Margot Rourke & The Boys Club

Margot Rourke & The Boys Club

9 mins | Comedy, Documentary, History | Oct. 6, 2013

Before Lisa Lampanelli and Sarah Silverman shocked audiences with dirty jokes and raised questions of a woman's place in comedy, there was Mae West. And at the same time as Mae West, there was Margot Rourke, who nobody has heard of but who was responsible for the greatest dirty ditty of all time. This is her story — a short film about the first female fart comic.

Margot Rourke & The Boys Club

9 mins | Comedy, Documentary, History | Oct. 6, 2013

Margot Rourke & The Boys Club
Before Lisa Lampanelli and Sarah Silverman shocked audiences with dirty jokes and raised questions of a woman's place in comedy, there was Mae West. And at the same time as Mae West, there was Margot Rourke, who nobody has heard of but who was responsible for the greatest dirty ditty of all time. This is her story — a short film about the first female fart comic.
Producers
Original title Margot Rourke & The Boys Club
Directors Susan Burke
Writers Susan Burke, Joe Wagner

Cast

Susan Burke

as Margot Rourke

Dana Gould

as Archibald Vandersloot

Frank Conniff

as Peppers Fontaine

Jennifer DeFilippo

as Anna Berkowicz

Davey Johnson

as Heywallow Brownbottom

AJ Bowen

as Fredrick O'Malloy

Matt Peters

as Willam Willies

Jon Glover

as Hewy Hudson

Jeff Crocker

as Robert Huntsley

Matt Gourley

as Narrator