The Aristocrats: 100 Comedians, One Very Dirty Joke – (includes Penn Jillette, as executive producer, and Teller) Here’s an old vaudeville joke that like a familiar tune can sound different with every jazz improvisation. Robin Williams, George Carlin, The Smothers Brothers, Sarah Silverman, Phyllis Diller, Paul Reiser, Don Rickles, Gilbert Gottfried, and lots of comedians I’d never heard of before offer variations on the joke. The documentary reveals some of the magic behind creative comedy. Watch the bonus segment of additional jokes, which includes a brief version of my favorite shaggy-dog story of Bavarian cream pie. “The Aristocrats” in a way is a kind of shaggy-dog story in which a family is shagging the dog and each other and ... let your mind go to free associate taboos.

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