A Tribute To Joseph Pujol / Le Pétomane

[Anonymous]

Joseph Pujol is one of those turn of the century performers that seems to have been overlooked by history. Sadly, I don't believe any recordings of his performances exist and hence are sadly lost to posterity. For those of you interested in his life and work, here's a neat little biography of a true pioneer in his field.

 

[JamesWhitehead]

Not really forgotten. His art was immortalized in a short film from
around 1970, starring Leonard Rossiter.

He seems to have a modern equivalent in a man who calls himself
Mister Methane.

 

[Anonymous]

I've seen the Leonard Rossiter film several times. It's a touching tribute to a bygone world.

 

[Anonymous]

Actually the second and third pictures of him remind me of the Monty Python sketch with Michael Palin as "The man with a tape-recorder stuck up his nose."

 

[EnolaGaia]

Pujol (aka Le Pétomane) has been mentioned in passing multiple times, but this is the only thread focused on him and his peculiar talent.

In case the hot link in post #1 becomes broken, the URL for the linked article is:

http://www.ooze.com/ooze13/petomane.html

See Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Pétomane

 

[EnolaGaia]

... Sadly, I don't believe any recordings of his performances exist and hence are sadly lost to posterity. ...

If only to illustrate that such a stage act was popular, a 1904 sound recording of Le Pétomane imitator 'Mr. LeFires' can be found on YouTube:

 

[gattino]

A Star is Born

 

[gattino]

From the link in the original post above...

 

[maximus otter]

Holesome entertainment.

maximus otter