Nursery World - You're havin' a laugh!

Amusement is a useful trick to have up your sleeve. Children's entertainer Tommy Donbavand shares his trade secrets 'Knock, knock.'Go on, play along. Just for a minute or two.'Knock, knock.'

'Knock, knock.'Go on, play along. Just for a minute or two.'Knock, knock.'

'Who's there?'

'Canoe.'

'Canoe, who?'

'Canoe open the door for me?'

Brilliant! OK, try this: 'Doctor, doctor - some days I feel like a tepee and other days, I feel like a wigwam.'

'You're too tents.'

Two tents! Geddit?

All right - one more.

What is a vampire's favourite fruit?

Neck-tarines!

Go on, admit it; you had a little giggle to yourself there. No? Actually, it's probably not your fault. As an adult, you'll only laugh around 15 times today, whereas the children in your life will laugh somewhere between 146 and 400 times.

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