I got a genuine laugh or two from this mostly-kid-friendly list at BuzzFeed. Thank goodness knock-knock humor has improved a bit over the past 75 years. 9, 1936, edition that knock-knock jokes had become a popular parlor game that year. The Pittsburg Post-Gazette had earlier reported in their Aug. It took some digging (Wikipedia references an incorrect date and page) but I eventually tracked down the original humor column (“HeeHaw News”) in the Arrow’s online archives. Wikipedia cites the Rolfe Arrow of Rolfe, Iowa, as one of the very first places a knock-knock joke (in the form we know it today) appeared in print in the United States. My girls’ favorite, which they’ve repeated with some success, comes from illustrator Laurie Keller:Īs a side note, Iowa appears to have a place in knock-knock-joke history. The visual helps children understand the play on words more quickly and also helps them put the joke to memory - all the better to entertain their family and friends. You turn the page, and the punchline is revealed: Take Saxton Freymann’s classic, for example:
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The 14 artists who contributed to “Knock, Knock!” include the geniuses behind “Strega Nona,” “The Dot,” “Big Red Lollipop,” “Zen Shorts,” “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” “Imogen’s Antlers” and “A Ball for Daisy.Įach right-hand page of the book is the illustrated set-up for a knock-knock joke. The solution to teaching my kids good knock-knock humor? ILLUSTRATED knock-knock jokes! And it doesn’t get much better than Dial Books’ compilation of jokes, illustrated by some of the greatest picture book illustrators alive today. They stumble making the transition from “Mikey” to “my key,” and I have to pantomime a failed attempt at unlocking a door with a key. But what makes a knock-knock joke difficult for children is the joke’s reliance on homophones (groups of words that have the same pronunciation but different meanings ie: “I scream” and “ice cream.”) So, I can tell the girls a perfectly good knock-knock joke but the humor is lost on them because they miss the duality of the words. My girls needed better material to work with. “He’s going to be livid going into Game 6, and that’s exactly what we need.Are anyone else’s kids obsessed with telling knock-knock jokes that make absolutely no sense at all? “He was 0-for-9 from three,” Draymond Green said.
That was something a few Warriors mentioned - an off night for Curry in Game 5 means watch out in Game 6. I like Steph coming off of a game like this, too. And fortunately they don’t happen too often. But even for the best shooter in the world, you know, games like this happen. “I thought they put more pressure on him early in pick-and-roll. They are a great defensive team,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “Boston did a really good job defensively, as we would expect. Just place your cursor over our snowman and the answer will appear. Be prepared to groan.) The answers to the riddle jokes are with our snowman. (These are really corny, cheesy and very puny. But Curry admitted he missed some shots he normally makes, and by the end of the game understood he was cold and moved the ball where he normally might have shot. Christmas Jokes, Riddles, Cartoons, Quotes, Poems from Brownielocks. They did a much better job of playing him up higher, being more physical, and not losing him when he gave up the ball and relocated. The Celtics’ defense deserves some credit for Curry’s off game.
Curry’s gravity remains the basis of the Warriors’ offense, and in Game 5 he had eight assists and played good defense. Curry had made 25 3-pointers through the first four games, and he still impacts play. “Just knowing the context of the game, the other ways you tried to impact the game and the fact that, you know, you had four guys step up in meaningful ways to help us win offensively.”Ĭurry’s shot was just off on Monday night, which was a bit of a shock after his 43-point outing in Game 4. “I don’t think I’ve ever been happier after a 0-for-whatever type of night,” Curry said. He hadn’t played in a game since November of 2018 where he didn’t knock down at least one 3.Ĭurry went 0-of-9 from 3 (and 7-of-22 overall), but the Warriors won Game 5 anyway. SAN FRANCISCO - Stephen Curry had never been in a playoff game where he didn’t make a 3-pointer.
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