Shakespearian Baseball Game

this mighty staff of burnham wood. brilliant!!

tv or not tv . . . .

With apologies to William Shakespeare
and Francis Bacon, just in case

This is the one I remember seeing as a kid - either this, or the version they performed on Ed Sullivan. I still remembered "Is this a slugger I see before me?", which was edited out of the later, colour version. So funny - Wayne and Shuster aren't that well known to the public outside Canada, but it's interesting how many comedians will mention them as an influence on their work. Their timing was legendary.

GADZOOKS!!! This is T O T A L L Y B R I L L I A N T!

"Get thee to an optometrist!"

"Is this a slugger I see before me?"

I've only heard this skit on radio so it was terrific to see it performed on tv. Wayne and Shuster are incomparable. This skit belongs in the Baseball Hall of Fame!

Thanks for sharing.

It's great to see this original version and compare it to the later 1970s version that's also on YouTube.

more wayne and shuster vids!! older people arent the only ones who love thier skits!

They eventually recreated this sketch on "THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW" in the U.S. a year later, and were featured on Ed's Sunday night CBS variety series several times a year through the late '60s...