knock knock joke
Who's there? humor
A knock knock joke is a formulaic children's joke built on a call-and-response pattern.
One person says "knock knock," the other asks "who's there?", receives a name or phrase, asks "[name] who?", and gets a punchline—usually a pun: Knock knock. Who's there? Boo. Boo who? Don't cry, it's just a joke.
The format is so rigid that subverting it has become its own joke category.
- setupHow something is arranged
- who's thereKnock response query
- answerSolution to query
- punchlineHumor's final delivery
- knee-slapperUproarious comedic bit
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Puzzling question to solve
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Quick, clever conversational exchange
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