Their popularity with adults spawned numerous categories, including dirty knock knock jokes. But with time, these jokes gained considerable acceptance even among adult audiences. Knock knock jokes begin with the teller saying ‘Knock knock!’ The other participant responds by saying ‘who’s there?’ The teller then gives a name, such as Tom, to which the other person responds ‘Tom who?’ It’s then that the teller of the joke delivers the pun.įor many years, knock knock jokes were primarily considered as children’s jokes. As the name implies, these jokes simulate an actual scenario where a person knocks on the front door. Knock knock jokes are some of the oldest forms of audience-participatory jokes that typically end with a pun.
