The Cary Grant of Porn

Despite his rather Mae West-like existence in the San Fernando Valley of 2009, there was a time (25 years ago) when Jeff Stryker had the star power to "act" and "sing" in his gay porn films. With his horse-hung hillbilly boy-next-door charms and penchant for dirty talk - it was no wonder that John Waters dubbed Jeff "the Cary Grant of Porn."

I give you:

In Dreams

I'm feeling suave today.

Ad Nauseum

The new T.V. ad for J. C Penney is a somewhat faithful recreation of The Breakfast Club, which begs the question,"Why?" The target demographic, high school kids, would have been -10 years old when this movie came out in theaters. Maybe it's an ad directed at the parents, because we all know teenagers will wear whatever their parents think is cool. And if it is directed at the parents, are they supposed to forget that it's a movie about social misfits that are trapped in detention? Is that what they want for their kids? Where's Principal Vernon? I'm so confused.

Two Great Tastes...

Often, I have wondered how I could show my love for pretentious arty directors and dirty heavy metal at the same time. Now I don't have to wonder anymore, because the fine folks at CineFile Video has found a way to combine my two great loves into one great T Shirt. Check out all their shirts here.

Shiny Apple! Fishy Apple!

Oh sweet Golan and Globus!!

Tonight I was watching Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares on BBC America. It's an episode from October 2007 and Gordon is saving a Brighton UK restaurant from ruin. The place is owned by a former actor named Allan Love and it's called 'Love's Fish Restaurant'.

I look on imdb and I almost flipped out to see in Love's sparce 80s/90s film credits is listed "The Apple".

OMG! It's him! He's 27 years older and pudgy but that smile is unmistakable. Allan Love was not only one the leads, but he sang the title song! He played "Dandi"- one of the corrupting forces at Mr. Boogaloo's International Music (the "BIM") that leads an innocent singing duo from Moose Jaw, Canadian obscurity to fame, drugs, and sex parties...and over-the-top musical numbers.

The Apple is a 1980 film spectacle (set in the distant future of 1994!) that makes Xanadu look coherent.

Thanks Chef Ramsay for dishing up a great plate of nostalgia for me.