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Joker Reads a Joke
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About
Joker Reads a Joke, also known as Joker Laughs at Own Joke, refers to a GIF based on a scene from 2019 film Joker in which the main character Joker reads a knock-knock joke at the Franklin Murray show and lets out a laugh. Starting in October 2019, the GIF gained popularity in GIF captions on iFunny.
Origin
On October 4th, 2019, American psychological thriller film Joker premiered in the United States.[1] In one scene of the film, Joker, a guest on Murray Franklin show, reads a knock-knock joke about a woman whose son had been killed by a drunk driver, and lets out a laugh. On October 6th, iFunny user SavoirFaire posted the scene to iFunny, with the post gaining over 3,100 smiles in ten days (shown below).[6]
- Knock knock.
- Who's there?
- It's the police, m'am! Your son's been hit by a drunk driver. He's dead.
On October 7th, iFunny user Tywin posted a captioned GIF based on the video, with the post gaining over 840 smiles in three days (shown below).[2]
![Joker Reads iFunny GIF Captions and Zaoist Textposts The joker interrupting the local Gotham news broadcast to read ifunny gif captions and zaoist textposts on live television](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/601/067/9ee.gif)
Spread
In the following days, the GIF gained significant popularity on iFunny, used in multiple captioned GIF posts during that period. For example, on October 8th, iFunny user Thuaidh posted a meme referencing a murder committed by the incarcerated iFunny user Saboteur, with the post receiving over 2,500 smiles in two days (shown below, left).[3] A post by iFunny user Doffy gained over 1,600 smiles in the same period (shown below, right).[4]
![Joker Makes a Saboteur Reference "Knock knock." "Who's there?" "It's the police ma'am, your sons been stabbed 20 times and he's dead"](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/601/068/99b.gif)
![Joker Reads iFunny Lore](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/601/086/9f8.gif)
On October 8th, 2019, iFunny user Dronom posted an uncaptioned version of the GIF.[5]
Various Examples
![Joker Reads His Mom's Will me reading my moms will](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/601/074/f4a.gif)
![Joker Sings to Grandma Me singing Gucci Gang to my grandma](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/601/077/110.gif)
![Joker Explains Why Kono Dio Da Is Funny A jojo explaining why the same three jokes are still the pinnacle of comedy after five years](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/601/081/5d6.gif)
Search Interest
External References
[2] iFunny β Tywin's Post
[3] iFunny β Thuaidh's Post
[4] iFunny β doffy's Post
[5] iFunny β Dronom's Post
[6] iFunny β SavoirFaire's Post
Top Comment
Lord Trashpost
Oct 11, 2019 at 01:07PM EDT