Who’s the President of China

Costello: Do you know who’s the President of China?
Abbott: Yes.
Costello: So who’s the President of China?
Abbott: Yes.
Costello: I mean the fellow's name.
Abbott: Hu.
Costello: The president….
Abbott: Hu.
Costello: of China.
Abbott: Hu.
Costello: The guy who...
Abbott: Hu is the President of China!
Costello: I'm asking YOU who's the president of China.
Abbott: That's the man's name.
Costello: That's whose name?
Abbott: Yes.
Costello: Well go ahead and tell me.
Abbott: That's it.
Costello: That's who?
Abbott: Yes.

PAUSE

Costello: Look, you gotta head of state?
Abbott: Certainly.
Costello: Who's the head of state?
Abbott: That's right.
Costello: When your government pays the salary to the head of state every month, who gets the money?
Abbott: Every yuan of it.
Costello: All I'm trying to find out is the fellow's name.
Abbott: Hu.
Costello: The guy that gets...
Abbott: That's it.
Costello: Who gets the money...
Abbott: He does, every yuan. Sometimes his wife comes down and collects it.
Costello: Hu’s wife?
Abbott: Yes.

PAUSE

Abbott: What's wrong with that?
Costello: Look, all I wanna know is when he cashes his check, how does he sign his name?
Abbott: Hu.
Costello: The guy.
Abbott: Hu.
Costello: How does he sign...
Abbott: That's how he signs it.
Costello: Hu?
Abbott: Yes.

PAUSE

Costello: All I'm trying to find out is when the president of China….
Abbott: No. Wen is the prime minister of China.