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An Oral History of ‘The Aristocrats’ with Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza

“A talent agent is sitting in his office and in walks a family — a father, a mother and two kids. The father says to the agent, ‘Have I got an act for you!’”

So begins one of the most notoriously dirty jokes in the history of comedy. The specifics can vary, but the basic idea is always the same: The family walks in and offers up their act. The agent asks what the act is and one of them, usually the father, goes on to explain their routine, which involves the most shocking and depraved sex acts possible between members of the family, including but not limited to: urination, defecation, vomiting and bestiality (incest, of course, goes without saying). 

Trey Parker Never Wanted People to Compare ‘South Park’ to ‘SNL’ — But That’s Exactly What’s Happening

Not since the time that George H.W. Bush publicly dunked on Homer Simpson (before attempting to garrote him) has the White House had such a contentious relationship with an animated series. 

The first two episodes of South Park’s 27th season famously portrayed President Trump as a micropenis-equipped dictator, JD Vance as his toddler-esque sidekick and Kristi Noem as a Botox-riddled sex trafficker who has killed more dogs than the producers of the Air Bud franchise. 

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