Fart: A Documentary Movie Script

- ( laughing ) - Never mind.

No matter how hard I pray My gas won't go away I'll know that it's not okay The foul stench of flatulence comes from the bacteria inside our intestines.

In the process of converting food into useful nutrients, the bacteria produces a smelly byproduct called... Fart generating ingredients include... What's unusual is, how loud or how stinky.

That's what sets-- that's what sets you apart.

I think it's different f you're the donor or the receiver.

( farting ) Dr. Wycoff: You know the odor issue really runs the gamut.

It probably relates more to the type of foods that you had to eat.

So I don't think odor is something that you can reproducibly or predictably use as an indicator.

Certainly a persistent foul odor that's maybe different than the past and continues maybe of some significance.

But for the clinician, it's very hard to use odor as a gauge of what's going on.

You know, typically when you have a loud fart, it doesn't smell.

Female interviewer: What's worse, noisy or stinky?

Oh, stinky.

No, it's a smell-noise thing, isn't it?

No, the smell is terrible, but if it's not noisy and you don't know who's done... Female interviewer: Is this true?

Nothing worse than a silent stinker.

You know, usually you got the noise maker - that has no impact.

- ( fart noise ) And then those silent but deadly ones that kinda clear the room.

He's both all in one.

We got the best of both worlds.

Yeah, he's got-- he's both.

I'm a toss-up.

You never know.

You never know.

And then you have-- you come into which is the most obnoxious type, is it?