The Aristocrats

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The Aristocrats
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NR,1hr 30min
Released:
July 29, 2005
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ThinkFilm
Synopsis: "A family walks into a talent agent's office..." So begins "The Aristocrats," a joke kept mostly secret by stand-up comedians for decades. An intentionally "bad" joke, the laughs in The Aristocrats aren't in the punch-line (one of the only elements that's the same every time), but in the set-up, made unique by each comedian who tells it in an attempt to fashion the world's dirtiest joke. The cat was finally let out of the bag by Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza, the seasoned funnymen who gathered ... Full Synopsis
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The Aristocrats -- the movie, not the joke -- is a working demonstration of the pleasures of the profane. Full Review
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Gilbert Gottfried, Paul Provenza and Penn Jillette, co-creators at the The Aristocrats premiere in...
Gilbert Gottfried at the The Aristocrats premiere in New York City on July 26, 2005
Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza, co-creators at the The Aristocrats premiere in New York City on...
Peter Adam Golden, producer and Judy Gold at the The Aristocrats premiere in New York City on July...
Al Goldstein and Penn Jillette, co-creator at the The Aristocrats premiere in New York City on July...
Al Goldstein and Penn Jillette, co-creator at the The Aristocrats premiere in New York City on July...
Al Goldstein and Penn Jillette, co-creator at the The Aristocrats premiere in New York City on July...
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