About this episode

The episode features a humorous recounting of a fictional farting contest from 1946.

For our annual celebration of April fools Day, we present “The Great Crepitation Contest of 1946,” the championship farting contest between Lord Windesmear and Paul Boomer. Although nobody is certain, this recording was most likely done in 1940 by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation sports announcer Sidney S. Brown and CBC producer Jules Lipton as an in-house joke. Someone at Columbia records pressed the recording onto a set of two 78 rpm records, including album art. The official release was nixed by CBS brass, but a few premium copies made it out to the public. Enjoy!

Topics covered

• farting contest
• April Fools Day
• historical recording
• comedy

Keywords

• Great Crepitation Contest
• 1946
• Sidney S. Brown
• CBC
• Columbia records

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