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Lyricist: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
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C. A. M. E. L. S. That's right, folks! C for Comedy, A for Abbott, M for Maxwell, E for Ennis, L for Lou Costello! Put them all together and they spell, 'CAMEL!' Experience is the best teacher, try a Camel Let your own experience tell you why more people are smoking Camels than ever before And draw up a chair for tonight's Camel show starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello! Costello! Costello, come here! Costello! Will you come over here, please? Will you listen to me? What are you writing on that pad? Hey Abbott! What are you writing on that pad? I'm just making out a list of girls I'm gonna kiss next week Here's who I got picked out: Lizzie Schwartz Maggie Mugglemeyer, Tessie Tinfoil, Lana Turner Ah, wait a minute. Lana Turner wouldn't kiss you Oh no? Ah, no! Then I'll scratch her off my list! Ah, Lou! You're always thinking of girls. Girls, girls, girls! But great men don't waste their time on girls Where do you suppose Benjamin Franklin would have been If he'd have thought of girls all of the time? In the front row at Earl Carroll's? No! Costello, I've been telling you for the past three weeks You've gotta quit chasing girls and get yourself a job, look at you! Look how sloppy you are! Look at your socks! I can't help my socks, Abbott. It's those new Hiccup Plastic Garters! What's the matter with them? Your socks stay up but your legs fall down! Lou Costello! Is that Lou Costello? Yeah, boy Are you Lou Costello? I'm looking for Lou Costello! Boy, he is Lou Costello. The famous Lou Costello? I'm looking for Lou Costello! That's me! Gee! I listen to you on the radio every Thursday night! You break me up when you say, 'How do you doooo?' Wait a minute! Wait a minute! That ain't me, that's the Mad Russian! You're sane? Here's a telegram that came for Costello, friend I'll take it! I'll take it! It's collecting, $14 000 He'll take it! He'll take it! No, give it to me. Here, boy Hey, Costello. This telegram is from Joe DiMaggio. Listen to this 'Dear Lou, as you know, I am recovering from a foot operation I would appreciate you... appreciate you taking my place Appreciate you taking my place on New York Yankees until I recover Please report to the Yankee Stadium immediately, signed, Joe DiMaggio' Abbott! Hey, that's wonderful news! That's the news I've been waiting for! I'm gonna be a big league ball player! Yes! DiMaggio probably heard about my playing with the Cucamonga Wildcats last year! You a ball player? I don't believe it, Costello! You know nothing about ball! Oh no? I eat baseball! I live baseball! All night when I'm asleep, I dream about baseball! Don't you ever dream about girls? What? And miss my turn up at bat? Yes! And another thing, Abbott! What page are you on? Never mind what page you're on! And another thing, Abbott! Not only that, in Paterson, New Jersey, I worked out with a baseball team I used to stay out 'til 4 o'clock in the morning! Why'd you stay out 'til 4 o'clock in the morning? This was a girls' baseball team! Costello, if you're gonna play with the New York Yankees You really have to know something about big league baseball, Lou, I know all about baseball! Alright, suppose there's a left-handed pitcher pitching. What do you do? I put in a right-handed batter. Now, suppose there's a right-handed pitcher pitching? I put in a left-handed batter, but now I trick you! I take out the right-handed pitcher and put in a left-handed pitcher! And I double-cross you! I take out my left-handed batter and put in a right-handed batter! Now, wait a minute. Where are you getting all those right-handed batters? The same place where you're getting all those left-handed pitchers! Hello Bud! Hello Lou-is honey! It's Marilyn Maxwell! Hello Marilyn! I've got great news! I'm gonna play ball with the New York Yankees! I'm taking you along as a pitcher, doll! Now Costello, Marilyn Maxwell can't pitch! Oh, no? You should see all the guys she struck out that were trying to get to first base! This kid has got some nice curves! Oh Louis, you're so sweet! But I do hope you'll be careful You know, big league baseball is a very dangerous game Oh, what's dangerous about baseball, Marilyn? Well, I read in the paper this morning that in the opening game in Boston, five players died on base! Marilyn, you don't seem to know much about baseball Let me show you how to play indoor baseball First, I put my left arm around your waist Then I snuggle my head on your shoulder like this Then I press my cheek against your cheek Oh, wait a minute, Costello! That's not the way to play indoor baseball! How do you like that? Every season, new rules! Well, goodbye and good luck, Louis I just know you'll become famous with those New York Yankees Marilyn is right, Costello. This is your chance to become famous Now you've got a good job as a baseball player And you might find your proper niche in life Yes, I might! I mean, after all, if I find my What will I find? A niche! A niche! You'll find your niche! Abbott, when I find an itch, I scratch it! What in the world are you talking about? An itch! I once had the seven-year itch! What happened? I scratched real fast and got rid of it in three and a half years! Costello, I'm not talking about that kind of an itch! I mean a niche in life! A niche in life is what everyone is looking for! Anyone who is successful has found a niche! Well, if that's the case, I know an Airedale that is doing very well! Listen to me, Costello! When I say a niche, I don't mean a niche like you have when you have an itch! I mean a niche like you have when you have a notch! Oh! You don't mean an itch like an itch when you have a niche! You mean a niche like you have when you have a notch! Now you've got it! Now I've got it! I don't even know what I'm talking about! Costello, why do you mesh everything up like that? You're the most mixed-up man I ever saw! Well, maybe it's because I fell on my mother's mix-master this morning She had it set for mashed potatoes! How utterly, utterly, utterly? I know that's what it is! All I'm trying to tell you is that a niche is a notch! Catch? Natch! Match! Alright! Now you know that a niche is a notch! You know that both of them are the same! Yes! Now, I could have a notch and you could have a niche! Yes! Niche to me and notch to you! Now Louis! Now Louis! I'm only trying to impress you with the importance of being a big league ball player! And having a good income! Did you ever draw a nice big fat salary? No, I never drew a fat salary, but I once sketched a skinny tomato! No, no, no, Costello! When I say draw, I don't mean draw like you draw when you draw! I mean draw like you draw when you draw a salary! Abbott, let me smell your breath! Mm-hm! Just as I thought! You've drawn one too many already! Will you listen to me please? When I say you draw a salary, I mean you draw money! Now he's got me drawing money! Wait'll the FBI finds out about this! I'll probably draw twenty years in the clink! And they don't feed you any salary in there either! Costello! When I say you draw money, I mean you draw like you draw money to spend it! Not like when you draw on an easel! That's what I always say! With money, it's easel come, easel go! Everybody draws money! I draw money! I've been drawing money for years! My brother draws money! He's been drawing money for years! You draw, and your brother draws? Certainly! Just as I thought! You and your brother are an old pair of drawers! Experience is the best teacher! It happened shortly after the end of the war Two cigarettes glow in the dusk on the veranda of a country house as a man and woman are chatting The woman remarks, 'Robert, you've changed your cigarette brand This is a Camel! I can tell without even looking' Yes, I have changed my brand You know how we smoked whatever cigarettes we could get during the war Don't I? Yes, I must have tried all the brands during that shortage And that's when I found I liked Camel's the best, and weren't you right? Yes, experience is the best teacher! During the wartime shortage, people smoked whatever cigarettes they could get It was this experience that taught millions the differences in cigarette quality As smokers tried cigarette after cigarette on their T-Zones - that's T for Taste and T for Throat - It was Camel's rich, full flavor and cool mildness that stood out from all the others The result? Today, more people smoke Camels than ever before! Experience is the best teacher! Try a Camel! And while you light up a Camel, here's Skinny Ennis with... Linda! When I go to sleep I never count sheep I count all the charms about Linda Lately it seems In all of my dreams I walk with my arms about Linda But what good does it do me? For Linda doesn't know I exist Can't help feeling gloomy Think of all the lovin' I've missed We pass on the street My heart skips a beat I say to myself, 'Hello, Linda' If only she'd smile I'd stop her awhile And then I would get to know Linda But miracles still happen And when my lucky star begins to shine With one lucky break I'll make Linda mine
We pass on the street My heart skips a beat I say to myself, 'Hello, Linda' If only she'd smile I'd stop her awhile And then I would get to know Linda But miracles still happen And when my lucky star begins to shine With one lucky break I'll make Linda mine Well, Costello, if you want to be a big league ball player, you've got to get yourself in shape! Now, from 8 a.m., to 9 a.m., you lift weights from 9 to 10, deep knee bends 10 to 11, skip rope. 11 to 12, run five miles. 12 to 1, I'll never make it! You idiot! You'll never be a ball player! Staying up late and going to nightclubs, eating rich food, running around with beautiful girls! Do you know what can happen to you? Yes! I can become manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers! Costello! I don't even know why DiMaggio picked you! You don't even know how to swing a bat! I know all about swinging bats! When I was a kid, my father used to hit me with a baseball bat! My brother used to hit me with a baseball bat! My Uncle Artie Stebbins used to hit me with a baseball bat! And my mother used to hit me with a tennis racket! With a tennis racket? Yes, she didn't like baseball! Hiya fellas! Well, well, it's Skinny Ennis! Hey Costello! Heard about you taking Joe DiMaggio's place with the New York Yankees! That's right! You know, I used to pitch for the Hollywood Stars Boy, I'll never forget my last game There were five men on base; oh, no, wait! Whoa, whoa, whoa, please! Five men on base? Now that's impossible! Did you ever see the Hollywood Stars play? Ennis, I've seen the Hollywood Stars and I don't remember you Oh, I've changed a lot since then, had the biggest buck teeth you ever saw I was the only man on the team that could slide into second base and spike you from either end! Well, so long, fatso! So long, Skinny! So long! Hey, you know that Skinny would make an ugly skeleton! Alright, Costello, no waste time with him, now you've got to get ready for the opening game! Yes, I think we're gonna play the Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Indians, eh? Feller pitching? Surely there's a feller pitching! What do you think they'd use, a girl? Oh! I know they don't use a girl! I said, 'Feller pitching!' What feller? Feller with the Cleveland Indians! Look Abbott, there's nine guys on the Cleveland team! Now which feller are you talking about? Feller that pitches! There is only one Feller with Cleveland! You mean nine Yankees are gonna play against one feller? That's right! You mean there's no fellers in the outfield? No! And there's no fellers in the infield? No! Cleveland only has one Feller! Well, this Feller must be pretty good if... if they don't... he don't need any other players but himself! Look, all the players will be out there helping him! You just said there was only one Feller on the team! That's right Then where did all them other fellers come from? Now you idiot! When I say there's only one Feller on the team, I mean there is only one Feller that pitches! Well Abbott, when the manager of the team wants this pitcher, what does he call him? Feller! You mean he just hollers, 'Hey Feller!' and this guy knows that they mean him? That's right! His name is Feller! Feller! Bob Feller! And when I say there is only one Feller on the team that pitches, that's it! And the feller that pitches is Feller! There's only... the other fellas on the team, but there's only one Feller! Boy, are you mixed up? Oh! You mean the fellers that pitches is Feller! And there's other fellas on the team but they're not Feller! Now you've grasped it! Yes! I grasped it, but it keeps slipping out of my hands! Let's go into this sporting goods store and get your baseball equipment I want you to look right for the opening game Now go ahead, ask that lady there where they keep the baseball uniforms Yes, pardon me, Miss? Well! If it isn't Mr. Abbott! Hello! And Mr. Costello! Hello! You boss little fawn, you! What are you doing in a sporting goods store, Miss? Oh, I just stopped in to get a gift for my nephew I'm buying him a Baws Ball! Baws Ball? Baws Ball! Have it! You know what a Baws Ball is! That's what the Pootcher throws to the Cootcher! And the Booter tries to boot a home roon! My... my nephew is just a local oaf But his ambition is to be a Brooklyn Dojer Cawtcher! Well, if he's only a little guy, why don't he join the Deetroot Toogers and be a short stoop! Well, I must be going. As we say in Chinese (Speaks mock Chinese gibberish) And a fish of gooey chop suey and a push for your droor! Hey, look out, Costello! That salesman will get you!
Oh, good morning, boys! As Johnny Weissmuller said to Buster Crabbe, 'What dive did you come out of?' Well, my friend and I are here to get some baseball equipment Uh, I'd like to see a baseball uniform that would fit Costello. So would I! Look, as Adam said to Eve, 'Quit ribbing me!' However, I'll do the best I can, we'll start with the spiked shoes, what size do you wear? Eight Oh, let me see. I've only got one pair left, and they're size five Maybe you can squeeze into them, Costello! Go ahead and try! Okay! What do you know! Open-toed baseball shoes! Now for the uniform! My, you're certainly a pudgy little rascal, aren't you? Mm-hm! Aren't you overweight? I'm about 120 pounds overweight But I'm going back to my normal weight! And what's normal? 60 pounds overweight! Costello, you should really go on a diet! Here, of course you know what a diet is, don't you? Oh sure, that's where you can eat all you want of everything you don't like! Young man, if you really want to reduce, why don't you exercise with a couple of dumbbells? Okay! I'm ready whenever you and Abbott are! Alright, Costello! We've got to get your baseball equipment! Mister, do you have any bats? Oh certainly! Here's a fine bat! Autographed by Slaughter of the Cardinals! This bat was made for Slaughter! Ain't you got one that was made for baseball? When he says Slaughter, he means Slaughter the baseball player! Slaughter the baseball player? With that bat, you could slaughter anybody! Oh no, no, Costello, I'm talking about Slaughter! Everybody knows Slaughter! Enos Slaughter! Well maybe he knows Slaughter, but I don't know him! You idiot! Everybody knows Slaughter the baseball player! Slaughter is the man's last name! What's his first name? Enos! Now there's a clever guy! Enos his first name! Alright, Costello, forget about the bat! Look, Mister, do you have a baseball cap that will fit Costello's head? What size pencil sharpener does he wear? Oh, oh, a baseball cap! Oh yes, here's a Dandy, this is the kind Feller wears! What feller? The Feller with the Cleveland Indians! There's nine players with the Cleveland Indians! Which feller are you talking about? Oh, young man, when I say Feller with the Cleveland Indians, I am, only referring to one Feller! The Feller that pitches with the Cleveland Indians! When you say the Feller with the Cleveland Indians, you're only referring to one Feller! The Feller that pitches for the Cleveland Indians! Yeah! As Orville said to Wilbur, 'You're right!' I'll be right back! Now that door knob routine's in sporting goods stores! Oh, forget about him, Costello! Hey, wait a minute, I've got an idea! Mrs. Wetwash's late husband used to be a big league ball player Now, he was a home run king, in other words Now maybe she'll give you one of his bats for good luck! Let's go over to her house and ask her! Oh, okay! I'll... I'll go right over now, huh? You're right, Abbott! As John Adams said to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow How do you like that? I forgot what John Adams said to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow! Well, good morning, Mrs. Wetwash! Oh, hello, Mr. Abbott! Oh my! You ought to muzzle that Pekingese chow dog! Oh, pardon me, it's Costello! Mrs. Wetwash, I wish you hadn't have said that! I was just telling Abbott, your face reminds me of a rose! Oh really? An American Beauty rose? No! A rhinoceros! Forget that, Costello! Mrs. Wetwash, Costello's leaving for New York today to join... Joe DiMaggio's place! Take Joe's place! Isn't that wonderful? He's going to play with the Yanks! Oh, I can't believe it! Yes! What do those big Yanks want with a little jerk like him? Mrs. Wetwash! That was an insult! I'll have you know that beautiful women find me irresistible! I don't find you irresistible! And I don't find you beautiful! Alright Costello, ask her for those baseball bats her husband left her! Okay. Mrs. Wetwash, I understand when your husband was alive, he had a lot of old bats! That's a lie! He never went out with anybody but me! No, no, no, Mrs. Wetwash! Costello means your husband's baseball bats! You see, he thought you might give him one of them! Yes, that's right, Mrs. Wetwash! You see, I need a good bat! Oh, you need a good bat! I'll be glad to help you out! Can I have the bat right now? Right now! My hair! My little head! And now friends, Camel presents lovely Marilyn Maxwell From Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, producers of 'The Sea of Grass' For Camel fans everywhere, and in honor of New Orleans Jazz Week Marilyn sings for the first time on the air, the title song of the picture, 'New Orleans' Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans? And miss it each night and day I know I'm not wrong Now feeling's getting stronger The longer I stay away Miss the moss covered vines The tall sugar pines Where mockingbirds used to sing And I'd like to see The lazy Mississippi Hurrying into spring The moonlight on the bayou A Creole tune that fills the air I dream about magnolias in June And soon I'm wishing that I were there Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans When that's where you left your heart? And there's something more I miss the one I care for More than I miss New Orleans More than I miss New Orleans According to a recent nationwide survey, more doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette! Three leading independent research organizations asked this question of 113,597 doctors 'What cigarette do you smoke, Doctor?' The brand named most was Camel! Now, you probably enjoy rich, full flavor and cool mildness in a cigarette, just as much as doctors do And that's why, if you're not a Camel smoker now, try a Camel on your T-Zone! That's T for Taste and T for Throat! Your true proving ground for any cigarette See if Camel's rich flavor of superbly blended choice tobaccos isn't extra delightful to your taste! See if Camel's cool mildness isn't in harmony with your throat! See if you too don't say, 'Camels suit my T-Zone to a T!' Well, Costello, I'm going to New York with you You know Bucky Harris, the Yanks' manager, gave me a job as coach for as long as you're on the team Look Abbott, if you're the coach, you must know all the players; I certainly do! Well, you know, I never met the guys, so you'll have to tell me their names, and then I'll know who's playing on the team Oh, I not only will tell you their names, but you know, strange as it may seem, they give these ball players nowadays very peculiar names Funny names? Strange names, pet names, like Dizzy Dean His brother Daffy Dean... And their French cousin... French? Goofé Dean! Goofé Dean! Oh, I see! Well, let's see We have on the bags, we have Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third That's what I want to find out! I say Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know's on third! Are you the manager? Yes. You gonna be the coach too? Yes. And you know the fellows' names? I should! Well then, Who's on first? Yes! I mean the fellow's name! Who? The guy on first! Who? The first baseman! Who! The guy playing... Who is on first? I'm asking you who's on first? That's the man's name! That's who's name? Yes! Well, go ahead and tell me! That's it! That's who? Yes! Look, you got a first baseman? Certainly! Who's playing first? That's right! When you pay off the first baseman every month, Who gets the money? Every dollar of it! Well, all I'm trying to find out is the fellow's name on first base! Who! The guy that gets the money! That's it! Who gets the money? He does, every dollar! Sometimes his wife comes down and collects it! Whos wife? Yes! What's a lawyer doing playing? Look, all I wanna know is when you sign up the first baseman, how does he sign his name to the contract? Who! The guy! Who! How does he sign... That's how he signs it! Who! Yes! All I'm trying to find out is what's the guy's name on first base! No, What is on second base? I'm not asking you Who's on second! Who's on first? One base at a time! Don't change the players! I'm not changing nobody! Take it easy, buddy! All I'm asking you is Who's the guy on first base That's right! Okay! Alright Now what's the guy's name on first base? No, What is on second! I'm not asking you Who's on second! Who's on first! I don't know! Oh, he's on third! We're not talking about him! Now listen! How did I get on third base? Why, you mentioned his name! If I mentioned the third baseman's name, who did I say is playing first? Who's playing first, What's on second! What's on second, I don't know! He's on third! Now I go back on third again Would you stay on third base and don't go off it? Alright, what do you want to know? Now Who's playing third base Why do you insist on putting Who on third base What am I putting on third? No, What is on second You don't want Who on second? Who is on first, I don't know, third base! I'm ending it! Look, you got outfield? Sure The left fielder's name, why? I just thought I'd ask you Well, I just thought I'd tell you Then tell me who's playing left field? Who is playing first I'm not - stay out of the infield! I want to know what's the guy's name in left field? No, What is on second I'm not asking you who's on second Who's on first, I don't know. Third base! And the left fielder's name? Why? Because! Oh, he's center field Look, look, look, you got a pitcher on the team? Sure The pitcher's name? Tomorrow You don't want to tell me today? I'm telling you, man Then go ahead. Tomorrow. What time? What time what? What time tomorrow are you gonna tell me who's pitching? Now listen, Who is not pitching, I'll break your arm, you say Who's on third! I want to know what's the pitcher's name? What's on second, I don't know, third base! Got a catcher? Certainly The catcher's name? Today Today, and Tomorrow's pitching? Now you've got it All we got is a couple of days on the team You know I'm the manager too? Well, they tell me, I get behind the plate, do some fancy catching Tomorrow's pitching on my team and the heavy hitter gets up, yes Now the heavy hitter bunts the ball, when he bunts the ball Me being a good catcher, I'm gonna throw the guy out at first base So I pick up the ball and throw it to Who Now that's the first thing you've said right I don't even know what I'm talking about! Well that's all you have to do, is to throw the ball to first base, yes Now who's got it? Naturally Look, if I throw the ball to first base, somebody's got to get it. Now who has it, naturally? Who? Naturally. Naturally? Naturally So I pick up the ball and I throw it to Naturally No, you don't, you throw the ball to Who! Naturally That's different, that's what I said! You're not saying it I throw the ball to Naturally! You throw it to Who Naturally! That's it! That's what I said! You asked me I throw the ball to Who? Naturally Now you ask me! You throw the ball to Who? Naturally! That's it, same as you! I throw the ball to Who. Whoever it is drops the ball and the guy runs to second. Yes Who picks up the ball and throws it to What? What throws it to I Don't Know? I Don't Know throws it back to Tomorrow? Triple play! Yes Another guy gets up and it's a long fly ball to Because. Why? I don't know! He's on third, and I don't give a dime! What? I said I don't give a dime! Oh, that's our shortstop I'm ending it! Abbott and Costello will be back in just a moment for Camels cigarettes! During the war, the makers of Camel cigarettes sent a total of more than 150 million Free Camels to our fighting men overseas Now, free Camels are sent to servicemen's hospitals instead This week the Camels go to Veterans Hospital Fort Lyon, Colorado; USAAF Station Hospital, Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona US Naval Hospital, Quantico, Virginia, US Marine Hospital Baltimore, Maryland; and Veterans, Hospital, Palo Alto, California Camel broadcasts throughout the United States three times a week Are rebroadcast to practically every area in the world where our men are still stationed And to our good neighbors in Central and South America And now, back to Bud Abbott and Lou Costello! What is that, Lou, you've got in your hand there? Another telegram? Yeah, Abbott, look! I just got a telegram from Joe DiMaggio! Well, go ahead and read it! Okay! 'Dear Lou, just heard your show I think you have the makings of the world's greatest natural ball player You have spike teeth, a club head, and you've been off your base for years!' Good night, folks! Good night, everybody! And a special good night to Joe DiMaggio! Get well quick, Joe! Listen to Abbott and Costello again next Thursday night When Costello is going to build himself a new prefabricated house! You can imagine the trouble he'll get into! I don't know whether it'll be a one-story house or a two-story house But anyway, that's another story! Prince Albert, pipe appeal, they're one and the same thing! Any tobacco burns, makes smoke, but where else can you find The tobacco that has the pipe appeal of Prince Albert? The coolness, mildness, the rich full flavor! Prince Albert is specially treated to ensure against tongue bite! Crimp cut to smoke slow and cool! So pack your pipe with mellow, rich PA! Enjoy pipe appeal with Prince Albert! And while we're speaking of enjoying yourself Be sure to tune in on Grand Ole Opry on NBC Saturday night! You all know and love the songs of America But this week you have something extra special in store for you! Red Foley and his guests, Ernest Tubb and Roy Acuff! Grand Ole Opry Saturday night on NBC! Be sure to tune in next week for another great Abbott and Costello show Brought to you by Camel cigarettes! And remember, experience is the best teacher! Try a Camel! Let your own experience tell you why More people are smoking Camels than ever before! C! A! M! E! L! S! Abbott and Costello's famous baseball routine 'Who's on First?' is now available at phonograph records! This is Michael Roy in Hollywood Wishing you all a pleasant good night!
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