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**

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( farting )

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Uh, Dad say,
"No more farts! "

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**

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* When she farts,
it's always funny *

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* Even if it smells

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* When I fart,
it's only sometimes funny *

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* Depending on
a lot of factors *

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* But when the dog farts,
it can be hilarious *

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* To downright
goddamn dangerous *

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* That air is toxic

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* Better hold your breath

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* Dog farts

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* How unfortunate, oh

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* Dog farts

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* Someone open a window

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* Dog farts

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* I think
he woke himself up *

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* With that one

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I thought, at last!

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Somebody's making a film
about farting.

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That's been
a long time coming.

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I have to say at first when you
said that you were gonna do

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a documentary on farting,
and I thought,

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- Oh, my. Yeah.
- Who's gonna want
to watch that?

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The first thing I said was,
"How can I be a part of this?"

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* Dog farts

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* How can a creature
so little *

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- * Dog farts
- * Make a smell so huge?

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Because it's-- it's
a very interesting subject

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and-- and underexplored,

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and it's worthy
of closer attention.

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- ( farting )
- ( audience laughs )

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I'm now going to warm up--
warm up my sphincter myself

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with a bit
of classical music.

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( audience laughs )

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Man:
My name is--

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Do you want
my real name, or both names?

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Real name
is Paul Oldfield.

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But my alter ego,
because like any superhero

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I need an alter ego
when I perform

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my superhuman abilities.

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- ( farting )
- Man: Oh!

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So I metamorphasize
into Mr. Methane.

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Male interviewer:
How-- how do you--

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how do you prepare yourself
before you perform?

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Um, I've been upstairs
in the dressing room

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doing lots of stretches
and warm-ups.

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- Okay.
- So, I've been tensing

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using abdominals
so we're now fully relaxed.

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- Okay, I see.
- So, uh...

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They say in Spain and Brazil,
Señor Matano.

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Okay, so, uh--
uh, what kind of activity
are we gonna see first?

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First of all,

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I've got a little bit
of fine talcum powder

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and I'm going to sprinkle
a little bit on my bottom

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so people can actually see
that I am breaking wind.

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- Okay, so it's not a fake.
- That's exactly--

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Because obviously people
sat at home...

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- Uh...
- ( audience laughing )

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- These...
- Yeah.

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These-- these--
these people over here,

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they've got what we call
"ringside seats."

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- Yeah.
- ( laughing )

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Okay.

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Okay.

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A little bit of talcum
on the bottom.

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There we go.

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- Like that.
- Okay.

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Is it--
I haven't got a
rearview mirror.

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- Is the, um...
- It looks very nice.

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Is it well-covered?

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- Okay.
- Yes, it's fantastic.

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- Here we go.
- Thank you.

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In Australia,
I-- down under,

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I hold the record
for the most amount
of complaints

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to a television show.

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From five...
Five,

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All:
Four, three, two, one.

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( audience guffaws )

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All right!
Very good.

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**

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* Can you guess
where this comes from? *

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( farting )

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* Mr. Methane.com

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Obviously,
there is a Mr. Methane
website out there.

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'Cause, if you're not
on the web now,
well, that's it.

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- You're not in business.
- ( farting )

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So, you know,
I've got a website,
Mr. Methane.com

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* Mr. Methane.com

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( farting )

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Male announcer:
The world's windiest website.

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( farting )

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Man:
Lovely. Lovely.

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My background
field is actually
American literature.

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But I developed
an interest in American humor.

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I run the creative writing
program here.

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And I teach a module
on how to write humor.

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Farting,
I happen to know,

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features throughout
the history of humor.

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I mean, I did a project
a few years back where

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I went in search
of the oldest joke
in the world.

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Um, we-- well,
you can't actually find the
oldest joke in the world

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but the oldest joke
that I could find--

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the oldest recorded joke,
in other words,

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the oldest one-liner,
if you like,

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is actually a fart joke.

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( wind blowing )

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( chattering )

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( bongo drums playing )

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Man:
Jim Dawson is my name,
and I write books.

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I write books on, uh--

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mainly non-fiction books.

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Well, farting
was, it was--

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it was a fairly
unexplored topic

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back in 1997 and '98

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when I wrote,
"Who Cut The Cheese?"

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- Cut it!
- Who cut the cheese?

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And when I pitched
it to my agent,

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he-- he was extremely
happy to state,

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he says, "I think
we can sell this book."

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It seems to be,
as far his humorous potential,

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it seems to be fair
the ubiquitous, I think,

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across cultures
and throughout history.

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And so,
the oldest recorded joke

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is a fart joke

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and fart jokes
are featured in jest books

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throughout the ages.

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It's about 4,000 years old.

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And I'll tell you that joke
if you want to hear it.

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Female interviewer:
Yeah, I do. I want
to hear it.

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It's not...

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- Don't expect too much of it.
- No, it's 4,000 years old.

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It's all the-- exactly,
and it's the-- like all humor,

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it's context dependent,
I suppose.

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But it goes,

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"Something that's never been
known since time immemorial

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is a young lady
who didn't break wind
in her husband's embrace."

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- Now, you're not
laughing, are you?
- No.

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That's usually
the response I get to that.

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Well first of all,
there's the sound of it.

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( farting )

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Or the sounds
of the funny little things...

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- ( farting )
- ...that come out of it.

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- ( farting )
- Oh!

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Woman:
Yeah, because--

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Or it's 'cause that they
produce an embarrassing noise.

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- ( fart )
- Man: Many people...

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Woman:
Try to hide.

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( farting )

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( laughter )

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Ah,
this is awesome!

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All right. Here--
here we go. Here we go.

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Here.

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( rock skipping,
ricocheting)

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Woman:
Wow.

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( ricochet
sound continues )

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- ( farts )
- ( woman laughs )

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( chattering )

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( train brakes hissing )

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( violin music playing )

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When would you like to start
discussing the said subject?

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( chuckles )

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* The camptown ladies
sing that song *

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( fart, fart,
fart, fart )

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No, it is not.
You fart anywhere.

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You fart anywhere.

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In front of everybody.

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* The camptown racetrack's
five miles long *

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( farting )

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I should be able to fart
anytime I want.

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( woman laughing )

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For God's sake.

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- * Gonna run all night
- ( farts )

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- * Gonna run all day
- (farts )

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Well, I suppose
you don't expect women
to fart, do you?

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Of course. We have
the same pipe works as you do.

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* I'll bet my money
on the bobtail hag *

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( fart, fart,
fart, fart )

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So what about, um,
in the states,

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is there a different attitude
to-- to farting?

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( leaves rustling )

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Woman:
Some of it's
gonna come back up.

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Woman #2:
...And once it gets
to the stomach,

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Woman:
It-- from the production

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of changing
your food to poop.

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Man:
Have you ever heard
of anybody

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- lighting a belch?
- ( laughs )

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Well, that's because
it doesn't-

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Seriously,
it's two different gases.

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( woman laughing )
Lighting a belch.

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Probably wasn't funny
for the first caveman

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that farted on the fire.

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( laughing )

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I'm just saying.

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( farting )

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Steve Baxter:
Anyway, going back to
the basis of farting,

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it's-- it's a--
a metabolic process.

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Quite natural.

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So why do people
find it obnoxious?

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- Well, the thing is--
- It's rude!

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it's a bit
like smoking, isn't it?

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When you smoke,
you affect other people.

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And when you fart,
you can affect other people.

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No, I think it's a problem
of education.

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Just people,
society has established

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that you don't do this thing
in front of people,

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and that's it.

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But there are some people
that do it.

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Because men like noises.

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Or a reaction.

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And I have to wa--
I have to wait

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to expect--
expect is the word,

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I have to expect that my fart
will be a silent one.

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- So nobody hears it.
- ( laughing )

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That's when your cheeks
start to bulge.

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( church bells tolling )

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( man farting )

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I get really upset
about this. Honestly.

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- So you want equal rights
for farting.
- Exactly-- of course.

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* This is for my ladies
out there *

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* Who have a problem
with their gas *

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**

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- ( glass shattering )
- Man: In contrary

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to what they would have
you believe...

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girls do fart.

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Fart is the bodily function

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of passing
intestinal gas

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also known as flatus
through the anus.

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Female interviewer:
Have you heard
of Mr. Methane?

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- No.
- Gentleman that does the...

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I guess you could give
a little...

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Male interviewer:
He's a professional farter.

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Female interviewer:
Do you know of any
professional farters?

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Uh, no,
as a matter of fact...

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No, but do you know
who might pay him?

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He could become one.

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Oh, really?
Well, they've been around,

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I think,
professional farters, for a--

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for a number of years.

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( record player
needle scratches )

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( man speaking French )

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Jim Dawson:
Because, you know
in France for example,

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in the late 19th century

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one of the top, uh...

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one of the top stars
in Paris

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was a guy named
Le Pétomane whose act
at the Moulin Rouge

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was farting.

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Paul Oldfield:
Le Pétomane, um...

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Well, Le Pétomane,
whose real name

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was Joseph Pujol,
performed at the Pink Windmill

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at the Moulin Rouge
in Paris.

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And he was--
where the famous
can-can dancers perform,

254
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and he was
the highest paid act.

255
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He grossed more than
the pop stars of the day,

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which were
the opera singers,

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and he performed
a fart show.

258
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Even back in the days,
you know, in Roman days,

259
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there was Le Pétomane
character then.

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Beyond that
it's very difficult
to get the actual facts.

261
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And he could suck wind
into his anus

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and then he could
expel it at will.

263
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And he had such control
over his sphincter

264
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that he could--
that he could imitate

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musical instruments,
animals, birds,

266
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and he would often add,
"My mother-in-law."

267
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( laughs )

268
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Oldfield:
See, you get this thing

269
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you don't know
how much he's become...

270
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Hollywood-ized,
if you like...

271
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How much of it it's been
pumped up for the movie.

272
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And--
it's-- it's--

273
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I suppose it's difficult
to know how...

274
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It's difficult to get
to the bottom of it, really.

275
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I would say that's the--
that's the problem.

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And for a couple of years,

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they would
actually have

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medical people
in attendance

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because women,
especially with their corsets,

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you know, with--
They would go into these
hysterics over this guy.

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He was so funny
that they would--

282
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they couldn't
catch their breath

283
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and they would be
passing out and--

284
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and-- and so these people
would rush up

285
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and, I guess,
loosen their corsets.

286
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But-- but he
was extremely funny

287
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and-- and-- and,
you know, even today,

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there are people who,
you know, are still
doing that like

289
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Mr. Methane
over in England.

290
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- ( farting )
- ( audience laughing )

291
00:13:29,109 --> 00:13:30,878
Oldfield:
I know that I can do it.

292
00:13:30,911 --> 00:13:33,080
So therefore, I know
that Le Pétomane existed,

293
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and I don't think
the tale came out of--

294
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- out of nowhere.
-( farts )

295
00:13:38,651 --> 00:13:42,289
It, you know,
there was enough people
who actually, um,

296
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recounted this tale
and it's become--

297
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it has become folklore.

298
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Maybe some of his
abilities were a bit,

299
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if you like,
trumped up.

300
00:13:49,162 --> 00:13:51,164
But still, I mean,
even though the French

301
00:13:51,198 --> 00:13:53,566
would laugh
at farting,

302
00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:54,968
you know,
it wasn't something

303
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that was
socially acceptable.

304
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In fact,
I was unable to find
any sort of culture

305
00:13:59,973 --> 00:14:02,209
where it was truly accepted
as just, you know,

306
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"Oh, yeah,
yeah, fart,"

307
00:14:03,510 --> 00:14:05,078
you know, "Yeah, sure.
That's okay."

308
00:14:05,112 --> 00:14:08,581
- ( farting sounds )
- ( audience laughing )

309
00:14:13,386 --> 00:14:14,922
( farting loudly )

310
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And Japan even--
you know, even had
a guy that did that

311
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and there was a--
a famous scroll

312
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which I talk about
in "Who Cut The Cheese"

313
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and it told a story--
this goes back about maybe,

314
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uh, about 300
or 400 years or so,

315
00:14:38,378 --> 00:14:41,614
and, you know,
even in Japanese society,

316
00:14:41,648 --> 00:14:44,417
you know,
farting was funny.

317
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In some places, like,
there were some African...

318
00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:50,690
uh-- uh, countries
where if you farted

319
00:14:50,723 --> 00:14:53,126
in front
of the wrong person,
you could be killed.

320
00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:55,562
( farting )

321
00:14:59,299 --> 00:15:02,702
Man:
John Wycoff,
and the degree is D.O.

322
00:15:02,735 --> 00:15:04,371
Flatulence
in the purest sense

323
00:15:04,404 --> 00:15:07,240
is gas that's made
in the intestines,

324
00:15:07,274 --> 00:15:09,109
usually from
the digestion of food

325
00:15:09,142 --> 00:15:11,111
by various bacteria
and organisms.

326
00:15:11,144 --> 00:15:13,513
I don't know why people
get so embarrassed
about farting.

327
00:15:13,546 --> 00:15:14,514
After all,
it's a natural process,

328
00:15:14,547 --> 00:15:15,582
isn't it?

329
00:15:18,185 --> 00:15:21,054
( church bells tolling )

330
00:15:21,088 --> 00:15:23,023
Some people say
that you get some bloating

331
00:15:23,056 --> 00:15:25,492
and distension
in the abdomen

332
00:15:25,525 --> 00:15:28,361
and, uh,
that can be relieved
by flatulence.

333
00:15:28,395 --> 00:15:31,064
Sometimes some people--
they try to hold in
the flatulence

334
00:15:31,098 --> 00:15:33,600
and that could be, uh,
can cause some discomfort.

335
00:15:33,633 --> 00:15:36,336
You know,
if it's a bodily function,
there's cause and effect.

336
00:15:36,369 --> 00:15:37,604
So something causes it.

337
00:15:37,637 --> 00:15:39,139
Something causes
the gas to build up.

338
00:15:39,172 --> 00:15:41,374
Something causes gas
to release, okay?

339
00:15:41,408 --> 00:15:43,143
It's
a chemical reaction.

340
00:15:43,176 --> 00:15:46,279
Nothing serious
is gonna happen
by not passing flatus.

341
00:15:46,313 --> 00:15:48,615
Female interviewer:
So it's not bad
for you then to hold...?

342
00:15:48,648 --> 00:15:52,319
No, it's more...
It's gonna cause discomfort,
but noth-- nothing...

343
00:15:52,352 --> 00:15:55,355
You're not gonna explode
or have any problems like that.

344
00:15:55,388 --> 00:15:57,057
( farting )

345
00:15:57,090 --> 00:15:59,692
There are a number
of theories of humor,

346
00:15:59,726 --> 00:16:02,062
you know,
and you can theorize

347
00:16:02,095 --> 00:16:04,164
farting relative
to all of them really.

348
00:16:04,197 --> 00:16:06,466
Um...

349
00:16:06,499 --> 00:16:08,468
It's a taboo,
I suppose.

350
00:16:08,501 --> 00:16:11,171
Uh, so Freud would say,
it has comic potential

351
00:16:11,204 --> 00:16:14,307
because it's
one of those things
that we repress.

352
00:16:14,341 --> 00:16:15,775
It was difficult to...

353
00:16:15,808 --> 00:16:17,477
Would you just excuse me
a minute?

354
00:16:17,510 --> 00:16:18,745
( farts )

355
00:16:18,778 --> 00:16:20,747
Oh, excuse me.
I just-- ah.

356
00:16:20,780 --> 00:16:24,284
Uh, it was difficult
to actually--

357
00:16:24,317 --> 00:16:25,618
Ooh, that's a bit..

358
00:16:25,652 --> 00:16:27,020
Actually,
I shouldn't have done that.

359
00:16:27,054 --> 00:16:31,724
- Two, one.
- ( laughing )

360
00:16:31,758 --> 00:16:33,526
Well, farting is--
yeah, we all do it.

361
00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:35,062
Yeah, farting
is something that--

362
00:16:35,095 --> 00:16:40,067
it's a very, very funny,
uh, for young children.

363
00:16:40,100 --> 00:16:41,734
Once you reach
a certain age,

364
00:16:41,768 --> 00:16:43,136
and you're supposed
to grow up

365
00:16:43,170 --> 00:16:45,305
and grow out
of childish humor.

366
00:16:45,338 --> 00:16:49,776
Fart four,
fart five, fart six...

367
00:16:49,809 --> 00:16:53,313
Fart five,
fart 11,

368
00:16:53,346 --> 00:16:55,182
fart 12...

369
00:16:55,215 --> 00:16:58,051
I think that, uh,

370
00:16:58,085 --> 00:17:00,053
the younger generations

371
00:17:00,087 --> 00:17:04,791
tend to be more open
with a lot of things.

372
00:17:04,824 --> 00:17:07,160
than when
I was coming up.

373
00:17:07,194 --> 00:17:09,662
I mean, that's just a totally
different environment.

374
00:17:09,696 --> 00:17:11,664
For them
it's somewhat...

375
00:17:11,698 --> 00:17:14,201
It's-- it's--
everything is about humor.

376
00:17:14,234 --> 00:17:15,535
So, yeah,
it's more accepted

377
00:17:15,568 --> 00:17:17,537
because of the humorous
aspect of it.

378
00:17:17,570 --> 00:17:19,839
You were talking about
the 16-year old

379
00:17:19,872 --> 00:17:21,241
that stays
in the household.

380
00:17:21,274 --> 00:17:22,742
It's about "funny."

381
00:17:22,775 --> 00:17:26,613
Whereas before it was
about where you were at,

382
00:17:26,646 --> 00:17:30,583
and if it was proper
based upon who was around you.

383
00:17:30,617 --> 00:17:33,086
And now,
that's irrelevant.

384
00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:34,154
**

385
00:17:34,187 --> 00:17:35,655
Dalai Lama:
We are mentally,

386
00:17:35,688 --> 00:17:39,226
emotionally,
intellectually,

387
00:17:39,259 --> 00:17:41,861
we are same.

388
00:17:41,894 --> 00:17:43,830
Man:
A point he rather
inadvertently proved

389
00:17:43,863 --> 00:17:48,468
through an unexpected
story about gas.

390
00:17:48,501 --> 00:17:50,403
When in airplane,

391
00:17:50,437 --> 00:17:53,106
sometimes this
gas problem comes.

392
00:17:53,140 --> 00:17:56,276
Then, you see,
difficult to let out.

393
00:17:56,309 --> 00:17:58,445
( audience laughing )

394
00:17:58,478 --> 00:18:01,781
So, occasionally,
you see, look around

395
00:18:01,814 --> 00:18:03,783
then-- then you
let it out like that.

396
00:18:03,816 --> 00:18:07,120
( laughs )

397
00:18:08,888 --> 00:18:11,491
Female interviewer:
Now, are you the kind
of person that laughs

398
00:18:11,524 --> 00:18:13,493
at the general
fart joke?

399
00:18:13,526 --> 00:18:14,694
I laugh at fart jokes
and I laugh at farting.

400
00:18:14,727 --> 00:18:16,229
Right.

401
00:18:16,263 --> 00:18:18,265
I laugh in situations
where people fart.

402
00:18:18,298 --> 00:18:19,766
I mean,
because as I say,

403
00:18:19,799 --> 00:18:22,135
it always has
the potential to be funny.

404
00:18:22,169 --> 00:18:23,370
There are
a variety of reasons

405
00:18:23,403 --> 00:18:25,572
why that's
the case, I think.

406
00:18:25,605 --> 00:18:27,907
Hi, I'm Mr. Safety,
and today I'm gonna teach you

407
00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:30,210
how to hide
your farts in public.

408
00:18:30,243 --> 00:18:33,513
We've got a tennis player
called John Newcombe.

409
00:18:33,546 --> 00:18:37,684
Uh, and it's, um,
it's his birthday today,

410
00:18:37,717 --> 00:18:39,552
so why don't we say,

411
00:18:39,586 --> 00:18:41,488
uh, you celebrate
his great set

412
00:18:41,521 --> 00:18:43,556
of fart
happy birthday

413
00:18:43,590 --> 00:18:46,426
I said, and then
I've got some candles,

414
00:18:46,459 --> 00:18:47,494
we'll put them
on the cake,

415
00:18:47,527 --> 00:18:48,761
and we'll blow
them out.

416
00:18:48,795 --> 00:18:51,431
And, uh,
that was very nice and--

417
00:18:51,464 --> 00:18:53,566
( audience laughing )

418
00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:54,901
You are still going,
I can hear.

419
00:18:54,934 --> 00:18:56,669
I'm ready, yes.

420
00:18:56,703 --> 00:18:57,870
We're going
to celebrate--

421
00:18:57,904 --> 00:18:59,306
this is for
the people at home,

422
00:18:59,339 --> 00:19:00,473
who may-- and people
in the audience,

423
00:19:00,507 --> 00:19:01,874
who may have a birthday.

424
00:19:01,908 --> 00:19:05,612
( host speaking
native language )

425
00:19:07,314 --> 00:19:09,416
We're going to blow
the birthday cake--

426
00:19:09,449 --> 00:19:11,184
- the candles out...
- Okay.

427
00:19:11,218 --> 00:19:13,520
- ...one at a time.
- ( audience laughing )

428
00:19:13,553 --> 00:19:16,223
Ah, just nice and low--
nice and...

429
00:19:16,256 --> 00:19:17,657
( speaking native language )

430
00:19:17,690 --> 00:19:19,359
Just-- just down there
a little...

431
00:19:19,392 --> 00:19:20,860
- A little down there?
- There we go.

432
00:19:20,893 --> 00:19:23,896
Okay, one...

433
00:19:23,930 --> 00:19:26,499
two...

434
00:19:26,533 --> 00:19:28,868
three...

435
00:19:28,901 --> 00:19:30,403
- Is this the last one?
- Yes.

436
00:19:30,437 --> 00:19:31,404
- Make a wish.
- Okay.

437
00:19:31,438 --> 00:19:33,340
( cheers, applause )

438
00:19:34,774 --> 00:19:36,343
And apparently afterwards,

439
00:19:36,376 --> 00:19:37,644
the switchboard
at Channel 9

440
00:19:37,677 --> 00:19:39,312
it was in meltdown.

441
00:19:39,346 --> 00:19:41,414
I mean, it's
a surprising sound anyway.

442
00:19:41,448 --> 00:19:42,982
- But it's surprising
when it comes out of...
- ( fart sound )

443
00:19:43,015 --> 00:19:45,852
...somewhere you not
expecting it to come out of.

444
00:19:45,885 --> 00:19:48,388
Everybody does it,
yet most people
are ashamed to fart.

445
00:19:48,421 --> 00:19:49,789
( fart noise )

446
00:19:49,822 --> 00:19:51,658
Most people don't even
like to talk about it.

447
00:19:51,691 --> 00:19:52,859
They think
it's pretty gross.

448
00:19:52,892 --> 00:19:55,262
( farting sound )

449
00:19:55,295 --> 00:19:57,864
Here at JokeStrap,
we think farting's
pretty hilarious.

450
00:19:57,897 --> 00:19:59,632
( mouthing words )
Hilarious.

451
00:19:59,666 --> 00:20:03,303
( farting noise )

452
00:20:03,336 --> 00:20:04,704
You know what?
It's not just us.

453
00:20:04,737 --> 00:20:07,474
A bunch of my friends
think farts are funny.

454
00:20:07,507 --> 00:20:08,941
Ian Zagaglia:
That's probably
'cause all your friends

455
00:20:08,975 --> 00:20:09,942
are in junior high school.
Both of them.

456
00:20:11,778 --> 00:20:14,581
You know, sometimes
you just gotta let it rip.

457
00:20:14,614 --> 00:20:16,416
And then I get
scared to death

458
00:20:16,449 --> 00:20:18,885
that she's gonna walk
in my office.

459
00:20:18,918 --> 00:20:22,389
I think so.
I mean, I think it's like
with any type of, uh,

460
00:20:22,422 --> 00:20:26,393
socially, uh, maybe less
than acceptable symptom.

461
00:20:26,426 --> 00:20:28,861
It's not something that people
readily discuss.

462
00:20:28,895 --> 00:20:30,397
( farting noise )

463
00:20:30,430 --> 00:20:33,300
( male interviewer speaking )

464
00:20:36,068 --> 00:20:38,004
My kids. Yeah.

465
00:20:38,037 --> 00:20:40,640
My husband.

466
00:20:40,673 --> 00:20:43,643
- My husband.
- My Mom.

467
00:20:43,676 --> 00:20:46,446
( laughing )

468
00:20:46,479 --> 00:20:47,847
And my Dad.

469
00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,750
Tolerated at home,
but not in public or in...

470
00:20:50,783 --> 00:20:52,285
And not the dinner table.
That was a big thing.

471
00:20:52,319 --> 00:20:54,787
- ( chattering )
- ( laughter )

472
00:20:54,821 --> 00:20:56,789
Ian Mills:
I'd have to say
eventually, you know,

473
00:20:56,823 --> 00:20:59,459
you learn your boundaries
and other peoples' boundaries.

474
00:20:59,492 --> 00:21:02,028
And then you're,
all right, I'm not...

475
00:21:02,061 --> 00:21:03,763
As soon as
you're done eating,

476
00:21:03,796 --> 00:21:05,598
- it's fair game.
- Female interviewer: Right.

477
00:21:05,632 --> 00:21:07,767
Mills:
'Cause usually,
food creates that.

478
00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:10,470
- ( farting noise )
- ( laughter, applause )

479
00:21:10,503 --> 00:21:13,340
Being a co-worker,
we were at that comfortable
level where we would,

480
00:21:13,373 --> 00:21:14,841
uh, fart around each other.

481
00:21:14,874 --> 00:21:17,544
And they would often
make me go back

482
00:21:17,577 --> 00:21:19,412
and hide
in the ATM room to fart

483
00:21:19,446 --> 00:21:20,880
because they were smelly.

484
00:21:20,913 --> 00:21:22,882
They didn't want me
to do it out in--

485
00:21:22,915 --> 00:21:25,585
where the customers
would come in, but...

486
00:21:25,618 --> 00:21:27,086
So, I don't know
what I had did to her,

487
00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:28,621
but ticked her off
somehow.

488
00:21:28,655 --> 00:21:29,856
So we were down
opening a safe

489
00:21:29,889 --> 00:21:31,791
where you had to have
two people.

490
00:21:31,824 --> 00:21:34,427
So she did her part
and then I went down
to do my part

491
00:21:34,461 --> 00:21:36,763
and her butt
was right by my head

492
00:21:36,796 --> 00:21:38,665
and she farts
and you can, like,

493
00:21:38,698 --> 00:21:40,633
feel it
on your face.

494
00:21:40,667 --> 00:21:43,403
It was the most disgusting thing
I've ever experienced

495
00:21:43,436 --> 00:21:45,372
- in my life.
- ( laughing )

496
00:21:45,405 --> 00:21:48,475
I never had somebody
actually fart on my head
until that point.

497
00:21:48,508 --> 00:21:49,809
Wow.

498
00:21:49,842 --> 00:21:51,911
And I'm hoping
that's the last time, but...

499
00:21:51,944 --> 00:21:53,012
That's not normal
in workplaces,

500
00:21:53,045 --> 00:21:54,681
and it shouldn't be.

501
00:21:54,714 --> 00:21:58,385
* You're fast asleep
when I feel one creep *

502
00:21:58,418 --> 00:22:01,821
* I try to keep it
inside the bed *

503
00:22:01,854 --> 00:22:04,090
* But like a good wine

504
00:22:04,123 --> 00:22:05,792
* That ages with time

505
00:22:05,825 --> 00:22:09,829
* Looks rotten
and it's starting to spread *

506
00:22:09,862 --> 00:22:11,498
* You wake up in fear

507
00:22:11,531 --> 00:22:13,366
* That a fire is near

508
00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:16,469
* From the smell
of my own Dutch oven... *

509
00:22:16,503 --> 00:22:18,037
( farting noise )

510
00:22:18,070 --> 00:22:21,408
Female interviewer:
Have you in present
or past relationships

511
00:22:21,441 --> 00:22:25,011
farted in front
of your other half?

512
00:22:25,044 --> 00:22:26,513
- Yup.
- Yes.

513
00:22:26,546 --> 00:22:28,681
- ( laughing )
- Oh, my gosh, yes.

514
00:22:28,715 --> 00:22:30,817
But farting
is one of those things

515
00:22:30,850 --> 00:22:33,720
that is a sign
of a good relationship,
I think, isn't it?

516
00:22:33,753 --> 00:22:36,723
Our first five years we dated,
he didn't fart at all.

517
00:22:36,756 --> 00:22:38,725
If you can fart
in front of one another...

518
00:22:38,758 --> 00:22:40,059
We got married,
he farted

519
00:22:40,092 --> 00:22:41,861
for a whole frickin' week.

520
00:22:41,894 --> 00:22:46,866
Uh, there's a lovely "homey"
quality to the relationship,

521
00:22:46,899 --> 00:22:49,168
and, uh, you know, it's a
positive thing, isn't it?

522
00:22:49,201 --> 00:22:52,104
Female interviewer:
After five years
you changed your mind

523
00:22:52,138 --> 00:22:54,807
and felt good to go.

524
00:22:54,841 --> 00:22:56,576
- No.
- No, okay.

525
00:22:56,609 --> 00:22:58,411
Started
eating her food.

526
00:22:58,445 --> 00:23:02,782
Seriously, no women
aren't supposed to fart.

527
00:23:02,815 --> 00:23:04,917
- Cameraman: Why not?
- Well, I don't know.

528
00:23:04,951 --> 00:23:07,454
It's the way
he was brought up.

529
00:23:07,487 --> 00:23:08,955
Very...

530
00:23:08,988 --> 00:23:11,491
I don't know
who told you that.

531
00:23:11,524 --> 00:23:12,825
Oh, uh...

532
00:23:12,859 --> 00:23:14,994
It maybe bothers
you if a woman...

533
00:23:15,027 --> 00:23:17,163
Because a woman
is more delicate?

534
00:23:17,196 --> 00:23:19,532
- And, uh...
- Ladylike.

535
00:23:19,566 --> 00:23:23,069
Ladylike?
But then we have
to put a cork in there.

536
00:23:23,102 --> 00:23:26,773
I have a crazy story
that I don't even know
why I'm admitting this.

537
00:23:26,806 --> 00:23:30,643
But I was dating a man

538
00:23:30,677 --> 00:23:33,646
and we were
at a hotel

539
00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,449
and I felt
a fart coming on

540
00:23:36,483 --> 00:23:39,686
and I grabbed
the blanket

541
00:23:39,719 --> 00:23:42,622
and I pulled it up
and I stuffed it in

542
00:23:42,655 --> 00:23:45,224
and it was the worst thing
I ever could have done.

543
00:23:45,257 --> 00:23:49,962
I don't know whether
the acceptability
of family farting

544
00:23:49,996 --> 00:23:51,898
varies much
from family to family.

545
00:23:51,931 --> 00:23:54,667
I guess it must.
I mean, I'm sure

546
00:23:54,701 --> 00:23:56,903
the Queen
and Prince Philip

547
00:23:56,936 --> 00:23:59,506
don't sit there
watching TV at night,

548
00:23:59,539 --> 00:24:00,973
ripping them off,
do they?

549
00:24:01,007 --> 00:24:04,977
- No.
- I'm sure they do.

550
00:24:05,011 --> 00:24:06,846
So they, "Call the butler
to bring the air freshener in,

551
00:24:06,879 --> 00:24:08,548
will you?"

552
00:24:08,581 --> 00:24:09,982
Maybe they do.
I don't know.

553
00:24:10,016 --> 00:24:12,652
The poor guy got to bed
and he said,

554
00:24:12,685 --> 00:24:14,687
"What're you trying
to do, kill me?"

555
00:24:14,721 --> 00:24:16,188
I couldn't be with somebody
that didn't think

556
00:24:16,222 --> 00:24:17,990
that was the funniest thing
in the whole wide world.

557
00:24:18,024 --> 00:24:20,026
I grew up with my parents
having farting contests.

558
00:24:20,059 --> 00:24:21,994
They would start
at the top of the stairs

559
00:24:22,028 --> 00:24:24,597
and see who could go
down and who could keep
farting down the--

560
00:24:24,631 --> 00:24:26,065
- Oh, my gosh.
- That's how I grew up.

561
00:24:26,098 --> 00:24:28,000
People that don't think
it's funny...

562
00:24:28,034 --> 00:24:30,803
Did you have
to eat a special meal
before you did that?

563
00:24:30,837 --> 00:24:32,972
Well, the cousins--

564
00:24:33,005 --> 00:24:35,141
We all have special foods
that we would eat

565
00:24:35,174 --> 00:24:37,677
- and have farting contests.
- ( all laughing )

566
00:24:37,710 --> 00:24:42,014
Growing up,
it was not something
that was easily talked about.

567
00:24:42,048 --> 00:24:43,883
It was kind
of said to be something

568
00:24:43,916 --> 00:24:46,052
that you didn't want
to do in public.

569
00:24:48,721 --> 00:24:51,524
( farting
to "The Blue Danube" )

570
00:24:52,725 --> 00:24:55,094
( audience guffawing )

571
00:25:25,357 --> 00:25:27,727
( cheers and applause )

572
00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:30,196
Yeah, the people--
like my best friend in the world

573
00:25:30,229 --> 00:25:31,664
that does not think
that it's funny.

574
00:25:31,698 --> 00:25:33,666
So it's twice
as funny to me.

575
00:25:33,700 --> 00:25:35,602
So I try to, like, lock all
the windows and I'll be like,

576
00:25:35,635 --> 00:25:38,605
"Oh, did you--
Oh, guess what?"

577
00:25:38,638 --> 00:25:42,074
I had the exact
opposite upbringing.

578
00:25:42,108 --> 00:25:45,077
You know, my Dad
was all about farting

579
00:25:45,111 --> 00:25:47,213
and, you know,
just...

580
00:25:47,246 --> 00:25:49,849
He, uh-- we would
drive around in the car--
he's a classic rock fan,

581
00:25:49,882 --> 00:25:52,719
and he would always try
to fart to the tunes.

582
00:25:52,752 --> 00:25:54,854
- And when--
- ( chuckles )

583
00:25:54,887 --> 00:25:56,856
uh, "Smoke On The Water"
by Deep Purple was on,

584
00:25:56,889 --> 00:25:58,858
and that's like
his shining moment

585
00:25:58,891 --> 00:26:02,261
when he perfectly
just released a fart
to "Smoke On The Water."

586
00:26:02,294 --> 00:26:03,896
It was amazing.

587
00:26:03,930 --> 00:26:08,000
( farting in sync
with "Smoke on the Water" )

588
00:26:08,034 --> 00:26:12,004
Your story is completely
different from mine growing up.

589
00:26:12,038 --> 00:26:15,708
Because I didn't
fart as a child.

590
00:26:15,742 --> 00:26:17,744
- And-- and my brother--
- What did you do?

591
00:26:17,777 --> 00:26:19,746
I had four brothers
and a sister

592
00:26:19,779 --> 00:26:21,981
and I would--
if they would say,
Laura, did you fart today?

593
00:26:22,014 --> 00:26:23,683
I would've said, "No."

594
00:26:23,716 --> 00:26:25,284
Because I was so completely
embarrassed by it.

595
00:26:25,317 --> 00:26:26,686
( gasps )
Really?

596
00:26:26,719 --> 00:26:28,655
I think
it's absolutely hilarious

597
00:26:28,688 --> 00:26:31,323
because usually women
are so prim and proper.

598
00:26:31,357 --> 00:26:33,993
And, you know,
it's not prim and proper

599
00:26:34,026 --> 00:26:35,928
for a lady to cut one.

600
00:26:35,962 --> 00:26:38,097
But, yeah,
I think it's the most
hilarious thing

601
00:26:38,130 --> 00:26:39,131
when you see them do it.

602
00:26:39,165 --> 00:26:40,767
It's just that,
you know,

603
00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,402
you got to be open
to allow it.

604
00:26:43,435 --> 00:26:45,337
And when women do it,
it's-- it's hilarious.

605
00:26:45,371 --> 00:26:47,139
Because, you know,
it's-- oops.

606
00:26:47,173 --> 00:26:49,676
Yeah, you don't
always expect it.

607
00:26:49,709 --> 00:26:50,977
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah.
That's always the cover-up,

608
00:26:51,010 --> 00:26:52,979
"Oops.
Oh, I'm so sorry."

609
00:26:53,012 --> 00:26:55,748
And, you know,
for guys it's like,
"Hey, it happened."

610
00:26:55,782 --> 00:26:58,217
In the most basic
sense it's funny,

611
00:26:58,250 --> 00:27:01,821
but it's not funny
when you're taught by society

612
00:27:01,854 --> 00:27:03,656
that it is something
you shouldn't do.

613
00:27:03,690 --> 00:27:05,224
Especially women.
"You shouldn't do that."

614
00:27:05,257 --> 00:27:08,394
Men can do that in the gym
or in the locker room

615
00:27:08,427 --> 00:27:11,263
or whatever,
but women don't do that--

616
00:27:11,297 --> 00:27:14,801
polite ladies don't do that
at the dinner table....

617
00:27:14,834 --> 00:27:17,036
- Other than your family.
- I know.

618
00:27:17,069 --> 00:27:19,005
My Dad's the same way.
"Oh, it's not gonna smell."

619
00:27:19,038 --> 00:27:23,175
And then releases
the most disgusting fart
you've ever heard

620
00:27:23,209 --> 00:27:25,344
and then just keeps
the window up.

621
00:27:25,377 --> 00:27:27,046
It's like, "Come on,
have some respect."

622
00:27:27,079 --> 00:27:28,380
Yeah.

623
00:27:28,414 --> 00:27:31,117
Oh, yeah.
The sulfur from eggs.

624
00:27:31,150 --> 00:27:32,785
We used to do
the whole--

625
00:27:32,819 --> 00:27:35,788
we'd eat my aunt's
broccoli salad, deviled eggs,

626
00:27:35,822 --> 00:27:37,289
and my aunt's
baked beans.

627
00:27:37,323 --> 00:27:40,292
And then we would all go
lock ourselves in...

628
00:27:40,326 --> 00:27:43,329
our "bunk house"
and go to town.

629
00:27:43,362 --> 00:27:46,866
Yeah, my boys,
you know, have fart
contests all the time.

630
00:27:46,899 --> 00:27:49,836
Yeah, so there's
a lot of-- lot of gas.

631
00:27:49,869 --> 00:27:51,838
( laughing )

632
00:27:51,871 --> 00:27:53,305
- Lots and lots of gas.
- Yeah.

633
00:27:53,339 --> 00:27:56,008
Well, my 16-year old,
him and his buddy,

634
00:27:56,042 --> 00:27:57,710
we were staying
at, um...

635
00:27:57,744 --> 00:28:00,012
We got a hotel room
and I told them--

636
00:28:00,046 --> 00:28:02,782
because they are horrible,
they smell so raunchy.

637
00:28:02,815 --> 00:28:04,250
I don't even know
what they eat.

638
00:28:04,283 --> 00:28:07,219
My sister is all about
gender equality now.

639
00:28:07,253 --> 00:28:09,956
So, everybody's
allowed to fart, I guess.

640
00:28:09,989 --> 00:28:11,958
They still do that,
but it has to be in jest.

641
00:28:11,991 --> 00:28:14,126
I mean, you can't really
be disgusted by anything

642
00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,996
that they do because...
then you're not

643
00:28:17,029 --> 00:28:19,732
in relationship
the way that you should be.

644
00:28:19,766 --> 00:28:21,033
On a first date,
I'm not gonna do it.

645
00:28:21,067 --> 00:28:22,902
Female interviewer:
What if she did?

646
00:28:22,935 --> 00:28:24,236
I would probably
laugh about it.

647
00:28:24,270 --> 00:28:26,238
It's definitely
not a game changer.

648
00:28:26,272 --> 00:28:29,041
- It's not a mood kill?
- No. It could be depending on

649
00:28:29,075 --> 00:28:30,743
what mood you're in.

650
00:28:30,777 --> 00:28:32,912
We were over at the lake
and it was Christmas time,

651
00:28:32,945 --> 00:28:34,781
and my Dad
was being so sweet.

652
00:28:34,814 --> 00:28:36,783
He said,
"Why don't you give me
the keys to the car

653
00:28:36,816 --> 00:28:38,117
and I'll go
scrape off your windows,

654
00:28:38,150 --> 00:28:39,418
and I'll warm it up
for you?"

655
00:28:39,451 --> 00:28:41,754
I was like,
"That's so nice."

656
00:28:41,788 --> 00:28:43,422
And so I did.

657
00:28:43,455 --> 00:28:45,424
I gave him the keys
to the car and stuff

658
00:28:45,457 --> 00:28:47,293
and when I went
out there,

659
00:28:47,326 --> 00:28:50,830
he had not only scraped it,
but had turned the heat on high

660
00:28:50,863 --> 00:28:54,000
and had repeatedly farted
in there for a good 20 minutes.

661
00:28:54,033 --> 00:28:56,268
And I smelled that
all the way home.

662
00:28:56,302 --> 00:29:00,539
Well, one time he did
this big adult fart, like...

663
00:29:00,572 --> 00:29:03,142
( imitates fart )

664
00:29:03,175 --> 00:29:04,410
Female interviewer #2:
Where were you?

665
00:29:04,443 --> 00:29:07,513
Well, we were
just in the car

666
00:29:07,546 --> 00:29:09,215
- driving for some...
- ( fart noise )

667
00:29:09,248 --> 00:29:11,050
Driving is a big issue
in our family,

668
00:29:11,083 --> 00:29:13,052
'cause we took
a lot of road trips

669
00:29:13,085 --> 00:29:16,222
and they want you
to hear it and they
want you to smell it.

670
00:29:16,255 --> 00:29:18,090
So there's no,
"I'm gonna roll
the window down

671
00:29:18,124 --> 00:29:19,792
even if you
can't hear it,"

672
00:29:19,826 --> 00:29:21,293
'cause I'm gonna wait
for you to smell it.

673
00:29:21,327 --> 00:29:22,929
And my sister
was always the one

674
00:29:22,962 --> 00:29:24,430
who would be sleeping
in the backseat

675
00:29:24,463 --> 00:29:26,966
and then all of a sudden
it's like, "Come on!"

676
00:29:26,999 --> 00:29:29,368
You have
to roll the window down.
You're waking her up.

677
00:29:29,401 --> 00:29:31,503
- Sometimes when
we're in the car...
- ( blowing raspberries )

678
00:29:31,537 --> 00:29:35,942
Announcer:
America is facing
an ongoing energy crisis.

679
00:29:35,975 --> 00:29:39,979
As oil gets scarcer,
gasoline gets more expensive.

680
00:29:40,012 --> 00:29:41,547
And the planet suffers.

681
00:29:41,580 --> 00:29:43,482
Electric cars...

682
00:29:43,515 --> 00:29:46,385
Most of their electricity
comes from coal fired plants

683
00:29:46,418 --> 00:29:48,554
or nuclear reactors.

684
00:29:48,587 --> 00:29:50,857
So, what's the answer?

685
00:29:50,890 --> 00:29:53,860
How about a car
that's good looking,
affordable,

686
00:29:53,893 --> 00:29:55,327
and runs on clean,

687
00:29:55,361 --> 00:29:57,563
environmentally
responsible natural gas?

688
00:29:57,596 --> 00:29:58,865
( farts )

689
00:29:58,898 --> 00:30:00,099
Your natural gas?

690
00:30:00,132 --> 00:30:01,567
There's probably 10 kids

691
00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,971
in the back of my friend,
Sara's mother's truck,

692
00:30:05,004 --> 00:30:06,973
and somebody did it.

693
00:30:07,006 --> 00:30:08,374
And we didn't know
who did it.

694
00:30:08,407 --> 00:30:10,076
And it was probably
a 10 minute drive

695
00:30:10,109 --> 00:30:12,078
from the church
to the house.

696
00:30:12,111 --> 00:30:14,413
So the whole way home
it was just the kids

697
00:30:14,446 --> 00:30:16,282
back and forth
and back and forth
and back and forth.

698
00:30:16,315 --> 00:30:17,583
And, "It was you.
I know it was you."

699
00:30:17,616 --> 00:30:19,118
And there was a lot
of boys in the car

700
00:30:19,151 --> 00:30:20,352
And everybody
was just arguing

701
00:30:20,386 --> 00:30:22,354
to the point
of getting really angry.

702
00:30:22,388 --> 00:30:23,890
And finally,
her mother said,

703
00:30:23,923 --> 00:30:26,225
"Would you just shut up?
It was me."

704
00:30:26,258 --> 00:30:28,360
And we all
just stopped, like,

705
00:30:28,394 --> 00:30:30,462
"Wait a minute.
That's a Mom."

706
00:30:30,496 --> 00:30:32,298
That wasn't
supposed to happen.

707
00:30:32,331 --> 00:30:35,134
Announcer: Introducing
the Flatula Backfire.

708
00:30:35,167 --> 00:30:37,303
It runs like the wind.

709
00:30:37,336 --> 00:30:38,637
- Because it's running--
- ( farts )--

710
00:30:38,670 --> 00:30:40,139
- ...on wind.
- ( farts )

711
00:30:40,172 --> 00:30:41,607
- Here's how it works.
- ( farts )

712
00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:45,077
Using state-of-the-art
sanitary technology,

713
00:30:45,111 --> 00:30:47,046
Flatula captures
all your emissions

714
00:30:47,079 --> 00:30:48,547
and efficiently
channels them

715
00:30:48,580 --> 00:30:51,250
directly to a powerful
turbo-charged engine.

716
00:30:51,283 --> 00:30:53,585
It's clean energy--
green energy.

717
00:30:53,619 --> 00:30:55,221
And best of all...

718
00:30:55,254 --> 00:30:57,156
it's renewable.

719
00:30:57,189 --> 00:30:59,425
If something slipped out
at dinner or in the car
or something,

720
00:30:59,458 --> 00:31:03,029
I would laugh about it,
and I would probably...

721
00:31:03,062 --> 00:31:05,998
It would make me feel
like they were comfortable
enough to do it

722
00:31:06,032 --> 00:31:09,501
and-- you know,
I'm-- I'm not...

723
00:31:09,535 --> 00:31:12,204
gonna never call
somebody again
because they farted.

724
00:31:12,238 --> 00:31:13,906
So you wouldn't be
judgmental about it.

725
00:31:13,940 --> 00:31:15,541
Oh, I would judge
the hell out of 'em,

726
00:31:15,574 --> 00:31:19,611
but it's not gonna make me
not wanna see them again.

727
00:31:19,645 --> 00:31:22,014
Announcer:
The Backfire's range
is practically unlimited.

728
00:31:22,048 --> 00:31:25,351
But if you should happen
to run low, don't worry.

729
00:31:25,384 --> 00:31:28,387
You're never too far
from a Flatula authorized
service center.

730
00:31:28,420 --> 00:31:31,257
where trained,
qualified providers
stand ready

731
00:31:31,290 --> 00:31:32,591
to fill your tank
with the gas

732
00:31:32,624 --> 00:31:35,261
that's right
for your driving needs.

733
00:31:43,202 --> 00:31:45,904
( farting )

734
00:31:54,246 --> 00:31:56,382
Flatula Backfire...

735
00:31:56,415 --> 00:31:58,450
It's not just
a smart car,

736
00:31:58,484 --> 00:31:59,986
it's the fart car.

737
00:32:00,019 --> 00:32:01,420
( farts )

738
00:32:02,721 --> 00:32:04,323
( laughing )

739
00:32:04,356 --> 00:32:06,558
No, I think
the worst place
is a funeral.

740
00:32:06,592 --> 00:32:08,260
No, I think it's fine.
You could do it

741
00:32:08,294 --> 00:32:10,562
with your partner
wherever you're at.

742
00:32:10,596 --> 00:32:13,099
Oh, that would
just ruin it for me.

743
00:32:13,132 --> 00:32:17,603
Well, it's not exactly sexy,
but, I mean...

744
00:32:17,636 --> 00:32:20,339
Not everything about that
encounter is always, is it?

745
00:32:20,372 --> 00:32:22,508
Sometimes it's funny,
so, you know.

746
00:32:22,541 --> 00:32:26,378
TV shows, movies,
you don't really see
the women and the fart jokes.

747
00:32:26,412 --> 00:32:31,383
That's-- I guess
"Bridesmaids" had a scene
with farting and diarrhea

748
00:32:31,417 --> 00:32:34,386
that was, I thought,
one of the funniest scenes
in the movie.

749
00:32:34,420 --> 00:32:38,724
And, I think, playing up
on the social idea

750
00:32:38,757 --> 00:32:41,560
that women are not supposed
to fart makes it funnier.

751
00:32:41,593 --> 00:32:44,196
Female interviewer:
Why is it that men
find it funnier than women?

752
00:32:44,230 --> 00:32:45,497
Do they?

753
00:32:45,531 --> 00:32:47,299
It is a man's thing.

754
00:32:47,333 --> 00:32:50,269
and we find it funny
that the women don't like it.

755
00:32:50,302 --> 00:32:52,204
Female interviewer:
Do you think that women
laugh at fart jokes

756
00:32:52,238 --> 00:32:54,373
as much as men?

757
00:32:54,406 --> 00:32:57,376
Uh, yes, especially
if it's men doing it.

758
00:32:57,409 --> 00:33:00,379
Or somebody in a very
proper situation.

759
00:33:00,412 --> 00:33:02,448
that you just know
would mortify you to death,

760
00:33:02,481 --> 00:33:04,583
but it's not you
so you get to laugh.

761
00:33:04,616 --> 00:33:07,086
If it's on the other foot,
I've often thought about this.

762
00:33:07,119 --> 00:33:10,589
You know, if a woman
farted, you know,

763
00:33:10,622 --> 00:33:13,125
than it's a massive
turnoff for a guy.

764
00:33:13,159 --> 00:33:14,726
Do you know what I mean?
It's like, "Whoa," you know.

765
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:17,363
I'm always one that,
if you're gonna do it,

766
00:33:17,396 --> 00:33:19,431
take the credit
for it, you know?

767
00:33:19,465 --> 00:33:23,169
It does not excuse him
for holding the blankets
over my head at night.

768
00:33:24,436 --> 00:33:25,737
Yeah, holding
the covers down.

769
00:33:25,771 --> 00:33:27,506
We call that
the "Dutch oven."

770
00:33:27,539 --> 00:33:31,210
My Mom doesn't really
make any farts.

771
00:33:31,243 --> 00:33:33,045
Cameraman #2:
Is she the silent type?

772
00:33:33,079 --> 00:33:35,547
Yep.
And then, um...

773
00:33:35,581 --> 00:33:38,250
And then she, um...

774
00:33:38,284 --> 00:33:42,421
Well, we always say
her farts smell like roses.

775
00:33:42,454 --> 00:33:45,124
'Cause they don't.

776
00:33:45,157 --> 00:33:47,293
Man:
Is that what she
tells you to say?

777
00:33:47,326 --> 00:33:49,261
* With no one else
to frame *

778
00:33:49,295 --> 00:33:51,130
* I take the blame

779
00:33:51,163 --> 00:33:53,799
* You can't believe
it's been me the whole time *

780
00:33:53,832 --> 00:33:55,467
* Rotting gas

781
00:33:55,501 --> 00:33:57,669
* Whoa ooh whoa oh oh,
ho ooh oh oh oh *

782
00:33:57,703 --> 00:33:59,205
* Smells like ass

783
00:33:59,238 --> 00:34:01,507
* Oh ooo oh oh oh

784
00:34:01,540 --> 00:34:03,809
- * I think I farted
- * In the bed

785
00:34:03,842 --> 00:34:05,677
- * I think I farted
- * In the bed

786
00:34:05,711 --> 00:34:07,679
- * I think I farted
- * In the bed

787
00:34:07,713 --> 00:34:10,249
* I think I farted

788
00:34:12,318 --> 00:34:16,255
No, it's social acceptance
and it's a difficult one,

789
00:34:16,288 --> 00:34:19,191
because even I,
as a performing flatulist,

790
00:34:19,225 --> 00:34:20,326
understand that.

791
00:34:20,359 --> 00:34:22,361
( farting )

792
00:34:22,394 --> 00:34:25,264
People say to me,
"Hey, don't break wind in here."

793
00:34:25,297 --> 00:34:27,433
You know, and like,
well, look, I'm a professional.

794
00:34:27,466 --> 00:34:29,601
You know, I've got
more control than you.

795
00:34:29,635 --> 00:34:31,203
So that's rubbish,
you know.

796
00:34:31,237 --> 00:34:33,172
It's not
dinner table subject

797
00:34:33,205 --> 00:34:35,174
except at our dinner table
some times,

798
00:34:35,207 --> 00:34:36,642
but that's just because
somebody just did it.

799
00:34:36,675 --> 00:34:39,178
We had standards.

800
00:34:39,211 --> 00:34:40,846
You weren't supposed
to just go into church
or something

801
00:34:40,879 --> 00:34:43,615
and fart loud
and get a high five for it,

802
00:34:43,649 --> 00:34:46,385
but you know, it--

803
00:34:46,418 --> 00:34:48,720
So you still
had to have respect
for your surroundings

804
00:34:48,754 --> 00:34:50,722
and especially
big public places.

805
00:34:50,756 --> 00:34:52,158
And, you know, my parents
would get embarrassed,

806
00:34:52,191 --> 00:34:53,559
or my Mom
moreso than my Dad.

807
00:34:53,592 --> 00:34:56,428
My Dad would give you
the high five, down low,

808
00:34:56,462 --> 00:34:57,863
but, you know,
keep it hidden.

809
00:34:57,896 --> 00:35:01,133
I can't-- I don't know
if there is any one story

810
00:35:01,167 --> 00:35:03,302
people talk about having
flatulence on airplanes,

811
00:35:03,335 --> 00:35:04,803
in job interviews

812
00:35:04,836 --> 00:35:07,439
and the social embarrassment
that goes along with it

813
00:35:07,473 --> 00:35:08,774
associated with that.

814
00:35:08,807 --> 00:35:12,144
Work or having sex
would be the worst.

815
00:35:12,178 --> 00:35:14,646
That is when
it's not acceptable.

816
00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:16,348
I disagree.

817
00:35:16,382 --> 00:35:19,251
( all laughing )

818
00:35:20,519 --> 00:35:22,388
- ( farts )
- ( men shouting )

819
00:35:24,690 --> 00:35:27,593
Dawson:
It came out and I got
more coverage on that

820
00:35:27,626 --> 00:35:30,496
and sold more of that than all
my other books combined.

821
00:35:38,604 --> 00:35:40,272
People,
remember this man

822
00:35:40,306 --> 00:35:41,540
- because this man
- ( speaking native language )

823
00:35:41,573 --> 00:35:44,276
will be able to tell you
that Mr. Methane

824
00:35:44,310 --> 00:35:47,546
does trump
from his bottom.

825
00:35:47,579 --> 00:35:50,582
Because now,
this gentleman
is going to place

826
00:35:50,616 --> 00:35:53,452
his left earlobe
on my anus.

827
00:35:53,485 --> 00:35:55,454
( laughter )

828
00:35:55,487 --> 00:35:57,623
And we're going to fart
in his ear.

829
00:35:57,656 --> 00:35:59,925
Farting was still
fairly, uh...

830
00:35:59,958 --> 00:36:04,630
It was still fairly taboo
in the United States

831
00:36:04,663 --> 00:36:08,934
and, uh, they had all these
morning zoo programs

832
00:36:08,967 --> 00:36:11,237
and they were looking for
any excuse they could find

833
00:36:11,270 --> 00:36:12,871
just to say
the word "fart"

834
00:36:12,904 --> 00:36:15,341
or to play
fart effects on,
you know--

835
00:36:15,374 --> 00:36:17,243
you know,
on the air.

836
00:36:17,276 --> 00:36:19,878
So, after the book
came out in February of '99--

837
00:36:19,911 --> 00:36:21,547
for like
the next six months

838
00:36:21,580 --> 00:36:25,717
I was up pretty much
every morning around 4:00

839
00:36:25,751 --> 00:36:27,586
doing all these
morning zoo shows.

840
00:36:27,619 --> 00:36:29,455
Oh man,
it was just--

841
00:36:29,488 --> 00:36:31,457
I was laughing so hard
I was crying,

842
00:36:31,490 --> 00:36:32,791
but I was totally
embarrassed.

843
00:36:32,824 --> 00:36:34,360
It was awful.

844
00:36:34,393 --> 00:36:35,761
Welcome, sir.
Welcome.

845
00:36:35,794 --> 00:36:37,563
- Tommy.
- Tommy.

846
00:36:37,596 --> 00:36:38,897
Welcome, Tommy.
Welcome.

847
00:36:38,930 --> 00:36:40,266
Thanks.
Thanks.

848
00:36:40,299 --> 00:36:41,833
Come and put your left ear
over my anus.

849
00:36:41,867 --> 00:36:43,369
Nice and close.

850
00:36:43,402 --> 00:36:45,404
The left not the right.

851
00:36:45,437 --> 00:36:47,706
It's-- not the right,

852
00:36:47,739 --> 00:36:49,241
- the left.
- The left.

853
00:36:49,275 --> 00:36:50,409
- The left.
- Oh, okay, okay.

854
00:36:50,442 --> 00:36:51,943
This is nothing
gay here.

855
00:36:51,977 --> 00:36:54,746
This is like men bonding
like Vikings, okay?

856
00:36:54,780 --> 00:36:58,284
- Make him close.
- Nice and close.

857
00:36:58,317 --> 00:36:59,785
- Okay?
- ( speaking native language )

858
00:36:59,818 --> 00:37:01,720
It does not have teeth.
It does not bite.

859
00:37:01,753 --> 00:37:05,391
Even closer, closer.
Here we go.

860
00:37:05,424 --> 00:37:07,859
( overlapping chatter )

861
00:37:07,893 --> 00:37:09,261
Okay, five...

862
00:37:09,295 --> 00:37:11,597
All:
Four, three,

863
00:37:11,630 --> 00:37:13,465
two, one.

864
00:37:13,499 --> 00:37:16,935
( farts )

865
00:37:16,968 --> 00:37:18,437
But that's the worst part,

866
00:37:18,470 --> 00:37:19,938
when you think
you have to fart

867
00:37:19,971 --> 00:37:21,307
and you're
really worried

868
00:37:21,340 --> 00:37:22,808
that it might
not be a fart.

869
00:37:22,841 --> 00:37:25,477
( laughs )

870
00:37:25,511 --> 00:37:27,679
Ah... Doo-doo.

871
00:37:27,713 --> 00:37:29,581
( speaking native language )

872
00:37:29,615 --> 00:37:32,784
Sammy, Sammy,
I want to thank you...

873
00:37:32,818 --> 00:37:34,653
That-- that--
that was real.

874
00:37:34,686 --> 00:37:35,987
That was-- that was...?

875
00:37:36,021 --> 00:37:37,823
That was definite real.

876
00:37:37,856 --> 00:37:39,725
- I'm serious.
- Woman: True.

877
00:37:39,758 --> 00:37:41,727
You know,
you walk away

878
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:43,429
and that might
leave a mark.

879
00:37:43,462 --> 00:37:46,998
Oh, God.
Don't do that.

880
00:37:47,032 --> 00:37:49,968
Uh, sorry about
the mess there.

881
00:37:50,001 --> 00:37:51,870
- Man: Mr. Methane?
- You'll have to wash it off.

882
00:37:51,903 --> 00:37:53,405
Doo-doo.

883
00:37:53,439 --> 00:37:55,974
I just said
"doo-doo" again.

884
00:37:56,007 --> 00:37:58,677
We're just setting up
the competition.

885
00:37:58,710 --> 00:38:00,312
- ( laughs )
- I'm just saying.

886
00:38:00,346 --> 00:38:01,547
Female interviewer:
Is that when you go look

887
00:38:01,580 --> 00:38:02,914
for a restroom
at that point?

888
00:38:02,948 --> 00:38:05,817
- Well, it might be too late.
- Too late.

889
00:38:05,851 --> 00:38:09,655
Uh, that was maybe
a fart fret in English.

890
00:38:09,688 --> 00:38:11,990
What do you think?
He tried fart hard.

891
00:38:12,023 --> 00:38:14,693
He tried, yes,
but you've got to make sure

892
00:38:14,726 --> 00:38:16,328
you don't go
all the way.

893
00:38:16,362 --> 00:38:17,563
You know,
it's difficult.

894
00:38:17,596 --> 00:38:19,431
You have to get
the balance right,

895
00:38:19,465 --> 00:38:20,632
'cause you can have
an accident.

896
00:38:20,666 --> 00:38:21,867
Okay.

897
00:38:21,900 --> 00:38:23,869
This is my signature look.

898
00:38:23,902 --> 00:38:26,372
I think I may have
just pooped myself.

899
00:38:26,405 --> 00:38:28,840
Like, there is a girl
that Troy and I work with
that came in--

900
00:38:28,874 --> 00:38:32,544
and she came in
and she's kinda higher up,

901
00:38:32,578 --> 00:38:33,545
and she's like,
"Well, I have a question"--

902
00:38:33,579 --> 00:38:35,013
all serious.

903
00:38:35,046 --> 00:38:36,715
And as she opened her mouth
to ask the question,

904
00:38:36,748 --> 00:38:38,717
her butt opened
at the same time,

905
00:38:38,750 --> 00:38:41,052
and she just farted
all the way through
this question

906
00:38:41,086 --> 00:38:43,589
- and went, "Oops."
- ( fart )

907
00:38:43,622 --> 00:38:45,424
I couldn't even focus.

908
00:38:45,457 --> 00:38:46,892
I just kinda...

909
00:38:46,925 --> 00:38:48,427
And I thought,
I'm at work. I can't laugh.

910
00:38:48,460 --> 00:38:50,429
'Cause I--
it's not funny at work.

911
00:38:50,462 --> 00:38:52,431
I mean, it is funny,
but I would never do it at work.

912
00:38:52,464 --> 00:38:54,633
And when she left,
as soon as she--

913
00:38:54,666 --> 00:38:56,067
I knew she got down
to her office--

914
00:38:56,101 --> 00:38:58,036
I couldn't control myself
the rest of the day.

915
00:38:58,069 --> 00:39:01,840
The day was over.
Like, they should have
just sent me home.

916
00:39:01,873 --> 00:39:03,542
Like, she just said,
"Oh, whoops."

917
00:39:03,575 --> 00:39:05,010
And then walked out.

918
00:39:05,043 --> 00:39:06,878
Like not even
"excuse me, " but just...

919
00:39:06,912 --> 00:39:08,480
I'm like, you just
opened your mouth
and your butt

920
00:39:08,514 --> 00:39:09,681
at the same time.

921
00:39:09,715 --> 00:39:11,917
How can you even
face me ever again?

922
00:39:11,950 --> 00:39:13,919
And being a boy,
you know how it was,

923
00:39:13,952 --> 00:39:15,921
we just, you gotta go,
you gotta go.

924
00:39:15,954 --> 00:39:17,689
- ( fart )
- Absolutely.

925
00:39:17,723 --> 00:39:20,692
So, it's a natural, human
bodily function anyway, so...

926
00:39:20,726 --> 00:39:22,461
Female interviewer:
But it was seen as rude.

927
00:39:22,494 --> 00:39:24,830
It was seen as rude,
absolutely.

928
00:39:24,863 --> 00:39:27,833
The louder you sing,
the louder I fart.

929
00:39:27,866 --> 00:39:29,468
( speaking native language )

930
00:39:29,501 --> 00:39:32,938
I do feel in any case,
um, in company,

931
00:39:32,971 --> 00:39:35,106
there's a time and a place
for the farting.

932
00:39:35,140 --> 00:39:36,975
And-- and--
and I don't start to fart

933
00:39:37,008 --> 00:39:38,844
around the dinner table,
you know,

934
00:39:38,877 --> 00:39:41,012
unless I really know
the people there,

935
00:39:41,046 --> 00:39:42,648
and they're
comfortable with it

936
00:39:42,681 --> 00:39:44,483
'cause they understand
that social etiquette.

937
00:39:44,516 --> 00:39:46,051
- I am ready.
- Let's start!

938
00:39:46,084 --> 00:39:48,887
All together now.
Let's do it!

939
00:39:50,121 --> 00:39:51,790
( fart )

940
00:39:51,823 --> 00:39:53,124
Man:
My name is--
( fart )

941
00:39:53,158 --> 00:39:55,461
Yes, that's exactly
what my name is.

942
00:39:55,494 --> 00:39:59,565
And today,
I give you the history
of the whoopee cushion.

943
00:39:59,598 --> 00:40:00,666
( farts )

944
00:40:00,699 --> 00:40:02,133
No, but at my wedding

945
00:40:02,167 --> 00:40:04,903
they tried to put a
whoopee cushion on my chair,

946
00:40:04,936 --> 00:40:06,605
and my kid
thought that was--

947
00:40:06,638 --> 00:40:08,874
My uncles are the ones
that brought the darn thing.

948
00:40:08,907 --> 00:40:10,742
Announcer:
Ready, set--

949
00:40:10,776 --> 00:40:11,910
( airhorn blares )

950
00:40:11,943 --> 00:40:13,579
- ( fart )
- ( woman cheering )

951
00:40:13,612 --> 00:40:16,582
The first known item
that resembled a whoopee cushion

952
00:40:16,615 --> 00:40:19,184
was used by a Roman emperor
by the name of...

953
00:40:19,217 --> 00:40:21,887
Elagabalus.

954
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:23,889
And he tried
to get me to go sit down

955
00:40:23,922 --> 00:40:24,990
and tried to,
you know, be all nice

956
00:40:25,023 --> 00:40:26,625
and lead me
by my hand

957
00:40:26,658 --> 00:40:28,927
and-- like he was gonna
see his mother and all...

958
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:31,763
And I saw the thing
underneath my seat cover

959
00:40:31,797 --> 00:40:33,098
and that blew
the whole thing off of him--

960
00:40:33,131 --> 00:40:35,100
all of 'em.
So, I didn't sit on it.

961
00:40:35,133 --> 00:40:37,168
( audience cheering )

962
00:40:37,202 --> 00:40:39,871
This company
put the word "whoopee"

963
00:40:39,905 --> 00:40:41,873
on-- on-- on--
on this cushion--

964
00:40:41,907 --> 00:40:43,509
whoopee cushion--
and bingo.

965
00:40:43,542 --> 00:40:46,111
Then years later
in the early 1900s,

966
00:40:46,144 --> 00:40:49,114
two factory workers
who were experimenting

967
00:40:49,147 --> 00:40:51,049
with leftover scraps
of rubber...

968
00:40:51,082 --> 00:40:53,552
( farting )

969
00:40:53,585 --> 00:40:55,220
...discovered
that if they glued
two pieces

970
00:40:55,253 --> 00:40:56,655
of rubber together,

971
00:40:56,688 --> 00:40:58,657
they could make them
"farter face."

972
00:40:58,690 --> 00:40:59,991
( farting )

973
00:41:00,025 --> 00:41:02,961
- ( audience cheering )
- Man: Go! Go!

974
00:41:02,994 --> 00:41:05,030
It wasn't
the sort of thing
that you would put,

975
00:41:05,063 --> 00:41:07,633
have a big advertisement
in the "New Yorker," you know?

976
00:41:07,666 --> 00:41:09,100
( audience cheering )

977
00:41:09,134 --> 00:41:12,103
But the thing, you know,
caught on and-- and--

978
00:41:12,137 --> 00:41:14,272
uh, and these were like
mail-order companies.

979
00:41:14,305 --> 00:41:16,808
The owner
of Gem Rubber Co.,

980
00:41:16,842 --> 00:41:18,209
the company where
the factory workers worked,

981
00:41:18,243 --> 00:41:21,046
took this new item

982
00:41:21,079 --> 00:41:23,214
to the marketing geniuses
of Samuel Adams

983
00:41:23,248 --> 00:41:25,684
of sneezing powder fame
in the early 1900s,

984
00:41:25,717 --> 00:41:27,185
but he passed
on the product

985
00:41:27,218 --> 00:41:30,656
saying that it was completely
and totally undignified.

986
00:41:30,689 --> 00:41:32,123
You'd see them
in the back of a--

987
00:41:32,157 --> 00:41:37,696
of a-- just a regular
magazine comic book

988
00:41:37,729 --> 00:41:40,031
and order it
and they would
send it to your door.

989
00:41:40,065 --> 00:41:43,234
And it became
part of our culture.

990
00:41:43,268 --> 00:41:45,236
The rubber guy then went
to Sam's competitor...

991
00:41:45,270 --> 00:41:46,805
That one was silent.

992
00:41:46,838 --> 00:41:48,173
...the Johnson-Smith
Company.

993
00:41:48,206 --> 00:41:50,542
He sold novelty items
such as fake vomit,

994
00:41:50,576 --> 00:41:53,244
X-ray goggles,
and a buzzing handshaker.

995
00:41:53,278 --> 00:41:56,748
- ( fart )
- ( audience cheering )

996
00:41:56,782 --> 00:41:58,049
I don't even know
if people use 'em

997
00:41:58,083 --> 00:41:59,718
as whoopee
cushions anymore.

998
00:41:59,751 --> 00:42:02,554
I think they buy 'em
just to have it, you know,

999
00:42:02,588 --> 00:42:05,791
just showing somebody
a whoopee cushion
has the effect.

1000
00:42:05,824 --> 00:42:07,793
He saw the inherent value
in the whoopee cushion,

1001
00:42:07,826 --> 00:42:10,195
and he began marketing
it immediately.

1002
00:42:10,228 --> 00:42:12,063
At which point
Samuel Adams then said,

1003
00:42:12,097 --> 00:42:13,765
"Hey,
that's a great idea."

1004
00:42:13,799 --> 00:42:15,266
And made his own version
of the whoopee cushion

1005
00:42:15,300 --> 00:42:17,135
called the
raspberry cushion,

1006
00:42:17,168 --> 00:42:18,937
which is what
the English people
call farts.

1007
00:42:20,639 --> 00:42:25,611
You know, it's like
Pavlov's dog at this point.

1008
00:42:25,644 --> 00:42:28,614
All you have to do
is see the thing

1009
00:42:28,647 --> 00:42:29,848
and then they laugh.

1010
00:42:29,881 --> 00:42:31,182
- You know?
- ( fart )

1011
00:42:31,216 --> 00:42:33,318
( people grunting,
laughing)

1012
00:42:33,351 --> 00:42:34,853
Pee-ew!

1013
00:42:34,886 --> 00:42:37,188
( audience chanting )
Go! Go! Go!

1014
00:42:37,222 --> 00:42:42,761
( cheering )

1015
00:42:42,794 --> 00:42:45,263
Announcer:
Three, two, one.

1016
00:42:45,296 --> 00:42:48,734
( airhorn blares )

1017
00:42:51,670 --> 00:42:54,806
Oh, hello and welcome
to "Fart by Mail."

1018
00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:56,041
You might be
asking yourself,

1019
00:42:56,074 --> 00:42:58,009
"What exactly
is 'Fart by Mail'"?

1020
00:42:58,043 --> 00:43:00,378
In the back it said,
"Farts just like Dad
used to make."

1021
00:43:00,411 --> 00:43:01,379
Oh, that should be good.

1022
00:43:01,412 --> 00:43:02,881
( fart )

1023
00:43:02,914 --> 00:43:04,750
It's a mail order
fart service

1024
00:43:04,783 --> 00:43:07,619
where we send farts
to your friends for you.

1025
00:43:07,653 --> 00:43:09,220
( farting )

1026
00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:18,697
( man laughing )

1027
00:43:18,730 --> 00:43:20,666
Your friends
also get a stunning

1028
00:43:20,699 --> 00:43:22,668
professionally printed
high-gloss

1029
00:43:22,701 --> 00:43:23,835
full colored
greeting card.

1030
00:43:23,869 --> 00:43:25,804
( farting )

1031
00:43:25,837 --> 00:43:28,306
Your custom message,
a heinous odor,

1032
00:43:28,339 --> 00:43:30,041
and a hilarious
fart sound.

1033
00:43:30,075 --> 00:43:31,743
I peeled something
that said "peel off."

1034
00:43:31,777 --> 00:43:33,078
It says,
"Smell here."

1035
00:43:33,111 --> 00:43:35,113
I think I would
avoid that at all cost.

1036
00:43:35,146 --> 00:43:37,716
It smells
like real poo.

1037
00:43:37,749 --> 00:43:40,719
Yeah, I guess
that would be from our son.

1038
00:43:40,752 --> 00:43:43,388
( man laughing )

1039
00:43:43,421 --> 00:43:47,358
Um, I saw a
fart extinguisher
which had...

1040
00:43:47,392 --> 00:43:48,927
It was an air freshener,

1041
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:50,428
but it was in a little
extinguisher bottle.

1042
00:43:50,461 --> 00:43:53,398
It was very-- very clever.
Quite a practical joke.

1043
00:43:53,431 --> 00:43:56,167
It would've been a gift
to give you father.

1044
00:44:00,872 --> 00:44:01,973
Um...

1045
00:44:02,007 --> 00:44:03,408
You saw the Santa
fart doll.

1046
00:44:03,441 --> 00:44:04,776
Oh.

1047
00:44:04,810 --> 00:44:06,945
( bell tinkling )

1048
00:44:06,978 --> 00:44:08,446
Woman:
* On the first day
of Christmas *

1049
00:44:08,479 --> 00:44:11,316
* My true love
said to me *

1050
00:44:15,420 --> 00:44:17,255
'Twas the night
before Christmas

1051
00:44:17,288 --> 00:44:19,424
and all through
the house,

1052
00:44:19,457 --> 00:44:21,292
not a creature
was stirring,

1053
00:44:21,326 --> 00:44:23,461
not even a--
( farting )

1054
00:44:23,494 --> 00:44:25,864
Ho ho ho ho!

1055
00:44:25,897 --> 00:44:28,734
Santa Claus was saying
"The Night Before Christmas"

1056
00:44:28,767 --> 00:44:31,069
and he let it rip
and he'd laugh

1057
00:44:31,102 --> 00:44:34,940
and then he'd modify
his story a little bit
to include it.

1058
00:44:34,973 --> 00:44:37,475
It was a-- yeah,
it's a strange thing.

1059
00:44:37,508 --> 00:44:41,012
And all the cookies,
I hold in my cap,

1060
00:44:41,046 --> 00:44:43,915
I had just settled down
to take a big--

1061
00:44:43,949 --> 00:44:46,117
( farting uncontrollably )

1062
00:44:46,151 --> 00:44:47,118
It's just--

1063
00:44:47,152 --> 00:44:49,788
it's beginning to smell
a lot like Christmas!

1064
00:44:49,821 --> 00:44:51,122
( farting continues )

1065
00:44:51,156 --> 00:44:53,458
( laughing )

1066
00:44:53,491 --> 00:44:55,460
Here comes Santa Claus.

1067
00:44:55,493 --> 00:44:56,995
( farting )

1068
00:44:57,028 --> 00:45:00,732
( laughing )

1069
00:45:02,067 --> 00:45:04,035
Radio DJ:
Ooh wee!

1070
00:45:04,069 --> 00:45:05,904
Ever notice
how possum taters

1071
00:45:05,937 --> 00:45:08,473
and chicken fried antlers
go right through ya?

1072
00:45:08,506 --> 00:45:10,441
- * She'll be comin' around
- ( farts )

1073
00:45:10,475 --> 00:45:12,811
- * She'll be comin' around
- ( farts )

1074
00:45:12,844 --> 00:45:14,813
* She'll be coming
round the mountain *

1075
00:45:14,846 --> 00:45:17,983
- * When she comes
- ( farts )

1076
00:45:18,016 --> 00:45:19,985
I think they
normally complain,

1077
00:45:20,018 --> 00:45:22,854
but are laughing
on the inside.

1078
00:45:22,888 --> 00:45:24,189
No, we complain
about the smell.

1079
00:45:24,222 --> 00:45:25,490
That's a whole
'nother thing.

1080
00:45:25,523 --> 00:45:29,160
( speaking native language )

1081
00:45:29,194 --> 00:45:32,497
( chattering )

1082
00:45:32,530 --> 00:45:35,867
Lots of comedy
in the UK is actually

1083
00:45:35,901 --> 00:45:39,270
based around, uh,
farting, isn't it?

1084
00:45:39,304 --> 00:45:42,140
Good-- yeah,
I like the idea.
Bloody good.

1085
00:45:42,173 --> 00:45:43,842
He try--

1086
00:45:43,875 --> 00:45:47,846
I think when people
onstage get nervous,

1087
00:45:47,879 --> 00:45:51,349
the muscle tenses up,
they're unable to fart

1088
00:45:51,382 --> 00:45:54,786
it's very difficult
to come up here and fart.

1089
00:45:54,820 --> 00:45:56,287
When my daughter was little,
she'd sit on my lap

1090
00:45:56,321 --> 00:45:57,923
and she'd fart
and, "Oh, my God."

1091
00:45:57,956 --> 00:46:00,258
Jaken, you're the king
of walking by someone

1092
00:46:00,291 --> 00:46:01,860
and farting
and then leaving.

1093
00:46:01,893 --> 00:46:03,361
What do we call that?

1094
00:46:03,394 --> 00:46:06,231
( muttering )

1095
00:46:06,264 --> 00:46:08,066
whispering:
You know, crop dusting.

1096
00:46:08,099 --> 00:46:09,567
Crop dusting.

1097
00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:11,469
( laughing )

1098
00:46:13,504 --> 00:46:16,007
There was a time
and a place though,
but my Mom and Dad

1099
00:46:16,041 --> 00:46:17,342
when we would go
to the grocery store,

1100
00:46:17,375 --> 00:46:19,878
my Dad would, you know,
leave one somewhere

1101
00:46:19,911 --> 00:46:21,980
waiting for my Mom
to walk in and it'd be like...

1102
00:46:22,013 --> 00:46:23,048
( laughing )

1103
00:46:23,081 --> 00:46:25,216
Or you're walking through
the mall or something,

1104
00:46:25,250 --> 00:46:27,385
you're like, oh my God,
what is that...?

1105
00:46:27,418 --> 00:46:29,354
'Cause you know
it wasn't you.

1106
00:46:29,387 --> 00:46:31,890
But somebody left that market
and there is no one there.

1107
00:46:31,923 --> 00:46:34,592
It was that bad
that it just kinda
sat there for a while.

1108
00:46:34,625 --> 00:46:37,395
- ( laughing )
- Never mind.

1109
00:46:37,428 --> 00:46:39,397
* No matter how hard I pray

1110
00:46:39,430 --> 00:46:42,033
* My gas won't go away

1111
00:46:42,067 --> 00:46:44,435
* I'll know
that it's not okay *

1112
00:46:44,469 --> 00:46:46,504
The foul stench
of flatulence

1113
00:46:46,537 --> 00:46:48,940
comes from the bacteria
inside our intestines.

1114
00:46:48,974 --> 00:46:51,877
In the process of converting
food into useful nutrients,

1115
00:46:51,910 --> 00:46:55,313
the bacteria produces
a smelly byproduct called...

1116
00:46:55,346 --> 00:46:59,584
Fart generating
ingredients include...

1117
00:46:59,617 --> 00:47:03,521
What's unusual is,
how loud or how stinky.

1118
00:47:03,554 --> 00:47:06,892
That's what sets--
that's what sets you apart.

1119
00:47:06,925 --> 00:47:08,226
I think
it's different

1120
00:47:08,259 --> 00:47:12,931
f you're the donor
or the receiver.

1121
00:47:12,964 --> 00:47:14,365
( farting )

1122
00:47:14,399 --> 00:47:16,301
Dr. Wycoff:
You know the odor issue
really runs the gamut.

1123
00:47:16,334 --> 00:47:17,969
It probably
relates more

1124
00:47:18,003 --> 00:47:20,171
to the type of foods
that you had to eat.

1125
00:47:20,205 --> 00:47:22,640
So I don't think
odor is something
that you can reproducibly

1126
00:47:22,673 --> 00:47:25,510
or predictably
use as an indicator.

1127
00:47:25,543 --> 00:47:28,046
Certainly
a persistent foul odor

1128
00:47:28,079 --> 00:47:29,414
that's maybe
different than the past

1129
00:47:29,447 --> 00:47:32,250
and continues maybe
of some significance.

1130
00:47:32,283 --> 00:47:35,053
But for the clinician,
it's very hard to use odor

1131
00:47:35,086 --> 00:47:36,087
as a gauge
of what's going on.

1132
00:47:36,121 --> 00:47:39,490
You know, typically
when you have a loud fart,

1133
00:47:39,524 --> 00:47:40,858
it doesn't smell.

1134
00:47:40,892 --> 00:47:44,662
Female interviewer:
What's worse,
noisy or stinky?

1135
00:47:44,695 --> 00:47:46,431
Oh, stinky.

1136
00:47:46,464 --> 00:47:49,434
No, it's a smell-noise
thing, isn't it?

1137
00:47:49,467 --> 00:47:51,970
No, the smell is terrible,
but if it's not noisy

1138
00:47:52,003 --> 00:47:53,671
and you don't know
who's done...

1139
00:47:53,704 --> 00:47:55,373
Female interviewer:
Is this true?

1140
00:47:55,406 --> 00:47:58,977
Nothing worse
than a silent stinker.

1141
00:47:59,010 --> 00:48:00,545
You know, usually
you got the noise maker

1142
00:48:00,578 --> 00:48:02,981
- that has no impact.
- ( fart noise )

1143
00:48:03,014 --> 00:48:04,983
And then those
silent but deadly ones

1144
00:48:05,016 --> 00:48:06,284
that kinda
clear the room.

1145
00:48:06,317 --> 00:48:08,987
He's both all in one.

1146
00:48:09,020 --> 00:48:10,088
We got the best
of both worlds.

1147
00:48:10,121 --> 00:48:11,256
Yeah, he's got--
he's both.

1148
00:48:11,289 --> 00:48:12,257
I'm a toss-up.
You never know.

1149
00:48:12,290 --> 00:48:14,459
You never know.

1150
00:48:14,492 --> 00:48:15,994
And then you have--
you come into

1151
00:48:16,027 --> 00:48:17,562
which is the most
obnoxious type, is it?

1152
00:48:17,595 --> 00:48:20,665
- The silent but violent.
- That's bad.

1153
00:48:20,698 --> 00:48:22,400
Or the noisy
but innocent.

1154
00:48:22,433 --> 00:48:27,672
Worse, in terms
of producing humor,
uh, I think,

1155
00:48:27,705 --> 00:48:29,474
noise has more potential
to produce humor.

1156
00:48:29,507 --> 00:48:31,142
( chattering )

1157
00:48:31,176 --> 00:48:32,143
( farting )

1158
00:48:32,177 --> 00:48:34,179
( men shouting )

1159
00:48:34,212 --> 00:48:37,615
As far as what might
make me a bit squeamish,

1160
00:48:37,648 --> 00:48:39,484
I think
it's the smell.

1161
00:48:39,517 --> 00:48:42,387
I don't know
if he held it in
for that time or what.

1162
00:48:42,420 --> 00:48:44,255
You know,
the noise is funny,

1163
00:48:44,289 --> 00:48:46,591
but when it smells
so bad...

1164
00:48:46,624 --> 00:48:49,027
- That you can just taste it?
- ...that's just gross.

1165
00:48:49,060 --> 00:48:50,395
That's a bonus.

1166
00:48:50,428 --> 00:48:54,165
Well, Jaken,
do your farts reek?

1167
00:48:54,199 --> 00:48:56,467
No.

1168
00:48:56,501 --> 00:48:58,536
They really do.

1169
00:48:58,569 --> 00:49:00,071
I mean,
I didn't mind smells

1170
00:49:00,105 --> 00:49:02,307
associated with farts
too much

1171
00:49:02,340 --> 00:49:05,010
until I learned
that smells are actually

1172
00:49:05,043 --> 00:49:07,312
produced by
physical molecules.

1173
00:49:07,345 --> 00:49:10,281
And whenever
I remember that--

1174
00:49:10,315 --> 00:49:11,649
whenever I think
there's something physical--

1175
00:49:11,682 --> 00:49:15,153
from somebody else's...

1176
00:49:15,186 --> 00:49:17,022
insides
in my nostrils,

1177
00:49:17,055 --> 00:49:19,057
then that tends
to make me a bit queasy.

1178
00:49:19,090 --> 00:49:20,625
Female interviewer: Thank you
for teaching me that.

1179
00:49:20,658 --> 00:49:22,994
Female interviewer:
Yeah, there's actually
particles in the air.

1180
00:49:23,028 --> 00:49:24,329
Yeah, we know.
We don't wanna think about it.

1181
00:49:24,362 --> 00:49:26,197
( gasps )
Really?

1182
00:49:26,231 --> 00:49:28,066
Yeah, you really
are tasting it.

1183
00:49:28,099 --> 00:49:30,668
( groaning )

1184
00:49:30,701 --> 00:49:32,670
Female narrator:
The "escapee,"
which takes place

1185
00:49:32,703 --> 00:49:34,505
when trying to pee
at the urinal

1186
00:49:34,539 --> 00:49:36,774
or forcing a poop.

1187
00:49:36,807 --> 00:49:38,209
( giggling )

1188
00:49:38,243 --> 00:49:39,244
It's not like
you just pooped on him.

1189
00:49:39,277 --> 00:49:41,146
- I mean, it...
- Well, sorta.

1190
00:49:41,179 --> 00:49:42,480
- It's in the air.
- I know.

1191
00:49:42,513 --> 00:49:44,382
It went down
his throat, right?

1192
00:49:44,415 --> 00:49:46,351
Female narrator:
This is almost
always followed

1193
00:49:46,384 --> 00:49:49,587
by an overwhelming sense
of shame and embarrassment.

1194
00:49:49,620 --> 00:49:52,290
If this does take place,
remain calm.

1195
00:49:52,323 --> 00:49:54,159
Pretend it did not happen.

1196
00:49:54,192 --> 00:49:56,394
If you are in the vicinity
of this happening,

1197
00:49:56,427 --> 00:49:59,697
do not acknowledge.
It is uncomfortable
for all involved.

1198
00:49:59,730 --> 00:50:00,731
( multiple farting noises )

1199
00:50:02,733 --> 00:50:05,236
Well, children
absolutely adore farting.

1200
00:50:05,270 --> 00:50:06,737
Just about every family--

1201
00:50:06,771 --> 00:50:12,310
no matter how proper
they are, you know,

1202
00:50:12,343 --> 00:50:14,812
has some kind
of little expression

1203
00:50:14,845 --> 00:50:16,814
that they use
with the kids.

1204
00:50:16,847 --> 00:50:19,117
You know,
because everybody farts

1205
00:50:19,150 --> 00:50:22,120
and kids fart,
and kids find farts funny.

1206
00:50:22,153 --> 00:50:23,554
So adults
have to deal with it

1207
00:50:23,588 --> 00:50:26,357
in one way
or another.

1208
00:50:26,391 --> 00:50:28,126
( card farting )

1209
00:50:28,159 --> 00:50:29,560
( giggling )

1210
00:50:29,594 --> 00:50:32,097
So they would have
all these expressions like,

1211
00:50:32,130 --> 00:50:34,432
"Somebody let Fluffy
of the leash."

1212
00:50:34,465 --> 00:50:37,368
- ( fart noise )
- ( giggling )

1213
00:50:37,402 --> 00:50:40,505
Uh, "Did somebody
step on a duck?"

1214
00:50:40,538 --> 00:50:43,374
And if you've ever
farted in the shower,

1215
00:50:43,408 --> 00:50:45,276
you know, facing away
from the shower,

1216
00:50:45,310 --> 00:50:47,578
you know that when
you fart it-- it--

1217
00:50:47,612 --> 00:50:49,414
it makes a
quacking sound.

1218
00:50:49,447 --> 00:50:50,648
- You know?
- ( ducks quacking )

1219
00:50:50,681 --> 00:50:54,419
- Quack.
- ( quacking )

1220
00:50:54,452 --> 00:50:57,122
When it came time
for this third book,

1221
00:50:57,155 --> 00:50:59,857
that just seemed like a--
like a good title.

1222
00:50:59,890 --> 00:51:01,826
- ( farting noise continues )
- Boy: Stop!

1223
00:51:03,328 --> 00:51:05,630
Mother:
What does your daddy
do that stinks?

1224
00:51:05,663 --> 00:51:08,833
- He farts.
- ( laughing )

1225
00:51:08,866 --> 00:51:10,301
Mother:
Is that funny?

1226
00:51:10,335 --> 00:51:14,172
And I'm brilliant
at making children laugh.

1227
00:51:14,205 --> 00:51:15,373
If you--
if I want--

1228
00:51:15,406 --> 00:51:16,874
if you happen to be
on a long-haul flight,

1229
00:51:16,907 --> 00:51:18,409
and there's
a child crying,

1230
00:51:18,443 --> 00:51:20,578
then I can--
I can stop them crying.

1231
00:51:20,611 --> 00:51:22,280
I can make them laugh.

1232
00:51:22,313 --> 00:51:24,182
And I do it
by doing this.

1233
00:51:27,185 --> 00:51:29,354
( farting )

1234
00:51:32,657 --> 00:51:34,592
Within seconds,
they're falling about.

1235
00:51:34,625 --> 00:51:36,461
Woman:
Ooh!

1236
00:51:36,494 --> 00:51:39,164
Ah, there's
just something...

1237
00:51:39,197 --> 00:51:40,631
With adults
it doesn't work
quite so well.

1238
00:51:40,665 --> 00:51:42,600
- ( farting )
- Woman: Never mind.

1239
00:51:42,633 --> 00:51:44,602
With children,
they love it.

1240
00:51:44,635 --> 00:51:45,870
There's just something
about that sound.

1241
00:51:45,903 --> 00:51:47,205
( blowing raspberries )

1242
00:51:51,176 --> 00:51:54,812
My kids like my fart app
on my kindle.

1243
00:51:54,845 --> 00:51:56,747
Male announcer:
If you need to clear
a room fast

1244
00:51:56,781 --> 00:51:59,217
or just make someone laugh,
iFart for the iPhone

1245
00:51:59,250 --> 00:52:00,785
may be just what
you're looking for.

1246
00:52:00,818 --> 00:52:02,820
Select any of the sounds,

1247
00:52:02,853 --> 00:52:04,655
but with new features
like sound recorder,

1248
00:52:04,689 --> 00:52:07,192
"Fart a Friend"
and many more...

1249
00:52:07,225 --> 00:52:09,227
( various fart
noises playing )

1250
00:52:14,399 --> 00:52:16,467
iFart charges everything.

1251
00:52:18,803 --> 00:52:22,407
Think of it though.
It's a noise that comes out
of your butt.

1252
00:52:22,440 --> 00:52:24,242
- Well, in the--
- How is that not funny?

1253
00:52:24,275 --> 00:52:26,911
* Please don't say goodbye
I know that most girls *

1254
00:52:26,944 --> 00:52:28,813
* Try to keep
their flatulence inside *

1255
00:52:28,846 --> 00:52:31,549
* But I can't lie

1256
00:52:31,582 --> 00:52:33,618
* I need a man
who knows the past *

1257
00:52:33,651 --> 00:52:35,820
* A lot of gas,
that smells the gas *

1258
00:52:35,853 --> 00:52:38,189
* Is here to last
for infinity to beyond *

1259
00:52:38,223 --> 00:52:39,724
- * Rotting gas
- ( vocalizing )

1260
00:52:39,757 --> 00:52:41,626
- * I farted
- ( vocalizing )

1261
00:52:41,659 --> 00:52:43,861
- * Smells like ass
- ( vocalizing )

1262
00:52:43,894 --> 00:52:45,396
- * I definitely farted
- ( vocalizing )

1263
00:52:45,430 --> 00:52:47,332
- * I think I farted
- * On a wall

1264
00:52:47,365 --> 00:52:49,300
- * I think I farted
- * In the bed

1265
00:52:49,334 --> 00:52:50,801
- * I think I farted
- * On the TV

1266
00:52:50,835 --> 00:52:52,637
* I think
I fa a-a-a-a *

1267
00:52:52,670 --> 00:52:54,805
- * Rotting gas
- ( vocalizing )

1268
00:52:54,839 --> 00:52:57,342
* I'll be
coming round the mountain *

1269
00:52:57,375 --> 00:52:58,909
- * When she comes
- ( fart noise )

1270
00:52:58,943 --> 00:53:01,646
* I'll be coming
around the mountain
when she comes *

1271
00:53:01,679 --> 00:53:03,248
( fart noise )

1272
00:53:03,281 --> 00:53:05,583
Uh, one candle is still...

1273
00:53:05,616 --> 00:53:07,418
- Oh, one left.
- One left now.

1274
00:53:07,452 --> 00:53:09,287
Make a wish.
Make a wish.

1275
00:53:09,320 --> 00:53:10,755
( laughs )

1276
00:53:10,788 --> 00:53:12,323
( grunts, farts )

1277
00:53:12,357 --> 00:53:14,825
My kids can't do it
without announcing it.

1278
00:53:14,859 --> 00:53:16,827
They'll do it and of course,
the whole world hears it.

1279
00:53:16,861 --> 00:53:19,364
- Mom, I farted!
- ( laughter )

1280
00:53:19,397 --> 00:53:21,466
Really?
Yeah, pull my finger.

1281
00:53:21,499 --> 00:53:23,868
( laughter continues )

1282
00:53:23,901 --> 00:53:26,537
Gail Hale:
Well, we were--
we were on a cruise ship

1283
00:53:26,571 --> 00:53:28,773
and my sisters and--
we were on the elevator...

1284
00:53:28,806 --> 00:53:30,641
Oh, the elevator fart.

1285
00:53:30,675 --> 00:53:32,643
...and the elevator
door opened

1286
00:53:32,677 --> 00:53:34,345
and these people
were getting in and I said,

1287
00:53:34,379 --> 00:53:35,913
"You don't
wanna come in here."

1288
00:53:35,946 --> 00:53:39,717
Do not go in there.

1289
00:53:39,750 --> 00:53:40,651
Female interviewer:
It was him.

1290
00:53:40,685 --> 00:53:43,588
- Yeah.
- I don't recall this story.

1291
00:53:43,621 --> 00:53:45,623
- It was in Alaska.
- Ah.

1292
00:53:45,656 --> 00:53:46,791
**

1293
00:53:46,824 --> 00:53:48,459
* Dog farts

1294
00:53:48,493 --> 00:53:49,960
* How unfortunate,
oh, no *

1295
00:53:49,994 --> 00:53:51,362
* Dog farts

1296
00:53:51,396 --> 00:53:52,763
* Someone open a window...

1297
00:53:52,797 --> 00:53:54,332
- Female interviewer: Right.
- Yes.

1298
00:53:54,365 --> 00:53:55,666
Female interviewer:
So, what would you say

1299
00:53:55,700 --> 00:53:57,402
is your most embarrassing
fart story?

1300
00:53:57,435 --> 00:54:02,507
( continual farting noise )

1301
00:54:02,540 --> 00:54:05,476
It's embarrassing
for the person that does it,
isn't it sometimes?

1302
00:54:05,510 --> 00:54:09,480
None of them
are embarrassing for me.

1303
00:54:09,514 --> 00:54:12,049
- He just lets it rip.
- When it's time it's time.

1304
00:54:12,082 --> 00:54:13,284
I think, yes,
it's obviously

1305
00:54:13,318 --> 00:54:14,819
embarrassing
if you're with

1306
00:54:14,852 --> 00:54:17,822
complete strangers
or people you've just
recently met.

1307
00:54:17,855 --> 00:54:20,625
And, uh, I think
in some circumstances

1308
00:54:20,658 --> 00:54:23,494
if someone does,
it's followed by silence,

1309
00:54:23,528 --> 00:54:24,995
and, um--
awkward silence.

1310
00:54:25,029 --> 00:54:27,832
I'm not sure
I get embarrassed
about farting.

1311
00:54:27,865 --> 00:54:30,301
One time I had this
big fart at Target...

1312
00:54:30,335 --> 00:54:31,969
In that sense,
it's not something

1313
00:54:32,002 --> 00:54:34,839
that I associate
with, uh--

1314
00:54:34,872 --> 00:54:36,774
uh, humor
in my own life really.

1315
00:54:36,807 --> 00:54:39,310
I can imagine some
very prim and proper situations

1316
00:54:39,344 --> 00:54:40,811
where the one that did it
was probably

1317
00:54:40,845 --> 00:54:42,680
terribly embarrassed
or mortified.

1318
00:54:42,713 --> 00:54:45,516
But everybody around
'em was just...

1319
00:54:45,550 --> 00:54:47,352
Couldn't wait
to get outside
to bust out laughing

1320
00:54:47,385 --> 00:54:48,619
You know.

1321
00:54:49,620 --> 00:54:50,621
Houston:
Okay

1322
00:55:20,718 --> 00:55:22,353
Yes, of course,
if it's people
you know or family,

1323
00:55:22,387 --> 00:55:25,022
then, uh, uh--

1324
00:55:25,055 --> 00:55:27,392
somebody
will make a witty...

1325
00:55:27,425 --> 00:55:29,059
- Remark?
- Remark. That's right.

1326
00:55:29,093 --> 00:55:32,630
If I wanna fart,
I just do.

1327
00:55:32,663 --> 00:55:34,699
It's not-- it's not me.
I-- I don't fart.

1328
00:55:34,732 --> 00:55:36,367
Cameraman #2:
If you toot,
do you blame it

1329
00:55:36,401 --> 00:55:37,568
on somebody else?

1330
00:55:37,602 --> 00:55:38,903
No.

1331
00:55:38,936 --> 00:55:41,772
Kind of no,
not really.

1332
00:55:41,806 --> 00:55:45,943
Cameraman #2:
So you take responsibility
for your own farts?

1333
00:55:45,976 --> 00:55:47,745
Of course I do.

1334
00:55:47,778 --> 00:55:48,979
Then how'd you know
it was me?

1335
00:55:49,013 --> 00:55:50,715
We knew.

1336
00:55:50,748 --> 00:55:52,583
I don't know
what you're hearing,
but it's not me.

1337
00:55:52,617 --> 00:55:56,421
Uh-uh.
Denial.

1338
00:55:56,454 --> 00:55:58,423
You normally don't
raise your hand.

1339
00:55:58,456 --> 00:56:00,825
( laughs )

1340
00:56:00,858 --> 00:56:02,493
- That was me.
- ( fart noise )

1341
00:56:02,527 --> 00:56:04,662
Yes, I...

1342
00:56:04,695 --> 00:56:07,665
I mean, I don't
announce it, uh, obviously.

1343
00:56:07,698 --> 00:56:09,033
( blowing raspberries )
That was me.

1344
00:56:09,066 --> 00:56:10,935
( blowing raspberries )
That was me.

1345
00:56:10,968 --> 00:56:13,103
Actually,
sometimes I do announce it.

1346
00:56:13,137 --> 00:56:14,639
Uh, but, I mean,
it depends on the company,

1347
00:56:14,672 --> 00:56:16,106
I guess.

1348
00:56:16,140 --> 00:56:17,808
Sometimes I just--
you know, I sneak them out...

1349
00:56:17,842 --> 00:56:19,143
Same as everybody else does.

1350
00:56:19,176 --> 00:56:20,745
Female interviewer :
Right. Yeah.

1351
00:56:20,778 --> 00:56:22,780
( fart noise )

1352
00:56:22,813 --> 00:56:26,116
Um, originally,
when I started, obviously,

1353
00:56:26,150 --> 00:56:29,820
I discovered this ability
to breathe, um--

1354
00:56:29,854 --> 00:56:31,589
with the bottom end.

1355
00:56:31,622 --> 00:56:32,990
I'm just gonna
give you one for level.

1356
00:56:33,023 --> 00:56:34,425
Yeah?

1357
00:56:35,192 --> 00:56:37,728
( farting )

1358
00:56:38,729 --> 00:56:40,431
( laughing )

1359
00:56:40,465 --> 00:56:43,834
That was, uh,
that was George Michael,
that was.

1360
00:56:43,868 --> 00:56:45,202
( laughing )

1361
00:56:45,235 --> 00:56:47,004
A careless whisper.

1362
00:56:47,037 --> 00:56:51,809
I was introduced
by Kelsey Grammer--
Fraser of Cheers...

1363
00:56:51,842 --> 00:56:54,745
Two, one...

1364
00:56:54,779 --> 00:56:56,213
( laughter )

1365
00:56:56,246 --> 00:56:58,849
...you know,
and he gives a monologue

1366
00:56:58,883 --> 00:57:01,919
and then he's
with a lady actress,

1367
00:57:01,952 --> 00:57:05,456
um, I think her name
was Brett Butler,

1368
00:57:05,490 --> 00:57:08,125
and she says,
"Oh, that farting guy
was awful."

1369
00:57:08,158 --> 00:57:10,828
You know,
his anecdote is...

1370
00:57:10,861 --> 00:57:14,832
it's the first thing
we ever laugh at in life,

1371
00:57:14,865 --> 00:57:17,802
and possibly the only thing
we can always laugh at.

1372
00:57:17,835 --> 00:57:21,005
I-- I think--
I think you know what's
going on here now.

1373
00:57:21,038 --> 00:57:25,543
Um, then it becomes
less funny and, uh,

1374
00:57:25,576 --> 00:57:27,712
adults who are--

1375
00:57:27,745 --> 00:57:30,581
who aspire to be more
sophisticated and cultured

1376
00:57:30,615 --> 00:57:34,251
tend to try
and distance themselves
from that kind of humor.

1377
00:57:34,284 --> 00:57:37,254
Uh, but it's like
any taboo, I suppose,

1378
00:57:37,287 --> 00:57:39,957
uh, it always
has the potential
to resurface

1379
00:57:39,990 --> 00:57:41,759
in humorous ways.

1380
00:57:41,792 --> 00:57:43,260
And so,
it always tends
to have a-- you know,

1381
00:57:43,293 --> 00:57:46,631
a-- a humorous
potential farting.

1382
00:57:46,664 --> 00:57:48,966
Um, but, yes,
I mean, it's--

1383
00:57:48,999 --> 00:57:51,502
it's more
associated with, uh,

1384
00:57:51,536 --> 00:57:54,004
children
and childish humor.

1385
00:57:54,038 --> 00:57:55,540
Which is a shame.

1386
00:57:55,573 --> 00:57:58,876
Swift, you know,
wrote a lot of things

1387
00:57:58,909 --> 00:58:01,078
about people farting

1388
00:58:01,111 --> 00:58:03,080
because he saw
that as an expression

1389
00:58:03,113 --> 00:58:05,616
of our basic humanity

1390
00:58:05,650 --> 00:58:07,284
that we're always
trying to cover up.

1391
00:58:07,317 --> 00:58:10,921
And, therefore,
it's always funnier
than it really is.

1392
00:58:10,955 --> 00:58:13,190
Didn't you say something
about the...

1393
00:58:13,223 --> 00:58:15,092
You were in
the underground in London

1394
00:58:15,125 --> 00:58:17,261
- with a lot of people.
- Oh, that's right.

1395
00:58:17,294 --> 00:58:20,264
- What is it?
- I went to a soccer match--

1396
00:58:20,297 --> 00:58:22,232
football match--
many years ago,

1397
00:58:22,266 --> 00:58:24,101
and it was

1398
00:58:24,134 --> 00:58:28,138
absolutely packed, you--
like sardines...

1399
00:58:28,172 --> 00:58:31,976
Woman over P.A.:
This is a Piccadilly line
service to Oxbridge.

1400
00:58:32,009 --> 00:58:33,310
...and you couldn't move.

1401
00:58:33,343 --> 00:58:35,012
Couldn't move.

1402
00:58:35,045 --> 00:58:37,748
One of my colleagues
from work had been

1403
00:58:37,782 --> 00:58:41,886
drinking beer,
hot dogs, onions--

1404
00:58:41,919 --> 00:58:44,889
- the whole lot...
- What a mixture.

1405
00:58:44,922 --> 00:58:48,292
Well, anyway,
halfway along the journey,
he dropped one.

1406
00:58:48,325 --> 00:58:50,995
The moment, um, I...

1407
00:58:51,028 --> 00:58:53,864
I tentatively
made this claim,

1408
00:58:53,898 --> 00:58:56,166
to be the world's
only performing flatulist.

1409
00:58:56,200 --> 00:58:57,702
There were moans and...

1410
00:58:57,735 --> 00:59:00,037
You could tell--
you could actually hear it

1411
00:59:00,070 --> 00:59:02,973
passing up the coach,
the carriage

1412
00:59:04,341 --> 00:59:06,176
I'm not so tentative now,
because I know

1413
00:59:06,210 --> 00:59:07,712
there are other flatulists

1414
00:59:07,745 --> 00:59:09,146
or other people
who perform my art.

1415
00:59:09,179 --> 00:59:13,684
As the complaints
moved up the train,

1416
00:59:13,718 --> 00:59:15,720
gosh, and nobody could--
you couldn't escape.

1417
00:59:15,753 --> 00:59:17,588
You couldn't walk away.
You couldn't do anything.

1418
00:59:17,622 --> 00:59:19,223
- ( laughing )
- It was disgusting.

1419
00:59:19,256 --> 00:59:22,226
But to actually go out there
and perform a show

1420
00:59:22,259 --> 00:59:25,896
and-- and--
and make a living out of it,

1421
00:59:25,930 --> 00:59:27,164
uh, which I do...

1422
00:59:27,197 --> 00:59:28,699
- ( farting )
- ...Strangely, I--

1423
00:59:28,733 --> 00:59:30,701
I still find it bizarre.

1424
00:59:30,735 --> 00:59:33,871
You know, and there's times
when I try and retire.

1425
00:59:33,904 --> 00:59:36,373
And it's like a calling,
it pulls me back.

1426
00:59:36,406 --> 00:59:38,909
It pulls me back.
It says, "You won't do that.

1427
00:59:38,943 --> 00:59:41,779
No. You will
go to Japan, you know,

1428
00:59:41,812 --> 00:59:45,215
and you will fart on the
television on Fuji TV.

1429
00:59:45,249 --> 00:59:48,953
Okay.
One, two...

1430
00:59:48,986 --> 00:59:50,755
For the entertainment value,
of course.

1431
00:59:50,788 --> 00:59:53,724
Not-- not lots of times,
but on the few occasions

1432
00:59:53,758 --> 00:59:57,728
I've had hostile,
um, sort of reactions

1433
00:59:57,762 --> 00:59:59,797
from an audience.

1434
00:59:59,830 --> 01:00:02,199
( farting )

1435
01:00:02,232 --> 01:00:04,168
Luckily, it's not
a lot of the time.

1436
01:00:04,201 --> 01:00:06,671
And I've had to sort of say,
well, obviously,

1437
01:00:06,704 --> 01:00:08,673
it's not for you
and just wind it up.

1438
01:00:08,706 --> 01:00:13,010
I think once
was a BMW sales conference.

1439
01:00:13,043 --> 01:00:15,680
I am ready.
Is the orchestra ready?

1440
01:00:15,713 --> 01:00:17,782
- Are you ready?
- Yes.

1441
01:00:18,248 --> 01:00:19,684
( fart )

1442
01:00:19,717 --> 01:00:21,952
Oldfield:
He said, come on the show
and we'll sing a duet.

1443
01:00:21,986 --> 01:00:25,422
So I came on the show
and we sang a duet
of "Da Doo Ron Ron."

1444
01:00:25,455 --> 01:00:29,293
* I met him on a Monday
and my heart stood still *

1445
01:00:29,326 --> 01:00:32,830
( farting melody )

1446
01:00:32,863 --> 01:00:34,164
It was, you know,

1447
01:00:34,198 --> 01:00:35,332
it was a piece
of classic television.

1448
01:00:35,365 --> 01:00:37,401
* And my heart stood still

1449
01:00:37,434 --> 01:00:38,969
( farting melody )

1450
01:00:39,003 --> 01:00:41,972
That was it.
I was never shown on the BBC.

1451
01:00:42,006 --> 01:00:44,742
And by today's standards
it's quite mild.

1452
01:00:44,775 --> 01:00:48,078
- * And his name was Bill
- ( farting melody )

1453
01:00:48,112 --> 01:00:50,080
But at the time,
it was just, no, no.

1454
01:00:50,114 --> 01:00:53,417
I mean, we're going back,
I think it was '90...

1455
01:00:53,450 --> 01:00:58,889
'97-- 1997, so, you know,
attitudes were different.

1456
01:00:58,923 --> 01:01:03,393
( farting )

1457
01:01:03,427 --> 01:01:06,396
And, really,
when I create something,
it's a labor of love.

1458
01:01:06,430 --> 01:01:09,299
I just take it
and reform it,

1459
01:01:09,333 --> 01:01:11,836
but, you know,
it's still a labor of love.

1460
01:01:11,869 --> 01:01:13,871
This is what I do
as a job.

1461
01:01:13,904 --> 01:01:15,840
And-- and-- and to me,
that's a work of art.

1462
01:01:15,873 --> 01:01:18,342
* Da doo ron ron ron

1463
01:01:18,375 --> 01:01:20,711
- ( farting )
- ( laughing )

1464
01:01:20,745 --> 01:01:22,012
( sighs heavily )

1465
01:01:22,046 --> 01:01:24,148
It's just a fart.
You know to me,

1466
01:01:24,181 --> 01:01:25,983
all you have to do
is fart over it.

1467
01:01:26,016 --> 01:01:28,819
You don't realize
what a lot of hard work

1468
01:01:28,853 --> 01:01:31,989
goes into that,
um, farting, really.

1469
01:01:32,022 --> 01:01:33,791
You know, I once
recorded a version

1470
01:01:33,824 --> 01:01:35,960
of "In The Air Tonight"
by Phil Collins.

1471
01:01:35,993 --> 01:01:37,862
- * I remember
- ( farting )

1472
01:01:37,895 --> 01:01:39,864
It's a very...

1473
01:01:39,897 --> 01:01:42,199
You know, music
is a precious creation.

1474
01:01:42,232 --> 01:01:44,068
It's something
they've created.

1475
01:01:44,101 --> 01:01:46,236
So they're very--
you like to laugh.

1476
01:01:46,270 --> 01:01:49,206
A lot of big artists

1477
01:01:49,239 --> 01:01:52,076
like the fact
that I've done

1478
01:01:52,109 --> 01:01:54,078
"In The Air Tonight"
by Phil Collins.

1479
01:01:54,111 --> 01:01:57,782
You know, but if you
turn around to them and say,

1480
01:01:57,815 --> 01:02:00,517
well, could we do one
of your tracks?

1481
01:02:00,550 --> 01:02:02,887
Oh, no, no,
no, no, no, no.

1482
01:02:02,920 --> 01:02:04,388
So, they like to laugh,

1483
01:02:04,421 --> 01:02:06,256
but you-- we mustn't
despoil their work.

1484
01:02:06,290 --> 01:02:08,893
( laughter, applause )

1485
01:02:12,429 --> 01:02:14,164
All right.

1486
01:02:14,198 --> 01:02:16,500
I do understand
that-- that, you know,

1487
01:02:16,533 --> 01:02:20,204
when you create something
and it's a work of,

1488
01:02:20,237 --> 01:02:23,373
you know, in your eyes
that's a work of art--

1489
01:02:23,407 --> 01:02:25,075
it's a labor of love,

1490
01:02:25,109 --> 01:02:27,778
and then a guy comes along
and farts all over it.

1491
01:02:27,812 --> 01:02:29,880
- * I remember--
- ( farts )

1492
01:02:29,914 --> 01:02:33,250
Jim Dawson:
In this country,
there's been some big changes

1493
01:02:33,283 --> 01:02:35,219
since my book came out.

1494
01:02:35,252 --> 01:02:38,422
In 1999,
when "Who Cut The Cheese?"

1495
01:02:38,455 --> 01:02:40,991
came out, uh,
of course,

1496
01:02:41,025 --> 01:02:42,326
there were a lot
of films by that time

1497
01:02:42,359 --> 01:02:45,029
that had farting gags
in 'em.

1498
01:02:45,062 --> 01:02:47,197
But the "L.A. Times,"
for example,

1499
01:02:47,231 --> 01:02:49,366
would not
use that word.

1500
01:02:49,399 --> 01:02:53,137
And then over time,
I saw that--

1501
01:02:53,170 --> 01:02:55,305
that they've started
using the word "fart"

1502
01:02:55,339 --> 01:02:59,176
in the, you know...

1503
01:02:59,209 --> 01:03:01,411
If they were talking
about old people, you know,

1504
01:03:01,445 --> 01:03:03,047
he's a, you know,
he's an old fart.

1505
01:03:03,080 --> 01:03:05,415
We're so old,
we fart dust.

1506
01:03:05,449 --> 01:03:09,419
And then gradually,
they would start--

1507
01:03:09,453 --> 01:03:11,288
they would
quote someone

1508
01:03:11,321 --> 01:03:12,823
that said something
about fart jokes

1509
01:03:12,857 --> 01:03:14,491
because
after a while,

1510
01:03:14,524 --> 01:03:18,262
the idea of fart
jokes and films

1511
01:03:18,295 --> 01:03:20,965
became sort of like
a big topic out here.

1512
01:03:20,998 --> 01:03:23,433
Because every comedy
had at least

1513
01:03:23,467 --> 01:03:25,302
one fart joke scene.

1514
01:03:25,335 --> 01:03:28,839
You know, and it became
sort of like, you know,

1515
01:03:28,873 --> 01:03:32,176
like a, um...

1516
01:03:32,209 --> 01:03:34,244
a bad example
of comedy.

1517
01:03:34,278 --> 01:03:35,846
You know,
is there, you know,

1518
01:03:35,880 --> 01:03:37,514
can there be at least
one comedy film

1519
01:03:37,547 --> 01:03:39,049
that doesn't have
a fart joke in it?

1520
01:03:39,083 --> 01:03:41,218
But I-- I think
a lot of the--

1521
01:03:41,251 --> 01:03:44,354
a lot of sort
of comedy cowboy movies--

1522
01:03:44,388 --> 01:03:46,190
Yeah, well,
"Blazing Saddles"
is the classic.

1523
01:03:46,223 --> 01:03:48,893
Well, if somebody
would make a comment like that,

1524
01:03:48,926 --> 01:03:50,394
the "L.A. Times"
would print it.

1525
01:03:50,427 --> 01:03:54,264
So, gradually, they would,
you know, they would...

1526
01:03:54,298 --> 01:03:57,434
The word "fart"
crept into the, um, newspaper,

1527
01:03:57,467 --> 01:03:58,969
and I think
that really expresses

1528
01:03:59,003 --> 01:04:01,538
the overall acceptance

1529
01:04:01,571 --> 01:04:03,640
that's been going
on for the last,
well, let's see,

1530
01:04:03,673 --> 01:04:06,610
what, this is,
uh, 2013.

1531
01:04:06,643 --> 01:04:07,978
So we're
talking about,

1532
01:04:08,012 --> 01:04:09,579
you know,
if it was 14 years ago.

1533
01:04:09,613 --> 01:04:11,949
I think generally it's best
for people to get them out.

1534
01:04:11,982 --> 01:04:13,450
- Ah...
- ( laughs )

1535
01:04:13,483 --> 01:04:15,452
- Because...
- ( indistinct )

1536
01:04:15,485 --> 01:04:17,421
...there's nothing
worse than a cooked one.

1537
01:04:17,454 --> 01:04:19,256
( all laughing )

1538
01:04:19,289 --> 01:04:22,426
A lot of humor is sho--

1539
01:04:22,459 --> 01:04:25,930
shock and shame,
you know, that's--

1540
01:04:25,963 --> 01:04:28,298
that's all part
of what's funny.

1541
01:04:28,332 --> 01:04:31,135
- We're all
on the same road...
- Yes.

1542
01:04:31,168 --> 01:04:33,303
...with an ultimate goal,

1543
01:04:33,337 --> 01:04:35,005
but we're all.
different travelers

1544
01:04:35,039 --> 01:04:37,174
And also same
experience of gas.

1545
01:04:37,207 --> 01:04:39,376
( laughing )

1546
01:04:45,382 --> 01:04:47,684
I don't think
I'll ever forget this day.

1547
01:04:47,717 --> 01:04:49,653
( all laughing )

1548
01:04:49,686 --> 01:04:51,621
Well, it reminds us

1549
01:04:51,655 --> 01:04:54,058
that no matter
how high and mighty

1550
01:04:54,091 --> 01:04:55,325
we may think we are,

1551
01:04:55,359 --> 01:04:57,327
we may think
we're part of the--

1552
01:04:57,361 --> 01:04:59,997
we're-- we're--
we're part of the angels
or something,

1553
01:05:00,030 --> 01:05:01,365
but when it comes
down to it,

1554
01:05:01,398 --> 01:05:03,567
we're just like
the dogs and the cats.

1555
01:05:03,600 --> 01:05:05,102
You know--
( fart )--

1556
01:05:05,135 --> 01:05:07,604
when, you know,
we poop and pee and fart

1557
01:05:07,637 --> 01:05:09,239
just like everybody else.

1558
01:05:09,273 --> 01:05:11,241
Like all the other
animals out there.

1559
01:05:11,275 --> 01:05:12,476
( man speaking
native language )

1560
01:05:16,580 --> 01:05:19,683
( farting )

1561
01:05:19,716 --> 01:05:22,219
Hey, Randy,
are farts flammable?

1562
01:05:22,252 --> 01:05:24,654
Yes, Ian.
Farts are flame-able.

1563
01:05:24,688 --> 01:05:27,491
The proper way to light a fart
is to lie on your back

1564
01:05:27,524 --> 01:05:29,626
- with your legs up.
- ( straining )

1565
01:05:29,659 --> 01:05:31,095
They're probably
more of what I would call

1566
01:05:31,128 --> 01:05:33,097
one of those
Internet wives' tale.

1567
01:05:33,130 --> 01:05:37,567
Apparently,
the hydrogen sulfide
that's produced in the bowel

1568
01:05:37,601 --> 01:05:40,270
had some potential
to ignite...

1569
01:05:40,304 --> 01:05:42,372
Here we go.

1570
01:05:42,406 --> 01:05:44,208
...but I've never heard
anyone that's done it.

1571
01:05:44,241 --> 01:05:46,376
But is it in the realm
of possible?

1572
01:05:46,410 --> 01:05:49,313
Um, probably
a good Mythbusters.

1573
01:05:49,346 --> 01:05:51,648
Humans fart up to
about a half a gallon a day.

1574
01:05:51,681 --> 01:05:53,717
That's about...

1575
01:05:53,750 --> 01:05:55,485
Some a whole lot more.

1576
01:05:55,519 --> 01:05:57,954
( farting )

1577
01:06:00,757 --> 01:06:02,559
Cameraman:
A human being farts
14 times a day.

1578
01:06:02,592 --> 01:06:03,793
Female interviewer:
On average.

1579
01:06:03,827 --> 01:06:05,629
Baxter:
14 times a day?
Do you know the volume?

1580
01:06:05,662 --> 01:06:07,764
Emilia Gortan:
14 times a day?

1581
01:06:07,797 --> 01:06:09,333
Cameraman:
They don't have--

1582
01:06:09,366 --> 01:06:10,767
No,
I don't think so.

1583
01:06:10,800 --> 01:06:14,138
How many cc's
of toxic gas does that...?

1584
01:06:14,171 --> 01:06:16,340
Dr. Wycoff:
And the mile-per-hour
one is news to me.

1585
01:06:16,373 --> 01:06:17,641
Ah, that very
well may be true.

1586
01:06:17,674 --> 01:06:19,376
I'm not sure
how you measure that.

1587
01:06:19,409 --> 01:06:21,678
The 14-- I've heard anywhere
from an eight to 20

1588
01:06:21,711 --> 01:06:24,048
as being the normal range
for most people.

1589
01:06:24,081 --> 01:06:25,715
Oftentimes, you know,
flatulence is passed

1590
01:06:25,749 --> 01:06:27,584
when you're sleeping
or in a way

1591
01:06:27,617 --> 01:06:30,387
that you don't even notice
you're passing it but, uh,

1592
01:06:30,420 --> 01:06:34,024
14 is probably right
and seven miles-per-hour,
it sounds good to me.

1593
01:06:34,058 --> 01:06:35,592
Female interviewer:
Right, yeah,

1594
01:06:35,625 --> 01:06:37,194
- I don't know either.
- I don't know how you measure.

1595
01:06:37,227 --> 01:06:38,662
- Right.
- Maybe they have a meter.

1596
01:06:38,695 --> 01:06:39,763
A flat-o-meter
or something.

1597
01:06:39,796 --> 01:06:42,399
Or a slow-motion camera.
I don't know.

1598
01:06:42,432 --> 01:06:43,733
Maybe--
maybe that's it.

1599
01:06:43,767 --> 01:06:47,104
There's a whole study
of flatalogy.

1600
01:06:47,137 --> 01:06:48,705
So, uh, maybe
they've studied it.

1601
01:06:48,738 --> 01:06:50,707
Well, that was
laid on me.

1602
01:06:50,740 --> 01:06:52,242
You know,
the people said,

1603
01:06:52,276 --> 01:06:54,411
"Well, can we call
you a 'fartologist?'"

1604
01:06:54,444 --> 01:06:56,113
And I said,
"Well, sure."

1605
01:06:56,146 --> 01:06:59,449
And, you know--
and it-- it--

1606
01:06:59,483 --> 01:07:01,818
it helps sell books,
I suppose.

1607
01:07:01,851 --> 01:07:05,789
Male interviewer:
So, what is the definition
of a "fartologist," I guess.

1608
01:07:05,822 --> 01:07:08,492
Well, a "fartologist"
is somebody who has been

1609
01:07:08,525 --> 01:07:11,561
studying all the--
the-- the, um--

1610
01:07:11,595 --> 01:07:14,064
phenomena of farting.

1611
01:07:14,098 --> 01:07:15,499
Female narrator:
When forcing a poop...

1612
01:07:15,532 --> 01:07:17,467
- ( fart noise )
- ...sometimes a fart
will take place

1613
01:07:17,501 --> 01:07:18,735
in a rapid
machine-gun fashion.

1614
01:07:18,768 --> 01:07:20,404
( farting )

1615
01:07:20,437 --> 01:07:23,107
Possibly as a result
of drinking too much

1616
01:07:23,140 --> 01:07:24,441
- or of feeling sick.
- ( fart sound )

1617
01:07:24,474 --> 01:07:26,143
When this happens,
keep calm

1618
01:07:26,176 --> 01:07:27,644
and wait until
the bathroom is cleared

1619
01:07:27,677 --> 01:07:30,447
before planning
your exit.

1620
01:07:30,480 --> 01:07:32,316
I don't care anymore.

1621
01:07:32,349 --> 01:07:35,185
I used to keep it in or I--
I used to go to the bathroom...

1622
01:07:35,219 --> 01:07:37,187
In our family
there was a rating system.

1623
01:07:37,221 --> 01:07:38,855
You know,
there were--

1624
01:07:38,888 --> 01:07:41,391
there were five of us
including the dog,

1625
01:07:41,425 --> 01:07:45,162
and Dad was top,

1626
01:07:45,195 --> 01:07:48,732
our daughter
was number two stinky,

1627
01:07:48,765 --> 01:07:51,835
then was my son,

1628
01:07:51,868 --> 01:07:53,537
then was the dog,
then was me,

1629
01:07:53,570 --> 01:07:55,872
because I
made the system.

1630
01:07:55,905 --> 01:07:58,242
The sound-- you know,
the fart sound,

1631
01:07:58,275 --> 01:08:01,311
I believe,
it's just from the--
the anal opening--

1632
01:08:01,345 --> 01:08:03,647
the anal sphincter
skin vibrating

1633
01:08:03,680 --> 01:08:06,816
as the gas is expelled
through normal peristalsis,

1634
01:08:06,850 --> 01:08:08,685
so your colon
can contract,

1635
01:08:08,718 --> 01:08:11,221
and as it contracts,
it pushes things through

1636
01:08:11,255 --> 01:08:12,556
including gas.

1637
01:08:12,589 --> 01:08:14,258
And it can push it
through at apparently

1638
01:08:14,291 --> 01:08:16,326
seven miles-per-hour.

1639
01:08:16,360 --> 01:08:20,130
So, um, the passage
of the gas through
the anal opening,

1640
01:08:20,164 --> 01:08:22,599
the anal verge
produces a sound.

1641
01:08:22,632 --> 01:08:25,569
Most British men
my age now should
have a beer belly

1642
01:08:25,602 --> 01:08:28,405
that I can--
it's that big--
I can rest, you know,

1643
01:08:28,438 --> 01:08:30,407
I can rest a tray
of chips and gravy on it

1644
01:08:30,440 --> 01:08:32,909
and eat from, you know,
but I haven't.

1645
01:08:32,942 --> 01:08:34,444
You know, I keep--
I keep farting fit.

1646
01:08:34,478 --> 01:08:36,246
( farts )

1647
01:08:36,280 --> 01:08:38,248
I don't know.
I guess everything
that we can--

1648
01:08:38,282 --> 01:08:39,616
that we can explore

1649
01:08:39,649 --> 01:08:42,486
or that we can
be more honest about

1650
01:08:42,519 --> 01:08:43,820
just breaks down
more barriers.

1651
01:08:43,853 --> 01:08:46,523
It just, you know,
like you said,

1652
01:08:46,556 --> 01:08:49,493
eliminate the shame,
eliminate the judgment.

1653
01:08:49,526 --> 01:08:52,496
I mean, if we
can all just agree
that it's normal,

1654
01:08:52,529 --> 01:08:54,831
then there's not
any reason to have anything

1655
01:08:54,864 --> 01:08:56,300
other than laughter,
right?

1656
01:08:56,333 --> 01:08:57,667
( vocalizing )

1657
01:08:57,701 --> 01:08:59,869
- * I think I farted
- * On your cat

1658
01:08:59,903 --> 01:09:01,771
- * I think I farted
- * On my cat

1659
01:09:01,805 --> 01:09:04,374
- * I think I farted
- * On a photo of Mitt Romney

1660
01:09:04,408 --> 01:09:06,310
* I think
I fa a-a-arted *

1661
01:09:06,343 --> 01:09:08,612
Aw crap!
I just -- my pants.

1662
01:09:08,645 --> 01:09:11,281
Final summation:
Farting is always fun.

1663
01:09:11,315 --> 01:09:12,782
Farting with others
is more fun.

1664
01:09:12,816 --> 01:09:14,784
And making it like
someone else farted,

1665
01:09:14,818 --> 01:09:15,885
well, that's just money.

1666
01:09:15,919 --> 01:09:17,287
It was my pleasure.

1667
01:09:17,321 --> 01:09:18,622
All right,
now I'm gonna go fart.

1668
01:09:18,655 --> 01:09:20,224
Now you can
let it all out.

1669
01:09:21,225 --> 01:09:24,894
( farting )

1670
01:09:29,466 --> 01:09:31,568
* Come on,
everybody. *

1671
01:09:31,601 --> 01:09:33,470
( man shouts )

1672
01:09:35,505 --> 01:09:37,807
* Let's have a farty

1673
01:09:37,841 --> 01:09:39,943
( farting )

1674
01:09:42,312 --> 01:09:44,180
**

1675
01:09:50,987 --> 01:09:53,623
I mean, you're
misinterpreting what I do.

1676
01:09:53,657 --> 01:09:55,959
You know, you think
I've got a gas problem.

1677
01:09:55,992 --> 01:09:59,229
And what I've got
is a control of my gas.

1678
01:10:04,968 --> 01:10:06,803
Male interviewer:
What do you guys think about

1679
01:10:06,836 --> 01:10:09,439
us doing a documentary
about farting?

1680
01:10:09,473 --> 01:10:12,309
I think it's fabulous.
I can't wait to watch it.

1681
01:10:12,342 --> 01:10:14,278
I can't wait to buy it
and own it.

1682
01:10:14,311 --> 01:10:16,780
Are you gonna
have to buy it?

1683
01:10:16,813 --> 01:10:18,315
Are we gonna
have to buy it?

1684
01:10:18,348 --> 01:10:19,783
( laughing )

1685
01:10:19,816 --> 01:10:21,751
Female interviewer #2:
We'll give you guys
copies, yeah.

1686
01:10:21,785 --> 01:10:23,320
( all laughing )

1687
01:10:26,490 --> 01:10:27,957
( farting )

1688
01:10:27,991 --> 01:10:29,659
I'm gonna let it go.

1689
01:10:29,693 --> 01:10:30,994
Hey, you're not...?

1690
01:10:31,027 --> 01:10:33,330
I don't know
if I wanna touch you.

1691
01:10:33,363 --> 01:10:34,364
( all laughing )

1692
01:10:35,932 --> 01:10:39,536
* May the fart
be with you *

1693
01:10:39,569 --> 01:10:41,971
* May the fart
be with you *

1694
01:10:42,005 --> 01:10:43,973
We're looking
for the reaction.

1695
01:10:44,007 --> 01:10:45,509
Yeah, I have,
but it's a manly thing to do.

1696
01:10:45,542 --> 01:10:47,010
Especially
if it's a spanker.

1697
01:10:47,043 --> 01:10:49,846
( laughing )

1698
01:10:49,879 --> 01:10:53,883
( farting )

1699
01:10:53,917 --> 01:10:57,754
* May the fart
be with you. *