Like mosquitoes buzzing around a particularly jolly and jowly Bavarian tourist, the porn industry views parodies as a dependable but fleeting income source that needs to be sucked dry while the sucking is good.
But how much more can they suck?
New Sensations, which last month raised Why?brows by filming a “Seinfeld” porn parody (starring James Deen playing Jerry for the second time, making him the Dame Helen Mirren of porn), this week announced it will be producing porn versions of “60 Minutes” (working title: “69 Minutes”) with Max Hardcore as Andy Rooney, “Bill Moyers Reports,” “ESPN 2 National Hot Air Ballooning Festival Recorded Last Month in Albuquerque,” and “Huell Howser’s California Gold,” with Pamela Peaks as Howser.
And major parody producer/distributor Hustler, which many credit as the originator of the latest parody surge, will now produce parodies of its parodies. “This Ain’t This Ain’t Three’s Company,” “Not the Not The Brady Bunch XXX,” and “This Ain’t Not The Partridge Family XXX, Which Might Actually Make It The Partridge Family” will all be shot and released tomorrow by someone his publicist is calling an industry veteran.
Sales directors of both companies agree that all of the titles are this year’s biggest sellers.
“But how can they each be this year’s biggest sellers?” I asked, my business acumen limited.
“Yes,” they said.
X-Play, which recently lured Hillary Scott away from her $1 million contract with SexZ Pictures for its “Flight Attendants,” has also declared its intent to film a series of pornographies based on common occupations, such as “Gastroenterologists,” “Beloved Porn Journalists,” and “State Assemblypersons.”
AVN.com, which has become an expensive parody of its former self, reflects the popularity of parodies by featuring its Top Parodies far above the news in its latest site redesign.
Previously on Porn Valley Observed: Arianna Hufington validates porn parodies; This is what women do when they see a roof; We shall overcome (on your face)
See also: AVN
I would buy a Huell Howser’s California Gold porn spoof (hmmm… I shall now refer to the “genre” as “sporn,” because “poof” is already taken) sight unseen.
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No, not really, although I could just imagine the ton of enthusiasm the right actor could bring to the roll.
By the way… perhaps you, G-Money, should write for The Onion. Just a suggestion.