America’s porn industry, apparently, has been hit by the global financial crisis and the internet combined. But that hasn’t stopped a growing wave of parody porn skinflicks built around old television shows.
One of them, Not The Bradys XXX has proven so popular it is attracting US press, including in Newsweek.
The Brady Bunch porn-alike is one of several made by Jeff Mullen, who writes and directs under the name Will Ryder. He’s also turned out Not the Cosbys and Not Three’s Company. Hustler films is also planning to take on Saved by the Bell.
In Not the Bradys, Marcia will do anything to meet pop idol Danny Jones, but things turn sticky when her parents discover a returned envelope containing soiled panties & a dirty letter. When TeenPop Magazine reports the story, Marcia gets grounded & fears her life is ruined before Danny comes to her rescue.
Here’s an excerpt from the Newsweek interview with Mullen:
The first show that we decided to do was Bewitched. We thought that would be a great subject to do a porn spoof on. How fun is this? Magic. You’ve got this crazy mother-in-law. All these characters that came and went. How fabulous. The Brady Bunch was somewhat down our list. Maybe five or six on a list of things to do. I was having dinner one night with a friend of mine in the business. He said to me, ‘You should do The Brady Bunch.’ I said, ‘That’s No. 6 on our list.’ He said, ‘You should make that No. 1.’ And I went home that night, and I thought, you know what? He’s right. So we put all our attention into it. Going into research, designing the sets, getting our team together, ready to go. And even though I’d grown up watching the show, I bought the DVD set and studied it and watched the camera angles. Everything I could possibly do as a filmmaker to capture the essence of it. And really, I think this recent shoot that we did that we just wrapped this morning nails it completely. I think people are going to think it’s an episode of the show. It’s that good.
That’s doubtful. But Mullen says he has even had feedback from Brady stars.
Oh, yeah. BB was the first one we heard from directly what the cast members though. On our Web site, there are a couple of video interviews. There are sections where Christopher Knight, “Peter Brady,” comments. He thought it was a great idea. “Mrs. Brady” thought it was a less-than-stellar idea. I do know that we did a movie for Hustler called This Ain’t the Partridge Family. Shirley Jones loved it. She thought it was funny, from what I heard from a mutual friend. It’s not like we are on a first-name basis with these people. We have heard from some of the production companies that own all of them. They said you better watch yourself or you’re gonna get sued, but we haven’t yet.
Of course, true life Brady incidents were kinda racy in their own way. There was Barry Williams hittin’ on Florence Henderson. Mike Lookinland and Susan Olsen making out in Tiger’s kennel. And that scandalous Eve Plumb ruinning the good Brady name by playing Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway. And that’s just for starters.
Next on Mullen’s to-do list could be Mary Tyler Moore.
She was one of the iconic figures on television, and one of the most beautiful women that has ever been on TV. The single woman of the ’70s, the coming out of the suppressed nature of the man-woman relationship. She’s on her own, she’s doing her own thing, she’s making her way. And with the dirty neighbor Rhoda next door? What a fantastic opportunity that is. Plus, the characters are compelling, like Lou Grant. He was always drinking, horny, and always on the prowl. He’d be great to mix up with some hot chicks. Just absolutely wonderful characters. There is a sexy sizzling nature of Mary Tyler Moore. Even now, as an older woman she still has a sexy vibe about her. I think it would be a great show to do. One of my favorite shows of all time. They don’t write them like that anymore.
Warning: slightly racy trailer!
Source: Newsweek
Consider if this crowd made a film version of “In Melbourne Tonight” — who’d be playing ‘The King’ and what would you have to do to get a spin on Darrod’s Wheel?
Firstly the site isn’t about promoting TV shows. Networks can do that for themselves. It’s about analysis, comment, news of television and television issues. I’ve done plenty of stories about old television shows from Fonzie getting a bronzed statue to an interview with Gary Coleman. This story about the Brady Bunch reflects a wave of old TV shows being parodied, as Newsweek identified, in this case most unusually by porn. I think readers are adult enough to see this for what it is, which fits that “only in America” category.
David. I thought this site was promoting Tv Shows. Yes i accept you will feature tv shows that are classified MA and even R. But what is Brady’s rated? Is Not The Brady’s XXX coming on tv? It is a full length adult dvd. Check out the Australian Censorship website. It clearly states it has been refused classification in Australia and seized by customs in September 2008. Also this site clearly states that its called “Tv Tonight” refering to Tv. Not “Porn Tonight”. So therefore i ask again can this promotion of an adult dvd be taken of this website. Regards Andrew.
Hmmm me following Newsweek is advertising porn? Interesting. There’s a warning over the trailer, which doesn’t have any MA content and this site’s About page notes the site may contain Adult content. Nowhere have I indicated this site is kid or family friendly.
Why would you, Tv Tonight, be advertising porn? Especially when most theses shows are (were) kid friendly shows. And my belief was that this site is (was) also kid and family friendly. Please, lets keep this website clear of porn and remove this ad from this site. Thank you David.
Simon the thought of Bob Hatfield & Cookie look alikes bonking is a bit of a turn off to say the least, but the real mind boggler is who’s going to play Doris the pig & Fatso the wombat?
The Seinfeld porn parody is absolutely hilarious.
Must be a slow news day.
@ jimmy, noooooooooo!!!!!!!
Not the [female] TEN News presenters
@ Jimmy
You’ve never heard of hentai?
anybody else wanna see an Aladdin or Simpsons Porn?
Have you sold them the rights to Not TV Tonight yet, David?
How Ron Jeremy keeps getting work is beyond me!
Your kidding me! I’m no prude but having the trailer for a porno is out of line and sounds to me like a desperate grab for attention. Is NewsWeek now the moral compass we go by?
This is part of a larger TV porn movement that makes the mind boggle, in the two years since Not The Bradys XXX came out we’ve had:
- “Everybody loves Lucy” (In black and white with laugh track!!!)
- “Not the Cosbys XXX” (with a huge number of white people surprisingly)
- “Happier Days XXX” (Happy Days???)
- “This ain’t Gilligan’s Island XXX”
- “Not Three’s Company XXX”
- “This Ain’t the Partridge Family XXX” (Subtitled: Come get Horny)
Dare I even mention the Seinfeld, Scrubs, The Office, and Hells Kitchen parodies? My Favourite? “This isn’t Big Love: The XXX Parody” Because polygamy lends itself naturally to porn. I’m not perverted, I’m coincidently writing a paper on this at the moment. Perhaps we should send Jeff Mullen a petition asking him to do “A Country Practice” next.