Who's On First? By Abbott And Costello

Within comical sketches, dialogue plays a major role in making things funny. In the sketch “Who’s on First?” by Abbott and Costello, they use dialogue the whole entire time yet they use it to a humorous effect. They go back and forth talking about the players' names. “Who’s on first?” “Who is.” “No what’s the name of the guy on first?” “What’s second not first.” This is mostly used comic situations and situational irony. Their use of dialogue makes it funny because they are confusing each other. The irony of this situation is that the names of the players are questions and words you do not usually use as names. This creates the humorous tone that you receive from the wordplay.