Rusty trombone
Rusty trombone
!Simple illustration of a rusty trombone
Usage history
In 2003, the Detroit talk radio show Deminski & Doyle began an educational hour discussion of urban-legendary sex acts with the statement, "Try to describe carefully what a 'Cleveland steamer' would be..." and then went into details of the blumpkin and the rusty trombone. Fifteen months later, the Federal Communications Commission proposed a fine of $27,500 to the station's owner, Infinity Broadcasting, through a Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL) that specifically referenced rusty trombone.
Usage history
Rusty trombone (dirty trombone) gained wider use in entertainment projects developed for release in 2005. For example, comedian Andy Dick used the term in the 2005 documentary film The Aristocrats) as part of the infamous dirty joke of the same name). In seeming recognition of the phrase being a part of the filthiest of filthy language, news sources such as The Daily Telegraph, Slant Magazine, New Statesman, and The Globe and Mail highlighted rusty trombone in their review of The Aristocrats). In addition, in the 2005 movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin. the character Mooj stated, "It's not about these rusty trombones, and these dirty sanchez)." In the film Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, actor Jack Black is seen walking around the Venice Beach, California boardwalk in a Rusty Trombone T-shirt. In the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, host Craig Ferguson kept an actual rusty trombone under his desk, which he would occasionally mention and reveal for comedic effect.
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