Sex is possibly the easiest target and the biggest butt of all jokes… suddenly, everyone’s a comedian.
‘Sex is identical to comedy in
that it involves timing.’
Phyllis Diller
‘If sex isn’t a joke, what is?’
Nella Larsen
‘A really hard laugh is like sex —
one of the ultimate diversions
of existence.’ Jerry Seinfeld
‘Think of me as Chomsky with
dick jokes.’ Bill Hicks
‘Bisexuality doubles your
chances of a date on Saturday
night.’ Rodney Dangerfield
T married a German. Every
night I dress up as Poland and
he invades me.’ Bette Midler
‘It’s hard to be funny when you
have to be clean.’ Mae West
‘When authorities warn you of
the sinfulness of sex, there is an
important lesson to be learned.
Do not have sex with the
authorities.’ Matt Groening
T want to tell you a terrific
story about oral contraception.
I asked this girl to sleep with
me and she said no.’
Woody Allen
‘Before we make love, my
husband takes a pain killer.’
Joan Rivers
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‘I’m a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.’ Mae West
Mae West (1893-1980) was a past mistress of innuendo and the eight — inch platform walk. She challenged the rules, was bold, raunchy and vulgar, and successfully delivered the message that women enjoy sexual attention too. She also left a trail of unique one-liners, from the classic ‘Come up and see me some time’ to the one and only ‘Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?’ Her 1926 play Sex, which she wrote and starred in, about a hooker looking to get away from it all with a rich husband, landed her in court for obscenity. West was sent to the can for 10 days, where she was allowed to wear silk instead of prison underwear. Sex reopened off-Broadway in 1999.
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‘Whoever named it necking was a poor judge of anatomy.’
Groucho Marx
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A film about a cult sex joke, it features 100 of the biggest names in the funny business, each giving their personal rendition and adding a twist on an old and filthy burlesque joke shared only by a magic circle of comedians but
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never told in public. Too rude and lewd for the stage, the idea is to keep outdoing the previous account, resulting in more and more extreme versions. Joke-tellers include Whoopi Goldberg, Eric Idle, Eddie Izzard, Harry Shearer, Carrie Fisher, Robin Williams and Billy Connolly.
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