“Why did the chicken cross the road?”/“To get to the other side” is a classic riddle from the 19th century. It has been combined with a knock-knock Joke since at least 2009.
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Jazzanie Trujillo
@jazzy_inthesky
Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to your house. Knock, knock. Who’s there? The chicken xD
2:00 PM · Dec 4, 2009
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Kevin Jonas Support
@KevinJSupport
Why did the chicken cross the road?...To get to your house. Knock Knock..who’s there? THE CHICKEN!!
12:42 PM · Dec 30, 2009
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Bryan
@DJBryanR
” Why did the chicken cross the road”“to get to the other side?”“No to get to your house!” ” Knock knock” “who’s there” “THE CHICKEN!!!”
8:03 PM · Jun 2, 2010
Reddit—Funny
Posted by u/kajelijeli November 13, 2011
Why did the chicken cross the road?
To get to your house.
Knock Knock!
Who’s there?
The chicken.
I’ll be here all night folks.
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/djcookie187187187187 March 12, 2012
Why did the chicken cross the road?
To get to your house.
Knock knock… *who’s there” It’s the chicken!
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/sgrodgers10 July 20, 2012
Two jokes…
Why did the chicken cross the road? -To get to your house.
Knock Knock “Who’s there?” The chicken.
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/jarvisismyboyfriend June 18, 2015
Why did the chicken cross the road?
... To get to your house.
Knock Knock
Who’s there?
The chicken!
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/BORN2ROK December 11, 2016
Why did the chicken cross the road?
To get to your house…
Knock, knock. Who’s there? The chicken.
Reddit—Cleanjokes
Posted by u/a_nonprofit_prophet June 6, 2023
Two Part Chicken Joke
Why did the chicken cross the road?
To get to your house.
Knock! Knock!
Who’s there?
The chicken!
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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