But, try it out on someone you love and see how well it works. Unfortunately it doesn’t come across very well in written form. Orange you glad I didn’t say “banana” again?įinally, here is the greatest knock-knock jokes of all time. No chapter on knock-knock jokes can be complete without this classic that you know and love. Then the entire knock-knock joke world was turned upside down when joke tellers began to incorporate the “who” part of the response into the punchline. Īardvark a million miles for one of your smiles. Usually classic folks songs or showtunes:įreeze a jolly good fellow, Freeze a jolly good fellow. The next generation of knock-knock jokes had songs for the punchline. The trigger word could be a vegetable, an article of clothing, or anything really: The person doing the knocking didn’t have to be a person. Knock-knock jokes became just an excuse for making a pun out of people’s first names:Īfter decades of knock-knock jokes based solely on names, somehow it all changed. It wasn’t long before the punch line had nothing to do with someone standing at a door. Okay?Įarly knock-knock jokes were based on real-life names of people who might actually come to your front door. But since that history is a little murky, I’m just going to make something up. Well what better place to start than with that classic form of wordplay known as the knock-knock joke? Ready?įirst, Dad, you should know the history of the art form. After all, it’s a father’s responsibility to make sure his kids master the art of jokes, puns, and groaners. Well no matter how you did, I’m thinking it would be a good idea to launch 2011 with a refresher course in joke telling. Looking back on 2010, I didn’t laugh quite enough with my kids.
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