The First Nudie Musical (1976)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Absolutely Brilliant!

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Harry Schechter (Stephen Nathan) has been making porno to keep his father's film studio open. The financial situation is getting worst. He is inspired by his secretary Rosie (Cindy Williams) to make the world's first porno musical. The investors give him two weeks to complete it or else lose the studio. One of them forces his incompetent nephew John Smithee (Bruce Kimmel) on Harry as the film's director.This is sex vaudeville with plenty of nudity. It's rarely funny. The humor is very broad. Only "Scale" got a laugh for me. That scene is so stupid, so obvious, and so telegraphed. It's comedy camp. It keeps trying to be very broad but it doesn't really work. Ron Howard has a small cameo and Cindy Williams just started Laverne & Shirley. Neither are getting naked in this. Alexandra Morgan does the self-obsessed diva Mary LaRue and she is almost funny. The problem is that none of the others are charismatic or comedic.

Pornographic filmmaker Stephen Nathan (as Harry Schechter) is seeing red instead of pink. You didn't come to see his "Stewardesses in Cages" and "Teenage Sex Mutants". Consequently, Mr. Nathan's low-budget sex films aren't making money, and the movie studio he manages for his father is about to go down. Telling his investors, "genitalia is boring" at the box office, Nathan is inspired by steadfast secretary Cindy Williams (as Rosie) to change direction, and proposes "The First Nudie Musical". One investor (Hy Pyke) insists wet-behind-the-ears nephew Bruce Kimmel (as John Smithee) be hired as director; and Nathan is given two weeks to create... "Come… Come, Now".This astounding, and frequently hilarious, film patterns its pornographic plot after Mel Brooks' similar stab at a Nazi musical in "The Producers" (1968); additionally, "The First Nudie Musical" captures the spirit and energy of old Hollywood musicals both directed by Busby Berkeley, and starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. That fresh, irreverent energy is why this film works so well. Full-frontal nudity (female and male) and bad language abound - an "edited-for-television" version would have been short 'n silent in the seventies - but, the vulgarity never seems dirty. Lesser comedies use nudity and language offensively and humorlessly - for examples, see present day comedies.Paramount Pictures had a "midnight movie" classic on its hands, but had to give the film a cold shower after both Cindy Williams and the studio's "Laverne & Shirley" TV series became immediate hits. To Paramount's credit, they employed fellow "Nudie" travelers Bruce Kimmel (writer, composer, co-director, star) and Stephen Nathan ("Jesus" from Broadway's "Godspell") as guest stars on their program(s). And, it's easy to see why, as the threesome are obviously natural (and underrated) comics. Of the supporting cast-mates, Diana Canova (as Juanita) obviously stands out, due to a combination of heritage, "Perversion", and "Soap" - but, they are all cult classic characters.********* The First Nudie Musical (3/76) Mark Haggard, Bruce Kimmel ~ Stephen Nathan, Cindy Williams, Bruce Kimmel, Diana Canova

An enthusiastic young and talented cast try to put on the first nudie musical with numbers such as "Dacing Dildoes" and a totally incompetent director.I caught this years ago on cable (early 80s). I remember when it came out in 1976 people were shocked that Cindy Williams (of TV's silly "Laverne & Shirley" sitcom) would star in an R rated movie. Just in case you're curious she remains fully clothed throughout the entire film. The entire cast is young, healthy, good-looking and out to please. There's plenty of female nudity (some full frontals) but, strangely, no male nudity (from the waist down at least). There's a constant air of amiability about the film and some of the jokes and songs are pretty good...but there are an equal number that are pretty bad. So it was kind of amusing but no blockbuster. The fact that I can still remember scenes and lines from it 20+ years later should tell you something. Good luck finding it--it seems to have disappeared.

I found a copy of this film used for only $6, and since I'm into weird crap, I figured this should be good for a few laughs - and it was!!! The idea of a producer making a porno musical to save his studio is funny enough, but the songs are what make this film worth watching. "Dancing Dildos" "Orgasm" "Lesbian Butch Dyke" "Perversion" "Let Me Eat You" - you'll laugh your ass off! And sing a 'scale' or two also