I dont get this joke. someone help me?

Question

The one about like:

Whats black white and red all over
and its a newspaper...

can someone explain it to me.

Answer 1

It's a pun. Think like this:

What's black, white and read all over?

A newspaper.

It's not RED, but it is READ. It's a play on words.

Answer 2

If you've asked this question in hopes to make fun of the person who answered it, then good job otherwise-

The joke can never be written because it takes its meaning away...When people hear "red all over"..they think red the color, but it's meant as the word "read" as in, "read all over".
What do you read? A newspaper.

Currently this would make no sense considering theres a bunch of color in daily newspapers...

Answer 3

OK when this joke was first invented or made up or what ever newspapers were basically black and whitish lol. And you read them all over .....get it now? It also had a partner joke
what is black and blue,black and blue, black and blue?
A nun falling down the stairs.
these were kind of funny twenty plus years ago if you were a child before, Andrew Dice Clay.

Answer 4

okay. most newspapers are black and white, correct? It is also READ as in you read it. read and red sound the same. It's a pun. It's not so much as a joke as a riddle, though it is sometimes used as a joke. It's sort of an older one...

Answer 5

change red to read. Because most newspapers are in black and white and you read it all over.

Answer 6

Once you read a newspaper that's black and white it's "read" all over.

Answer 7

the newspaper is black and white and its read all over like its read all over the world get it

Answer 8

The background is white, the words are black and people read the paper.

Answer 9

its read all over cause its a newspaper. The joke deals with changing read to red. not really funny at all

Answer 10

It's a play on words. The question should have been written: What's black and white and "read" all over. The "read" should have been your clue. :)