Command-Line Kid Jokes As A Service

jokes.json

[
    {
        "joke": "orange",
        "punchline": "Orange you glad I'm telling you all these knock-knock jokes?",
        "knockknock": true
    },
    {
        "joke": "boo",
        "punchline": "Don't cry about it. It's just a joke.",
        "knockknock": true
    },
    {
        "joke": "How do dinosaurs pay their bills?",
        "punchline": "With Tyrannosaurus checks!"
    },
    {
        "joke": "interrupting cow",
        "punchline": "MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO",
        "knockknock": true,
        "interrupting": true
    }
]

jokes.py

import random
import json
import time

jokes_file = "jokes.json"

with open(jokes_file, "rb") as jokes:
    f = jokes.read()
    ls = json.loads(f)

random_number = random.randint(0, len(ls)-1)

def tell_joke(d):
    if 'knockknock' in d:
        x = raw_input("Knock, knock.\n")
        print(d['joke'])        
        if 'interrupting' in d:
            time.sleep(1)
            print(d['punchline'] + "\n")
        else:
            y = raw_input("")
            print(d['punchline'] + "\n")
    else:
        x = raw_input(d['joke'] + "\n")
        print(d['punchline'] + "\n")

tell_joke(ls[random_number])