Hu's on first? (Not Quite First---PJ Was FIRST With The Parody)

A member of the Victory Gardens' Theater Playwrights Ensemble in Chicago, Mr. Sherman, with due credit to Abbott & Costello, tells Inside the Beltway the idea splashed into his head while showering Monday.

Um...Sorry Mr. Sherman but a certain FREEPER whom I am much too (BLUSH!) humble to name came up with that idea nearly TWO YEARS AG0 as part of an "Al Gore At The Movies" (soon to be returning) review of CROUCHING TIGER, SLEEPING DRAGON. Below is the relevant excerpt.

Not only that but this BRILLIANT Freeper (whom I am much to humble to name) also wrote a parody about HU specifically on another thread (which I shall find and post here) within MINUTES of reading about Hu's promotion.

Anyway it's nice to know that Mr. Sherman reads the FR and here is the ORIGINAL parody from early 2001:

I just wish Chinese folks picked easier names to remember like Bruce Lee or Johnny Chung. Speaking of the latter, I once had a conversation with Johnny Chung that perfectly illustrated the confusion caused by Chinese names. The conversation took place when Johnny slid a few of his tokens through the White House slot and talked to me about campaign financing during an ice tea break:

JOHNNY: Al, when you visit China, Hoo is the guy to see about the ten million dollar contribution, Hee is the bagman, and Wat is the money launderer.

AL: So who is the guy I see about getting the campaign contribution?

JOHNNY: Yes.

AL: WHO IS THE GUY?

JOHNNY: Absolutely. You see Hoo.

AL: That's what I'm asking you! The guy I see in China for the money, what is his name?

JOHNNY: No. Wat launders the money. Hoo is the guy you see in China.

AL: I think I might understand. Who makes the money payment. He is the one I see.

JOHNNY: No. Hee is the bagman. Hoo is the guy you see.

AL: What?

JOHNNY: ….Launders the money.

Johnny Carson had a routine playing off of the classic "Who's on first?". He played President Reagan and the key was James Watt. Johnny started out with the President asking "What is the name of the Secretary of the Interior?" I'm looking for it on the web now. It was funny.

Not only did I post the Hu parody when the news about Hu came on the Net on November 14, I also posted the thread itself. You can see the Hu's On First Parody on the thread HERE and below. BTW, when I used to write a Sunday humor column for the Houston Chronicle "Texas Magazine" years ago, I also wrote a similar parody using the name of "Hu" or "Hoo." I'll try to find that one. I got inspired by it because I was neighbors with a visiting UCLA professor from mainland China named "How" (or maybe it was "Hau"). I could write a whole funny book on my observations of Professor How adjusting to life in the U.S.A..

OK, here is the latest parody from last week and I'll see if I can find that Houston Chronicle story I wrote:

"It looks like the leader of China is Hu."

"Who?"

"Yes."

"Who?"

"Absolutely!"

"The leader of China---What is his name?"

No. Wat is the Interior Minister, Hu is the Leader."

That's what I want to find out....WHO is the Leader."

"Yes, Hu."

"What?"

"....Is the Interior Minister."

"What?"

"Yes, Watt."

"He's the guy?"

No, Hee is the Finance Minister."

We're going to have to get used to being supporting players in the conservative march to victory.

You're the equivalent of the Red Ball Express - delivering needed supplies to the front lines. An army needs a good logistics unit too, PJ.

LOL! I still remember when you were roasting darling Beverly Lumpkin to a delicate turn over on her own network website. Did they ever let you back in, or do the ABC commissars still carry the hate? ;-)

This is destined to be posted a 1000 times on FR. It may break the "George Carlin Bad American" record.

We're going to have to get used to being supporting players in the conservative march to victory.

This doesn't have much to do with politics. It has to do with something that I get much more worked up about---authorship. My Parody was FIRST. I'm sure Mr. Sherman is a nice guy but with all due respect to him, YOURS TRULY was there FIRST with this parody.

You're the equivalent of the Red Ball Express - delivering needed supplies to the front lines. An army needs a good logistics unit too, PJ.

If any of those supplies includes bottles of Lagavullin Scotch I might have to dip into them.

LOL! I still remember when you were roasting darling Beverly Lumpkin to a delicate turn over on her own network website. Did they ever let you back in, or do the ABC commissars still carry the hate?

I'll have to check into Miss Lumpkin again. After all, ol' PJ is the one person who has given her a measure of fame in the past. I still remember how her writing quality declined after she lost all those inside sources at the Reno DOJ and I suggested on this forum that she spice up her writing. Lo and behold, a few days later Miss Lumpkin attempted to impress her PJ with a story that seemed to indicate that AG John Ashcroft ordered that the nekkid DOJ statues be covered with with blankets. Miss Lumpkin, at the end of the story stated that Ashcroft actually made no such order. However, that story got carried on all the news services with the denial at the end NOT included. Everytime I saw that nekkid statue story in the news I smiled knowing that it all started because Miss Lumpkin was desperate to impress her PJ.

The interesting thing is that yesterday I was at FIU South when it hit me that this is a good time to bring back the Al Gore At The Movies series because Algore is back in the news. Then this morning I see this story with a parody premise that ORIGINALLY (not counting an even earlier similar parody in the Houston Chronicle) that appeared in an Al Gore At The Movies review from nearly two years ago. Anyway, while thinking about that yesterday, I was pondering whether Al Gore should discuss the bizarre reason for your move from Florida to Brooklyn (better bread) in one of his reviews. This will be part of the Al Gore commentaries on great chick watching locations of which FIU ranks way up there.

BTW, one of those FIU chix is a Nooyorican for whom I am writing comedy material for her impending stage debut next week.

PJ, did you write the parody that has GWB talking to Condi that is shown in the article? I didn't find it in any of your other references, only a similar routine.

PJ, did you write the parody that has GWB talking to Condi that is shown in the article? I didn't find it in any of your other references, only a similar routine.

It was the HU'S On First concept that is in question here. I have written at least TWO different parodies based on that Abbott & Costello routine. The one in the movie review and years ago in the Houston Chronicle. The fact is that I came up with the Hu's (and Hoo's) On First Parody idea. Once you have that concept down, the details (Bush, Condi, or anyone else) are relatively simple.