Now that I have warmed my audience to filthy humor with Dr. Tran, I feel I should tell you about The Aristocrats.
I mention it here because it was produced by Penn
Jilette, of Penn and Teller fame. Penn is a former
RBB&B Clown College grad, as are several members of the production staff and cast.
What is the Aristocrats? It is the single most filthy joke you have probably never heard. It is a joke that has been around for ages. Never told in public, it is a backroom joke told among comedians. A verbal tapestry of filth and moral degradation woven by the teller in order to bring home the punchline. A comics joke, told to comics.
I first heard the joke in the Funny Bone comedy club in St. Louis, Missouri in the mid-eighties. I think everyone remembers the first time they heard this joke told well. Like the vivid mental image of your first car wreck burned into your synapses.
The only person that I think has told it in a public setting was Gilbert Gottfried, on Comedy
Central's roast of Hugh Hefner. I was one long string of electronic bleeps from start to finish. I
believe it was edited out in the reruns.
So why do I tell you to watch this movie? It is funny.
It is also a look into how a story can live or die by the skill of the teller. How verbal competence can make or break an explanation or image. Oh yeah, and it's funny.
It is also filthy, perverse, and at times morally bankrupt. So sensitive listeners need not apply. However, if your sense of humor isn't affected by mainstream
sensibilities, and your head is screwed on straight, this movie will entertain you.
So this guy walks into a talent agents office.....
