Editing Le Pétomane (section)

==Career==
Pujol trained as a baker. He would sometimes entertain his customers by imitating musical instruments and claiming to be playing them behind the counter. Pujol decided to try the stage, and debuted in Marseilles in 1887. When his act was well received, he moved to [[Paris]], where he appeared at the [[Moulin Rouge]] in 1892.<ref name=":0" />

Some of the highlights of his stage act involved sound effects of cannon fire and thunderstorms, as well as playing "[['O Sole Mio]]" and "[[La Marseillaise]]" on an [[ocarina]] through a rubber tube in his anus.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/363/did-a-french-vaudeville-star-once-specialize-in-trained-flatulence | title= Did a French vaudeville star once specialize in trained flatulence?| website= straightdope.com | first= Cecil |  last= Adams| publisher =| accessdate= 2008-12-02}}</ref> He could also blow out a candle from several yards away.<ref name=retro /> His audience included [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|Edward, Prince of Wales]], [[Leopold II of Belgium|King Leopold II]] of the [[Belgium|Belgians]], and [[Sigmund Freud]].<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/s364725.htm | title= Begone With the Wind| website= abc.net.au|  accessdate = 2008-09-01}}</ref>

In 1894, the managers of the Moulin Rouge sued Pujol for an impromptu exhibition he gave to aid a friend struggling with economic difficulties. Pujol was fined 3,000 francs (equivalent to Ff{{Formatnum:{{inflation|FR|30|1894|2022|r=-2}}}} in 2022). The Moulin Rouge lost their star attraction, as the disagreement led him to set up his own travelling show, the Theatre Pompadour.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal | last = Moore| first= A. | year= 2013| title= The spectacular anus of Joseph Pujol: Recovering the Pétomane’s unique historic context| journal= [[French Cultural Studies]]| volume= 24| number= 1 |pages= 27–43| doi= 10.1177/0957155812466975}}</ref>

In the following decade Pujol tried to 'refine' and make his acts 'gentler'; one of his favourite numbers became a rhyme about a farm which he himself composed, and which he punctuated with anal renditions of the animals' sounds.<ref name=":0" />

With the outbreak of [[World War I]], Pujol retired from the stage and returned to his bakery in Marseilles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rivierareporter.com/features/833-le-petomane-the-mad-farter-joseph-pujol|title=Le Pétomane, The Mad Farter: Joseph Pujol | website= Riviera Reporter |language=en-gb|access-date=2018-02-09}}</ref>  Later, he opened a biscuit factory in [[Toulon]].