Hu's on first.

[JoBelle]

HU'S ON FIRST
By James Sherman



(We take you now to the Oval Office.)



George: Condi! Nice to see you. What's happening?

Condi: Sir, I have the report here about the new leader of china.

George: Great. Lay it on me.

Condi: Hu is the new leader of China.

George: That's what I want to know.

Condi: That's what I'm telling you.

George: That's what I'm asking you. Who is the new leader of China?

Condi: Yes.

George: I mean the fellow's name.

Condi: Hu.

George: The guy in China.

Condi: Hu.

George: The new leader of China.

Condi: Hu.

George: The Chinaman!

Condi: Hu is leading China.

George: Now whaddya' asking me for?

Condi: I'm telling you Hu is leading China.

George: Well, I'm asking you. Who is leading China?

Condi: That's the man's name.

George: That's who's name?

Condi: Yes.

George: Will you or will you not tell me the name of the new leader of China?

Condi: Yes, sir.

George: Yassir? Yassir Arafat is in China? I thought he was in the

Middle East.

Condi: That's correct.

George: Then who is in China?

Condi: Yes, sir.

George: Yassir is in China?

Condi: No, sir.

George: Then who is?

Condi: Yes, sir.

George: Yassir?

Condi: No, sir.

George: Look, Condi. I need to know the name of the new leader of

China. Get me the Secretary General of the U.N. on the phone.

Condi: Kofi?

George: No, thanks.

Condi: You want Kofi?

George: No!

Condi: You don't want Kofi.

George: No. But now that you mention it, I could use a glass of milk.

And then get me the U.N.

Condi: Yes, sir.

George: Not Yassir! The guy at the U.N.

Condi: Kofi?

George: Milk! Will you please make the call?

Condi: And call who?

George: Who is the guy at the U.N?

Condi: Hu is the guy in China.

George: Will you stay out of China?!

Condi: Yes, sir.

George: And stay out of the Middle East! Just get me the guy at the

U.N.

Condi: Kofi.

George: All right! With cream and two sugars. Now get on the phone.



(Condi picks up the phone.)



Condi: Rice, here.

George: Rice? Good idea. And a couple of egg rolls, too. Maybe we
should send some to the guy in China and the Middle East. Can you get Chinese food in the Middle East?


Ahhh...politics. 😛

 

[amk714]

ROFLMAO! Thanks, Joby. 🙂

 

[Venus51099]

ROFLMAO! Thanks, Joby. 🙂

I second that! Rose

 

[MistressValerie]

Brilliant -- I love it!!!

 

[BettyBoop2002]

Brilliant -- I love it!!!

ROTFLMAO!!! That was funny! Where ever did you find that? Destiny

 

[Rockauthor]

JoBelle ...

Great anecdote. I enjoyed it. Say, do I detect a little influence from a similar bit once done by Johnny Carson twenty years ago?😀

 

[JPie1]

and that my friends just about sums up my opinion on George!!

 

[ForgottenTcklr]

That was funny.

It's amazing how confused we can make ourselves... purely on accident isn't it!!!

 

[milagros317]

credit Abbott and Costello

Great anecdote. I enjoyed it. Say, do I detect a little influence from a similar bit once done by Johnny Carson twenty years ago?😀

It was not Carson, but Bud Abbott and Lou Costello who first did the routine "Who's on first?" more than sixty years ago.

The players on Bud's baseball team included a first baseman named Who, a second baseman named What, a third baseman named I-Don't-Know, a leftfielder named Why, a centerfielder named Because, a pitcher named Tomorrow, a catcher named Today, and a shortstop named I-Don't-Give-a-Darn. (The rightfielder is never mentioned.)

In its full version, the routine goes on for quite some time. It can be found at:

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/humor4.shtml

 

[Rockauthor]

milagros317...

I believe there was another routine done by Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show back in the early 80s where Carson is doing a sketch portraying then president Ronald Reagan being brief by his assistant. In the bit, he also confused the Chinese Prime Minister Hu with word Who, Yassir with yes, sir, and James Watt with the word what.

 

[MistressValerie]

Thanks for the link, Milagros -- I was trying to remember if that was Abbot and Costello or Laurel and Hardy😕
Thanks also, Rockauthor, for the info on the Carson sketch.

Love and laughter,