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Slowly I turned...

TheOldMole Feb 15 2012 09:13 PM

You know that Abbott and Costello routine about the guy who goes wild with fury every time he hears "Niagara Falls"? That's how I feel when I hear Time Warner or MSG.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 16 2012 04:29 AM Re: Slowly I turned...

Was it "Niagara Falls" or was it "The Susquehanna Hat Company"? Or am I getting my Abbott and Costello routines mixed up?

TheOldMole Feb 16 2012 07:06 AM Re: Slowly I turned...

In the one, the same guy keeps attacking Costello insanely and savagely whenever he says "Niagara Falls," in the other everyone he meets attacks him when he asks for directions to the Susquehanna Hat Company.

RealityChuck Feb 16 2012 07:17 AM Re: Slowly I turned...

The Three Stooges did it first: [youtube:3r0ckn10]_yJBhzMWJCc[/youtube:3r0ckn10] It's an old vaudeville routine that probably predated both acts.

Edgy MD Feb 16 2012 07:34 AM Re: Slowly I turned...

Lucy took that routine too, I think.

RealityChuck Feb 16 2012 03:44 PM Re: Slowly I turned...

Here's the Wikipedia entry.

Edgy MD Feb 17 2012 07:05 AM Re: Slowly I turned...

The New Who.

Vic Sage Feb 17 2012 08:49 AM Re: Slowly I turned...

pretty good, except the Fielder fielding the bunt WOULD throw it to Hu, since the 2bman is likely to cover 1b.

metirish Feb 17 2012 08:54 AM Re: Slowly I turned...

TheOldMole wrote: You know that Abbott and Costello routine about the guy who goes wild with fury every time he hears "Niagara Falls"? That's how I feel when I hear Time Warner or MSG. These various cable and carrier wars are awful, as I told you FiOS just recently got the MSG channels in HD...... we had them in SD but trust me the picture was all but un-watchable. Every other week FiOS will send an email saying such and such channel is no longer available due to blah blah blah.....

Edgy MD Feb 17 2012 09:04 AM Re: Slowly I turned...

Vic Sage wrote: pretty good, except the Fielder fielding the bunt WOULD throw it to Hu, since the 2bman is likely to cover 1b. Was thinking that myself, if it was a sacrifice. He might, on the other hand, throw it to Yu, if it was a surprise bunt and the shift wasn't on. > Why the hell would he throw it to me? > Not to you, to the pitcher. > And who's pitching? > He's at second. Yu is pitching. > I IS NOT!

sharpie Feb 17 2012 01:23 PM Re: Slowly I turned...

Being reported that TWC and MSG have settled.

TheOldMole Feb 19 2012 09:15 PM Re: Slowly I turned...

There's also a version of it with Lou Costello and Errol Flynn.