Little Johnny

For other uses, see Little Johnny (disambiguation).

Little Johnny jokes are about a fictional small boy named Little Johnny who naively poses questions and makes statements that are very embarrassing to adults, such as parents and teachers. ^[1]

In 2011, an Australian animated comedy film was released entitled Little Johnny: The Movie with actress Genevieve Morris in the voiceover role of Little Johnny. ^{[2] [3]}

Around the world

Joke characters similar to Little Johnny are known in many countries.

• Francophone world: Toto jokes  [ fr ] and are encountered in film and books, to name a few: ^{[4] [5]}
  • Toto's Jokes  [ fr ], a French - Belgian - Luxembourgish film directed by Pascal Bourdiaux  [ fr ]
  • Les Blagues de Toto , French animated television series broadcast since 2010
  • Les Blagues de Toto , French animated television series broadcast since 2020
  • Les Blagues de Toto , comic strip by Belgian author Thierry Coppée  [ fr ]

• Germany: Kleines Fritzchen (Little Fritzie); see German humour and East Germany jokes
• Greece: Τοτός (Totós)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Italy: Pierino  [ it ] (diminutive of Peter): The character became famous in Italy between the 1970s and 1980s. Multiple films about Pierino were made, all starring Alvaro Vitali, ^[6] including:
  • Pierino contro tutti (Desirable Teacher, 1981)
  • Pierino colpisce ancora (sequel: Desirable Teacher 2, 1982)
  • Pierino the plague alla riscossa!  [ lt ] (1982
  • Pierino torna a scuola (sequel of Desirable Teacher 2, 1990)
• Netherlands, Flanders: Jantje , a stereotype of the average little Dutch boy, a diminutive of Jan ^[7]
• Spanish-speaking: Jaimito  [ es ] (diminutive of Jaime), Pepito: (diminutive of Pepe, and Benito. Jokes about these little travieso (mischievous) kids are part of the culture in Spanish-speaking countries, and they are a useful tool for language and culture acquisition. Many of these jokes have to do with school for with family. Many of them are of question-answer type, where the boy interprets the question is a way different from teacher's or parent's intention. Others are puns or plain silly. ^[8]

  At school:

  "Pepito, please name five animals that give milk." – "Five cows, señorita." ^[8]

  "Pepito, what do you think an ideal school should be?" – "Closed, maestra, closed." ^[8]

  At home:

  "What will you be when you grow up, Pepito?" – mama asks. – "Much bigger." ^[8]

• Sri Lanka: Amdan (Emden) ^[9]
• Poland: In Poland, the naughty boy is Jasio, littla Jan. He is culturally close to Russian Vovochka , however in addition to traditional school and home environments, there is a layer of Jasio jokes related to the Catholic Church. ^[10]

  After mass, Jasio approaches the priest:

  Your sermon was fucking good, padre!"

  You can't say that, my son! Repent!"

  But your sermon was real fucking good shit! I even decided to donate 1,000 złoty to the church."

  No shit???!"

• Russia: Vovochka (diminutive of Vladimir ) ^[11]
• Romania: Bulă , Alinuța
  • In 2006, TVR netwoork conducted a vote to determine whom the general public considers the 100 Greatest Romanians of all time. Bulă was voted to be the 59th greatest Romanian.

Female version

• Italy: Pierina [ it ] (female version of Pierino):
  • Quella peste di Pierina (1982), produced by Riccardo Billi

See also

• Little Erna
• Little Willie

References

1. Perih, Larysa; Barkauskienė, Justė Kairytė; Smith, Emma A. (19 January 2024). "137 Little Johnny Jokes We'll Never Get Bored Of". Bored Panda.
2. "Little Johnny: The Movie". Beat . 28 March 2011.
3. Johnson, Neala (30 March 2011). "Four Minutes with Genevieve Morris". The Courier-Mail .
4. Humour d'expression française. Actes du colloque international de Association française pour le développement des recherches sur le comique, le rire et l'humour, Université de Paris VIII (Paris, 27-30 juin 1988), Vincennes, Z'éditions, 1990 ISBN   2-87720-054-X, p. 28
5. Bernard Lefort, "Le personnage de Toto dans les histoires racontées par les enfants", In Cahiers de la recherche de Corium-CRIH, 1995, no. 3 : Féminin/masculin, humour et différence sexuelle, sous la direction de Vincent Martin.
6. Barzellette – Pierino / Risate On Line – Il portale dell'umorismo Archived 14 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
7. Theo Meder, 'There were a Turk, a Moroccan and a Dutchman...' Archived 14 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine
8. "Pepito Jokes for Spanish Learners". spanishplayground.net.
9. "Tracing Amdan and finding Emden". The Sunday Times. 6 March 2011.
10. Agata Przyborowska,JĘZYKOWY OBRAZ ŚWIATA W DOWCIPACH (polskie dowcipy o Jasiu i rosyjskie dowcipy o Wowoczkie)
11. Aleksandr Belousov , "Вовочка", In: Антимир русской культуры. Язык. Фольклор. Литература, Москва, 1996, pp. 165-186.