This killer-funny documentary from Paul Provenza produces more laughs than any hundred jokes you ever heard. Actually, it's all one joke -- a massively dirty one -- told by a hundred comics to Provenza and fellow funnyman Penn Jillette, who record their efforts on a cheap-ass camcorder. The participants run the gamut from the great Gilbert Gottfried at his most scary and outrageous to Bob Saget blowing his TV image as a dork, not to mention Billy the Mime (you heard me). These stand-ups on the…

You'll need to wash your hands after this one. Wading in a sea of four-letter words, The Aristocrats talks every bit as dirty as South Park in a college locker room, times 100--plus add in the perversion of John Waters' A Dirty Shame. A hit at Sundance 2005, the ThinkFilm documentary, directed by comedian Paul Provenza, sheds insight on the trial and error--and not-so-simple beauty--of making people laugh.

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As an inside, if outdated, joke among comedians, ''The Aristocrats'' is rarely…