Talk:Knock knock jokes

Vote for deletion notice

This article was preserved after a vote for its deletion. See its archived VfD entry for details. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 11:26, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Remaining cleanup

I've done the basic cleanup for which I believe the cleanup tag was added, but there remain two issues:

1. We should try to obtain published sources for the knock-knock jokes we add here whenever possible.
2. Formatting is an issue. The current one-line structure isn't visually appealing, but the standard 5-line presentation is awkward in wiki markup, takes up a lot of space, and is wasteful, considering all knock-knock jokes have identical first and second lines.

I'd like to encourage editors interested in this article to consider and discuss how these issues might be resolved. Thank you. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 11:44, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Misquoted

The words "knock knock" do not actually appear in the Hamlet text.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.114.192.225 (talk)

True. For a Shakespearian reference including these words, try Macbeth Act II Scene iii. ~ Ningauble 19:45, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Anonymous

Knock-knock! Who's there? Justin.
Justin who? Just any old made-up stuff masquerading as a quote!

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ningauble (talk • contribs) 16:17, 20 April 2009‎ (UTC)

Formatting & more cleanup

After 5 years, I decided to be bold and reformat these jokes to make them more visually accessible. Yes, it wastes space, but we're not a print publication, and the former plain-text format not only looked horrible, it also caused problems following the challenge-response in some forms of these jokes. The system is as follows:

Each individual joke has its own main bullet (asterisk/star), with sources and explanations double-bulleted per standard WQ style.

Each part of the (usually 5-part) joke gets its own physical line, made possible by placing a <br/> (line break) between parts.

The recipient's standard, formulaic lines are italicized, so that the joke-teller's lines are given prominence.

I hope this format is more useful.

I also deleted some "jokes" that either didn't seem like actual knock-knocks, or whose punning was either missing or too obscure. It might be useful to include explanatory lines for some of these, especially for readers for whom English is not a native language, or for jokes that depend on regional pronunciations or other comprehension-limiting factors. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 02:14, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Unsourced

Don't knock the old Knock-knock jokes! At least it's not the police knocking at your door!

Unsourced

Standard form

• Knock-knock!
  Who's there?
  Panther!
  Panther who?
  Panther no pants I'm going swimming.

• Knock-knock!
  Who's there?
  Alley!
  Alley who?
  Alli-gator.

• Knock-knock!
  Who's there?
  Boo!
  Boo who?
  Don't cry! it's only a joke.

• Knock-knock!
  Who's there?
  Guess!
  Guess who?
  Gestapo.

• Knock-knock!
  Who's there?
  Mary.
  Mary who?
  Merry Christmas!

• Knock-knock! Who's there?
  Little old lady.
  Little old lady who?
  I didn't know you yodeled!

• Knock-knock!
  Who's there?
  Cash.
  Cash who?
  I always knew you were nuts!

• Knock-knock!
  Who's there?
  Museum.
  Museum who?
  Now museum, now you don't!
  • From The Wiggles (first television series)

Variant forms

• Knock-knock!
  Who's there?
  An interrupting cow.
  An interruptin—
  MOO!

• Knock-knock!
  Who's there?
  Oops, sorry! Just knocking on wood.

• Knock-knock!
  Who's there?
  Banana.
  Banana who?
  Knock-knock!
  Who's there?
  Banana.
  Banana who?
  Knock-knock!
  Who's there?
  Banana.
  Banana who?
  Knock-knock!
  Who's there?
  Orange.
  Orange who?
  Orange you glad I didn't say "banana"?