Invented Culture, or Revealed History? Either way it's filthy!

[quantumduck]

So Penn Gillete walks into an producer's office and says, "I've got the perfect movie for you!" The producer looks curious, and asks him for the pitch. "I get all the big names in comedy to curse a blue streak into cheap camcorders. Then I tell everyone its a documentary that gives them an 'inside view' of the comedy world. First I get George

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[omorka]

I'm absolutely certain that it's actually a French joke from around the 1920's, and one that translates badly into English, to boot. But I freely admit I have only anecdotal evidence to back this up.

[quantumduck]

The French huh? Figures!

I'm willing to believe the joke has historical roots. What I doubt is the story that Micheal O'Donahough and Chevy Chase told this joke all the time in the 70s, and that it became a secret handshake for the comedians of 'the new cruelty' ('77-'82). You'd think that if that were true then there'd be some better recent sources on that.