''James Gunn's PG Porn'' is a
web series created by brothers
James Gunn,
Brian Gunn, and
Sean Gunn. It consists of a series of pornography spoofs, with a humorous event occurring just before the supposed commencement of pornographic sexual acts. Each episode pairs a mainstream actor with a pornographic actress or model. The tagline is, "For people who love everything about Porn...except the sex".
Production
The initial web episode premiered on Spike.com. Spike subsequently picked up the series for an additional 11 episodes.
According to Gunn, the idea was developed in the early 2000s, before short-term
Internet-based
sketch comedies
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became popular.
Stephen Blackehart
Stephen T. Blackehart (born December 1, 1967) is an American character actor, author, and producer.
Education
Blackehart began his artistic education at the University of South Florida under BAFTA-winning character actor Paul Massie, before ...
of The Good Boys Productions produced the show with
Jake Zim
Jake Zim is the Senior Vice President of Virtual Reality for Sony Pictures Entertainment. Zim oversees global virtual reality production and strategy for the motion picture group and he has produced a wide variety of interactive projects across th ...
and
Peter Safran of Safran Digital Group (SDG) for Spike.com.
All episodes are directed by James Gunn and have a score by
Tyler Bates. The fifth episode is not hosted on Spike.com. In James Gunn's words this was "because the head of Spike Network FREAKED OUT on the, uh, raunchiness of the content and pulled it down." The video is available on James Gunn's website.
In 2010,
French
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** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
channel
Canal+ produced a
remake
A remake is a film, television series, video game, song or similar form of entertainment that is based upon and retells the story of an earlier production in the same medium—e.g., a "new version of an existing film". A remake tells the same ...
of the series, titled ''Du hard ou du cochon !''.
“Du hard ou du cochon”: Canal+ se lance dans le porno sans sexe
'' Les Inrockuptibles'', 16 August 2010
Episodes
References
External links
Safran Digital Group - Projects
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{{James Gunn (filmmaker)
2000s American sex comedy television series
2008 web series debuts
2009 web series endings
American comedy web series
Pornographic television shows
Television series created by James Gunn