Abbott And Costello Show Essay

Communication Video After watching The Abbott and Costello Show: Who’s on First? 1981 Movie Trailer, I began to think it was going to be formal communication. The only reason for this was because it was a skit and they are working together to make the comedy work. After sitting back and thinking about it, I came to the conclusion that this was informal communication. I also came to this conclusion because it is a skit. Since they are doing a skit, they are able to go back and forth and ad-lib, they are able to work together, and it isn’t official. The conversation is very fast paced and there is no organization to the conversation. There is no formal sit down or anything written out for them. Even though may have a script that they went from …show more content…
The answers would have to be very specific to state what he is looking for in a way that is not going to cause confusion or make him think he is asking him what the baseball player’s names are in return. When Costello asks what the baseball players name is that plays first base and Abbot answers “Who?” his response should be something along the lines of, “The player that plays first base, his last name is Who.” This will in turn allow Costello to know that he is stating the last name Who and not returning his question with another question. Although it wouldn’t be near as funny and take away from the comedic value of the skit, it would have to change to a very dry and enunciated conversation. They could also draw it out. Perhaps in the skit Abbot pulls a chalkboard out from the side of the stage and draws a baseball field. He can then write the names of the players out on the chalk board. Another way Abbot could get Costello to understand what he is trying to say, is by slowing down and having him look directly at him. If they are looking directly at each other and he says, “They player on first base is named Who!” Costello may get the point if Abbott says it with adequate