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: 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)
 * 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.

Misquoted
The words "knock knock" do not actually appear in the Hamlet text.
 * 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   (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!

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"?