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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]
[5] In 2004, Petersen was featured in the 2005 documentary film The Aristocrats where he told a version of the joke of the same name. [5] In 2007, Petersen was a featured comic as part of Ventriloquist Week on Late Show with David Letterman. He looked back on his performance as challenging because of the necessity to use more clean material as ...
Mitchell Lee Hedberg (February 24, 1968 – March 30, 2005) [2] was an American stand-up comedian known for his surreal humor and deadpan delivery. [3] His comedy typically featured short, sometimes one-line jokes [4] mixed with absurd elements and non sequiturs.
Cancelled after 5 episodes This Kelsey Grammer sitcom led off an all-new night of comedy for the Alphabet network, which included fellow newcomers The Middle, Modern Family and Cougar Town . (You ...
From Ali Wong to Katt Williams and Puddles the Clown, here's our list of the 25 shows we definitely plan to check out at the Netflix is a Joke festival in LA next month.
"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.
If dark humor jokes make you giggle, you'll be happy to know that we've gathered a collection of bad-but-good one-liners that'll make you cringe and snicker at the same time.
A joke of his was voted funniest religious joke ever in a 2005 online poll. [4] In 2006, he appeared at the Newbury Comedy Festival . He was included in the top 50 of E4 ' s 100 Greatest Comedians, and also appeared number 54 on Channel 4's top 100 greatest standups.