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The Aristocrats (2005)

The Aristocrats poster
Directed by
Penn Jillette, Paul Provenza
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 178 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A documentary where many famous comedians tell the same notoriously vulgar joke. It shows how each performer puts their own spin on it.

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What happens

The Aristocrats is a 2005 American documentary comedy film about the famous eponymous dirty joke. The film was conceived and produced by comedians Penn Jillette, Paul Provenza and Peter Adam Golden, and it was edited by Emery Emery. Distributed by THINKFilm, it is dedicated to Johnny Carson, as "The Aristocrats" was said to be his favorite joke. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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