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06-03-2012, 02:01 AM
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Anybody Understand Ted Baxter's Knock Knock Joke?!?
Knock knock.
Who's there? Anna Maria Alberghetti. Anna Maria Alberghetti who? Anna Maria Alberghetti in a taxi, honey, better be ready 'bout half past eight.... Huh?!? |
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06-03-2012, 03:13 AM
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"Darktown Strutters Ball" I'll be down to get you in a taxi honey Better be ready 'bout half past eight.... Darktown Strutters' Ball" is a popular song by Shelton Brooks, published in 1917. The song has been recorded many times and is considered a popular and jazz standard. Anna Maria Alberghetti, (born 15 May 1936), is an Italian-born operatic singer and actress. |
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06-03-2012, 09:18 AM
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Thanks for the info.  I still don't get it as far as a joke that would make Mary crack up though? |
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06-03-2012, 07:26 PM
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If you sound it out really slow like:
Anna Marie, I'll be gettin' in a taxi honey .... As in addressing someone named Anna Marie, then say it fast. |
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06-03-2012, 11:43 PM
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Me personally I'd be scared if I ever started thinking Ted made sense LOL
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06-04-2012, 10:38 PM
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LOL Not one of Ted's better jokes. LOL |
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11-04-2012, 03:35 PM
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It was a play on words kind of like:
Knock knock Who's there? Dwayne Dwayne who? Dwayne the bathtub, I'm dwowning Anna Maria Alberghetti was a then-famous actress and singer so it was a play on words sung to the tune of "The Darktown Strutter's Ball". Part of the joke for the audience was that it was such a bad joke. |
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