The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

PUN

RUDOLPH, THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS,
AND HIS WIFE WERE GOING OUT ONE BRIGHT DAY, AND RUDY
INSISTED UPON BRINGING ALONG HIS UMBRELLA, DESPITE
HIS WIFE'S PROTESTATIONS THAT IT COULDN'T POSSIBLY
RAIN ON SUCH A FINE DAY.
AN HOUR OR SO LATER, AS THEY WERE WALKING ALONG
FIFTH AVENUE, RUDY SUDDENLY OPENED HIS UMBRELLA
AND HELD IT ALOFT.
"RUDOLPH, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" ASKED HIS WIFE.
"RUDOLPH THE RED, KNOWS RAIN DEAR!"
HE RESPONDED.

Submitter comment: HEARD SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

Data entry tech comment: PUN ON SONG: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: NOT GIVEN