Some things are just wrong
A few nights ago I was reminded of my short exposure to kiddie porn many, many years ago. In my defense, while my viewing of the movies was intentional--I had no idea the main actress was a child. For that matter, millions of others weren't aware either.
The show in question was Andy Barker, PI over on the NBC Network and the 4th episode had Traci Lords as a guest star. Lords, in her early days, was one of the first mega-stars of the porn industry. I saw two of her early movies when I was in my early 20s, a few years out of college. I wasn't aware at that time that she was just 15 or 16.
Her underage status wasn't revealed until shortly after her 18th birthday--and by that time she'd been in over 100 skin flicks. All of which had to be pulled off the shelves since they were now declared to be illegal due to now being classified as child pornography. According to the Wiki entry on her, Lord's and her step-father were behind the deception with forged documentation making it seem as if she was 7 years older than she actually was. I'll tell you one thing--she sure didn't look like a kid so it's easy to see why people were fooled!
On the other hand, she didn't seem like much of an actress either. Her skills lay in other areas, y'see, and not much has changed in the past 20 years. Her guest role on Andy Parker was short and slightly painful. Oddly enough, she doesn't look much older now than she did back in the mid-80s.
In case you're curious, since her ill fated porn career Lords has pursued acting, singing and even a little writing and directing. So many talents.
Speaking of Andy Barker, PI, the show's been canceled by NBC after the initial order of 6 episodes. The last two of which are going to be shown back-to-back on Saturday April 14. It was a pretty good show which surprised me. I wasn't expecting very much but Andy Richter, Conan O'Brien's sidekick on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", seems like a credible and funny actor. Who knew?
The show in question was Andy Barker, PI over on the NBC Network and the 4th episode had Traci Lords as a guest star. Lords, in her early days, was one of the first mega-stars of the porn industry. I saw two of her early movies when I was in my early 20s, a few years out of college. I wasn't aware at that time that she was just 15 or 16.Her underage status wasn't revealed until shortly after her 18th birthday--and by that time she'd been in over 100 skin flicks. All of which had to be pulled off the shelves since they were now declared to be illegal due to now being classified as child pornography. According to the Wiki entry on her, Lord's and her step-father were behind the deception with forged documentation making it seem as if she was 7 years older than she actually was. I'll tell you one thing--she sure didn't look like a kid so it's easy to see why people were fooled!
On the other hand, she didn't seem like much of an actress either. Her skills lay in other areas, y'see, and not much has changed in the past 20 years. Her guest role on Andy Parker was short and slightly painful. Oddly enough, she doesn't look much older now than she did back in the mid-80s.
In case you're curious, since her ill fated porn career Lords has pursued acting, singing and even a little writing and directing. So many talents.
Speaking of Andy Barker, PI, the show's been canceled by NBC after the initial order of 6 episodes. The last two of which are going to be shown back-to-back on Saturday April 14. It was a pretty good show which surprised me. I wasn't expecting very much but Andy Richter, Conan O'Brien's sidekick on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", seems like a credible and funny actor. Who knew?
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My favorite was the group skit where Superhero Roach lost his antenna and started screaming... "I can't see! I can't see!" I didn't catch his name but he played the cop boyfriend on "Third Rock From The Sun."
Thankfully the Internet makes it easier than ever to find content worth watching. TV's devolved into nothing more than an empty wasteland of sameness.
Andy Richter has always seemed pretty bland and boring to me...I never understood his great success in the first place...He certainly hasn't had much luck with the shows he has done since Conen...He may be fantastically talented but I haven't seen that side of his work yet....I guess part of it is, he doesn't interest me so I dn't watch the shows he is in. And to have Traci Lords be a guest on any show is kind of asking for failure, I think. I'm sure they thought it was a funny idea at the time...!