Snozberry

I recently had a post where Frank Rich used "the world's dirtiest joke" as jumping off place to talk about censorship in the media. Curious, I blithely assumed that I wasn't going to be able to find the joke (Rich noted that it was censored right out of Comedy Central's video of "The New York Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner") and therefore didn't even bother to go looking. That was a mistake.

Talking over some good Chinese food with Edmund, Sophie and Chris, Edmund raised the subject of The Aristocrats joke. He hadn't seen the Frank Rich op-ed, but he had seen a Southpark cover of the joke online. My interest was piqued. Searching around this afternoon, I was able to first find a Mikarrhea post that had a copy of the Southpark version of The Aristocrats. Watch it; I think it's quite funny. NOTE: On second thought, only watch this if you're willing to hear some very disturbing imagery. This joke is not for everyone and you will very likely be offended. One of the reasons the joke is funny is that it exceeds all boundaries of propriety.

This whetted my appetite - and my continued searching turned me upon a film by Paul Provenza and Penn Jillette (Penn being the big talking half of the Penn & Teller magic act). Not to be confused with the 1999 film Aristocrats (notice the missing article), The Aristocrats is a 2005 movie that was recently shown at the Sundance Film Festival. The fim received rave reviews and, according to this Washington Post article, not only includes Gilbert Gottfried's performance from the Friars roast of Hugh Hefner, but will also likely be shown in theaters and released on DVD - with the DVD to include several hours of edited-out footage. Awesome-o! Now all we have to do is sit around for its release.