Dirty Jokes

STOP IT OR YOU’LL GO BLIND-1975-This is essentially a bunch of dirty jokes turned into little skits probably influenced by TV’s Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In. Some of it is funny but the musical numbers are pretty bad. Uschi Digard plays various roles and gag writer/comic Pat McCormick is in it as well. Co-director Keefe Brasselle sings in the finale. He must have had one foot on skid row when he made this. Supposedly he made a sequel but one is enough for me. 

Brasselle was an actor who starred in the 1953 film bio THE EDDY CANTOR STORY. It was suppose to make him a star but the movie didn't do that well. The next year he was was given a spot on an episode of TV's THE COLGATE COMEDY HOUR (series regulars Abbott & Costello make an appearance too). He later produced several TV series for CBS but none caught on. The bitter Brasselle later wrote a fictional account of his dealings with the network cleverly entitled “The CanniBalS”. A second novel “The Barracudas” attacked many famous TV personalities (hidden under fictitious names). Apparently he had trouble getting work after departing CBS which may explain his involvement with this production. Brasselle died in 1981 at the age of 58.

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Blackout

BLACKOUT-2007-In this Philippines based drama a landlord named Gil (Robin Padilla) suffers from seemingly alcoholic blackouts, He lives in a dingy apartment with his young son after his wife has left them. One night it seems he has killed his neighbor's young daughter while driving. Reality seems to blur for Gil. This is really not a horror film. It's more like a eerie psychological study on alcoholism directed by Ato Bautista.

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