Roland the Farter and How the Internet Killed Professional Flatulence

[Facemelters]

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-true-story-of-roland-the-farter-and-how-the-internet-killed-professional-flatulence

[Facemelters]

Referred to variously Rowland le Sarcere, Roland le Fartere, Roland le Petour, and Roland the Farter, Roland really had one job in the court: Every Christmas, during the court’s riotous pageant, he performed a dance that ended with “one jump, one whistle, and one fart”, executed simultaneously.

For this, Roland was gifted a manor house in Hemingstone, Suffolk, and more than 100 acres of land. For farting on cue.

[btilly]

Not entirely dead. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpQQpIOCp_A for example.

[squidfood → btilly]

You make the guy's point in the article exactly. Since 1000s of novelties like this exist on youtube, why pay/book someone to see it?

[barrkel → btilly]

Mr Methane is mentioned in the article.

[dekhn]

once on a camping trip we ate so much cheese all of us could fart at will. as superpowers go, not the greatest, but after learning about the fartiste, I feel much betetr.