Knock-knock Joke

The knock-knock joke is a type of joke, probably the best-known format of the pun, and is a time-honored "call and answer" exercise.

It is a role-play exercise, with a punster and a recipient of wit.

The standard format has five lines:

  1. The punster: Knock knock!
  2. The recipient: Who's there?
  3. The punster: a variable response, sometimes involving a name (Doctor)
  4. The recipient: a repetition of the response followed by who? (Doctor who?)
  5. The punster: the punch line, which typically involves a pun-based misusage of the word set up during the response (How did you know?!)

Another example is: The punster: "Knock Knock!" The recipient: " Who's there?" The punster: " Boo!" The recipient: " Boo who?" The punster: "No need to cry, it's only a joke!"

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Famous quotes containing the word joke:

    “The old idea that the joke was not good enough for the company has been superseded by the new aristocratic idea that the company was not worthy of the joke. They have introduced an almost insane individualism into that one form of intercourse which is specially and uproariously communal. They have made even levities into secrets. They have made laughter lonelier than tears.”
    —Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)