Editing Abbott and Costello (section)

==In popular culture==
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Abbott and Costello were frequently referred to in 1940s [[Looney Tunes]] cartoons, such as ''[[A Tale of Two Kitties]]'' (1942), ''[[A Tale of Two Mice]]'' (1945), ''[[Hollywood Canine Canteen]]'', ''[[Hollywood Daffy]]'' and ''[[The Mouse-Merized Cat]]'' (all three from 1946).<ref name="warnercompanion.com">{{Cite web|title=The Warner Brothers Cartoon Companion: A|url=http://www.warnercompanion.com/eowbcc-a.html|access-date=March 29, 2021|website=www.warnercompanion.com}}</ref> A catchphrase from Abbott and Costello's radios show, ''"I'm only three and a half years old"'' was often quoted in these cartoons too.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Warner Brothers Cartoon Companion: I|url=http://www.warnercompanion.com/eowbcc-i.html|access-date=March 29, 2021|website=www.warnercompanion.com}}</ref> Even [[Bugs Bunny]]'s famous [[catchphrase]], ''"Ain't I a stinker?"'' was borrowed from [[Lou Costello]].<ref name="warnercompanion.com"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Other Abbott and Costello horror comedies are: Hold That Ghost (1941), Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), Jack and|url=http://www.vaiden.net/abbott.html|access-date=March 29, 2021|website=www.vaiden.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tex Avery|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/avery_tex.htm|access-date=March 29, 2021|website=lambiek.net|language=en}}</ref>

Although they are not inductees of the Hall itself, Abbott and Costello are among the few non-baseball personnel to be memorialized in the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]]. A plaque and a gold record of the "Who's on First?" sketch have been on permanent display there since 1956, and the routine runs on an endless video loop in the exhibit area.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who's On First Joined the Hall 60 years ago {{!}} Baseball Hall of Fame |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover/short-stops/whos-on-first |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=baseballhall.org}}</ref>

Their "[[Who's on First?]]" routine has been referred to numerous times. In the 1988 movie ''[[Rain Man]]'', [[Dustin Hoffman]]'s [[Autism|autistic]] character Raymond Babbitt recites an affectless "Who's on First?" as a [[Defence mechanisms|defence mechanism]]. In 1982, ''[[Tonight Show]]'' host [[Johnny Carson]] performed a topical sketch as then-President [[Ronald Reagan]] in which "Who's on First?"-style confusion arose from the names of Interior Secretary [[James G. Watt|James Watt]], Palestinian leader [[Yassir Arafat]] and Chinese leader [[Hu Yaobang]].

The comedy group ''[[The Credibility Gap]]'' performed a [[rock and roll]] update of "Who's on First?" using the names of rock groups [[The Who]], [[The Guess Who]], and [[Yes (band)|Yes]], recorded and released on their first album, ''The Bronze Age of Radio''. On the January 13, 2001, episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' host [[Charlie Sheen]] and ''SNL'' cast-member [[Rachel Dratch]] performed a modified version of "Who's on First?" in a sketch. NBC's ''[[Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip]]'' (2006), a drama about life backstage at a television comedy series, used "Who's on First?" as a plot device.

A TV movie called ''Bud and Lou'', based on a book by Hollywood correspondent [[Bob Thomas (reporter)|Bob Thomas]], was broadcast in 1978. Starring [[Harvey Korman]] as Bud Abbott and [[Buddy Hackett]] as Lou Costello, the film told the duo's life story, focusing on Costello and portraying him as volatile and petty.

Jerry Seinfeld is an avid Abbott and Costello fan and their influence on him was celebrated in a 1994 NBC special, ''Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld''. Seinfeld's TV series includes numerous references to the team. George Costanza's middle name is "Louis", after Costello. "[[The Old Man (Seinfeld)|The Old Man]]" (Season 4, Episode 18, aired February 18, 1993) featured a cantankerous old man named "Sid Fields" (played by veteran actor [[Bill Erwin]]) as a tribute to the landlord on the Abbott and Costello TV show. A friend of Kramer's is named Mickey Abbott. A copywriter for the J. Peterman catalog is named Eddie Sherman, after the team's longtime agent. In Episode 30, [[Cosmo Kramer|Kramer]] hears the famous Abbott and Costello line, "His father was a mudder. His mother was a mudder."

In 1991, the [[United States Postal Service|US Postal Service]] featured Abbott and Costello on a first-class stamp,  part of a "Comedian Commemorative Issue", illustrated by [[Al Hirschfeld]].<ref>{{cite web |title=29c Bud Abbott and Lou Costello single |url=https://postalmuseum.si.edu/object/npm_1993.2015.145 |website=National Postal Museum |access-date=July 19, 2022}}</ref>

In 2003, [[Montclair State University]] dedicated a student residential complex named The Abbott and Costello Center on Clove Road in the [[Little Falls, New Jersey|Little Falls]] portion of the university's campus.<ref>[http://www.montclair.edu/publications/News/NewsRelease903village.html Who's on First? At MSU, it's Bud and Lou] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201090520/http://www.montclair.edu/publications/News/NewsRelease903village.html |date=February 1, 2009 }}</ref>

In ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]'', a 1993 spoof comedy directed by [[Mel Brooks]], [[Dick Van Patten]] played the part of the Abbot. At one point, a man who looked and sounded like Lou Costello (played by [[Chuck McCann]]) yelled "Hey, Abbott!", in exactly the same way Lou did in the Abbott and Costello movies, repeating a joke from Brooks' Robin Hood sitcom ''[[When Things Were Rotten]]'' in which Van Patten shouted the line. Van Patten responds, "I hate that guy!"

Abbott and Costello were inducted into the [[New Jersey Hall of Fame]] in 2009.

In 2015, a non-profit fan film was produced titled ''Abbott & Costello Meet Superman.'' The film was screened at the Superman Celebration Film Festival in Metropolis Illinois and is currently streaming on YouTube. Abbott and Costello are played by two actors from New York, Aaron M. Lambert and Jake Navatka.

In the 2016 sci-fi movie ''[[Arrival (film)|Arrival]]'', the two Heptapods ([[Extraterrestrial life|alien beings]]) are named Abbott and Costello by the scientists, because the one named Abbott is taller and quieter while the one named Costello is shorter and chattier. The names also have [[Diegesis|extra-diegetic]] significance as two of the main themes in the movie are [[linguistics]] and [[Communication|(mis)communication]], which mirrors themes of the "Who's on First?" routine.<ref>[http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/11/18/all_your_arrival_plot_questions_explained.html All you Arrival plot questions, explained] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108013511/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/11/18/all_your_arrival_plot_questions_explained.html |date=January 8, 2017}}</ref>