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Aristocrats

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The subject of this documentary film is one joke with the punch line, "The Aristocrats". This joke is a legendary old joke that allows comedians to improvise almost endlessly on the set up, in which the goal is to compete to see who can invent the most disgusting, filthy, sick, twisted, scatalogical, gross, perverse, nauseating, evil and bizarre tale imaginable. It's been a sort of professional challenge among comedians to see who can go the farthest and break the most taboos, and you'll see a lot of outstanding efforts that more than achieve that goal.

If you can deal with that, then this might be the funniest DVD you'll ever own. Stellar comedians such as Robin Williams, Penn & Teller, Michael Palin, and Drew Carey, a host of great newer comics, and even older ones like David Brenner and Galleger, and many more are featured, and the editing is brilliant. One surprise is that perhaps the most twisted and filthy (and hilarious) versions of "The Aristocrats" presented in the entire film is by Mr. Clean himnself, Bob Sagat.

And on top of being side-splittingly funny, the film is a very interesting insight into how comedians disect and analyse a joke, what makes a joke work, or flop, and other inside glimpse into the art of comedy.

Just a great film.

This is fantastic. I love it. I makes you want to learn how to improvise on the spot and hold your laughter in when you wanna tell a joke. Hilarious. The top-notch comedians today telling a classic joke that you have to hear to believe.