If you don't follow Ellen DeGeneres on Twitter, click the "Follow" button immediately. If you do than you're familiar with her weekly hashtag "Classic Joke Wednesday."
DeGeneres is most recently known for the record-breaking number of retweets she got on her selfie with stars including Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep and Bradley Copper when she hosted the Oscars. Yet her Twitter presence was already booming before the infamous photo.
As DeGeneres Twitter bio states, "[Her] tweets are real, and they're spectacular." With every tweet having some humor to them just like the funny woman's television personality, the classic jokes are usually short puns or occasionally a "Knock-Knock" joke for DeGeneres 28.2 million followers to respond with "Who's there?"
According to EllenTV.com, the comedian and talk show host created a classic joke Wednesday segment for season 11 of The Ellen DeGeneres show.
In fact The Ellen Show site encourages fans to submit their favorites of the "Classic Joke Wednesday" tradition on EllenTV.com, Facebook and Twitter.
Here are some classic favorites:
What do you call it when Batman skips church? Christian Bale. #ClassicJokeWednesday
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) October 3, 2013
What do you call a dinosaur with a great vocabulary? A Thesaurus. #ClassicJokeWednesday
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) October 23, 2013
Why do ghosts hate to go to prom? They have no body to dance with. #ClassicJokeWednesday
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) October 30, 2013
A guy walked into a bar with jumper cables. The bartender says, you can have a drink, but ya better not start anything #ClassicJokeWednesday
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) November 13, 2013
How does NASA organize a birthday party? They planet. #ClassicJokeWednesday
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) January 22, 2014
What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta #ClassicJokeWednesday
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 5, 2014
Did you hear what happened to the human cannonball? He got fired. #ClassicJokeWednesday
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 5, 2014
Where did the sheep go on vacation? The Baaaaaahamas. #ClassicJokeWednesday
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 26, 2014
Why can't you write with a broken pencil? Because it's pointless. #ClassicJokeWednesday
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 26, 2014
Did you hear about the two bed bugs that met in the mattress? They were married in the spring. #ClassicJokeWednesday
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 27, 2014
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