Don’t fall for the DEI sleight of hand

Published April 30, 2025 6:00am ET



One of American history’s most iconic comedy bits is Abbott and Costello’s Who’s on First? In this sketch, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello try to discuss the positions of a baseball team whose players have confusing names: The first baseman is named “Who,” the second baseman is “What,” and the third baseman is “I Don’t Know.”

Costello: Who’s on first?
Abbott: Yes.
Costello: I mean the fellow’s name!
Abbott: Who.

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