The Farting Contest

[@puppylov3808]

My 83 year old father who has dementia and can't remember what happened yesterday, recalled The Farting Contest. I had to find it and played it for him. Made his day! He laughed and laughed!!

[@kenretherford6428]

Want to chat?

[@JOHN----DOE]

Marvelously weird how many people shared this with their demented fathers. Me, too. Proves everything has a purpose in this world.

[@carolinehobson7365]

That makes me so happy!

[@rchoper21]

Awesome your father responded! I was my mom's caregiver, she had alzheimers.

[@kramnull8962]

What is so ironic is that laughter can bring us to moments of clarity. It can wipe away tears and take away anger. Most of the time I laugh at myself to keep my sanity....

[@devyncole6016]

My sister and i would listen to this with our father, who remembered when it was broadcasted over the radio. We actually played this for him while he was on hospice care before he passed, for one last giggle with him.

[@orangetoxicgaming3274]

I know I am a stranger but sorry for your loss devyn sciarrino

[@blakepascoe5471]

Omg same story here. My father showed this to my brother and I and we'd die laughing. I'd do anything to listen to this again with my pops

[@ericbaker6542]

My mom passed too she always said there is nothing funnier than a good fart😂

[@lbi3447]

I just shared this with my brothers and mother. My dad passed almost a year ago and he would have LOVED this.

[@ddun3098]

I plan to do the same for my father

[@RCAFTailWind]

Hello everyone. Just wanted to say hi. I've been reading through the comments and I am so happy and honoured with the many stories folks are posting. My dad first played this for me back in the early 70s when I was just a nipper. My brother and I still quote this constantly. Sadly my dad passed away. I had the opportunity to play it for him and we had a great afternoon laughing and reminiscing. Hope this continues to bring laughter and memories to you all. Cheers

[@craigbrowning9448]

My dad actually had a Broadcast Transcription of this (the flip side was a POW interview of German WWII prisoners), unfortunately it was on a glass vase disc that snapped in half I eventually found the 78 of it in a used record store.

[@billdimitroff898]

As a pre-teen, my friends and I lost our minds in laughter listening to this on a cassette tape in the early 70's. Fart humour is timeless.

[@jerrymackey8786]

] LLP pp000

[@larrysmfll1872]

Yes! Why is farting so funny to so many of us? Go figure!

[@rockygraziano2339]

My story is the same as yours Bill.

[@johnb.2896]

We had it on a 8 track tape!

[@martifernandez6467]

Same! My dad thought this was the funniest thing he'd ever heard!

[@tiffanyalbers1141]

My dad played this thousands of times for my sister and i growing up. We lost him to cancer in 2010 and this brings back so many memories!

[@melvoid]

When I was in my 20s, back in the late 1970s, my dad was trying to find this. He finally did got it on a cassette. It's long since been lost, and just today it dawned on me that you can find almost anything on KZbin... and here it is!!! I haven't heard this is 25 years or more.

[@maygee]

My dad played this at every party he had when I was growing up. He passed away this weekend and thank you for putting this online.. We played it the night before we buried him. It was great to laugh!

[@dirtydave2691]

I first heard this on the "Dr. Demento Show" on KMET 94.7 Los Angeles in the 70s. How he was able to play this and get away with it is amazing. I managed to record it on my little cassette recorder. My older brother and I would laugh our butts off (pun intended). Now in our late fifties we still reference this when we see each other!

[@actormanic]

Same here. My friends and I spent many Friday nights (especially in 1974) listening to Dr. Demento on the "MIGHTY MET" back in the day! (I even had a Pico & Sepulveda t-shirt!) This was definitely one of our favorites!

[@murrayirvin3177]

@@actormanic Heard it on The Mighty Met back in the day as well. And now I live a couple of miles from Pico & Sepulveda.

[@m.loughlin1915]

Little bit o' heaven, 94.7 KMET. Too-weedle-dee!!

[@darinward9276]

I used to record Dr D on KMET- the mighty Met with my cassette stole recorder as well! Recorded this, fish heads, the existential Blues, sum things in the bag, moose turf pie, frosty the dope man, my bologna…..I could go on and on!….and I can sing existential blues word for word to this day! Thx for posting!

[@Sleeplessin2012]

Love to see so many others remembering Dr D & the Mighty Met! Great childhood memories!

[@CzarSmitty1963]

Loved this when played on Dr. Demento Sunday nights - what great humour!

[@robertvece4248]

Oh my God, I remember listening to this with my grandfather and my uncle Frank and crying laughter. Those were the best days.

[@slorznovitch]

Took a road trip back in 1978. The vehicle owner had this on cassette tape. We played it over and over and laughed our heads off each time.

[@RCAFTailWind]

I haven't had time to check in. Just read all of the comments. So happy I was able to bring back happy memories for so many by posting this :) I remember listening to this on the original 78 rpms when I was a kid..... Four fragrant fuzzies in rapid succession..... Hahaha love it

[@MichiganPeatMoss]

This was seriously pressed onto a 78? I heard it in the mid 80s. I presume it was produced in Canada? Thanks for posting.

[@hamjazz]

@@MichiganPeatMoss Made by Paul Carpenter, a well known big band vocalist in the late forties/fifties.

[@doug1234dougx]

Thank you!

[@RCAFTailWind]

@@doug1234dougx you're welcome 🙂

[@onlyyoucanpreventamplifire41]

@@MichiganPeatMoss I had presumed it was produced in the French Castle from _The Holy Grail._

[@tsmith7070]

Greetings from 2022... where this is the only form of entertainment that is still funny.

[@jererutter7414]

A real blast from the past!! 💨😂 My brother Jim Rutter turned me onto this original phonograph record back in the 60’s. Still bring tears to my eyes.. 🤣

[@MrIveyIsBonkers]

This is from at least 1946. Fart humor is timeless. I was on the edge of my seat when Windesmear was merely one point behind Boomer. A little disappointing he didn't win but I really hope Boomer went on a grand streak. After all, he did set a record.

[@PamelaRP]

One of the funniest records I ever heard. I am 52 and this record came out in either 62 or 63 the year I was born. My dad had this record and used to play it when I was a kid at his home when he and mom split when we went over there on weekends. Thanks for making me smile today.

[@stevecanon48]

+Pamela Pugh This was first recorded in 1946.

[@xAlexZifko]

youre welcome son

[@kenretherford6428]

Want to chat?

[@stanbanks694]

This was so popular when I was a kid in the late 70’s. Great memories!

[@johntebbetts3203]

A real "flutterblast" from the past!

[@kawboy14]

Freep Freep, Hooray !!

[@larrysmfll1872]

My dad had this on a 78. He prized it, played it after he had several cocktails ... and at his parties! He couldn't control his laughter and usually ended up peeing himself. Farting is still hilarious to me to this day!

[@jamesjbiv]

My father had it on cassette and we listened to it on road trips as a ritual ! So glad to find it here thank you !

[@RCAFTailWind]

James Bushong You are very welcome. Glad you enjoyed

[@gvbaker55]

Nice!

[@ItalianRootsandGenealogy]

I did too

[@jeffreyriddle5754]

Same here

[@sandeeholtsclaw4049]

My cousin shared it with us newlyweds in mid 70’s! We had the record and we taped it! Shared it many times over the years and with our kids! Now time to initiate our granddaughter! Lol thanks for sharing! 🥰

[@wagner9050]

Holtsclaw from 3200 block of E. 10th Street?

[@ChristianJohnsonDrums]

I had this on cassette in the 80's, I ordered it off the back of a Boys' Life magazine. When it arrived, I played it for my dad and he was so excited because he had it as a kid. We need to recognize this recording for its importance to western culture! Seriously, someone should do a documentary on it.

[@jayholewinski]

Lol.

[@philanderson3179]

Greatest sport there is that doesn't hurt anything or anybody. Carry on folks .

[@_.-_]

Oh lol, that might explain where my father found it from originally. He used to play this for us when I was little, and I only just now hunted it down myself, and I didn't realise it was originally from 1946 (I didn't recall it clearly enough to remember the clearly older accents. I had a bit of trouble finding it because literally all I could remember was 'just a threep, that's all it was', which apparently wasn't even exactly the quote 😂). So I was wondering why he would have had it, because it doesn't seem like the sort of thing my grandparents would have shared with him; that isn't their sort of humour. But it's very possible he could have gotten it from the same boys life magazine!

[@philanderson3179]

Why do farts smell ? . . . . So deaf people can enjoy them, too. Carry on, folks.

[@KevinHenry-q4m]

I am 46 now. I heard this recording at my grandparents kitchen table with my grandfather and my Dad when I was 7 years old. Timeless classic. I still cry laughing when I hear his Lordshio leave a plotcher....

[@NojZilla]

My grandpa named his cats after some of the types of farts , flooper, freep, &fuzzy

[@lucybyrne2443]

my parents used to have this on vinyl and would play it when we were kids.... probably why I still find toilet humour so funny! Glad to have found it again.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

I first heard this goofy thing when I was in my teens and now, at 66, it's still as goofy as it was then. Mercy, what a work of ----uh---- Fundusbreaking!

[@17nrr]

Not heard this for a few years, still has me in tears of laughter!

[@junewray8384]

Me too i have talked about it but thank you for posting this ..Ive cried with laughter

[@ZenyattaFan1]

I cannot believe Boomer was able to pull off a follow-up floofer. To be able to do that under so much pressure is impressive.

[@rchoper21]

A truly skilled athlete !

[@jonathonboshears6281]

Time stamp?

[@JOHN----DOE]

Good one. Although, to be technical, all farts are performed under a lot of pressure.

[@samwisegamgee8318]

@@jonathonboshears6281 the time stamp is overcoming ADHD and listening to the whole thing😂

[@2000om28v]

123 points?!? That’s unheard of. Boomer is legendary but I question PED use.

[@ericswolgaard1808]

I haven't heard this in over 40 years! Thanks!!!!!!

[@billyhassell]

Boy does this take me back in time. Ah, the good 'ol 60's!

[@tradcatholic]

Sorry, I first heard it a couple of decades before that

[@redgreen43]

As an old radio guy, I have just one thing to say---let television try to pull THIS off!

[@andrewmartin3671]

Bob Monkhouse said something along the lines of "TV can do things radio can't do, but it can't do the things radio can do!".

[@RyanHammond]

This is part of our family lore. My grandfather had this record and we played it as children so many times. So glad it is here on KZbin.

[@mikehammond2991]

Love that lol

[@jmike66]

How marvelous. :)

[@RyanHammond]

There are 2?

[@jmike66]

yup. I'm not that other Mike Hammond and I commented here just for the humor value :)

[@billhauswirth3142]

my friends Dad played this for us after our High School graduation in 1979. So funny I nearly pissed myself. It was on a cassette that said "Farting Contest - Never erase". This is the standard by which all comedy can be measured.

[@ChateauShack]

Oh!!! Thanks for posting this classic! It seems that it's funnier 35 years later - we had a great laugh tonight. ;-)

[@RCAFTailWind]

Irene Veronica You are very welcome Irene. Happy to put a smile on your face :)

[@kenretherford6428]

Want to chat?

[@richnageotte]

One of my uncles had this record when I was a child. Since he lived far away, his nieces and nephews heard him talk about it, but never actually heard it. I'm finally hearing it some fifty years after first becoming aware of it.

[@Birchwood1976]

Seriously, this never gets old, you can listen to and come back to it man months or years later and it's likes listening to it for the first time ever, it's and absolute classic

[@yepiratesworkshop7997]

I laugh my ass off every time I hear this. So glad someone put it on KZbin.

[@HansGustav2]

My father introduced me to this recording when I was about twelve or thirteen. He, in turn, had heard it when he was but a teen himself. We giggled and laughed together and the finale left us both in stitches. Thanks for posting. Brings back some nice memories.

[@viviennecarter5837]

My late Papa (maternal grandfather) had copies of this that I didn’t listen to until after he had passed. He was a massive lover of all things tasteless fart jokes. This is one of my all time favorites!

[@kramnull8962]

Hard to imagine a time where farting was so taboo.

[@archangele1]

My uncle brought this record to my attention many decades ago. It is still hilarious. I noticed around 84 thumbs downs for this. It has been my experience that people who can not find an ill placed fart humorous are people I would rather not associate with. The descriptive word I find that describes people with no sense of humor concerning the act of farting starts with an A and ends with an E.

[@trochilustales4981]

ACE?

[@stupidpdj]

Heard this on Doctor Demento, Los Angeles, in 1978.

[@rojerweller2881]

Me too on Doctor Demento kzok 102.5 , such a classic!

[@Nyckname]

🎶 A little bit of heaven, 94.7, KMET 🎶

[@d_g_mccallister9315]

Nyckname I remember listening to him on that station too when I was in grade school. Lol

[@DannyD714]

on KMET dr. demento played this twice a year. it got so many requests he had to retire it from the weekly top 10 countdown,and gave it its own special event on the show.

[@rogermwilcox]

Ditto!

[@jamesjeffreypaul]

I have been waiting to hear this for decades! Thanks for sharing!

[@TheCSJones]

"...Defeated his Scottish opponent by only one bloop, and then dropped dead." I, too, dropped dead at that line.

[@Nyckname]

C.S. Jones Thankfully you didn't drop something else.

[@andrewclayterman6230]

Sandy McWind... lol.. yes i cracked up at that too.

[@coreym4768]

I someone missed that as a kid. I had to pull over a second laughing. I loved that he snuck in that line there. :-)

[@winosales]

I had this on a yellow 10" Vinyl in either the late 60s or early 70s when I worked for a record store before and after Army service. I never stopped busting my gut listening to it. The Contest has lost non of its charm in the intervening decades. Thanks for sharing!!

[@jimdeyoung2609]

Very funny and well done. Think it was recorded in 1961. Listen every few years and always laugh. So descriptive!!!

[@lvdiscreet]

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[@andrewclayterman6230]

Notice how loved this silly recording has become. How many great memories it brings back.

[@PamelaRP]

Super funny record. My brother 25 years ago told me about this record and am glad it still exists. Thanks for posting it to make us all laugh alot. Funny Funny for sure.

[@kenretherford6428]

Want to chat?

[@jfens786]

My son-in-law was in the hospital and he mentioned remembering hearing this as a boy. He doesn't have use of a cell phone so was really surprised to see me pull it up within a few seconds. We listened to it and were in tears. This was about 11 pm, and we were quite noisy as a few people walked by to see what the uproar was about. They didn't ask us to leave or even close the door. I think there is something infectious about hearing people heartily laughing. Thank you so much for putting it on KZbin. I have waited until after Easter Sunday to forward the link to my brother as I thought it inappropriate for Easter, but we are big on funny fart sounds and jokes and gadgets.

[@southbay6090]

I’m 55 years old and I probably heard this on Dr. Demento in 1977 I would say. To this day my family calls a little fart a freep. This is timeless.

[@wagner9050]

Here's to FREEPS!

[@tobytanzer]

With inflation they're now worth over 50 points.

[@3peaceearth]

There should be many more of such funny broadcasts. Laughter is healing...let's keep laughing!!!

[@michaelpowell6736]

Oh the memories. My uncle first played this for me that he recorded from Dr. Demento. It was on a radio station down in Southern California. Great memories back in the "60's.....

[@lancealexander8071]

It’s 2021, and.....it’s still a work of comedic perfection. Case closed.

[@rockygraziano2339]

I must start using the word crepitate

[@Shoorit]

I had this on tape when I was a kid in the 90s.. no idea why, but it just popped into my mind recently and I’m glad I found it.

[@nws7verizonnet]

I have this on cassette. I'm glad someone else has this. And thank you for uploading this.

[@Naturzone1]

I have a cassette tape of this I recorded off the Dr Demento show back in the mid 70s. I was 1 of many with the words "Pico and Sepulveda" written on my locker. I looked forward to his 4 hour show on Sunday evenings.

[@dianebrooker6195]

I first listened to this as a child. After Marriage I remembered it from my childhood and I wanted the album. I found one at a record store that specialized in old albums. I was so excited. After playing it for friends they all wanted a copy. This was in the 70's. I located only 2 more copies in Ohio and got them for friends. I am so excited to see it here. I still have the album but as we all know we rarely play plastic at this time. So now I can play it for my friends on the computer. It is a winner when having a party and drinking is involved..

[@LASTCARDMANILA]

AND I HAVENT HEARD THE TAPE OF THIS IN NEARLY 50 YEARS... LOL I ALMOST HAD THE NAMES OF THE FARTS DOWN PAT TOO, EVEN AFTER THAT LONG.. :-)

[@7th.trumpet]

In the 90s I bought my younger brother a "Talkboy", (a hand held silver tape recorder you could change your voice) and for some strange reason I got a free tape with this on it ha. Over time it got lost, so thanks for bringing back memories with this 🖒

[@justjack3177]

Someone recorded it on a cassette in the early 70's and left it in my car, it went great with a couple joints!

[@jimmyhuesandthehouserocker1069]

This is the cleanest, best recording of the contest ever. Too bad somebody edited out the very, very best parts where the guy can't hold a straight face and starts laughing. He threw his voice for the interviews, he was Windersmere and Boomer himself. Can't help but admire the guy. What an imagination. A genius of a writer, a brilliant actor, and I think the very best straight-man comedian of all time.

[@MrJDOaktown]

"Lord Windesmear the Champion, in a final gesture of contempt, scorns the use of the farting post"

[@kawboy14]

That was not a wise....move. 🤔

[@billc6087]

I first heard this on AM radio in the mid-1960s while driving, and we had to pull over to the side of the road we literally laughing so hard we went blind and couldn't drive!

[@MisterMikeTexas]

How did they manage to play that back then without getting fined out the wazoo? 😂😂

[@Sailbadthesinner666]

I hadn't heard this in fifty years. Thanks for posting!

[@chowmein0941]

Is there any way I can actually find an actual vinyl copy of this? I must have it!!!

[@coreym4768]

Thank you so very very much for this. A childhood_friend's_father gave us each a copy of this. I remember having a cassette tape of it, and would listen being going to sleep. It must of been 1988-1990 for me hearing this. Thank you again. :-)

[@ilikecerealbowls1]

My grandpa loves this too. Play it practically every yr at Christmas

[@wagner9050]

Interesting Christmases @ Your place.

[@tammybruner6709]

We also listened to this on road trips growing up. The good old days!

[@brianbentley4386]

I had a copy of this fifty years ago. It still cracks me up. 😂

[@MagicJohn11]

My parents had this record when was just a youngster. My brother and I were told we could not listen to it. That is when we listened every chance we got.

[@MustangSam]

I had a tape of this back in the 60's and it broke like so many other tapes. I never thought I'd hear it again. Thanks to the almighty KZbin here it is. Always like the ending the best! Funny as hell.

[@scottstewart9584]

I haven't heard this since high school and I laughed so hard I plotched. Sorry......

[@cxjxgerdescxjxgerdes6732]

Got me rollin' ....wiping tears from my eyes, tears of laughter!

[@MichiganPeatMoss]

Was actually the hardest I ever heard my dad laugh when my cousin played this in the 1980s. Worth every second of audio. :)

[@TuberOnTheLoose]

I believe I first heard this on the Doctor Demento Show back in the 70's.

[@rchoper21]

Yup, every Sunday evening!

[@StroudSharp]

I'm so glad you uploaded this, my father use to tell me about this record's existence when I was a kid. It brings back good memories.

[@screwyootube1]

Kinda makes ya feel all warm & fuzzy, huh?

[@kegginstructure]

When my first grandson was about four, he passed a REAL stinker. We used euphemisms at the time. I asked him if he had popped a bubble. He turned around, looked me square in the eye, and said, "Paw Paw, we call those FARTS." I think he must have been related to Paul Boomer.

[@Frank-tb4ck]

First heard this way back in 1968....hilarious and how incredible ti find it here!!

[@MisterMikeTexas]

I'll bet radio host Bo Roberts in Dallas has a copy of this! 😂😂😂

[@scottrap]

My dad first told me about this record when I was a little kid. That same day he brings me on a date. I remember saying to him “daddy tell her about the farting contest record” of course my dad was mortified and was shushing me lol

[@kpkndusa]

When I was in the Army in the 70's, me and a friend made our own military version SOP instruction for a farting pole. We wher so inspired.

[@uncountedsurvivor9409]

I was a teenager when my mother sat me down in our kitchen and put the "cassette" in the machine and played this for me. She had recently heard it and thought it hilarious and wanted to share! I think it is from the 50's or 60's! Really kind of bizarre! Thanks Mom!

[@wagner9050]

My great-gramma would probably have called Yore mama A Card.

[@rich3583]

The other side was Bombers vs the Blasters, acted out like a football game.. Funny stuff laughed for hours.

[@wagner9050]

The doctor or F. fender bender mender??

[@RCAFTailWind]

You and I are about the same vintage Mike. My dad had the original 78 speed LP's but sadly they were misplaced. Glad you were able to find it here.

[@jlpel2]

I have looked for this for years! Should have know I would find it here! Thanks....enjoyed the laugh!

[@MichiganPeatMoss]

My cousin had a low-fi cassette copy of this in the 1980s thru a friend of a friend. Some of the best laughs back then. What year was this produced?

[@Machi74005]

I was a kid in the 70's. How is it I just now am hearing this?

[@michaeljoefox]

“A farts a fart. Whether you raise up on one cheek and sneak or whether you give it a full blast like I do.” - Paul Boomer

[@donnoel4843]

This is one of the funniest things ever made!

[@WJB613]

In Miami, Neil Rogers had his audience cued up if you wanted to tape it. I have it on cassette. He was on A.M. radio.

[@bernecomp]

Came very close to dying from laughter when I first heard this back in high school on Dr. Demento with my buddys.

[@KutWrite]

This had to be edited from I believe 3 78 rpm discs. One of my favorite lines was: "Now look here, Cobber... !" The rules of the contest and the various "blasts" are so imaginative! Plus the sendup of British "royalty," calling Windowsmear "Your Majesty," etc.

[@BradHouser]

ROTFL! I had only heard second hand accounts of this until now. 🤣

[@Vyseblues]

this proves that farting will always be hilarious for centuries to come.

[@WorldWarThree]

It's the international language. Even Chinese people know what "Pull my finger" means.

[@jeffadams8481]

I first heard this recording in 1965. My uncle was in the carnival business and brought this home on a 33 and1/3 record, I was 10 at the time. Hilarious!!!

[@woodtool2882]

I've known of this recording for decades. An old friend, now sadly departed, introduced it to me. There are two camps regarding this subject matter. I think it's hilarious. As a life-long devotee of my own borborygmic endeavors, I can tell you that not everyone is amused. But that just adds to the fun of it.

[@glennclark7472]

I remember the gene tracy version in the early 70s .lol..my dad played this and alot more tracys dirty 8 tracks..but i was too young to even understand much of it..funny cuz i dubbed many the 8 tracks onto cassetes for my dad before he too died

[@Vyseblues]

Someone needs to animate this.

[@lns4048]

My uncle had this album and we listened to it when we were kids.

[@AngelSusie57]

Ahahahahaha, no matter how often i hear this, I still laugh so hard that i can't even breathe. Ahahahahaha 😅

[@Steez51]

11:50.....A Thundersbreak a beautiful bit of wind breaking virtuosity....A most difficult fart to perform without ploching. CLASSIC MEMORIES www.oldradio.org/2014/06/1946-great-crepitation-fart-contest.html Yes 1946 for this awesome recording

[@howardtoob]

Let us not be tempted to misquote one of the finest works of art ever. The term is, "Fundusbreak". Please be accurate when referring to the narrative. Do it for the kids. The kids don't need to be raised in an environment where anything goes LOL.

[@Steez51]

Oh My Howard....Please pardon my horrific breach of etiquette. I've been misquoting for 40+ years. Please enlighten me on how you know for certain since the recording has the audible quality of most 1929 short subject films. I just want to be sure....For the kids of course.

[@WeeWillyII]

This was most probably the most famous event ever at Maple Leaf Gardens.