The Original Insensitive Joke

Stan Freberg here. Light bulb jokes keep coming at us, like "How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb?" The answer, after this. [:60 SPOT BREAK] No light bulb joke is exactly "politically correct," but in the 1950s the original insensitive joke went like this: "How many Polacks does it take to change a light bulb?" Answer: "Five--one to stand on a table and put the bulb in the socket, and four to rotate the table." Yeah, yeah, in those insensitive days, nobody dreamed we'd someday have a Polish Pope, which put that joke to rest. As the years went by, we had a Chernobyl version: "How many Ukranians does it take...? They don't NEED light bulbs--they glow in the dark!" Here's a late 80s one: "How many baby-boomers does it take to change a light bulb? Seven--one to screw it in, and six to talk about how great it is that they've all come together to do this!" Finally, my favorite: "How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb? Only one--but the bulb has to really want to change." Stan Freberg here. Copyright ©1997, Stan Freberg/Freberg, Ltd. (but not very) Distributed by Dick Brescia Associates and Radio Spirits, Inc.