Little Johnny

Alvaro Vitali starring in Pierino contro tutti

Little Johnny jokes are about a small boy who likes to ask embarrassing questions and has a very straightforward way of thinking. At times he is well educated in the terminology of sex, while at others he is all too innocent.

Italian Pierino

The Italian character version of Little Johnny is "Pierino" (Little Peter), the child star of numerous jokes full of double meanings. The character became very famous in Italy between the seventies and eighties, in the period of Italian zany and erotic comedy on cinema. Four movies about Pierino were made, all starring Alvaro Vitali.

Filmography

• Pierino contro tutti (1981)
• Pierino medico della SAUB (1981)
• Pierino colpisce ancora (1982)
• Pierino torna a scuola (1990)

Around the world

Joke characters similar to Little Johnny are known in other countries:

• Argentina: Jaimito (diminutive of Jaime)^[1]
• Brazil and Portugal: Joãozinho (diminutive of João) or Juquinha^[2]
• Bulgaria Ivancho (in Bulgarian Иванчо, diminutive for Ivan), commonly featured with Mariyka (in Bulgarian Марийка, diminutive for Mariya) a young girl
• Croatia and Serbia: Perica
• Czech Republic: Pepíček (diminutive of Pepa, itself diminutive of Josef)
• Estonia: Juku
• Finland: Pikku-Kalle
• France: Toto^[3]
• Germany: Klein Fritzchen (Little Fritzie); see German humour and East Germany jokes
• Hungary: Móricka
• Italy: it:Pierino^[4]
• India: Tintumon in Malayalam language^[5]
• Mexico: Pepito (diminutive of "Pepe", nickname of "José" – Joseph)
• Netherlands: Jantje, a stereotype of the average little Dutch boy, a diminutive of Jan^[6]
• Norway: Lille Ole ("Little Ole")
• Spain and Hispanophone Latin America: Jaimito (In Cuba, Honduras, Mexico, Dominican Republic and Ecuador, Pepito)^[7]
• Sri Lanka: Amdan (Emden)^[8]
• Poland: Jasio (diminutive of Jan)
• Russia: Vovochka (diminutive of Vladimir)
• Romania: Bulă, Alinuța
• Slovenia: Janezek^[9]
• Senegal: Mandemba^[10]
• Turkey: Hüdaverdi^[11]

Example jokes

• Ms. Smith stopped to reprove Johnny for making faces: "Johnny, when I was small, my mother used to tell me that if I made ugly faces, at some moment it would freeze and stay like that." Johnny looked up at her and thoughtfully replied: "Well, Ms. Smith, you can't say you weren't forewarned."
• The teacher asks everyone in the class to demonstrate something exciting. When Johnny's turn came, he walked to the blackboard and drew a small dot. "What's that?" the teacher asked, puzzled. "It's a period." – "Well, I see that, but what's exciting about a period?" – "Darned if I know, but this morning my sister said she missed one… Dad had a heart attack, mom fainted, and the guy next door shot himself."

See also

• Little Erna

References