Classic TV gets porn parody treatment
FROM VARIETY: Hustler Video Group looks to tube for inspiration
By Brian Lowry of Variety -- Video Business, 6/30/2009
JUNE 30 | FROM VARIETY: There's an old adage that the Internet boom was driven by Star Trek and porn. Just imagine the possibilities, then, from simultaneously delivering Star Trek with porn.Over the last year, Hustler Video Group has without much fanfare trotted out a parade of titles derived from classic TV shows, including the recently released parody This Ain't Star Trek XXX. All the meticulous little details are there, with the exception of moments (spoiler alert!) like the one where Kirk, Spock and Uhura engage in three-way stress-relieving exercise on the bridge, which for whatever reason wasn't included in J.J. Abrams' franchise reboot.
Other programs immortalized under the "This Ain't ..." and "Not the..." umbrellas (as in "Not the Cosbys") include Happy Days, The Partridge Family, Gilligan's Island, The Munsters and The Brady Bunch.
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