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Richard (1972)
Extremely obscure pre-Watergate satire
I had the pleasure of seeing this satiric portrait of Richard Nixon, released before the Watergate scandal, when it first came out. Since then, it seems to have vanished off the face of the Earth. I'd love to find a copy of it. Richard M. Dixon (a guy whose entire career was based on his resemblance to Nixon) stars in this fictional biography of the President, which takes the form of old movie clichés. Included are a "young Abe Lincoln" type of movie (complete with log cabin), an old World War Two movie, a mad scientist/horror film, and a direct parody of "A Clockwork Orange." You also get to see the infamous Checkers speech. (If memory serves, you also get to see the dog itself, which is not seen in any version of the speech I have been able to find.) Not all the comedy works, but it's mostly quite amusing. Watch for such unexpected guest stars as Mickey Rooney and John Carradine.
Dirty Lily (1978)
Silly comedy adds an innocent touch to a dirty movie
Beth Anna stars as a ditsy young woman who finds herself in all sorts of wacky situations in this lighthearted comedy from the Golden Age of Hardcore Pornography. Like many comic adult films of the time, the comedy is very silly and surprisingly innocent. When Lily finds herself acting in a X-rated movie, for example, she keeps messing up her one line of dialog over and over. The cult of Satanists she encounters aren't anything threatening out of a horror movie, but are goofy guys played strictly for laughs.
Of course, the film also contains a great deal of intense sex scenes. The balance between this raunchy material and the playfulness of the comedy is something to admire for fans of this genre.
G-strings (1984)
Slightly kinkier than most adult films of the time
The posters called this "the most shocking adult film of all time" (or words to that effect.) Well, not really, but it did flirt with gender-bending themes to some extent, without containing anything that would really offend a heterosexual male audience. The credits included the phrase "revealing Marilyn." The male protagonist picks up two streetwalkers, one of whom is played by "Marilyn." When the action starts, it turns out that Marilyn is a man. However, Marilyn only has sex with the other streetwalker, so no gay encounters are shown. Near the end of the film, the protagonist dresses in women's clothing for an encounter with his wife. Other than that, the usual things go on.