There was a blues dude called CW Stoneking who struck me as mildly retarded and other stuff however, the best part of the episode was their strange trivia section where they spoke about Le Pétomane who was the 19th century's highest paid entertainer on the basis of his anal contractions and flatulence on cue.
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Key quotes are:
Young Joseph became alarmed one day when he was swimming in the sea, and took a deep breath before submerging. As he inhaled, he felt icy cold water entering through his rear end.
He wasn't fingered by a penguin, he was discovering his skills.
He started off with a series of fart impressions… a new bride’s timid toot; her noisy, flapping emissions a week later.
Flapping emissions? Really...
A number of women passed out, unable to breathe in their tightly bound corsets, and had to be escorted from the theater by nurses.
They take care to state that it wasn't from the farting but more from the corsetry which will get you every time if you're a 19th century French dame.
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