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(About Our Ads) "THE ARISTOCRATS" (2005) (Documentary) (Not Rated) Alcohol/ Drugs Blood/Gore Disrespectful/ Bad Attitude Frightening/ Tense Scenes Guns/ Weapons Minor *Moderate Heavy None *None Imitative Behavior Jump Scenes Music (Scary/Tense) Music (Inappropriate) Profanity Moderate None None None Extreme Sex/ Nudity Smoking Tense Family Scenes Topics To Talk About Violence Extreme Mild *None Moderate *Moderate QUICK TAKE: Documentary: An examination and various examples of a dirty joke previously told only among comedians. PLOT: Documentary filmmaker Paul Provenza interviews an assortment of comedians about a dirty joke they traditionally only tell among themselves. The likes of George Carlin, Drew Carey, Paul Reiser, Whoopi Goldberg and many more famous and obscure comedians and non-comedians discuss the old joke and the way in which all comedians improvise the middle section of it, much like a musician might do with a jazz number. WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? It's a good bet some will, particularly if they're intrigued to hear the joke and/or want to see their favorite comedian tell it. WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: Not Rated The film was not submitted to the MPAA for a rating, but it's the equivalent of at least an R and possibly an NC-17 due to graphic/crude language and sexual material. CAST AS ROLE MODELS: All of the comedians and non-comedians appear as themselves, many of which tell very crude and graphic versions of the joke. CAST, CREW, & TECHNICAL INFO HOW OTHERS RATED THIS MOVIE Curious if this title is entertaining, any good, and/or has any artistic merit? Then read OUR TAKE of this film. (Note: The "Our Take" review of this title examines the film's artistic merits and does not take into account any of the possibly objectionable material listed below). OUR WORD TO PARENTS: The following is a brief summary of the content found in this documentary that's been released without an official rating by the MPAA (had it been, it would have easily been an R and possibly an NC-17). Profanity consists of at least 100 "f" words and a plethora of other ones, along with colorful phrases. Graphic and sexually explicit dialogue is present throughout the film, mainly in the form of jokes covering a variety of topics designed to be shocking, including incest, bestiality, anal sex, gay sex, sexual bodily fluids and more. A male comedian is briefly seen in a hot tub with a topless woman whose bare breasts are digitized to avoid details, but a male comedian's bare butt is seen on stage as his pants ride down low. An equal plethora of crude, scatological and otherwise disgusting material is similarly present in many of the jokes, while that material and other bits will likely offend viewers in one fashion or another (and that's the point of telling the joke). Some kids may be enticed to repeat one of the jokes (or accompanying gestures, etc.) from the film, or to make up one of their own. While no violence is present, some of the jokes include descriptions of killing and beatings. Some drinking and a drug related comment are made, while a few people smoke. Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home, you may want to look more closely at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content. For those prone to visually induced motion sickness, there's some shaky, handheld camerawork present in the film. ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE Robin Williams jokes that he first heard the joke while doing "blow" (cocaine). We see liquor bottles in the background of a shot. A comedian tells a joke about a father with some whiskey. A joke is made about seeing two priests and not knowing whether to send them a bottle of wine or a cub scout. BLOOD/GORE While there's no actual blood or gore per se, many instances of the verbally told joke are graphically scatological in nature, such as defecating on the stage, in a wife's mouth, kids slipping on it, wallowing in it, etc. George Carlin does a particularly graphic bit about describing the nature of his watery excrement going into the narrator's wife's mouth and that he ate corn and nuts to provide some bulky objects. He then adds that a polyp threw off his aim, but most went in and that the wife gargled with and then swallowed the excrement. A joke is made about passing gas to the tune of "It's a wonderful world." There's a joke about pissing on the audience, as well as wallowing and swimming in excrement, and eating vomit and "puking." There's more about pouring "sh*t" on one's head and face and eating excrement like an apple. A joke is made about a girl bleeding from her anus since her "*sshole" is small and the guy's arm is big (a "fisting" joke), meaning she's naturally going to be bloody. Emo Philips does a relatively tame version of the joke where he talks about "peeing" and "pooing" on the floor. There's a joke about vomiting on the floor and then sliding in that. There are references to eating "sh*t" and "pissing" on a girl and a donkey. There's a joke about a grandmother with a kazoo up her "ass" playing a certain tune. There's a joke about letting out a thunderous fart. A comedian tells a joke about a father with some whiskey and then beating his wife and daughters with a bat, leaving them bloodied and screaming. A joke is made about a juggler defecating from above on another juggler. There's a joke about projectile vomiting. A joke is made about a grandmother riding a bicycle and "pissing" on everyone. More jokes are made about eating "sh*t" out of the grandmother's "ass." A joke is made about pulling out a tampon and flinging it to the wall where it sticks. There's a joke about diarrhea. A joke is made about a hemorrhoid coming out and being put on a nose like a clown. The term "felching" is used and then defined to mean sucking ejaculate out of another person's anus, with Andy Dick joking that "cum" alone is good, but tastes better with "sh*t." The term "Mexican Mustache" is defined as a woman's mouth following oral sex on a man who's just had anal sex with her (that's where the "mustache" comes from). The term "rusty trombone" is referred to spreading a person's "ass." A joke is made about "sh*tting" in a woman's "p*ssy." A joke is made about Betsy Ross "taking a dump." Carrie Fisher jokes that her mother was a "golden shower" queen. A joke is made about someone who ate their sister's bloody tampon. A South Park version of the joke has a reference to being covered in "cum" and "sh*t" and running around like victims of 911. DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE Some viewers may be offended by the subject matter used in the various forms of the joke. They include incest (including pedophilia), bestiality, violence and the following: A joke is made about having an abortion on the stage. A comedian uses the phrase "Little midget Nazi." A comedian tells a joke about natives "reaming" a rabbi in every orifice and then being covered in spermatozoa. A comment is made about a Catholic priest being no stranger to some of that. Some viewers won't like a comedian joking about a grandfather "f*cking" Jesus in the "ass" and sodomizing Jesus up the "ass." There's talk of gay sex regarding the joke and a person uses the term "faggot." Bob Saget tells a version of the joke where he says that the kids present are used only as holes. A comic jokes that Down's Syndrome is a gift "as far as ticket sales" (for the fictional family act in the joke). A woman jokes that a man raped her. A person uses the term "retarded." A comment is made about "fist-f*cking" an autistic preteen. A South Park version of the joke has a reference to being covered in "cum" and "sh*t" and running around like victims of 911. In terms of adding race to the joke, terms such as "nigger" and "spic" are used, as well as a joke about a Jew with a hooked nose, an Indian smelling of curry and the comment "We're nigger c*nts." We hear that three weeks after 911, Gilbert Gottfried did a joke saying his airline flight had a stop at the Empire State Building (and was booed for using such humor too soon after the tragedy). The term "faggot" is used in a joke. Some viewers may be offended when two fathers separately tell crude and sexual versions of the joke to their young sons (who are too young to understand any English, let alone the jokes). A joke is made about seeing two priests and not knowing whether to send them a bottle of wine or a cub scout. Martin Mull jokes that they blinded their blind dog (but he's kidding). FRIGHTENING SCENES None. GUNS/WEAPONS None, although a joke is made about a person being shot in the head and another "f*cking" the resultant hole. IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR Phrases: "F*cked up," "You are f*cking horrible," "The c*cks*cking m*therf*ckers," "What the f*ck am I doing?" "F*cked up," "That's f*cked," "Piece of sh*t," "It's sh*t," "Bullsh*t," "Sh*tsville," "Sh*tty," "C*nt juice," "C*nt snot," "He's c*ck-eyed," "Triangle" (a woman's crotch area), "You c*nt," "Jizzum," "Jizz," "Cum" and "Splooge" (semen), "Jerk each other off," "Blow job," "Circle jerk," "Felching," "Mexican mustache," "Rusty trombone," "Glory hole," "Virgin ass," "Rim job royale," "The joke sucks," "Screwed up," "Piss," "Puking," "Take a dump," "Little midget Nazi," "Hell of an act," "Balls" (testicles), "Pissed," "That putz" and "Retarded." The film could inspire some kids to repeat the jokes they've heard or come up with their own gross and disgusting versions. Teller (of Penn & Teller) rhythmically strokes a soft drink bottle as Penn tells a masturbation joke that ends with the bottle breaking and Penn commenting on the "head of his cock" blowing off. Some teens might be interested in mimicking one comedian who does exaggerated physical comedy (pulling his mouth in distorted expressions, and flipping over and landing on his back on the floor, etc.). A mime "tells" the joke in usual mime fashion, silently acting out sexual acts (rear entry, fisting, anal, etc.) and bestiality (both ways). A masturbation gesture is made with a ventriloquist dummy. JUMP SCENES None. MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE) None. MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE) None. PROFANITY At least 100 "f" words (2 used with "mother," 67 used sexually as are terms such as "nailing," "ream," "shank," "knobbing," "shagging" and "didling"), 63 "s" words, 36 slang terms using male genitals ("c*ck," "c*cks*cker," "d*ck," "wiener," "man-meat" and "rod"), 26 using female ones ("c*nt," "p*ssy" and "tw*t"), 1 for breasts ("t*t"), 35 "asses" (12 used with "hole"), 2 hells, 1 crap, 2 uses of "My God" and 1 use each of "For God's sakes" and "Jesus." SEX/NUDITY Many instances of the joke are sexual in nature and specifically about pedophiliac incest, bestiality (both ways), anal sex and more, all told in a very graphic nature. Andy Dick jokes about the narrator showing up as Hitler in crotch-less panties. A joke is made about "cuming" on the wife's "t*ts" and then chipping it off. A joke is made about midgets having sex and all having orgasms one by one like "fountains of jizzum." A joke is made about reaching around and "jerking each other off." There's a version about a dog "f*cking" a girl. We see one comedian in a hot tub with a woman who's obviously topless but we can't see anything as that part of her chest is underwater, although his arm around her shoulders leaves his hand on one of those submerged breasts. A joke is made about fingering a niece and touching a nephew's penis. A joke is made about a girl bleeding from her anus since her "*sshole" is small and the guy's arm is big (a "fisting" joke), meaning she's naturally going to be bloody. There's another joke about incestuous sex where the "f" word is used sexually many times. There's a joke about "f*cking" the wife while the son's arm is up inside his sister, that they're all "f*cking" and that the daughter is holding both the father and brother by their genitals. The term "nailing" is used sexually in a joke. There are more references to bestiality with a dog (both ways) in another joke, as well as uses of terms such as "blow job," "d*ck sucking" and "butt f*cking." A joke is made about "jerking off" in a dish and then a girl drinking that. Many similar references are made, along with other sexual terms. A joke is made about "f*cking" the grandmother but that she's already dead. More graphic sexual references are made in jokes. A joke is made about an old woman's "c*nt" looking like Silly Putty. A joke is made about a person being shot in the head and another "f*cking" the resultant hole. Many more graphic sexual references are made in more jokes. There are more references to "butt f*cking" as well as "sucking off" and "shanking" (or something similar to that) a donkey. A joke is made about a mother "going down" on her husband and then a sex act among their kids. More sexual jokes are made, some including use of a baby in the act with more "f*cking" and "cum" coming out of the baby's mouth, etc. and a grandfather "going down" on the grandmother. Whoopi Goldberg does a bit about dripping penises and foreskin pulled over one's head (atop their shoulders) like a helmet (muffling the singing such people do in that state). A woman states that if being funny is a guy thing, she'll strap one on (a phallus). A joke is made about having sex with a gorilla. A comedian tells a joke about natives "reaming" a rabbi in every orifice and then being covered in spermatozoa. A comment is made about a Catholic priest being no stranger to some of that. Some gay humor is present, including talk of one man penetrating another. A joke is made about an elephant penis. A joke is made about a mother spreading her legs, exposing her "ass" and her son repeatedly "jacking off" around her. A comedian jokes about a "c*nt" and then holds a deck of cards so that they resemble one. A joke is made about a father doing "69" with his daughter. Teller (of Penn & Teller) rhythmically strokes a soft drink bottle as Penn tells a masturbation joke that ends with the bottle breaking and Penn commenting on the "head of his cock" blowing off. More jokes are made about fingering the daughter. A mime "tells" the joke in usual mime fashion, silently acting out sexual acts (rear entry, fisting, anal, etc.) and bestiality (both ways). A joke is made about a husband and wife coming onto the stage naked and the wife blowing a smoke ring from her "twat" that the son dives through. Howie Mandell jokes about a bunch of people fitting into a woman's "c*nt" like clowns in a VW bug. Some viewers won't like a comedian joking about a grandfather "f*cking" Jesus in the "ass" and sodomizing Jesus up the "ass." There's talk of gay sex regarding the joke and a person uses the term "faggot." Bob Saget tells a version of the joke where he indicates the size of a "wiener" (by holding his hand to his mouth and the other to the back of his head) and he says that the kids present are used only as holes. A woman jokes about being told to use slim Tampax so that guys think she's tight (sexually). A joke is made about family incest and them doing "69," "29" and just "9" due to the father being bigger than the kids. A comment is made about taking one's pants off, getting some lotion and "jacking off." The term "felching" is used and then defined to mean sucking ejaculate out of another person's anus, with Andy Dick joking that "cum" alone is good, but tastes better with "sh*t." The term "Mexican Mustache" is defined as a woman's mouth following oral sex on a man who's just had anal sex with her (that's where the "mustache" comes from). A joke is made about reaching around and "jerking him off." A joke is made about "sh*tting" in a woman's "p*ssy." The term "knobbing" is used sexually. A joke is made about slamming one's "d*ck" in a drawer until it's flattened, a boy's eye popping out, and then sticking that flat "wiener" in his eye socket, meaning he's "c*ck-eyed." Jason Alexander jokes about slicing open a person's scrotum along the line of skin that runs up it. He then talks about the act where a person has a "rod" the size of his arm upon which he sets a kid who then gets hard and has another kid placed on him, etc. eventually creating a tower of anal sex. The term "shagging" is used sexually. Carrie Fisher jokes about her father "blowing" a goat, while her mother was a "golden shower" queen and that Mickey Rooney was into "fisting." A comment is made about a woman's "triangle" (crotch area), and her clitoris swelling like a parade float. A comment is then made about shining shoes with vaginal juices. A joke is made about "my dog was f*cking me in the ass" and the dog was "licking my balls." A joke is made about a piano player heading off to the restroom and then returning with his "d*ck" hanging out of his fly. A joke is made about a father masturbating and then mutual masturbation. A woman jokes about lick an "*sshole" and her mom having her pinkies up the same as they "came." A guy jokes about starfish being bisexual and then asks if the viewer has ever seen one "eat out" another. A comment is made about a "glory hole," "man-meat," "rubbing her p*ssy" and a "rim job royale." Many more sexual uses of the "f" word are used in various jokes. There are comments about "shooting" and "taking a load" (ejaculating). More sexual uses of the "f" word occur in a joke concerning kids and the dog. A comment is made about "didling" the cheerleader. A joke is made about blowing Hitler and biting his "d*ck" off. A comment is made about "fist-f*cking" an autistic preteen. Sexual and crude humor are in the South Park version of the joke, including placing a baby half-way back in the vagina and then having sex with it. A South Park version of the joke has a reference to being covered in "cum" and "sh*t" and running around like victims of 911. A comment is made about Hugh Hefner's "p*ssy posse." More comments are made about "jerking off," "going down," "fingering" and "f*cking and sucking each other." Some viewers may be offended when two fathers separately tell crude and sexual versions of the joke to their young sons (who are too young to understand any English, let alone the jokes). That includes a joke about a "wiener" in a butt moving back and forth until stuff comes out. We see Carrot Top's bare butt as his pants ride low as he walks across the stage. A joke is made about asking a guy why anal sex is used in humor, with the second man saying he can't tell the first, but can show him. A masturbation gesture is made with a ventriloquist dummy. We see the above guy in the hot tub with the topless woman whose upper half is now out of the water. He's playfully all over her and we then see that her breasts have been digitized so that no details can be seen. SMOKING Martin Mull smokes twice, while a miscellaneous person smokes once. A guy fakes smoking as part of his joke. A painting shows a person with a cigar. We see Fred Willard with an unlit pipe. TENSE FAMILY SCENES None, although some of the jokes of the family act include violence and incest among family members. TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT That comedy lies in the eyes, ears and judgment of the listener/viewer. The observation of how men and women differ in their telling of the joke and what sort of material they include in it. The fact that comedians of old couldn't use "dirty" material in their routines. All of the taboo topics (incest -- including pedophilia -- bestiality, sodomy and more) that are used in the joke. A woman jokes that a man raped her. The comment that the standards of what's deemed offensive change all of the time. VIOLENCE Some of the jokes are violent in nature, such as hitting a person on the head, causing holes in the head, and more, such as the following. A joke is made about a person being shot in the head and another "f*cking" the resultant hole. A joke is made about hitting someone on the head with a hammer. A comedian tells a joke about a father with some whiskey and then beating his wife and daughters with a bat, leaving them bloodied and screaming. A joke is made about a husband punching his wife's teeth out and then "fisting" her neck. A joke is made about slamming one's "d*ck" in a drawer until it's flattened, a boy's eye popping out, and then sticking that flat "wiener" in his eye socket, meaning he's "c*ck-eyed." A joke is made about blowing Hitler and biting his "d*ck" off. Reviewed July 28, 2005 / Posted August 12, 2005