![]() File this under “sexual assault slapstick”. It would be a shockingly uncomfortable scene were it not for the cartoonish expressions and mannerisms which clearly spell-out that this is all in fun. I suppose we’re supposed to laugh hysterically as Jonathan Winters chases her around the room, tearing off her dress. Things are going about innocently until the professor, instantaneously transforms into a slobbering, groping, raping madman. Penelope (Natalie Wood) is asked to stay after class by her professor (Jonathan Winters). ![]() Never has attempted rape been portrayed so comedically. Watch it on YouTube (NSFW), and you too can delight in the comedic shaming. Guests, Rob Lowe and John Cusack laugh uncontrollably as the exposed debutante runs away. Virginia Madsen is the socialite who gets her shirt torn open by Andrew McCarthy. Just as in Animal House, we’re supposed to laugh as stuck-up rich girls get publically stripped and shamed. She can currently been seen on some episodes of Selling LA on HGTV. She’s pushed off a parade float and clothes tear off, leaving her in her publicly humiliated amid the busy street.įYI: Martha became a successful real estate agent in Los Angeles. The scheming sorority girl, Babs (Martha Smith) who hates the guys at Delta Tau Chi Fraternity gets her comeuppance at the end of the film. (insert more laughter… this time not so uproarious, and little bit awkward) Cut to Melanie wearing a dress and it tearing off as she steps away from the target. Next, Melanie proclaims that she’s glad she’s wearing trousers so “you won’t be able to do to me what you did to me last week”. Here, co-hostess Melanie Stace promises the audience that she will never agree to let host, Jim Davidson, “throw those big sharp knives at me again.” Cut to “30 seconds later” and she’s pinned to a target. The UK game show Generation Game was thoughtful enough to include a comedic skit amid the competition. ![]() … and, naturally, her entire gown is swallowed up, leaving her stark naked… and the comedy comes from the compromising position they’re in when her husband enters. True to form for this British comedy, plenty of slapstick is to be had as passerby stumble, fall down, and wreck as they ogle the lovely passenger’s gams. ![]() The scene begins with a leggy girl taking a ride on the back of a motorcycle. The number of times he used this gag is uncountable, but it just never stops being funny. The undisputed king of the disrobement for comedic effect is Benny Hill. I’m not entirely sure the clothes ripping scene was intended to be funny however, the way it so seamlessly left her body in one stroke was like something from a cartoon. Stella Stevens spends a goodly portion of The Silencers in revealing attire (a bikini, rain soaked, lingerie, etc.). Jerry Lewis’ partner in crime, Dean Martin, also tried his hand at the comedic dress removal. The poor girl is Susie Silvey, who was actually the skating silhouette in the opening title sequence of Octopussy. A woman pulls into the station and another improbably powerful vacuum manages to pull her clothes right off. (Insert audience laughter)Īnother naughty vacuum cleaner popped up on a Dick Emery sketch. Then, quite unexpectedly, Johnny literally rips off her clothes and chases after her like a mad rapist. He offers her fifty dollars for a towel to perform a test with his cleaning product. In this skit, Johnny makes fun of the popular “laundry test” commercials of the day. Only in the 70s did Johnny Carson get this risqué. We can even call it something else, if you like – how about “A Survey of Unanticipated Garment Displacement In Popular Media: A Historico-Cultural Analysis”. If it makes you feel better, consider this a “scholarly expedition through the annals of visual media”. Yes, it’s a little bit cheesy and slightly pervy, but it’s a time honored tradition. Instead, let’s get a little low-brow and take a look at great moments in having a female’s clothes unexpectedly yanked off on television and film. We could go through the great dramatic moments in the history of cinema, or list the best cinematography or musical scores (yawn)….
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