Knock-Knock...

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Little Kid Tells The Best Knock Knock Jokes





I don't mean to dis the dad, here, but it would be so much funnier without his talking very much.   Maybe just keep the father's facial expressions.   (The kid's able to hold the stage without, you, Dude!)

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