What is the act called?

The Aristocrats!

Last night I watched a documentary of the above name.

Apparently there is a huge in-joke amongst the comedians of the USA. It's a comedians joke that comes in many forms and is barely unleashed on the public.

All you need to tell the joke is...... a beginning something like:

A man walked into an agency and he says to the agent "I heard that you are looking for acts, I have an act, in fact it's a family act". The agent requests to hear what the act is and.....

This is the part where each individual puts their own spin on the joke. The idea is to create the most un-PC, disgusting offensive content to describe the act involving the whole family and sometime a dog, poo, pee, blood, sexual acts. Totally gross out and disgust everyone and not repeat yourself.

The agent then asks.... "What's the act called?"

And there comes the punchline......... Yes you worked it out.

In itself the joke is not funny and very unappealing. That is the appeal to the comedians I guess! And the documentary looks at the legend of the joke whilst allowing you to pretty much hear 100 versions of it.

Not the best doc ever but worth checking out www.thearistocrats.com.