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The Aristocrats" is a taboo-defying, off-color joke that has been told by numerous stand-up comedians since the vaudeville era. [1] It relates the story of a family trying to get an agent to book their stage act, which is remarkably vulgar and offensive. The punch line reveals that they incongruously bill themselves as "The Aristocrats". [2]
"The Aristocrats" is a longstanding transgressive joke amongst comedians, in which the setup and punchline are almost always the same (or similar). It is the joke's midsection – which may be as long as the one telling it prefers and is often completely improvised – that makes or breaks a particular rendition.
Henny explained the origin of his classic line "Take my wife, please" as a misinterpretation: he took his wife to a radio show and asked a stagehand to escort his wife to a seat. But his request was taken as a joke, and Youngman used the line countless times ever after. [3] Youngman had two children, Gary and Marilyn.
During a Science Vs podcast episode [7] [8], Richard Wiseman said this about whether it's actually the world's funniest joke: It was the joke that most people didn't hate. It's so you can look at any one group. You can look at men or women or young or old or Canadians. And there's always a joke that they thought was much, much funnier.
And now that joke has become a fully playable video game. Just be prepared to fork over a lot of quarters. Back in the ‘90s, when The Simpsons was one of the best shows on TV, the world was ...
"Nobody ever told us to hold up progress or anything like that," Buxer added. "In fact, there was a lot of pressure from Michael to get this done." In late summer 1993 -- either immediately before or just after the Chandler allegations emerged, depending on whom you ask -- Jackson's team sent a finished soundtrack to Sega for processing.
The character of Emo Philips appears as a fidgety, possibly mentally disturbed, nervous but highly intelligent individual. [3] Philips constantly moves throughout the routine, often shifting from sitting to standing positions, wandering from end to end on stage, playing with his hair or clothing, or going as far as to partially undress as he delivers punchlines.
During the sketch show's final episode of 2024, "Weekend Update" anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che once again partook in their biannual "joke swap," in which they make each other read jokes that ...