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What do I find most disturbing about the following picture, taken at the premiere of Bob Saget's new movie, Farce of the Penguins?

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i warn you, this joke is not funny. the only time it was funny was when sarah silverman told it, and that was only because i think her face is funny whenever she says anything scandalous.

the reason people tell this joke, i think, is because it has a beginning and an end, and is wide open in the middle. it can literally take an hour to tell the joke, if your comedian is especially cruel. it's kind of one of those experiments in how far someone can take it. most comedians (quoted in the film) consider bob sagat to be the ultimate master of the aristocrats. it's like the scene in monty python's "meaning of life" when the fat guy explodes -- you're testing your audience to see how much they'll put up with.

a man and his wife and kids and their grandmother and their dog walk into an audition for a new variety act on broadway.

"what are you going to do for us today?" asks the casting director.
"well, you see, me and my family have a nice little act we've practiced. we'd like to show it to you."

what proceeds from here is an incestuous orgy, in which every combination of sexual act and bodily function is performed. the comedian can tell this part for a long time, thinking of many different combinations. let's just say that bob sagat somehow manages to outdo all of the others in terms of absolute grotesqueness.

at the end, the family poses, and the horrified casting director, who by now is covered in all the bodily fluids flung from the stage, asks, "what do you call this act?"
the father strikes a cymbal and says, "the aristocrats." they all bow.

THIS IS THE END OF THIS JOKE!

sarah silverman puts her own spin on it by starting out,
"lots of people know this story, but i can tell you what really happened, because i was in the aristocrats." she goes on to talk about her nana, and how some famous casting director raped her.

anyone laughing? huh? huh? NO????? WHY NOT??????????? IT'S A VERY FAMOUS JOKE!