>From today's Washington Times "Inside the Beltway" section:
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>Celebrated playwright James Sherman is author of a hilarious "Hu's on First?" sketch that he penned — dripping wet — this week after the Communist Party chose Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao as its new general secretary.
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>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.
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>"I raced to the computer and knocked it out," reveals Mr. Sherman, who actually arrives in Washington today to discuss his long-running theater production, "The God of Isaac." Without further ado, "Hu's on First?"
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> (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: Yasser? Yasser 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: Yasser is in China?
> Condi: No, sir.
> George: Then who is?
> Condi: Yes, sir.
> George: Yasser?
> 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 Yasser! 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?

Really funny!