Comments on: Daily Show Headlines: Pacific Overtures http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2005/10/19/daily-show-headlines-pacific-overtures/ The blog by and for comedy nerds. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:14:18 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Draculich http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2005/10/19/daily-show-headlines-pacific-overtures/comment-page-1/#comment-22164 Draculich Wed, 19 Oct 2005 21:13:49 +0000 http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2005/10/19/daily-show-headlines-pacific-overtures/#comment-22164 Rumsfeld's introductory remarks also included a few jokes: "You know, both my parents were chinese and when I was born they named me Sum Ting Wong." The crowd's less than enthusiastic reaction sent him searching for a better punch line: "When I was young and my friends and I would play cowboys and indians, I was always a Chinese railroad laborer." At this point two more gongs were sounded and Chuck Barris introduced the next speaker. Rumsfeld's introductory remarks also included a few jokes:

"You know, both my parents were chinese and when I was born they named me Sum Ting Wong."

The crowd's less than enthusiastic reaction sent him searching for a better punch line:

"When I was young and my friends and I would play cowboys and indians, I was always a Chinese railroad laborer."

At this point two more gongs were sounded and Chuck Barris introduced the next speaker.

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