Jokes are the best way to lighten up the mood in any room, and these knock knock jokes for kids would surely get your little one rolling on the floor with laughter.

One important thing to note, Gorenz said, is that stand-up comedy jokes are a lot less funny when you see them in the text only format. "Delivery is such a key part of humor production," he said.

The best corny jokes,one-liners, funny puns and knock-knocks for kids, adults and everyone else who appreciates a good dad joke.

Demers was diagnosed with hearing loss when he was 4 years old. As a kid, he saw nothing funny about it — but then he learned to make people laugh. He just dropped his fourth stand-up special.

"In some ways, stand-up comedy is like a documentary of your own life," explains Mike Birbiglia in his recent special Good One: A Show About Jokes. By that measure, there were some really good ...