The trip of China’s leader brings to mind a great piece — or two great pieces — of comedy. First, watch Abbott and Costello’s classic “Who’s on First” routine so you get the joke context (if you’re a younger TMV reader and have never seen this routine which is immortalized by a copy at the Baseball Hall of Fame):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aehzwwD2II
And now watch the parody “Hu’s on First” (written during the Bush administration):
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.