KNOCK KNOCK JOKES ON A COW
KNOCK KNOCK JOKES ON A COW
Too many comedians try too hard to have "jokes." They're all concerned with making some amount of sense, with starting at a premise and ending at some logical conclusion, like a punchline, anything at all. Not this kid. He knows that sometimes you have to just start somewhere, and then let it flow, even if that means repeating the same non-joke about cows a bunch of times, revealing your weird obsession with cows. Absurdity has worked for people like Eugene Mirman, but it works best for people who are 4.
I'd like to see anybody come up with a better joke than
"Knock Knock?
Who's there?
Lip
Lip who?
Lips on a mouth in a cow."
I don't think I can, but I' gonna try.
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Food
Food who?
I love food.
It's more of a poem about how I'm hungry right now, or an ode to food, than it is a joke. It doesn't quite capture the same pure lack of reason and effort that he has.
This kid also dabbles in dark humor, which really makes you laugh as much as it makes you think.
"Knock Knock
Who's there?
Wolf.
Wolf who?
Wolf behind you eating you."
Its subtlety wraps you around its figure, making you feel safe in the familiar structure, and then, without warning, it forces you to face the fears that have been paralyzing your life. At some point we all just have to turn around and look at the wolf behind us, eating us. It is morbid and real, while also being a non-joke made up by a 4 year old. It's scary, but orange aladdin didn't say banana?
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