Toilet humour 38219 225818961 2008-07-15T15:30:02Z Onorem 622881 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/Time for action|Time for action]] ([[User talk:Time for action|talk]]) to last version by Passandid {{Cleanup-restructure|date=July 2007}} {{refimprove|date=January 2007}} '''Toilet humour''' or '''scatological humour''' is a type of [[off-color humor|off-colour humour]] dealing with [[defecation]], [[urination]], [[flatulence]], [[vomiting]] and other presumably disgusting bodily functions. Public reference to bodily functions is [[taboo]] in many cultures. This genre also sees substantial crossover with sexual humour, such as [[Dick joke|penis joke]]s. Toilet humor is most popular among children and teenagers, is often seen as a rejection of [[taboos]], and is a part of modern culture.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Poop-Culture-America-Grossest-National/dp/193259521X Poop Culture: How America is Shaped by its Grossest National Product] by Dave Praeger ISBN 1-932-59521-X]</ref> ==Exploitation== Many artists have made their names exploiting toilet humour: *[[Eddie Shit]]'s entire act was based on toilet humour interpretations of popular songs, including 'Pohemian Crapsody' and 'Space Jobbity'. *The internationally popular [[Canada|Canadian]] children's sketch-comedy television show ''[[You Can't Do That On Television]]'' (1979-1990) made heavy use of bathroom and gross-out humour, particularly through the show's iconic "green slime," Barth (the hamburger chef, played by [[Les Lye]], whose burgers contained everything ''but'' fresh beef), and frequent gags related to flatulence and excrement, especially in the final two years of the series. *[[Urinetown]], the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musical. *Some of the lyrical content of [[avant-garde]] [[Rock and roll|rock]] musician [[Frank Zappa]]'s songs revolved around toilet humour, for example, "Watch out where the [[husky|huskies]] go, and don't you eat that [[Urine|yellow]] [[snow]]" (from the album ''[[Apostrophe (album)|Apostrophe]]''). *The Japanese [[manga]] ''[[Enomoto: New Elements that Shake the World]]'' has been praised as a series of "innovative comics that are almost entirely concerned with bodily functions."<ref>Devlin, Tom. "King of Shit.(AKA Jason Boxer anthem) " ''The Comics Journal'' #238, October 2001, pp. 65-67.</ref> *A [[first-person shooter]] video game called [[HURL]] uses much potty humor, but no violence, in order that the game be considered suitable for children. *''[[Dr. Slump]]'', a manga from [[Akira Toriyama]] (the creator of ''[[Dragon Ball (manga)|Dragon Ball]]''), also had a strong [[scatology|scatological]] bent. *The ''[[Private Eye (magazine)|Private Eye]]'' [[comic strip]] ''[[Barry McKenzie]]'' written by [[Barry Humphries]] and drawn by [[Nicholas Garland]] are a treasure trove of ''chundering'', ''parking the tiger'', ''splashing the boots'', ''draining the dragon'', and ''beating the JBoxer''' with much of the allegedly [[Australia]]n [[slang]] created by Humphries himself. *''[[Ubu Roi]]'' by [[Alfred Jarry]], translated as ''King Turd'', opens with the line "''Merdre!''" (a corruption of the [[French language|French]] ''[[Profanity#Interlanguage|merde]]'', translated by [[Barbara Wright]] as "shitter") and is filled with scatological humour. Though Jarry was only 14 years old when he began it as a spoof of one of his teachers, it is now regarded as one of the first examples of the [[Theatre of the Absurd]]. *It is a commonly used convention in movies directed by the [[Farrelly Brothers]]. For example, their [[Film|movie]] ''[[Dumb and Dumber]]'' featured a lengthy toilet scene played by actor [[Jeff Daniels (actor)|Jeff Daniels]] involving a diarrhetic reaction. * The band [[Bloodhound Gang]]'s songs and music videos feature numerous toilet humour references. * The show [[Drawn Together]] contains frequent toilet humour scenes. For example, [[Spanky Ham]] once ordered a pizza and defecated on it, returning it to the delivery man, saying, "Wait, I didn't order this pizza with sausage". * [[Blink 182]] is known for their toilet humour, as shown on their [[live album]], [[The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back)]]. * [[Insane Clown Posse]], are very acclaimed for their extravegant use of toilet humour and derogatory, and obnoxious use of foul language. * In the nudie-cartoon magazine series [[Sex to Sexty]], one story is that a kid in a bathroom sings a jingle (from a 70s commercial) "Chewy chewy tootsie roll lasts a long time." His mother yells, "Put that nasty thing back in the toilet!" *The [[Austin Powers]] film series features lots of toilet humor. A character named [[Fat Bastard (character)|Fat Bastard]] is even dedicated to it. * In Mel Brook's "Blazing Saddles", there is a campfire scene in which everyone, feasting on [[bean]]s, farts tremendously, and continuously. They ask for more beans, and the [[Cattle|trailboss]], played by [[Slim Pickens]] refuses them, saying: "I'd say you've had enough." * [[DreamWorks Animation]] films * [[South Park]] * [[The Ren and Stimpy Show]] * [[Family Guy]] * [[Beavis and Butt-head]] * [[Rocko's Modern Life]] * [[Crayon Shin Chan]] * A [[1983]] computer game for the [[TRS-80 Color Computer]] titled ''Outhouse'' by [[J. Weaver, Jr.]] distributed by [[Computer Shack]], in which the player controls a [[flying saucer]] defending an outhouse from earthlings sticking its [[toilet paper]] in their backside and walking out with it.<ref>[http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/outhouse.html Outhouse]</ref> {|- style="background:darkgrey; color:white;" ! colspan="99" | Toilet slang entries in [[Wiktionary|WikiSaurus]] |- | *[[wiktionary:WikiSaurus:bathroom|bathroom]] *[[wiktionary:WikiSaurus:toilet|toilet]] *[[wiktionary:WikiSaurus:vomit|vomit]] | *[[wiktionary:WikiSaurus:urination|urination]] *[[wiktionary:WikiSaurus:defecation|defecation]] *[[wiktionary:WikiSaurus:flatulence|flatulence]] |} == See also == * [[Grotesque body]] * [[Lighting farts]] * [[Scatology]] * [[Toilet tipping]] * [[Lonely Swedish (The Bum Bum Song)]] * [[Dirty Sanchez (sexual act)]] * [[The Left Rights]] * [[Urinals]] * [[Bum trilogy]] * [[Flatulence]] ===Miscellaneous media items=== * [[Gross-out film]] * [[Gross out]] * ''[[You Can't Do That On Television]]'' * ''[[Barry Welsh is Coming]]'' * [[Angry Video Game Nerd]] * [[The Poopsmith]] * [[Le Pétomane]] * [[Mr. Methane]] * [[Conker's Bad Fur Day]] * [[Captain Underpants]] * [[Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan]] * [[Mr. Hankey]] * [[6teen]] * [[Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure]] * [[Carl Squared]] * [[Twisted Kaiju Theater]] * [[Taxidermia]] * [[The Diarrhea Song]] * [[The Underground Comedy Movie]] ==References== {{reflist}} *Henderson, Jeffrey ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=aBsR2BEuAq0C The Maculate Muse: Obscene Language in Attic Comedy]'' 1991 Oxford University Press ISBN 0195066855 *Slater, W. J. review of ''[http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0031-8299%28197623%2930%3A3%3C291%3ATMMOLI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Z&size=LARGE The Maculate Muse: Obscene Language in Attic Comedy]'' by Jeffrey Henderson. ''Phoenix'', Vol. 30, No. 3 (Autumn, 1976), pp. 291-293 doi:10.2307/1087300 [[Category:Humor]] [[Category:Toilets]] [[Category:Euphemisms]] [[de:Fäkalsprache]] [[he:הומור בתי שימוש]] [[nl:Poep-en-pieshumor]] [[no:Toaletthumor]] [[ru:Туалетный юмор]] [[fi:Vessahuumori]] [[yi:טוילעט הומער]]