The Aristocrats

The Aristocrats is a joke.

I think it was actually posted here in the past (I know it's made the rounds on the internet) in the form of that South Park clip where Cartman tells this extremely profane joke about a family who goes to a talent agent.

I won't tell the joke here, but suppossedly this joke is a sort ot "Secret handshake" in the stand-up comic world. The beginning and punchline are always the same, but the middle is always made up by the individual comic, and they bring their own sensibilities and such to the joke.

It's a very interesting concept, and Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza made a documentary over the course of four year about it. It has over 100 different comics, many of which are household names, telling their own version of the joke, as well as some history on it and such.

Here are some links which talk about the movie, which is coming out in NYC/LA on July 29th.

The Cast includes:
Chris Albrecht
Jason Alexander
Hank Azaria
Steven Banks
Billy The Mime
Shelley Berman
Lewis Black
David Brenner
Mario Cantone
Drew Carey
George Carlin
Mark Cohen
Billy Connolly
Pat Cooper
Wayne Cotter
Andy Dick
Frank DiGiacomo
Phyllis Diller
Susie Essman
Carrie Fisher
Joe Franklin
Todd Glass
Whoopi Goldberg
Judy Gold
Eddie Gorodetsky
Gilbert Gottfried
Dana Gould
Allan Havey
Eric Idle
Dom Irrera
Eddie Izzard
Richard Jeni
Penn Jillette
Jake Johannsen
Alan Kirschenbaum
Jay Kogen
Sue Kolinsky
Paul Krassner
Cathy Ladman
Lisa Lampanelli
Richard Lewis
Wendy Liebman
Bill Maher
Howie Mandel
Merrill Markoe
Jay Marshall
Jackie Martling
Chuck McCann
Michael McKean
Eric Mead
Larry Miller
Owen Morse
Martin Mull
Kevin Nealon
Taylor Negron
Rick Overton
Gary Owens
Trey Parker
Otto Peterson
Emo Philips
Peter Pitofsky
Kevin Pollak
Paul Reiser
Andy Richter
Don Rickles
Chris Rock
Gregg Rogell
Jeffrey Ross
Jon Ross
Rita Rudner
Bob Saget (BTW, most people who saw this said HIS version was the funniest)
T. Sean Shannon
Harry Shearer
Sarah Silverman
Bobby Slayton
Dick Smothers (as The Smothers Brothers)
Tom SmothersHimself (as The Smothers Brothers)
Carrie Snow
Doug Stanhope
David Steinberg
Jon Stewart
Matt Stone
Larry Storch
Rip Taylor
Teller
The Amazing Johnathan
Dave Thomas
Johnny Thompson
Scott 'Carrot Top' Thompson
Peter Tilden
Bruce Vilanch
Jonathan Wee
Fred Willard
Robin Williams
Steven Wright

I for one can't wait to see this. Everyone who saw this has said that they laughed throughout the entire thing, even till it hurt. Hearing one joke over and over might sound boring, but each one is almost an entirely new joke.

For anyone who HASN'T seen this yet, or for those wanting an example:

South Park's "Aristocrats" Joke

Might wanna turn down the speakers if you're at work, as this isn't bleeped.

I heard that Sagat and Gottfried were the dirtiest.

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Originally Posted by SonofdonCD

Bob Saget (BTW, most people who saw this said HIS version was the funniest)

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Doesn't surprise me. Bob Saget's stand up is absolutely nothing like his role on Full House.

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Originally Posted by sethsez

Doesn't surprise me. Bob Saget's stand up is absolutely nothing like his role on Full House.

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Yeah, I know that. But with all these star comics giving their takes, (I mean WTF, George Carlin is on there!!!) Bob Sagat is the FUNNIEST?!?

Well, as hilarious as Carlin is, this doesn't seem like the kind of joke that's best for his style. He's far better with "general observations" humor (seven words you can't say, airline language, etc). Saget, on the other hand, probably uses it to cut loose with something really vulgar and offensive, which is right up his alley.

Eh, part of comedy is doing something people don't expect. Most people don't expect Bob to be THAT funny after seeing him on Full House. So he has that entire surprise thing going for him when it comes to most viewers.

Look at what I just read.

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Warning - just because this has nice guys like Bob Saget, this is not a movie to bring the kids (unless you want them repeating this joke in school) - Bob's version of the joke lasted 45 minutes (you see the edited version), but it's about as far as you can get from the family entertainment of "Full House".

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:eep:

Hahaha. Yep, that sounds like Saget.

Does anyone know how he did his comedy sets before Full House? Has he always been that dirty?