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Knocked Out
Knock-knock!
Who’s there?
What do you mean, who’s there?
I mean, who’s there?
It’s me.
Me who?
Me who, who?
What is that–a Chinese philosopher? Man, that sounds really racist.
What are you talking about?
Me who who. Your joke.
I didn’t make a joke. I said me who.
Wait a second, I’m confused.
I’m just following the script.
What script?
The knock-knock script.
Is that anything like a knock-off script?
Was that supposed to be funny?
Funnier than me-who-who.
So what are you getting at?
I’m getting at that I just came to see you.
So why didn’t you ring the doorbell?
I thought it would be more charming to say knock-knock.
Actually, it was confusing.
Why is knocking at a door confusing?
A, because no one does it anymore and B, because it’s a setup for a joke.
What joke?
Knock-knock.
Who’s there?
So you DO know.
I just wanted to see how far we could go with it. And by the way, I’m not a racist.
No one thinks he’s a racist
Wouldn’t a racist think he’s a racist?
No. A racist thinks he’s proud of his color.
That sounds weird.
So does saying knock-knock.
How did that ever get started?
What?
The knock-knock thing.
Probably with two guys sittin’ around with nothing to do who should probably be working and making a living.
Are you referring to us?
Or any other two guys similar to us who have no real lives and try to come up with something they thought was funny and were astonished when it caught on–especially when they realized they had no patent on it and therefore could make no money.
You think the guys who came up with knock-knock didn’t make any money on it?
I know so. Because it was two women.
Is that a slam against women?
No, that’s a slam against what they get paid.
Well, I came to see you.
Why?
Actually, I can’t remember.
Why don’t you start over again?
Okay. Ding-dong!
You’re kidding, right?
It might catch on.
Okay. Who’s there?
King Kong.
King Kong who?
King Kong ding-dong.
I don’t think you understand this at all.
My friends used to play this when I was a kid but I always thought it was stupid so I would leave whenever it started.
Was that also true for history, math, English and sex education?
You see, that’s kind of funny.
Actually, it’s very funny.
But knock-knock is not funny.
It’s older than you and me put together.
So if something is around long enough, it has value?
That’s why hypocrisy is still here.
And hate, I assume.
And thank God, love.
Boy, has this gotten sappy.
It’s all because you don’t know how to play knock-knock.
I didn’t say I don’t know how–just that I didn’t like it.
I’m getting very tired of talking about this.
Just think how bored the readers are, having to go back and forth between two characters who aren’t named.
But we kind of trapped them, didn’t we? Because it looked short–at least not very wide, when they decided to start.
And now they’re wondering if we’re going to come to some sort of clever conclusion.
So you’re saying we tricked them?
Pretty much.
Do you think they’re still reading?
Most of them.
Why do you think that’s so?
Because they don’t understand that we’re really two klutzes who don’t have a closing for this bit.
How long do you think they would keep on reading?
A long time.
I think we just lost some right there.
I don’t because I’m going to accuse you of being a racist again and tell the readers that I’m about to name the top five racists in America.
Where did you get such a list?
Racists.com.
There’s no such thing.
Do you think they’re still reading?
Yeah, because they’re waiting to see if I actually name five bigots.
Are you going to?
Nope.
So we must have lost some by now.
But not all of them…
Why do you think that’s true?
Because they’ve come this far and they’re bound and determined to see it through.
So should there be a payoff?
We could just pretend it’s a political speech and make it long and meaningless.
I think we’ve already done that.
Knock-knock.
Who’s there?
People reading.
People reading who?
Us, dummy.
See the power of the knock-knock joke?
I still don’t like it.
Let me give you some good advice…don’t knock-knock it until you try it.
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