czcams.com/video/sCbXl-BR-9U/video.html
Yep
Who could give this a thumbs down?
Michael Patrick people who flip on the spoken name of "Niagara Falls"
Michael Patrick, 12 sad saps, that's who! And none of them have been on 1st! Lol
i could
You ask who could give this a thumbs down? Well, the suspects include the Niagara Falls Chamber of Commerce, The American Karate Martial Arts Society (for bad chops, etc.), and several PTA ladies, just out of onrieness!!!!! Moving on here....
Morons give it a thumbs down!
Anyone notice he said a bundle of pink and white for a boy? Colors were different then.
Three stooges did this bit too.
NIAGARA FALLS! Which version do you guys think is better? This or Stooges?
Abbott and Costello's what's the best the second time they make the first time they filmed it was in Lost in a harem
3 stooges version is the best
I liked this sketch but I always hope Costello would turn the table and take a base ball bat and get revenge on all the so called funny beatings he took
There were a few of their skits where Costello got the best of Abbott.
While the stooges did this bit first i still like this version
Sidney Feilds wrote most of their sketches...
Step by step ,Slowly I turn...🤣🤣🤣
You got it backwards, dumbass
HA !! Never seen the Abbott & Costello bit. Only The Three Stooges bit. Who did it first?
Thought that maybe it was Burt lancaster
As if he is going away lol.
stooges had this
both the Stooges and A &C came from the same clubs and these were standard routines from all of the comedy acts.
What the heck happened at 3:26?
Yes how'd he do that 😂?
So who did it first? Them, or Moe Howard? Or is it like an old classic song that several people do
GRAVİTY FALLS AND STAR VS THE FORCES OF EVİL MEETS ABBOTT AND COSTELLO CROSSOVER
Dipper Pines as Bud Abbott
Marco Diaz as Lou Costello
Who did it 1st the 3 stooges or lou?
So who did this originally? I only knew the stooges version. I have a feeling they both stole it from Vaudeville.
1:05 Can someone explain (to a non-American) the joke about UCLA?
It was most likely intended as a derogatory statement, meant to indicate UCLA was somewhat less than respectable as a choice in higher education.
"Did you go to a good college?"
"No, I could only get into UCLA."
@@notahotshot ha ha I was first on the list that failed
Didn't The Three Stooges do this bit but differently
Oh my gosh I'm just too old? Thing is this was just so funny. It was free of condensation. There was no belittling. Excuse me younger generation, I've only noticed what you're calling funny, comedy? Is only full of belittling condescending and dissension. I only have a few years left and I count myself fortunate for that.
Saw this was a week old so I figured I would comment. I'm 29, but my parents grew up with Abbot and Costello, Laurel and Hardy, Ma and Pa Kettle. I know a lot of people probably don't even know what they are anymore. But I consider myself fortunate that my parents introduced these classics to me. I have all 4 volumes of Abbott and Costello's films. Their comedy is timeless.
@Vega Crux What a nasty remark.
@@Linkman247 that's the point that the guy that you're commenting on mist it's timeless
@Vega Crux are you seriously depressed? Perhaps you should see a doctor dot-dot-dot dr. Bud Abbott
Ignorance by name is sanity
What does Costello mean by "It's the little rats I'm afraid of"?
1:00 PLEASE!! What is the "...and UCLA" joke?
It gets a big laugh but I don't get it.
Because "College" and "UCLA" are basically same thing . (University of California, Los Angeles) That part got a laugh out of me!
Like this is you’re here because of ‘Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve’
Who's playing the old man?
I am guessing that is Abbott.
Thomas Burke Sidney Fields
Who also plays the lawyer.
Sid Fields
Right, Sid Fields. He continued on TV even on Seifeld once.
Stolen from 3 stooges? Who did this bit originally?
It is a classic vaudeville routine. It was widely performed in that era, in different variations with different trigger words. The Three Stooges did not originate it so it was not stolen from them.
@@notahotshot absolutely. Someone obviously doesn't know their comedy history.
Similar to the 3 Stooges.
Love this! This is Robert Mueller.... hahaa
But I only said, " Niagara Falls"?
Mark Rubin
NIAGARA FALLS SLOWLY I TURNED!
Step by step, inch by inch,
This reads like a copy-pasta
they stold it from the 3 stooges
Unfortunately for you, no one remembers the stooges version.
Eh
They stole this from the 3 stooges
This is a old vaudville bit. Lots of shows did it.
The word these days is Trump! Protesters here Trump and they go crazy.
They've got TDS.