<P> Bud Abbott stated that it was taken from an older routine called `` Who 's The Boss ? '' , a performance of which can be heard in an episode of the radio comedy program It Pays to Be Ignorant from the 1940s . After they formally teamed up in burlesque in 1936 , he and Costello continued to hone the sketch . It was a big hit in 1937 , when they performed the routine in a touring vaudeville revue called `` Hollywood Bandwagon '' . </P>
<P> Bud Abbott stated that it was taken from an older routine called `` Who 's The Boss ? '' , a performance of which can be heard in an episode of the radio comedy program It Pays to Be Ignorant from the 1940s . After they formally teamed up in burlesque in 1936 , he and Costello continued to hone the sketch . It was a big hit in 1937 , when they performed the routine in a touring vaudeville revue called `` Hollywood Bandwagon '' . </P>
when did abbott and costello do who 's on first
when did abbott and costello do who 's on first
1936
1936