A Lost Moment From the L.A. Road Trip
Miss L and I had just settled into our room at the Bevery Garland Hotel in Studio City. We switched on the TV to check out the in-room options available: video games, internet acccess through the TV screen (keyboard provided) at $9.95 a day for those without Wi-Fi, free movies, and, of course, Pay-Per View. We scanned through the Pay-Per View options; when we hit the adults-only option, I punched the speed dial on my cell phone.
“What d’you want? Why’re you bothering me?”
I could barely suppress my laughter. “Cass, you remember that show we produced about fifteen years ago? The Ultimate Couples Guide to Sex Positions? Remember that?”
“The Ultimate … ummmm …. no.”
“You don’t remember it? I wrote it, you directed it, we shot it on the stage in Van Nuys? Fifteen years ago.”
“I don’t remember it.”
“Well, it’s available on Pay-Per View in my room for $19.95. I don’t fucking believe it, fifteen years later and someone’s still making money off that fucker.”
“I don’t remember it. Can I hang up now?”
Previously in Return To L.A. (Briefly): That Sort of Courtyard
May 14, 2008 at 3:26 am
May 14, 2008 at 8:29 am
Yeah, Scot, I don’t suppose you find too many writers who are retired from porno in China or Bangladesh.
May 14, 2008 at 12:42 pm
That’s awesome.
You have ruined all non-recent porn films for me now, I hope you know that. Now I can’t help but stop and think - “Hey, did Rodger write this? Because that would be creepy somehow.”
(Actually, I’m probably better for it.)
May 14, 2008 at 2:52 pm
If it was written in the late 80s-90s and contained a serviceable plot beyond “Extra sausage with your pizza,ma’am?” then I probably wrote it, Julie.
May 16, 2008 at 2:58 am
[...] Flipping through those adult pay per view channels during a stay at the Beverly Garland Holiday Inn, Rodger Jacobs was elated to find a “film” he’d scripted fifteen years ago still available for $19.95. [...]