I am a huge fan of Monty Python. A british sketch comedy show that starred many famous british actors and comediens. Many greats such as John Cleese and Eric Idle as well as famed british director Terry Gilliam had their careers blossom from that show.

The show itself was very famous for being one of the first comedies to take risks in humour. Risks such as allowing profanity, skirting the line of nudity, as well as other ways they managed to get past the censors.

One of my favourite moments has often been their dark comedy. Sketches such as "The Dead Parrot." About a customer complaining to the cashier about selling him a dead pet. Listing off the many ways of saying it's dead. From saying it passed on to saying it joined The Choir Invisible.

My fave of those sketches is called "The Funniest Joke in The World." Where a famous joke writer, creates a joke so funny, that all who understand it will die laughing. That is funny on it's own. It goes further by having the British Army try to confiscate it, research it word by word and translate it in German, so that it only kills German speakers. Then use it against the Nazis in World War II. Now part of the joke is meta in that we don't hear the joke in English out loud. Because maybe even the audience isn't safe.

However I often wonder is there such a joke? Would it be worth the risk of death just to see how funny it is? What do you think?