Product Details

• Actors: John Alderman, Sharon Kelly, Lyllah Torena, Elana Casey, Paxton Quigley
• Directors: Christopher Odin
• Format: NTSC, Color
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Video Gems
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000RWD9AO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #404,643 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Tune in to the most irreverent look at TV ever to hit the screen! You'll wonder where the censors went! -Are you tired of the usual prime time pablum? Bored with the same old pay TV nonsense? Then you're ready for something different. Something wildly erotic. You're ready for THE BOOB TUBE! Tune in to station KSEX and watch the stars disrobe... and the temperatures rise! Tonight's programming consists of the latest chapter of "Whispering Palms" the super-sexy "Dynasty" -like soap opera where the married and single do more than just mingle, and anything can -- and usually does -- happen. Follow Dr. Henry Castairs as he courageously ventures into the world of sexually unsatisfied young women and conscientiously tries to "cure" them -- giving new meaning to the phrase "Love thy neighbor"! Interspersed with this steamy serial is a series of carnally comedic commercials that will have you chuckling all night long! For the breast -- er, best -- in sensually viewing, trade in your old set for THE BOOB TUBE. You'll make quite a pair!

Customer Reviews

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Genuinely funny parody of both soaps and porn films., January 13, 2009

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toddpw - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Boob Tube (1975) (DVD)

Hooray for Amazon's related items and recommendations! I was shopping for 9 1/2 Weeks and some other steamy-but-girlfriend-approved movies to buy during the holiday sales, and discovered this forgotten gem. I think it was an attempt to make another mainstream-porno crossover film in the wake of Deep Throat, but got lost in the noise of the censorship controversy and has yet to be rediscovered.

To wit: the packaging of this DVD is incredibly sparse. The back cover is lacking the usual wall of DVD format and feature information. Inside, there are no inserts and the DVD itself looks to be an individual burn rather than a mass pressing. There aren't any menus-- when you load it, it simply plays the movie on repeat. The image is full screen, but a few scenes (the opening and closing credits in particular) are squished instead of cropped. Clearly the DVD was a low budget labor of love on somebody's part to keep this film from disappearing forever.

And I'm glad. Once you get past the sparse presentation, the movie itself is a real treat-- a genuinely funny parody of both afternoon soap operas and 70's porno movies, loaded with one liners and gags from start to finish. The announcer/narrator and the cast give earnestly hammy performances and you can tell that everyone working on this movie is having a blast.

This is uncensored comedy, not a porno; there is pervasive nudity and much playing around, but very little hardcore sex. What little there is, is played for humorous effect, and so is the occasional profanity (the announcer in particular drops a few abrupt bombs with great timing). The TV parody style of humor here is reminiscent of The Groove Tube (which precedes this by a year) but the structure is much simpler and there is no sign of the "skit buffet" format often found elsewhere.

Between a corny opening/ending sequence featuring a topless woman soaping herself up to a theme song that's an Ode to -- what else -- Soap, there is a single "episode" of a phony afternoon soap opera, complete with periodic "a word from our sponsor" commercials and narrator story recaps and so on. Our "story" begins as our "hero" moves into his new apartment at the "Whispering Palms". However, he is (of course) quickly sucked into the various intrigues (and bedrooms) of his neighbors. Hilarity and hijinks (and other stuff) ensue.

I won't spoil the surprises (and there are many) by giving away the plot, but I will say that the sexuality of this movie is all over the map, with that classic 70's sort of frankness that seems downright refreshing after 30+ years of Raunch Movie Evolution that pushes the boundaries of being "R" Rated. There is some light kink, lesbianism and group sex -- but no male homosexuality; no surprise there, really, but it shows how far we've come since even the 70's.

There are also pedophilia jokes -- one of the characters is "a 16-year old girl with the body of a woman" played by a very obviously adult actress. Quite effective fun is made of the porno staple of young-looking adults cast as minors. And there's even a bizarre dated political reference. Watch for it.

All in all, this movie was a delightful surprise and I would love to get my hands on a proper widescreen transfer, or better yet, a proper "cult classic" DVD treatment with behind the scenes bonus material and other goodies. Hopefully this review will help the right person discover this movie and eventually make such a thing happen.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Sexy Fun., August 26, 2007

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Dan Lee Hagar (Malden ma.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boob Tube (Soap) (VHS Tape)

Fun sex romp from the drive in era of the 70's.
Beware of the DVD release of this title,it has 22 minutes cut out of it.
The VHS should run around 90 minutes to be complete.
I bought a double feature of this from the "Catcom" company,real lame.
Hold out for a VHS copy.

3.0 out of 5 stars Funny Flick, January 14, 2011

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Tony Da Man - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Boob Tube (1975) (DVD)

I haven't seen the movie in years but it is just as I remember it - very funny in spots, and not so funny in others. Love the news report. Overall, it was worth the purchase.