This is a 1965 anti-pornography film narrated by local Los Angeles newscaster, George Putnam. He was the inspiration for Ted Baxter. Looking back, he was obviously right. We all have been horribly corrupted. Oh, if only we had seen this film before it was too late.
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When he introduced himself, I was hoping he would say "Hello there, I'm George Putnam, outstanding news reporter."
Otherwise, hilarious.
This thing is over nine minutes long. How did they get people to sit still for that long?
That was more entertaining than most sit-coms. Awesome.
That's so over-the top it's hard to believe it's not parody, but anyone who's ever seen or heard George Putnam knows that he would never parody a subject so dear to the religious right.
As a kid, I often tuned in to the shows that followed Putnam's early-evening broadcasts (Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, etc.), so while I almost never watched his shows ever, I must have heard him sign off with "I'll see you at ten, see you then." a thousand times.
Too bad he didn't sign-off here with "I'll see you then, and slip you ten."
Judging by George's overly graphic desciption of each picture, he has studied these shots very, very carefully - undoubtedly in private.
I was so stimulated by the “stark nudity on slick paper” that I uncontrollably raped myself to the point of transvestism and homosexuality, then back again.
All those “appeals to the sodomite” have now corrupted me beyond all recovery, as has been proven by many leading Harvard psychologists...
Disturbingly amusing - much like all those public information films about smoking dope and listening to rock and roll. Thank you so much Ken, for unearthing a little slice of hilarity.
I am shocked, I say shocked, to find such salacious material freely available here on the inter-thingie.
George seemed to have a thing for rhymes. I believe just a few years ago, when he had his own talk radio show on KRLA, his tag was "Local and live, from 3 to 5".
Not quite the strangest thing on TV news (the weatherman on WSYR, the NBC station in Syracuse back in the late 1970s, Dennis Bowman, used to come on at times with his ventrilliquist dummy, Chester), but then that's nothing compared to making Ted Knight a TV legend (though some of the stuff WSYR did back in the day has ended up being grist for the mill of the folks at "Spongebob Squarepants").
Wow. I had no idea these pictures were so powerful. Even after seeing them in such a clinical standpoint, with bars covering up offensive areas, I want to go out and kill a hobo and stuff him in my crawlspace.
Aha!! I knew it wasn't my fault.
George protested way too much.
I wonder how many people he inadvertantly turned on to these kinda of magazines.
Hey, they made a hilarious musical out of "Reefer Madness." Why not this?
I open the floor to suggestions for the titles of the musical numbers.
"Very few blind people join the nudist colonies." Fantastic observation. I'm ready to believe anything George tells me; he's a genius.
That was incredibly dispressing and distrubing. Do you realize that most of those naked, pretty young things shown in the girly mags are now approaching 70 years old. George was right, I may never get over this.
Alaskaray
Heck, I'm going to have to hurry up and join the nudist colony before I go blind from the stark nudity!
You notice that Putman pronounced the word "heinous" other than the way it should be--to rhyme with "anus". And the way it ends with his tongue coming out just so.
It looked like George had a pretty good stash o' girlie magazines there. What did he do? Borrow some from Bob Crane? Thanks for the short drive down memory lane. I'm still laughing!
From night 'til morn
they're buying porn.
In 1965, I was 16 years old. Where the hell were these newsstands George is talking about?!
And what do you bet the youth group used to show this one down in the church basement until the sprocket holes wore out?
Although I knew Putnam was the model for Ted Baxter, I didn't realize it went so far as to include mispronouncing words:
Our "jew-deeoh"-Christian heritage, indeed.
It's actually longer than what you can see on YouTube. The full version is available (legally) at the Internet Archive:
Part 1
Part 2
Well, according to the thumbtacks on the map behind him, the "floodtide of filth engulfing our country" seems to be primarily taking place in the northeast.
Not that I'm surprised...
This film was produced by Charles Keating. Yes, that Charles Keating who later gave us Lincoln Savings and Loan.
Whenever someone takes it upon themselves to rid this country of filth, my fellow Americans, watch your wallets.
I am turned on. And confused. But mainly turned on. And yet, still confused. Though we shouldn't forget the turned on part. Nor the confusion.
I want George Putnam. And I want him strapped down and leathered up.
"I want George Putnam. And I want him strapped down and leathered up."
I've wanted George strapped down for over 40 years, although you can skip the lathered up part. Just make sure the electrodes are firmly connected, and turn the juice up to "Incinerate".
Hey I think I saw my grandma
Is it wrong that I was still turned on? Oh, forgive me George. Forgive me.
GEORGE PUTNAM FOR PRESIDENT!
I wonder what kind of freaky shit he was into?
a lot of us will laugh at how over-the-top this guy is. yet, porn is the biggest business in the United States. A lot of money wasted on a lot of nothing.
the bright side is the product is at least deposited into a tissue, saving the world from more degenerates who go on to futher support America's fine taste in reality tv, celebrity gossip, and processed foods.
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