Crazy shit on that thar web.
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Erik Curiel
almost web-engineer/would-be philosopher
"The affairs of human beings are not worthy of great seriousness,
and yet we must take them seriously."
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Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 16:52:34 -0800
From: Bryan Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: self-made internet porn star entrepreneurs
http://www.wifeysworld.com/
have you guys come across the amateur stills and mpegs of Wifey on the
usenet porn newsgroups, shot by Hubby, which specialize in facial cumshots
but also feature a broader spectrum of hardcore action? well check out the
article below from wired news-- evidently their little homegrown operation
has really taken off. I intend to try to get in touch with Casey of
Caseyscumshots.com to interview his ass for an article... guess i should
also plan on trying to arrange an interview with Wifey/Hubby as well to see
how they're doing these days. it's a cliche that the only market segment
that's figured out how to make money off the web is pornography-- but
beyond the garden variety schlocky 'professional' smutmongerers, could it
be that one of the internet's most remarkable and radical contributions to
american culture has been in providing the mechanism that enables the
nasty, gifted, closeted sex freaks to find their true calling and invent a
new niche industry of self-styled, self-made, self-produced pornstar
entrepreneurs?
Inside Wifey Inc.
by Mark Cromer
Wired News 4:00 a.m. Sep. 2, 1998 PDT
George and Gracie. Ricky and Lucy. Hubby and Wifey.
The first two couples are icons of marital bliss for their era. The same
might be said for Hubby and Wifey, an anonymous couple in Washington state
who have turned their camcordered, Internet-transmitted bedroom adventures
into a new-media phenomenon -- sort of a high-tech, porno version of I Love
Lucy.
Just as Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball became the most powerful couple in
entertainment through their deft use of television, Hubby and Wifey are
tapping the Internet to create what could become a new-media empire.
For the past year, Hubby and Wifey have become legend on newsgroups like
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica, cultivating a legion of Wifey fans by
posting waves of photos that depict the well-built blonde engaged in
explicit sex. The photos are teasers for the videotapes the couple sells
from home.
Two weeks ago, the couple launched Wifey's World, a site featuring JPEGs,
video clips, and order forms for tapes. There's also the interactive Wifey
cam. The site has a free preview area, but costs US$9.95 a month to join.
Since the site went up, business has exploded, with the homepage garnering
as many as 400,000 hits daily, according to Hubby.
Cult of Wifey
The couple -- who agreed to a phone interview on the condition that their
names not be used -- seem bemused by the Cult of Wifey.
"We've been pretty shocked by the response," says Hubby, a 33-year-old
businessman who says he owns a mainstream distribution company. "We keep
waiting for people to get tired of us and for this to die down, but it just
keeps getting bigger and bigger."
John Quinn, a 42-year-old businessman in Maryland, discovered Wifey on the
rec.arts.movies.erotica newsgroup. He's such an avid fan that he has
emailed Wifey and Hubby scene-by-scene reviews of their performances.
Quinn says Wifey's appeal is that she seems authentic, one who truly enjoys
vibrant and explicit sex. While Wifey is known for her love of having Hubby
ejaculate on her face, she also gags and laughs to the point that it
sometimes looks like a bloopers tape from the commercial porn industry. But
then, it's real.
"Here we have two people that [are] obviously in love with each other
having fun, having sex and love doing the kind of sex that I like to see,"
Quinn says. "The long and the short of it is I have bought every video that
they have produced."
Conservative Hausfrau
Wifey, 33, giggles as she recalls how she and her husband -- high school
sweethearts who have been married 12 years and describe themselves as
"fairly conservative" -- began their journey into Internet porn.
"It was a total fluke," she says. "My husband posted some Polaroids of me
on the newsgroups last spring without telling me. We started getting all
these responses and he was like, 'Hey honey, check this out.' I got a kick
out of it. It was fun, a turn-on."
By the fall of 1997, they were doing a brisk mail-order business for their
home videos.
Wifey is a hausfrau who juggles her duties raising the couple's three
children and the bookkeeping side of their business. The couple doesn't
have a set production schedule. They shoot sporadically, once every three
or four weeks. Hubby then spends an occasional evening sending batches of
snapshots to newsgroups.
Sometimes their domestic lives creep into the tapes. In Wifey's Oral
Extravaganza, Hubby is holding the camera while he fondles Wifey. In the
background, a child cries "Mommy" from another room, a look of surprise
spreads across Wifey's face, the couple cracks up, and the scene is cut. It
resumes where the action left off (presumably after the kid is fed).
So far, their underground fame hasn't affected their social lives. Wifey
says only a select few of their friends know of her porno alter ego and
thriving business. Their families don't know.
"I pretty much stay at home most of the time," she says. Her excursions to
the store, post office, and school to drop the kids off have yet to result
in recognition.
That, of course, may change now that the Web site is taking off. "It looks
as if the Web site will increase our business tenfold," says Hubby. Before
the Web page went up, the couple was shipping hundreds of tapes every
month. If the present trend continues, Hubby says, the number could reach
the thousands.
Wifey's wholesome, apple-pie appeal is being dispatched to all corners of
the globe, including Singapore, Iceland, Spain, and South Africa. "We get a
lot of military guys overseas who want to see Wifey," Hubby says.
Considering that the couple's videos start at $39.95 (photo CDs start at
$24.99), Hubby and Wifey may be joining the ranks of America's millionaires
before long, though they demur when asked about profits.
"We've heard some pretty hysterical figures getting kicked around out
there," says Hubby, who seems skeptical of media reports that attribute
millions in profits to ventures such as theirs. Hubby estimates he and
Wifey have made several hundred thousand dollars to date. Still, it's nice
work if you can get it.
Porn Industry Knocking
The couple's success has not gone unnoticed by commercial porn companies,
several of which, Hubby says, have approached them with distribution deals.
Hubby and Wifey already write a column and are a featured attraction on
stripper Danni Ashe's site.
Mark Kulkis, a former editor at Adult Video News who now works at Extreme
Video, says the couple could increase their customer list even more through
a commercial deal.
"The advantages would be wider distribution," he says. "They'd be getting
into retail outlets that they don't have now."
On the downside, Kulkis says commercial distribution would demand
lower-priced tapes. "We move our titles at $13 a tape, and that's even a
little high. A retailer may sell it for double that price. So they'd have
to come down, but they would more than make up for that with an increase in
volume."
Hubby and Wifey, however, say they have no intention of going pro.
"We've had some interesting offers, but I'm leery," Hubby says. "I like
having control over our productions. I don't trust the people in the San
Fernando Valley, quite frankly." The San Fernando Valley, in Southern
California, is the capital of the pornography industry.
A commercial deal may also exert pressure on the couple to expand their
sexual activities beyond the handheld camera, one-on-one videos that they
produce. They proclaim to be in love and monogamous, with no intention of
swinging or performing with other partners for money.
In fact, it sounds as if they'd be content even if Wifey's star burned out
as fast as most other female porn stars.
"Hopefully when we're older we can look back on this and laugh," says
Wifey. "It'll be a nice memory of this crazy thing we did, and maybe we'll
have made enough money to put the kids through college."
Say good night, Wifey.
Related Wired Links:
Sex Sites and Self-Regulation
10.Aug.98
For Porn, Click Here
23.Jul.98
Internet Sex Not So Hot
10.Jun.98
Type With One Hand, Grab Your Joystick With the Other
12.Dec.96
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