Lost and Found: Gas Pump Girls

In the grand tradition of horny teen sex comedies, Gas Pump Girls (1979) pads the running time with cheap gags and copious nudity—not that there’s anything wrong with that! It also boasts a familiar plot this sort of movie, with a band of plucky underdogs going up against a (supposedly) heartless corporate overlord. For all … Continue reading Lost and Found: Gas Pump Girls →

Morgan Monday

We’ve celebrated several Michelle Mondays and Monica Mondays so far this year, but how about our first Morgan Monday? Yes, I think it’s time for one of the world’s great vixens to take center stage. Morgan Fairchild is the star of a plethora of trashy and not-so-trashy TV and film (but a lot of trashy), … Continue reading Morgan Monday →

Hot Shots of the Week: Karen’s Got a Gun

Wake up, Henry. She’s sorry!! Just a little love for Lorraine Bracco and the late, great Ray Liotta in Goodfellas (1990). Speaking of love, and at the risk of oversharing (uh oh, cringe warning), I loved the harrowing bedroom scene a lot when I was a teenager. I rewound and paused my VHS copy of … Continue reading Hot Shots of the Week: Karen’s Got a Gun →

The Art of the Ad: Choose Your Vice

Mid- to late-twentieth century advertisements for alcohol, tobacco, and other legal(ish) vices offer some of the most entertaining—and groan-worthy—time capsules of their era. Here are a few groovy examples. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the two newest members of the Mile High Club. It’s always Fishnet Friday with Passport Scotch! She definitely makes Genny a little … Continue reading The Art of the Ad: Choose Your Vice →

Bombshells: Cleo Moore, the Baton Rouge Bombshell

Cleouna “Cleo” Moore was born ten miles southeast of Baton Rouge in Galvez, Louisiana, in either 1924 or 1929, depending on your sources. Moving to California in the mid-1940s, Moore starred in a few dozen films through the 1950s, often in B-movies and usually as the blonde bombshell. Known as “the Queen of the B-Movie … Continue reading Bombshells: Cleo Moore, the Baton Rouge Bombshell →

Monica Monday

My body is so important to me . . . my face, my arms, my legs, my hands, my eyes, everything. I use everything I have. Monica Bellucci Your body is very important to your fans too, Monica. Here’s Ms. Bellucci, using everything she has on that body—but especially those legendary legs—in a recent photo. … Continue reading Monica Monday →

Hot Shots of the Week: Debbie Does Paris

These stunning black and white photographs of Blondie’s Debbie Harry in a Paris hotel room were taken by Michael Haddi in 1994, for Vogue UK. Debbie was almost fifty at the time and, for my money, these might be the hottest shots of this iconic bombshell ever taken. That is really saying something.