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Post #202,010
by ben_tilly
4/5/05 2:33:04 PM
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New Who's on first - the new version
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 main man in China!

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's dead 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

Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #202,029
by folkert
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4/5/05 3:46:12 PM
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New That, my dear sir needs a round of applause.
Any attribution? Or is it original?
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Post #202,043
by ben_tilly
4/5/05 4:36:08 PM
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New Spotted circulating in email
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #202,048
by bionerd
4/5/05 4:46:55 PM
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New Priceless :)
Post #202,139
by Ashton
4/6/05 1:15:30 AM
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New How much Hu could a Hutu count on his Tutsis?
Post #202,154
by static
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4/6/05 7:51:51 AM
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New Very clever.
Though it ended a bit early; there's a few extra gags in the original sketch past the end of the "Who's on first" main sequence. Not that I'm complaining.

Wade.

Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
 
Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please

-- "Anything but Ordinary" by Avril Lavigne.
Post #202,212
by cwbrenn
4/6/05 12:28:58 PM
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New The history of this gag goes back at least to Carson...
I think I remember Carson doing a similar bit back in the 80s, only he was pretending to be Ronald Regan. I don't think China was in the bit, but I do remember Yassir Arafat...

Which, mind you, doesn't make the current version any less hilarious. I just thought it was interesting.
"We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?"
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Post #202,240
by a6l6e6x
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4/6/05 2:58:23 PM
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New Goes back to Abbott & Costello.
[link|http://www.baseball-almanac.com/humor4.shtml|Link].

And, [link|http://www.phoenix5.org/humor/WhoOnFirst.html|one with audio].

Goes back to the 1950's if not earlier.
Alex
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell
Post #202,242
by imric
4/6/05 3:05:53 PM
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New Definately earlier...
"Who's On First?

Original author unknown - this act was traded in vaudeville for many years before Bud Abbott and Lou Costello made it famous."

[link|http://www.thebaseballpage.com/features/1999/whosonfirst.htm|http://www.thebaseba...9/whosonfirst.htm]
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As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
 
 
Post #202,324
by cwbrenn
4/7/05 12:19:50 PM
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New I wasn't talking about the *original* gag
I was talking about the derivation of that gag, as posted in this thread.
"We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?"
- Edward Young
     Who's on first - the new version - (ben_tilly) - (9) - April 5, 2005, 02:33:04 PM EDT
         That, my dear sir needs a round of applause. - (folkert) - (1) - April 5, 2005, 03:46:12 PM EDT
             Spotted circulating in email -NT - (ben_tilly) - April 5, 2005, 04:36:08 PM EDT
         Priceless :) -NT - (bionerd) - April 5, 2005, 04:46:55 PM EDT
         How much Hu could a Hutu count on his Tutsis? -NT - (Ashton) - April 6, 2005, 01:15:30 AM EDT
         Very clever. - (static) - April 6, 2005, 07:51:51 AM EDT
         The history of this gag goes back at least to Carson... - (cwbrenn) - (3) - April 6, 2005, 12:28:58 PM EDT
             Goes back to Abbott & Costello. - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - April 6, 2005, 02:58:23 PM EDT
                 Definately earlier... - (imric) - April 6, 2005, 03:05:53 PM EDT
                 I wasn't talking about the *original* gag - (cwbrenn) - April 7, 2005, 12:19:50 PM EDT

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