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“I Think People Are the Greatest Fun”: Roy Karch Dead At 73

September 24, 2020 Gram the Man 5

At his best, Roy Karch just wanted to grok your scene.

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We Shall Overcome (on your face): On the set of “Not the Cosby Show XXX” pt. I

August 19, 2020 Gram the Man 1

I don’t think the word “black” was used once.

We Shall Overcome (on your face): On the set of Not the Cosby Show XXX pt. II

August 19, 2020 Gram the Man 0

“Not Even A Different World XXX”

Roy Karch’s Last Production

December 7, 2019 Gram the Man 6

“Wow,” says Roy Karch, my old friend, as I lean over the railings of his bed to kiss him on the forehead. “Wow.” He reaches […]

“Love Emergency” Controversy Roils North Carolina Porn Giant

September 23, 2019 Gram the Man 0

Manufactured outrage even exists in the adult industry.

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It’s Different Than It Was: The AVN House Party

September 17, 2019 Gram the Man 1

My old employer wasn’t always the type to throw parties.

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Diamond Kitty Meets Boo Radley in “To Kill A Mockingbird XXX”

August 14, 2013 Gram the Man 2

Porn Valley is buzzing about its latest job-creating, money-making, creatively worthwhile, and altogether useful parody “To Kill A Mockingbird XXX,” starring Rob Black as Atticus, […]

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[PR] Did No One Think of “The Three Splooges”?

March 26, 2012 Gram the Man 1

I mean, do I have to think of everything? Anyway, this is the sort of e-mail I get. The following is a press release reprinted […]

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Bartholet on Porn Acting [interview]

February 29, 2012 Gram the Man 0

If an actor is but an instrument of the script, Bartholet is the biggest tool there is. In fact, he should be called Home Depothelet.

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Bad Taste: Three tales of how the porn industry creates its own problems

July 7, 2011 Gram the Man 0

“The consumer could be the biggest loser” almost made me shit myself.

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MontagFoto—Jamie Elle speaks for all of us

May 9, 2011 Gram the Man 1

What did Jamie Elle know all those years ago?

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“Superman XXX”: Andy San Dimas kneels before Zoe, Zod

March 4, 2011 Gram the Man 1

Andy San Dimas fucks the entire surviving citizenry of the planet Krypton in Axel Braun’s “Superman XXX,” which makes her a shoo-in for next year’s Best Interspecies Gangbang award.

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Being for the benefit of Nina Hartley or: Why it pays to throw good money after bad girls

February 21, 2011 Gram the Man 1

“These people are my family,” Hartley says. “And I really feel supported. I like seeing them without having to have a benefit, of course.”

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The further pimping of Kacey Jordan

February 16, 2011 Gram the Man 6

If you learned of the porn-star/hooker proclivities of the actor Charlie Sheen here, well, congratulations, because you have even less interest in celebrity sex gossip than I do.

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Yar’s Revenge: “Star Trek: The Next Generation” gets a porn parody

February 9, 2011 Gram the Man 4

I knew I was dealing with serious Trekkies when Giles, the British Patrick Stewart lookalike whose business card features the actor dressed as both Jean-Luc Picard and Dr. Xavier from “X-Men,” used the word “canonical.”

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More Yabba Dabba Don’ts Than Do’s in “The Flintstones” porn parody

December 3, 2010 Gram the Man 2

“They’re stunning and sensational, sexy and insatiable/You’ll watch them all the time,” goes the theme song for “The Flintstones: A XXX Parody.” But will I watch them all the time?

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“Not Charlie’s Angels XXX”: It Involves Cocaine

October 8, 2010 Gram the Man 0

It is fitting that this movie opened with a scene of disco-era club dudes cutting lines of cocaine.

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Tanner Mayes Won’t Fight Nature

August 17, 2010 Gram the Man 5

“I’ve been this way as long as I can remember,” Mayes says. “I used a Ken doll’s head to rub against my clit to get myself off. Is that sexy?”

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Is “The Bradys Meet the Partridge Family” better than “When Harry Met Sally” or “Alien Vs. Predator”?

June 11, 2010 Gram the Man 2

This crossover is even better than when Gary Coleman as Arnold Drummond visited Ricky Schroeder on “Silver Spoons.” (UPDATE: I wrote this BEFORE Mr. Coleman died.)

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Hysterical Rapists: What makes them so giddy?

May 31, 2010 Gram the Man 2

the Hysterical Rapist is now woven into our cultural tapestry as basically as that of the Magical Black Man, the kid in the wheelchair who’s good at computers, and the spunky teen superhero assistant

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