Knock knock
27 September 2004, 11:52 PM
Mary Anne told me this knock-knock joke recently, and it instantly became my favorite knock-knock joke:
Ralph: Knock knock.
Sally: Who's there?
Ralph: Control freak. —Now you say "Control freak who?"
I've been telling that one a lot lately.
Comments
*chuckle!* Immediately shared with my sister.
Posted by: metasilk (web) | September 28, 2004 8:02 AM
Credit where credit is due -- the fabulous Debbie Notkin told it to me. :-)
Posted by: Mary Anne Mohanraj (mail) | September 28, 2004 8:36 AM
It made me laugh when you told it to me. Heck, it made me laugh again, reading it today. Forgot to tell it to anyone yesterday. I'll have to fix that today.
Posted by: Twig (mail) | September 28, 2004 11:23 AM
I like that, though I think it only ranks as my third favorite knock-knock joke. Unfortunately, neither of the other two translate particularly well to a written medium. But if you happen to know them, I'll say that they're the "Interrupting Cow" one and the "You start" one. If you don't know them, ask me some time.
Posted by: Joe (mail) (web) | September 28, 2004 12:49 PM
Joe: My wife likes to tell the Interrupting Cow one as "Interrupting Pterodactyl", with a subsequent sound effect that has to be heard to be believed.
I suspect she will like Jed's a lot too -- I'll tell it to her tonight.
Posted by: Jacob | September 28, 2004 1:04 PM
Yeah, "interrupting cow" and "you start" are my other two favorites (though for the latter I prefer the phrasing "Say knock-knock"). But I like this one best.
Posted by: Jed | September 28, 2004 3:11 PM
I love the Interrupting Cow joke! There's also an Interrupting Giraffe joke with a completely visual punchline.
And yes, the "Say knock-knock" version is my favorite. I was quite pleased when I managed to include that one in a story.
Posted by: Beth (mail) | September 28, 2004 6:44 PM
Your'e killing me here: how does the "say knock knock" joke go?? Someone needs to call me up and tell it to me.
I related my daughter Aviva's surreal style of knock-knock jokes on Mary Anne's journal comments earlier. She is also fond of being told the Banana/Orange one.
Posted by: Benjamin Rosenbaum (web) | September 29, 2004 10:07 AM
"Say 'knock knock.'"
"Knock knock."
"Who's there?"
"..."
Posted by: Shmuel (mail) (web) | September 29, 2004 6:59 PM
I love this joke, too, but how much do you hate the people who don't get it and actually say "Control freak who?" Infuriating.
Posted by: Anonymous (mail) | September 25, 2006 1:29 PM
They did a great Knock Knock variation on the classic TV show MASH:
Hawkeye Pierce: "Knock, knock."
Trapper John: "Who's there?"
Hawkeye: "Abe Lincoln."
Trapper: "Abe Lincoln who?"
Hawkeye: "Don't you know me?"
Trapper: "That's awful."
Hawkeye: "Can I do another one?"
Trapper (angry now): "No!"
Hawkeye: "Knock knock."
Trapper: "Who's there!?"
Hawkeye: "Thomas Jeferson."
Trapper: "Thomas Jefferson who?"
Hawkeye: "Was Abe Lincoln just here?"
Trapper: "Hawkeye, I never liked you."
Posted by: Micheal W (mail) | May 19, 2008 8:09 PM
hey michael w
you wouldn't happen to know which episode that was would you? i can't remeber the name of it and have been looking everywhere.
Posted by: Tiara B. (mail) | May 29, 2008 3:13 PM