Where’s the bow of the boat? A joke from The Abbott and Costello Show episode, The Vacation. Bud Abbott is trying to show that Lou Costello doesn’t really know anything about boats …
Bud Abbott: Where’s the bow of the boat?
Lou Costello: What’s the matter? You think you got me stuck or something?
Bud Abbott: Where’s the bow of the boat?
Lou Costello: Where’s the bow of the boat?
Bud Abbott: Yeah, where is it?
Lou Costello: Everybody knows where the bow of the boat is.
Bud Abbott: Where’s the bow of the boat?
Lou Costello: That’s, uh, that’s in the front.
Bud Abbott: Where’s the stern?
Lou Costello: That’s in the back.
Bud Abbott: Where’s the port?
Lou Costello: it’s in the icebox.
[Editor’s note: “icebox” eventually became what we now know as the refrigerator. 🙂 ]