Teddy works for a large advertising company. Given the seemingly impossible task of selling frozen porridge, he decides to produce commercials that make the product seem sexy. This leads him to confrontation with the "Keep Television Clean" movement, of which his wife is a senior member.
Acting
Feldman's googly-eyed commitment sells the absurd premise completely.
Writing
Sharp satire that predicted our influencer/OnlyFans ad economy.
Director
Jim Clark
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shelley Berman was a pioneering stand-up who basically invented the 'sit-down' comedy special — his presence here as the sleazy boss is deliciously against-type.
Released during the UK 'permissive society' backlash, this flopped because audiences found it too tame — the real dirty stuff was happening in actual advertising by 1970.
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