Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

[R. Richard]

I was reflecting on the just past Christmas season. Suddenly I thought, 'Why does Rudolph have a red nose?' Could it be that Rudolph has a drinking problem, covered up by one SC, in order to provide cheap sleigh guidance? I wonder.

 

[Handley_Page]

I was reflecting on the just past Christmas season. Suddenly I thought, 'Why does Rudolph have a red nose?' Could it be that Rudolph has a drinking problem, covered up by one SC, in order to provide cheap sleigh guidance? I wonder.

Not as I understand it.
Rudolf's nose is very Shiny; with a low-K light, it would seem to be red.

 

[Privates1stClass]

'Why does Rudolph have a red nose?'

Well, Rudolph was always sucking up to Santa--brown-nosing, if you will, but a song about a brown-nosing reindeer probably wouldn't have gone over well with Santa.

So, by changing the words around a bit, Rudolph's nose became red and by sucking up to Santa, he got to lead the team. It's a typical story where the brown-noser gets the goodies and everyone else is left holding the bag.

 

[Hypoxia]

He was roasted as Adolf the Brown-Nosed Fuehrer in a quickly-suppressed Spike Jones recording.

But yes, the original Rudolph's red nose arose from his drinking problem. "All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names," the sot. "Rudy the shit-faced cocksucker" was a favorite. "They never let poor Rudolph join in any reindeer games," because he was noisily flatulent, and couldn't maintain an erection, and he tended to barf on his bedmates. Mrs Claus finally forced him into rehab. (Sorry, I can't go into the Mrs Claus - Rudolph relationship; that's bestiality. But Rudy probably did some brown-nosing there.)

 

[SamScribble]

Sadly, I can't remember the gag; but the punchline is: 'Rudolph the Red knows rain, dear.'

 

[49greg]

I gotta say, the Dr Who Christmas special had a great Rudolph, and SC was riding him!

 

[R. Richard]

Sadly, I can't remember the gag; but the punchline is: 'Rudolph the Red knows rain, dear.'

There was a Russian, back when. He was such a good communist that they called him Rudolph The Red.
One day Rudolph and his wife were arguing about the weather. She said snow, he said rain. Shortly thereafter, it started to rain. He chortled, 'Rudolph the Red knows rain, dear.'

 

[PennLady]

Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeted that red would cut through the fog best. Hence the blue-nosed reindeer didn't get the job.

 

[Handley_Page]

Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeted that red would cut through the fog best. Hence the blue-nosed reindeer didn't get the job.

That's colourist!

 

[R. Richard]

Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeted that red would cut through the fog best. Hence the blue-nosed reindeer didn't get the job.

It might also be the commercial hookup: Bluenose Inn - Bar Harbor Hotel.

 

[Carnevil9]

I always thought that Santa was quite the hypocrite: at first, deriding Rudolph for his red nose, and then, when Rudolph's schnozz suddenly became USEFUL to Santa, embracing him as a friend! The gall!

But then I went back and listened more closely to the song. It was only the TV special that showed Santa being a hypocrite. In the song, Santa never appears while all of the other reindeer are perpetrating their hate crimes against the poor differently-abled Rudolph. Santa in fact is the one to swoop in and show that Rudolph is indeed valuable, and always has been. The rest of the reindeer get their comeuppance as so richly deserved.

So let's be careful that we base our interpretations on original source material, not hacked and mangled television bastardizations of the truth!

 

[robertreams]

I like to sing about Rudolf's brother, Randolf the Rude Nosed Reindeer

 

[R. Richard]

I still suspect that Rudolph has a drinking problem.

 

[Handley_Page]

"S s sh h"
That's not public information.
And Rudolf's on the Wagon now!