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GM Turns Down Deep Throat Corvette Toys Offer
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Deep Throat Corvette
Last week during the International Licensing Show the GM motors licensing agent for toys stopped by the Arrow booth to re energize with the Deep Throat Energy Drink,
Arrow’s Deep Throat Corvette has been in over 20 tradeshows and has been a huge part of the Deeper Throat TV show.
“Over this last month GM has had an ad campaign that said they aren’t the old GM. They are re-thinking the way they do business. Well this just tells me that it’s all bullshit. It seems like it’s going to be the same old thinking and creative marketing is not going to be part of the new GM,” says Robert Interlandi Arrow Productions Marketing Director.
”I say money is money and I know our products sell. But I guess they would rather borrow the money from the government instead of making money!”
“The GM brand can not entertain the offer to have Deep Throat Corvette toy cars because we are a family car company. We are very conservative and can’t even have sexy ads or girls with revealing tops inside toy cars,” said the GM Motors Toy Licensing Agent.
Interlandi adds, “I guess they’ve never heard that sex sells and since they’re working with billions of our dollars then what ever sells should be done.”
The Deeper Throat Reality Show - a review; Episode One
Friday, March 27th, 2009 | Deeper Throat TV Show, From Gene Ross | No Comments
Steve Hirsch and Robert Interlandi
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If Kismet is hell, than Kismet brought Arrow’s Ray Pistol and Vivid’s Steve Hirsch [pictured] for a dance together in the fire.
I say “together” in the sense of a reality show which has been airing on Showtime. The Showtime project was put together by the World of Wonder guys Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato- the gents who did such an illustrious job with the documentary, Inside Deep Throat. Whereas Bailey and Barbato now do an even better job in bringing the inside, inside drama of the adult business to the screen with Pistol and Hirsch slugging it out over the re-making of Deep Throat, an idea which Pistol has had on the plate for at least the last ten years I’ve been talking to him about it. And Pistol, just as long, has been searching for a new Linda Lovelace.
Prompted much by what apparently happened during the behind the scenes of this Showtime mini-series, Pistol is now suing Hirsch, as we speak, over Hirsch’s creation of Deeper Throat. And to tell you the truth, I’m still vague on some of the issues.
Pistol never struck me as the kind of guy who would just relinquish control to something he holds close to the heart, and why he now does this is never really made clear on screen. Although the behind the scenes agreement that brought this Showtime deal to the table was Pistol’s apparent consent allowing Hirsch to produce a new Deep Throat with Pistol being given the first right of refusal to buy it.
But you never get the sense of that except when Pistol says on screen if Vivid screws it up, then Arrow will take their shot.
To that extent is Pistol’s edict to his employees to come up with their own version and cast for a new Deep Throat within a week. In one sequence Pistol auditions a girl named Ariel Kent, and after a thorough gynecologic examination concludes she has what it takes to be the next Linda Lovelace.
The first episode begins with Hirsch chatting with AVN’s Paul Fishbein at the AEE convention telling Fishbein that he needs an encore to the hits he’s had with the re-makes of Debbie Does Dallas and The Devil in Miss Jones. Ever the showman looking to do a bigger and better show, Hirsch hits upon the idea of re-making the all-time adult classic, Deep Throat and wants to talk to Pistol whose company Arrow owns the rights.
[The Butchie Peraino geneological history of Deep Throat is thus explained by Pistol.]
Hirsch has never met Pistol, and this isn’t surprising. I’ve always said that if the entire industry attended a party, half the room wouldn’t know the other half. But the fact that Pistol and Hirsch have their first conversation inside Arrow’s Deep Throat Corvette [a huge reproduction of the Linda Lovelace deep Throat poster is emblazoned on the hood] on the AEE show floor smacks a little of contrivance.
Needless to say, Pistol, a grizzled gent but always a man of his word, ain’t too keen with the idea Hirsch is pitching. But Hirsch is annoyingly persistent and feels he’s the only one who can bring it off. This idea set in motion, the reality show now plays like the Beverly Hillbillies with its notions of big money and societal opposites, all imagined with the Frank Capra touch.
Pistol is obviously Jed Clampett, and Hirsch is Mr. Drysdale. The Capra touch is Pistol being the aw shucks kind of guy who might be mistaken for the country rube that he really ain’t. And, in Capra fashion, Hirsch is playing it obviously with great relish like the city slicker out to connive him. So sets the mood.
“I’m an old marine and in no mood to be fucked with,” snarls the shotgun-toting Pistol at one point in dressing Hirsch down. In other words, he’s showing who’s boss. The only thing missing is the jug and the banjo music whenever Pistol’s on camera because that’s the impression the storyline lends of the man.
On the other hand, Hirsch must also be given credit for being an astute businessman much like Pistol.
[Pistol’s take of himself is that he’s an unconventional businessman which is putting it rather mildly.]
And while Pistol’s not living in a shack by any stretch, Hirsch dwells in this modern Versailles-like residence where he and his wife are kind of like the Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI of the porn business. And this is as much a statement of the industry’s hierarchy of the haves [Hirsch’s sister Marci is seen driving a white Rolls Royce], have-nots and almost haves.
In another segment, it’s mentioned that Paul Thomas who’s directed for Hirsch over 20 years [“way too long,” mutters Thomas] has never been to Hirsch’s house, which if you understand the business and its inflated, artificial sense of personal values and distancing, makes a lot of sense.
To put it all in the right perspective, however, these are all merely pornographers, and they hire “models” who suck dick for a living. Though no one ever seems to get that point across in all those glorifying documentaries about porn.
In the early stages, Hirsch berates PT’s efforts in writing a Deep Throat script telling him he’s got a lot of guys waiting in the wings to take his place if Thomas can’t deliver on a good story. The initial script Thomas comes up with stinks in Hirsch’s estimation, although Thomas is blindly enamored with his own efforts at combining Deep Throat with a Cinderella storyline.
[Someone might remind PT he already made a porn version of Cinderella.]
With Hirsch’s merciless hectoring, Thomas goes back to the drawing board and next comes up with a murder mystery with blood being spilled.
“I think Pistol had a comedy in mind,” Hirsch quips with a dead pan expression. [Thomas most of the time comes off like a space cadet who’s still orbiting in space.]
Hirsch is taking a meeting with Pistol in Las Vegas and flies there on a private jet. Hirsch, his wife and sister are met with a stretch limo provided by Pistol and, from the get-go, Hirsch and Robert Interlandi, Arrow’s marketing manager, are locking horns.
When asked for his opinion, Interlandi, who’s take is that Vivid is “The Evil Empire,” tells Hirsch he saw the re-makes of Debbie Does Dallas and Miss Jones. Apparently Interlandi in flippant fashion didn’t think too highly of those projects judging by his quick-kill put downs, and Hirsch reacts in kind with Marty Feldman’s bug eyes.
[Freeze frame moments of an astonished Hirsch abound in this series.]
Hirsch later makes the comment that Interlandi’s “a moron,” and Hirsch’s wife acts like this is all beneath her dignity to begin with.
Hirsch? He’s right along with her especially when one of Pistol’s strippers attempts to give him a lap dance, and Hirsch shoos her away like a pesky house fly.
“I’m trying to do deals here,” Hirsch keeps reminding his wife every time she flashes annoyance that business calls him to the office.
Because Hanna Hilton [a short haired blonde who wears extensions when performing] might be signing as a Vivid girl, Hirsch, quicker than you can say Octomom, is ready to cut his Vegas meetings short and get back to LA.
Adding a bit of irony to this subplot is the fact that Hilton’s boyfriend is Jack Venice who’s now doing life on a rape charge in Washington. During Hilton’s initial meeting with Hirsch, Venice’s opinion is solicited as though it’s valued as highly as a member of the presidential cabinet. We later discover that one of Venice’s earlier paramours, Meggan Malone, is now also a Vivid girl.
You can’t make this shit up on a soap opera.
Johnny Wadd brings kick-ass crime drama, handle-bar mustaches to comic books
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 | Press Prelease | No Comments
Tell Them Johnny Wadd is Here comic book
Long Beach, NY — January 28, 2009 – The infamous 70’s film classic “Tell Them Johnny Wadd is Here,” from Arrow Productions, is the latest to undergo the “HARD/CORE” treatment, in Terminal Press’ line of limited-run comic books doing artistic takes on iconic adult cinema.
“Tell Them Johnny Wadd is Here” takes the cult classic Johnny Wadd character made famous by John Holmes and transports the “Johnny Wadd” character into a gritty crime drama set in present-day Mexico. For the uninitiated, the Johnny Wadd character and John Holmes himself were most recently the basis of Marc Wahlberg’s lead in “Boogie Nights” with Val Kilmer portraying Holmes as well in the film “Wonderland.”
Director, Bob Chinn said that he wrote the script for the first Johnny Wadd film on the back of an envelope. So, what would’ve Holmes and Chinn come up with if they had really shot for the moon with their script? What if they had to make people pay attention without showing them Holmes’ legendary 13 inches? They’d have done a hard boiled, tough as nails crime story with twists and turns and interesting characters, tough guys and sexy dames. They’d have done on film what we’ve done in this comic.
“This is my favorite comic book that Terminal Press has written so far. I truly love this story and am now a HUGE Johnny Wadd fan. The art is great and they even put in my idea of an orange 76’ Corvette for the Wadd to drive with a Nevada “Wadd” license plate,” says Robert Interlandi the Marketing Director from Arrow Productions.
“Tell Them Johnny Wadd is Here” is written by Tony Fleecs (In My Lifetime, Wonderlost, Li’l FireBreather), with art by Dave Wachter (Scar Tissue, The Guns of Shadow Valley), colors by Narek Gevorgian (Silent Assassain) and Separations by Joe Frazzetta.
Here are what some of comics finest have to say about Terminal Press’ newest book –
“Stop it! Stop complaining that comics aren’t good enough. Stop moaning that all you can find is derivative genre garbage. Stop whining about the glut of moronic super-hero books and impenetrable shoe-gazer lit-comix . You’re holding in your hands the tonic to all those ills. Tell Them Johnny Wadd Is Here is the cure you didn’t even know you needed. This book makes clear once and for all that not only is Fleecs one of the most exciting young artists on the comic scene, but also one of its best new writers.”
-Phil Hester, Writer of the Coffin, The Darkness, The Atheist and FireBreather. Artist of Swamp Thing, Green Arrow, Ant Man, Marvel Teamup and Clerks amongst many others.
“Tony Fleecs is a rising star in comics, and with Wachter’s able hands, you’ve got one of the best reads of the year.”
-Joshua Hale Fialkov, Harvey nominated Creator of Elk’s Run and Punks the Comic, writer of Cyblade & Vampirella.
“Tell Them Johnny Wadd is Here” will make its public debut at the 2009 New York Comic Con on February 6th at booth 2364 and is already available at http://www.terminalpress.com/tell-them-johnny-wadd-is-here.html The Limited Edition print run will only be available through terminalpress.com and Terminal Press’ convention appearances.
Tell them Johnny Wadd is Here comic book page 2
At StorErotica you have to Bring Flash!
Friday, October 24th, 2008 | From Gene Ross | No Comments
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Team Deep Throat at StorErotica 2008
At StorErotica You Had to Bring Flash Says Arrow’s Robert Interlandi
And that’s because there were a lot of places to be all over. Besides StorErotica, there were two other shows in town [including the MAGIC Show and the Head Shop convention]. Interlandi had Arrow’s presence felt at those, as well.
We had a conversation last week in which Interlandi was actually lectured by another video company about how he does too much marketing. The logic of that particular obsercvation is still being debated in some Socratic circles, but Interlandi’s nevertheless having a chuckle over that one.
“Maybe I did over market,” says Interlandi realizing that he was running around to three different shows to get the Arrow brand out there.
“But StorErotica was really successful for our company,” he adds. But other companies apparently didn’t think so. Maybe they also subscribe to the idea that too much marketing is a bad thing.
“That’s because they went and didn’t bring game,” explained Interlandi, noting that several adult companies worked from a 10 foot booth in relative anonymity with little or no fanfare. And, besides, most of them didn’t bring girls. Although Interlandi did see Jill Kelly signing for World Wide Content.
“The companies that just sat there looked like nobodies,” he says. “They didn’t make sales and just watched people walk by. It was like they were just there to sit.”
Whereas Interlandi brought the Deep Throat corvette and had girls. He passed out the Deep Throat Energy drink, www.deepthroatenergy
“We brought flash and had a successful show.”
Although he won’t say which adult company it was, Interlandi recalls how another one of them bitched to show management about the lack of warm bodies. Said complainer was merely pointed in the direction of Interlandi’s booth as an example of the way it’s done to haul them in.
In another conversation he had with a video company, Interlandi was told how they had exactly one order the first day of the show.
“My God, that sucks,” he comments. “We paid for the whole show the first day. And our booth was four times as large. Marketing equals cash. It’s like fishing, if you don’t have a good lure…”
Not that he’d be quoted as the authoritative source, Interlandi guesses there may have been 6,000 in attendance. But in the immortal words of the play/movie Glengarry Glen Ross, they were quality leads.