The Aristocrats | 
| Director: Paul Provenza
Actors: George Carlin, Don Rickles, Chris Rock, Chris Albrecht, Jason Alexander
Studio: Velocity / Thinkfilm
Category: DVD
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Rating:  267 reviews
Sales Rank: 6874
Format: Color, Ntsc, Closed-captioned
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 89 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: VELDTF54075D
UPC: 821575540759
EAN: 0821575540759
ASIN: B000C3L2NE
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: January 24, 2006
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Product Description
Penn jillette & paul provenza capitalize on their insider status & invite over 100 of their closest friends (some of the biggest names in entertainment) to reminisce analyze & deliver their own version of the worlds dirtiest joke an old burlesque routine too extreme to be performed in public. Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 09/04/2007 Starring: Penn Jillette Paul Provenza Run time: 86 minutes Rating: Ur
Amazon.com
Released without a rating and billed as "the most vile, disgusting, and vulgar" film of all time, The Aristocrats is also funny enough to qualify as a minor comedy classic. We say "minor" only because hearing the same foul joke told by 100 celebrated comedians is inevitably exhausting, even though the shaggy-dog gag (a vintage in-joke among comedians, allowing outrageously obscene improvisation, and always ending with the same titular punchline) is also a fascinating litmus test for each comedian's irreverent style. As codirectors and show-biz insiders, veteran comedians Paul Provenza and Penn Jillette (from the comedy duo Penn & Teller) corralled an unprecedented parade of stand-up celebrities (George Carlin, Robin Williams, Drew Carey, Whoopi Goldberg, Sarah Silverman, the South Park kids and many, many more), each telling "the dirtiest joke of all time" in their own inimitable fashion. The sheer volume of vaudevillian vulgarity takes on a life of its own, more fascinating than funny, until Gilbert Gottfried (at a celebrity roast for Hugh Hefner, shortly after the terrorist attacks of 9/11/01) tells what is unanimously hailed as the definitive version of the joke. It's a matter of context, style, and bawdy bravado, and for better or worse, The Aristocrats will endure as a testament to a joke so bad--so uproariously bad--that no comedian worthy of the profession can resist the temptation to tell it. --Jeff Shannon
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| Customer Reviews: Read 262 more reviews...
 Dirty Dirty Dirty, and very funny! January 6, 2009
D. Cooper (Burlington, VT USA)
A great, behind the scenes look at the joke comedians tell each other. A hilarious take off on the old "gross out" joke, the late George Carlin, Sarah Silverman, Gilbert Gottfried are stand outs. This movie is a must see, but get the kids out of the house.
 3 stars out of 4 December 18, 2008
One-Line Film Reviews (Ann Arbor)
The Bottom Line:
There aren't many documentaries that could be considered side-splittingly funny, but the Aristocrats might just fit the bill; though it runs out of gas around halfway through and drags thereafter, it's worth looking into if you want to hear a lot of talented comedians riff off one joke.
 See it for Sarah Silverman's portion June 24, 2008
A. Altman (San Carlos, California United States)
I found that I quickly tired of the comedians trying to out-do each other by being dirtier and dirtier with each retelling of the joke. After laughing hysterically for the the first few minutes, by 25 minutes into the movie I was bored.
SARAH SILVERMAN RULES. Instead of retelling the joke, she sweetly and innocently describes her LIFE in the family of the Aristocrats. That is all I will tell you. It is worth the price of the DVD just to see the few minutes that Sarah Silverman offers. No kidding.
With apologies to Joe Franklin :-o
Art
 Blah. May 30, 2008
Robert P. Beveridge (Cleveland, OH)
The Aristocrats (Paul Provenza, 2005)
The big secret behind the dirtiest joke ever told is this: it's not funny. Which may well be why documentarian Paul Provenza decided to spend so much of this documentary of the world's supposedly dirtiest joke on meta-- comedians talking about the joke, rather than telling it. Some of that is funny, depending on the comedian (there are some people who make a living as comics-- a very good living, probably-- and I've never been able to understand why. Quite a few of them are found here). But the joke itself and its endless variations? Nah. It makes for an interesting dissection of the world of comedians, but other than that, it's not all that hot. *
 Just not that Funny...... January 23, 2008
Mark N. Deer
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I really love demaning crude socially inapropriate humor..... but this was just noy funny to me..... other than Sarah Silverman( REally funny) but its already on youtube and Lisa Lampanelli, and Giulbert Gotfreid the DVD was pretty much a waste.....
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