Tribute To Steven Banks aka Billy The Mime and The Aristocrats
call HART crazy .. but
I watched that movie again last night … The Aristrocrats. Basically, it’s documentary about about one of the oldest jokes done by comedians since the vaudeville days .. called “The Aristocrats”. If you haven’t heard of this before, it’s really about the art of story telling among comedians, trying to make the other one vomit, laugh, be disgusted and .. well .. here’s the blurb on it..
This is a documentary about a joke. It is a joke only told by comedians to other comedians. The outline of the joke is that a man goes into an agent’s office and says he has a family act. He then either acts out or describes the most obscene acts possible. The stunned agent says, “And what do you call yourselves?” and the man answers, “The Aristocrats.” Each comedian describes how he tells the story. Each is different, each tries to get an element of surprise out of their listeners, who are assumed to be other comedians….
It’s quite funny .. BUT –> The funniest tale (after knowing the story as told by the previous comedians in the movie) ..was made by Steven Banks aka Billy the Mime, playing himself as Billy the Mime - MIMING the Aristocrat Joke .. and here it is - You should be able to get the general theme of this joke!
