The Aristocrats
I’ve been raving about this film since I saw it, and most of the people I’ve told about it have no idea what the hell I’m talking about. The best of them think I’m referring to the Disney animated film, The Aristocats. Amusingly, this movie mentions how people mistake the two. After seeing this film, you’ll wonder how there could ever be a mistake.
The film is a documentary about an old joke that’s told amongst comedians, with the punchline "The Aristocrats.". The joke isn’t actually funny; it’s the way one tells the joke that’s important. Several comedians are featured in the film, telling the joke in their way and/or telling stories about the joke.
You might think that the same joke for an hour and a half might get dull. You’d be wrong. I have never laughed so long or so hard at a film as I have during this one. Be warned, though: the movie is quite blue. Rumour has it that AMC wouldn’t even book the film because it was so filthy. Now, we’re just talking words–there are no graphic images (unless you count the mime, but I don’t want to spoil that for you). Granted, the words we’re talking about are graphic, sexual, incestuous, violent, scatological, racist, necrophiliogical (is that even a word? it is now...), and so on. And just when you think it can’t get any worse, along comes Bob Saget.
Bob Saget is a filthy son of a bitch. I reckon growing up with a name like Saget, one would have to wind up with a quick, sick wit. Watch this movie, watch Saget tell "The Aristocrats," listen to other comics talk about Saget, and then think about how screwed up the Olsen twins are. You’ll realize... it’s gotta be Saget’s fault. Personally, I’ll never be able to watch America’s Funniest Home Videos ever again (wait... I never watch that anyways...).
The interesting thing is how people like Saget and Gilbert Gottfried steal the show with their sick tellings, and guys you’d expect to floor you (like George Carlin and Robin Williams) seem rather tame. If you’re a Comedy Central junkie like me, you’ll recognize a lot of the B-list comedians on parade here (oh my god, did Judy Gold actually say something funny? must be a first...).
I’m so excited to get this on DVD, especially since there’s a website where you can tell your own version of the joke for possible inclusion on the DVD release. I’ve got to go rehearse my version of the joke, though I have to admit it’s gonna be hard to out-gross screwing the bullet hole in a corpse...
Yeah, that’s the kind of movie it is.
The film is a documentary about an old joke that’s told amongst comedians, with the punchline "The Aristocrats.". The joke isn’t actually funny; it’s the way one tells the joke that’s important. Several comedians are featured in the film, telling the joke in their way and/or telling stories about the joke.
You might think that the same joke for an hour and a half might get dull. You’d be wrong. I have never laughed so long or so hard at a film as I have during this one. Be warned, though: the movie is quite blue. Rumour has it that AMC wouldn’t even book the film because it was so filthy. Now, we’re just talking words–there are no graphic images (unless you count the mime, but I don’t want to spoil that for you). Granted, the words we’re talking about are graphic, sexual, incestuous, violent, scatological, racist, necrophiliogical (is that even a word? it is now...), and so on. And just when you think it can’t get any worse, along comes Bob Saget.
Bob Saget is a filthy son of a bitch. I reckon growing up with a name like Saget, one would have to wind up with a quick, sick wit. Watch this movie, watch Saget tell "The Aristocrats," listen to other comics talk about Saget, and then think about how screwed up the Olsen twins are. You’ll realize... it’s gotta be Saget’s fault. Personally, I’ll never be able to watch America’s Funniest Home Videos ever again (wait... I never watch that anyways...).
The interesting thing is how people like Saget and Gilbert Gottfried steal the show with their sick tellings, and guys you’d expect to floor you (like George Carlin and Robin Williams) seem rather tame. If you’re a Comedy Central junkie like me, you’ll recognize a lot of the B-list comedians on parade here (oh my god, did Judy Gold actually say something funny? must be a first...).
I’m so excited to get this on DVD, especially since there’s a website where you can tell your own version of the joke for possible inclusion on the DVD release. I’ve got to go rehearse my version of the joke, though I have to admit it’s gonna be hard to out-gross screwing the bullet hole in a corpse...
Yeah, that’s the kind of movie it is.
posted by Amy at 11:32 PM
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