Interview With Professor Red

Tim Bob: Thanks for taking the time to be with us today, Professor Red.

Prof Red: It's my pleasure, Tim Bob; I'm always happy to talk about my blog.

Tim Bob: First off, I want to say, congratulations on what has - so far - been a very successful comedic effort.

Prof Red: Well, I have to say, I think people are way too uptight about politics. Having a little bit of levity thrown in really makes a difference.

Tim Bob: Levity. And that's what you provide.

Prof Red: That's right. Over at my new blog Truth First Now, I provide some very sneaky, very subtle jokes to get people laughing about politics instead of getting stressed about them.

Tim Bob: Let's talk for just a moment about your new post there. The Obama interview.

Prof Red: Oh, yes. That's a fun one. I had a lot of fun putting that together.

Tim Bob: Now, on my first read-through, I didn't really see any of the humor that's often present in your postings. Would you like to comment on that?

Prof Red: Well, I tried to be really subtle with this one; I wanted to give the sense that I actually was interviewing Obama. I think I succeeded pretty well with that, too.

Tim Bob: But somewhere there must be a clue that the whole thing is a prank?

Prof Red: Oh yes! It's in my question about Hurricane Katrina. Anyone who is paying attention, and knows my sense of humor, knows that this is not the sort of question I ask!

Tim Bob: Oh, of course! I see it now! You never talk about Katrina without accusing the evil white man of causing the hurricane!

Prof Red: That's right, Tim Bob! That question was totally out of character for my "Professor Red" persona! There were no conspiracy theories, no psychotic paranoias, and no racist stereotypes. That should be the only clue you need that it wasn't a real interview between me and Senator Obama!

Tim Bob: Well, Professor Red, it's been a pleasure talking with you again about your blog. Perhaps we can do this again sometime!

Prof Red: I hope we can. And by the way, thanks for maintaining this sister-blog for me. It's great to have someone who will take the time to explain all the little jokes I'm telling!

Tim Bob: It's my pleasure! And thank you for all the laughs!

Professor Red's Reparations

The humor of Red's most recent post about reparations is funny on two levels, and I'll try to address both of them.

First, of course, there's the humor innate in the situation of a white boy from South Carolina (whose great-granddaddy undoubtedly owned many slaves) pretending to be a black man in order to demand reparations from himself for the crimes of his forebears.

Very funny, Red, and I commend you for that joke.

Then, of course, there's the humor for those who don't realize that Professor Red is actually a redneck from down South. It's the humor for those who think he really is a black man. Since Africans were the worst offenders when it came to kidnapping people of their own race and selling them to Europeans and (eventually) Americans, Red is still demanding reparations from himself for his forebear's misdeeds!

Again, Red, no matter which way you look at it...

Very funny. I hope you've got the money to pay for the reparations you're asking for!

Let's All Barrack Obama!

I'm sure you noticed the post about "how were you inspired by Barrack Obama?" Of course, it doesn't appear that there's any joke in this, but even in this very very short post, There's a wing dang fang doozle of a joke.

Are you ready for this?

Didn't you notice that Professor Red, an 'advisor' to Obama, doesn't even know how to spell his advisee's name? That's right! He spelled it: BARRACK!

And what does BARRACK mean?

It's a VERB which means "to jeer at a player"

So let's all BARRACK OBAMA TOGETHER!!!

The Overriding Joke - Spoiler Warning!

This post contains spoilers for some of the humor on Red's blog, so if you like reading without having the jokes spoiled, go straight to the other blog first - you can read this later.

Even though people continually congratulate Red on his humor, there's one joke that NONE of them seem to have figured out.

Every single one of his Obama posts talks about NOTHING but his race...

In other words, though it seems like he's actually SUPPORTING Obama, what he's REALLY saying is:

"There's only ONE reason why anyone would vote for Obama...the COLOR OF HIS SKIN!!!"

See how subtle and funny that is? Not even the faithful readers have picked up on that joke!