He always dressed in evening suit.
The name of the French Music Hall artist who as his act, broke wind on stage?
His real name was Jospeh Pujol and he was born in 1857. His stage name was Le Petomane. (French for "The Farting Gentleman") The actor Leonard Rossiter (Rigsby in Rising Damp) played him in a film of his life and career.
He took the stage in a red coat, a red silk collar and black satin breeches. He began by explaining each impersonation that was to follow.
"This is a little girl... this is a bride on her wedding night (small noise) ... the morning after (loud rasping noise) ... a dressmaker tearing calico (ten seconds of ripping cloth) ... and this a cannon (loud thunder)."
The incongruity between his sophisticated evening wear and what he did when he was on stage was the source of his appeal, it seems.
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