# Did a French vaudeville star once specialize in trained flatulence? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [June 22, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-french-vaudeville-star-once-specialize-in-trained-flatulence/361740 "2006-06-22T17:11:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![B.Nyce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@B.Nyce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Nyce)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-french-vaudeville-star-once-specialize-in-trained-flatulence/361740/1 "2006-06-22T17:11:27Z")
Speaking of Mel Brooks, his film Blazing Saddles not only contains the single-most significant flatulence scene in cinematic history, but he also pays direct homage to the master by naming the daft governor “Le Petomane”. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-french-vaudeville-star-once-specialize-in-trained-flatulence/361740/2 "2006-06-22T17:15:29Z")
Yes. [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1\_394](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_394) ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-french-vaudeville-star-once-specialize-in-trained-flatulence/361740/3 "2006-06-22T17:20:09Z")
Welcome to the Straight Dope, **B.Nyce.** It’s always good to include a link to the specific topic & column in question when you start a thread. That way, we are all on the same page, all gassed up, right out of the starting gate, to mix metaphors.