Abbott and Costello’s famous routine, Who’s On First, had been performed many times on radio and in vaudeville before going to the big screen. It first appeared, in a shortened version, in their first movie – One Night In The Tropics, but the longer, more definitive version can be seen in The Naughty Nineties. For a complete transcript of the latter version, (which, as mentioned in a previous post, is the version that is featured in the National baseball Hall of Fame), check out my post with the complete transcript of Who’s On First?
After reading the entire script, you may then be able to answer (unless you already knew the answer) the trivia question posed in my last Who’s On First post: Can you name the only baseball position that is not mentioned in the full length version of the routine?
The answer: Right field 