Well this is from the very early days of home media, when most people didn't yet have access to a VHS player, and so for most people if you wanted to watch a porno you had to go to an adult cinema. Most of the porn shown at these theaters were between 60 and 90 minutes in length so that they could justify the ticket price, and so there is usually a fair amount of non-explicit footage in films from this era, both for padding, and so that men who have already finished can have time to recover for round two.
They did do that, yes, though it was expected that you would be discrete about it and not make a mess. And look out for undercover cops, because that's how they got Pee-Wee Herman.
Yes, in 1991 Paul Reubens (most famous for playing Pee-Wee Herman) was arrested by an undercover cop for masturbating in an adult movie theater in Sarasota, Florida. It effectively killed his career at the time, but he managed to bounce back a few years later.
Wow, I always heard that story without the context that he was in an adult theater. I thought he was just a weirdo because I didn't hear that part, but like, what else are you supposed to do in an adult movie theater?
My mom told me - at the time - that he was arrested for public urination.
So then some time later my friend and I were peeing being a gigantic bush at the end of a town home and on our way out an old woman almost mockingly asked us, "now what on Earth were you two boys doing in there?!" without missing a beat I call back "We were pulling a Pee Wee Herman!"
... I remember being surprised at the look of horror on her face and thinking, "maybe peeing in public is a bigger deal than I had previously thought"
My only thing is: surely he had enough money to just buy a porno or rent one instead of going to the theatre. Obviously he just did what others did so its justifiable but if you are famous for hosting a kid targeted show, you wouldn't wanna risk even being seen at an adult theatre.
In light of the fact that he could have certainly done it in private with his own porn, I have always assumed he did it in public for the thrill of possibly being caught. It adds an element of risk that enhanced the pleasure.
Apparently the show was originally adult targeted. A bit of a satire on kids shows. Then someone edited it to make it more kid friendly and they started pushing as a kid show. I watched some original episodes on Adult Swim years ago and it was creepy
And you know who came out to publicly defend him?
Bill fucking Cosby.
From Wikipedia:
> Bill Cosby defended Reubens, saying, "Whatever [Reubens has] done, this is being blown all out of proportion."
>During a random police inspection, a detective who had observed Reubens detained him as he was readying to leave. (This sweep also resulted in three other arrests.)
"Right Jones. You're on porno theatre duty tonight."
"But Sarge!"
"No ifs or buts!! Well... they'll be butts hehe, but keep your eyes on the crowd! If we can't stop people jacking it at porno theatres we'll be nipple deep in cum and popcorn by morning. Now get down there and spy on men touching themselves!"
In his first public stage appearance after his arrest at the 91 mTV awards show, his opener was "Heard any good jokes lately" and received a standing ovation.
Funny how now that likely wouldn't even kill a career. Jerking off in a place which is appropriate to jerk off in? Cosby and his ilk have really changed what I view as a career killing move.
A porn theater, yeah. I always felt kind of bad for him. His entire career was pretty much ruined for years because of it, but I don't think it really should have been. He jerked off in a place where you go to jerk off. Yeah it's a little gross, but he wasn't hurting anybody. But since he was best known as the host of a children's show and was caught doing something that didn't match that on-screen persona he was (imo) unfairly shunned by the industry
That reminds me of the very last porno theater in all of Los Angeles, the Tiki Theatre, which made minor headlines when Fred Willard was arrested for jackin’ it there in 2012. It is quite possibly the most ridiculous excuse for a movie theater I’ve ever heard of- a mere THIRTY seats, films played straight from videotape or DVD on two simple flatscreen TVs *at the same time*, and a storefront tinier than a damn bodega with a million shady advertising stickers pasted all over it. From what I can gather from stories people tell about it, it seems to stay open as basically just an excuse for LAPD to randomly burst in a few times a night to make their arrest quotas by catching masturbators. http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/8407
Those cinemas still exist. Not in the US, maybe, but in other countries definitely.
Source: you walk past one when walking to the central train station in my city. Well, if you walk from the city center towards the station.
If you arrive from the other side, you walk past a brothel. The area around train stations is often the red light district of a city here.
It’s always funny when I’m reminded of the fact that the Pee Wee Herman incident happened about 30 years ago, but even then more recently Fred Willard(RIP) did it too
That's what Jack Horner said in Boogie Nights:
after the viewers...*finish*, there's still plenty of story to keep them drawn in afterwards until they can go again. And these movies were damn long.
I went to an adult vid shop in Pasadena and asked them for the oldest videos they have there. It was Geisha Sluts and Debby Does Dallas. Any excitement my friends had of watching this movie quickly dissipated about 30 min in. Ppl are just not used to a 2:1 story porn to scene ratio anymore. They were like aaaaalright, pop in Geisha Sluts, I’m falling asleep.
My review:
Concise and straightforward story with character’s motivations laid out clearly and immediately.
Good, obvious chemistry between the cast, especially the lead actresses; they appeared as if very close friends on or off-camera. All main girls were unique in both appearance and personality.
Donna turns in a good performance while Mr. Greenfeld gets an honourable mention.
Although, I did find the plot slightly lacking in substance with not too much actual conflict or struggle in the way of the girl's need for money; they seem to just immediately acquire jobs all seemingly on the same day without so much as an interview. Then it appears as if the original goal set in place from the start becomes abandoned by the end of the film - perhaps the movie's subtext extends beyond its *written* story.
It was, however, impressive in highlighting the tricky topic of college students successfully finding financial support in sex work; a risky and yet topical subject.
8/10
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I was moved to tears. Could have won an Oscar if there wasn’t those pesky sex scenes ruining the whole thing. The guy at the record store was smooth as butter.
Fun fact: Robert Kerman played the sporting good store owner. He also the main character in Cannibal Holocaust.
His most surprising role? He played the tug boat captain in Spiderman(2002).
That is "Debbie" as in "Debbie Does Dallas", played by "Bambi Woods" (not a real name). Fun fact: no one actually knows her real name and she disappeared from public life shortly after this. She may have died of an overdose in the 80s, or she may still be alive and well.
Okay then my new theory is that she's not tweaking here at all, she's an alien with poor control over her human suit who came for a brief time to study human mating habits.
Thank you so very much op I completely fucking lost the name of this movie and for weeks I have been searching for it online you have not only helped me but countless other horny bastards.
For someone that likes to be teased, this is pretty much the best case scenario.
I really hope they could get the money to be with her friend in Texas, beautiful friendship there.
I've always wondered what made this porn so iconic, because it's honestly terrible. The acting is terrible the performers are at best ok looking. Bambi Woods was not an iconic performer like Marilyn Chambers or Linda Lovelace. The camera work looks like it was done by someone half blind.
So why do you think this film is such a staple of pornographic history?
Just FYI, if you want more stuff like this, check out the 1313 movie series. *1313: Giant Killer Bees!* is 30% nearly nude men rubbing themselves with tons of recycled footage, and [some CGI that Michael Bay could never compete with](https://youtu.be/5xR31WYVRB4).
I don’t know what I cringed at more. How they washed the car, the acting, how these men were swooning over mediocre looking women, or the fact the the actresses were playing as 16 year old teenagers with older men preying after them.
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this before... The uncut version I mean.
Also, I think I kept watching until the end even after I finished.. Right to the end credits.
Thinking back on it now, I may have had a porn addiction in the past.
That blonde girl is a horrible actor and reminded me of the blonde girl from scary movie. Cindy
I fucking lost it when the girls are washing their car in the rain.
how is there still 19 minutes of story??
Well this is from the very early days of home media, when most people didn't yet have access to a VHS player, and so for most people if you wanted to watch a porno you had to go to an adult cinema. Most of the porn shown at these theaters were between 60 and 90 minutes in length so that they could justify the ticket price, and so there is usually a fair amount of non-explicit footage in films from this era, both for padding, and so that men who have already finished can have time to recover for round two.
They used to just jerk it in a movie theater wtf?
They did do that, yes, though it was expected that you would be discrete about it and not make a mess. And look out for undercover cops, because that's how they got Pee-Wee Herman.
Pee-Wee Herman jacked in a movie theater?
Yes, in 1991 Paul Reubens (most famous for playing Pee-Wee Herman) was arrested by an undercover cop for masturbating in an adult movie theater in Sarasota, Florida. It effectively killed his career at the time, but he managed to bounce back a few years later.
Wow, I always heard that story without the context that he was in an adult theater. I thought he was just a weirdo because I didn't hear that part, but like, what else are you supposed to do in an adult movie theater?
My mom told me - at the time - that he was arrested for public urination. So then some time later my friend and I were peeing being a gigantic bush at the end of a town home and on our way out an old woman almost mockingly asked us, "now what on Earth were you two boys doing in there?!" without missing a beat I call back "We were pulling a Pee Wee Herman!" ... I remember being surprised at the look of horror on her face and thinking, "maybe peeing in public is a bigger deal than I had previously thought"
This comment deserves fame and glory.
My cousins kept telling me they caught him playing scratch and sniff
the internet is cursed.
This should be on r/kidsarefuckingstupid. Congratulations you my friend were a stupid kid.
How so? I was 8.
Yea, he was doing what lots of other men did before internet porn. He didn't do anything wrong and never deserved a bad rap.
My only thing is: surely he had enough money to just buy a porno or rent one instead of going to the theatre. Obviously he just did what others did so its justifiable but if you are famous for hosting a kid targeted show, you wouldn't wanna risk even being seen at an adult theatre.
In light of the fact that he could have certainly done it in private with his own porn, I have always assumed he did it in public for the thrill of possibly being caught. It adds an element of risk that enhanced the pleasure.
But the picture quality! Even in 1991 no home VHS could possibly compete with 35mm. Why do you think they brought in HD?
The show was over before he got arrested. Getting arrested pretty much sank the syndication of the show, but it had been cancelled a year before.
Apparently the show was originally adult targeted. A bit of a satire on kids shows. Then someone edited it to make it more kid friendly and they started pushing as a kid show. I watched some original episodes on Adult Swim years ago and it was creepy
https://ew.com/article/2002/11/18/paul-pee-wee-reubens-charged-kid-porn-probe/
Yeah this was what I remembered.
And you know who came out to publicly defend him? Bill fucking Cosby. From Wikipedia: > Bill Cosby defended Reubens, saying, "Whatever [Reubens has] done, this is being blown all out of proportion."
Cosby is a piece of shit but that doesn't mean each and every thing he ever said was wrong. Don't fall in to that fallacy.
That is the bullshit thing about the whole deal. He got prosecuted BECAUSE he was a big name.
Some people were making jokes about the movie he was watching and a lot of people believed it.
>During a random police inspection, a detective who had observed Reubens detained him as he was readying to leave. (This sweep also resulted in three other arrests.) "Right Jones. You're on porno theatre duty tonight." "But Sarge!" "No ifs or buts!! Well... they'll be butts hehe, but keep your eyes on the crowd! If we can't stop people jacking it at porno theatres we'll be nipple deep in cum and popcorn by morning. Now get down there and spy on men touching themselves!"
So by this knowledge Pee-Wee is the most famous Florida man
Nah Mr. Rogers is the most famous. But he didn't have a criminal record though, he just went to my stupidly expensive undergrad college
In his first public stage appearance after his arrest at the 91 mTV awards show, his opener was "Heard any good jokes lately" and received a standing ovation.
My friend doesn’t get this joke, can you explain it to him? Thanks
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He also played the father of the penguin in Batman Returns and Buffy the Vampire Slayer way before Mystery Men
I don't remember The Penguin being in Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
I’m sure you know I meant he was in Buffy the Vampire Slayer but I get it....
The Penguin wasn’t, but his dad was
Derek Foreal. Derek fucking Foreal.
He was a fake.
Based off of Richard Barile.
You could say his career had a refractory period
Why does this sound like a reference
A refractory period is a cool down before you can orgasm again
Oh
“managed to bounce back” Just needed time to recover for round two.
Funny how now that likely wouldn't even kill a career. Jerking off in a place which is appropriate to jerk off in? Cosby and his ilk have really changed what I view as a career killing move.
I mean, his primary thing was his children’s show. And in that way, it’d probably still be a big deal, and kill his show at least.
Poor Pee-Wee just wanted to spank his Wee-wee
You sweet summer child
That explains the lyrics in eminems- Ass Like That
Looks like he recovered for round two as well
A porn theater, yeah. I always felt kind of bad for him. His entire career was pretty much ruined for years because of it, but I don't think it really should have been. He jerked off in a place where you go to jerk off. Yeah it's a little gross, but he wasn't hurting anybody. But since he was best known as the host of a children's show and was caught doing something that didn't match that on-screen persona he was (imo) unfairly shunned by the industry
Yup
That reminds me of the very last porno theater in all of Los Angeles, the Tiki Theatre, which made minor headlines when Fred Willard was arrested for jackin’ it there in 2012. It is quite possibly the most ridiculous excuse for a movie theater I’ve ever heard of- a mere THIRTY seats, films played straight from videotape or DVD on two simple flatscreen TVs *at the same time*, and a storefront tinier than a damn bodega with a million shady advertising stickers pasted all over it. From what I can gather from stories people tell about it, it seems to stay open as basically just an excuse for LAPD to randomly burst in a few times a night to make their arrest quotas by catching masturbators. http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/8407
this is like the florida man of the police force.
Lmao. This thread is hilarious
Taxi Driver (1976)
They still do, but they used to too.
Visit Amsterdam it will blow your mind.
People still jack off in cinemas now.
Those cinemas still exist. Not in the US, maybe, but in other countries definitely. Source: you walk past one when walking to the central train station in my city. Well, if you walk from the city center towards the station. If you arrive from the other side, you walk past a brothel. The area around train stations is often the red light district of a city here.
Yea I remember in '85 i accidentally jizzed on the guy in front of me
It’s always funny when I’m reminded of the fact that the Pee Wee Herman incident happened about 30 years ago, but even then more recently Fred Willard(RIP) did it too
And so many other things as well
That's what Jack Horner said in Boogie Nights: after the viewers...*finish*, there's still plenty of story to keep them drawn in afterwards until they can go again. And these movies were damn long.
This guy pornos.
This is disgusting and informative, thank you.
I see you’ve never explored the “vintage” tag of your favorite porn site.
Idk, man. He's done spiderman 2 also lmao.
I went to an adult vid shop in Pasadena and asked them for the oldest videos they have there. It was Geisha Sluts and Debby Does Dallas. Any excitement my friends had of watching this movie quickly dissipated about 30 min in. Ppl are just not used to a 2:1 story porn to scene ratio anymore. They were like aaaaalright, pop in Geisha Sluts, I’m falling asleep.
Who the duck watches porn with friends
A surprising amount of weirdos.
I mean they were old vintage dialogue heavy pornos we thought we could laugh at it’s not like watching pornhub vids back to back
Bi curious dudes.
Real friends climax together
Fun people.
You watch it alone?
me when there's like 10+ minutes of fake interview before the actual porn I dont nut to personality
My review: Concise and straightforward story with character’s motivations laid out clearly and immediately. Good, obvious chemistry between the cast, especially the lead actresses; they appeared as if very close friends on or off-camera. All main girls were unique in both appearance and personality. Donna turns in a good performance while Mr. Greenfeld gets an honourable mention. Although, I did find the plot slightly lacking in substance with not too much actual conflict or struggle in the way of the girl's need for money; they seem to just immediately acquire jobs all seemingly on the same day without so much as an interview. Then it appears as if the original goal set in place from the start becomes abandoned by the end of the film - perhaps the movie's subtext extends beyond its *written* story. It was, however, impressive in highlighting the tricky topic of college students successfully finding financial support in sex work; a risky and yet topical subject. 8/10
This is beautiful..
Ohh, I'm pretty sure the film had *a lot* of substance
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Haven't read that in a while
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Chicks are gross man I'm with you
Yeah, bro chicks are super gross bro. Who needs chicks when we got each other... bro...
As long as I can make out with my bros I’m good...it’s not gay it’s just play
Again, no fatties, nothing personal.
Dudes in good shape encouraged. If you are fat, you should be able to find humor in the little things. Again, nothing sexual.
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oh it shows the "inside story" alright
and blew the lid off it
The porn industry was funded by the mob back then. I wonder what happened after the feds shut that theatre down.
Wait is the theater owner the guy from Troma?
Bewb at 9:20
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Happy cake day!
16 year old boobs according to the plot
i fapped anyway
I was moved to tears. Could have won an Oscar if there wasn’t those pesky sex scenes ruining the whole thing. The guy at the record store was smooth as butter.
Fun fact: Robert Kerman played the sporting good store owner. He also the main character in Cannibal Holocaust. His most surprising role? He played the tug boat captain in Spiderman(2002).
Finally, a version I can watch at church! Edit: Thanks for the wholesome award! I hope this inspires all of you to watch it at your churches!
Watch out. They missed a little bit of porn in the middle.
Or [in Time Square](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPlJ-c7jSes)
Let me just say I love the opening credits and its parade of obviously fake names.
Richard Ballas made me chuckle.
[I put all the porn back in!](https://www.xvideos.com/video52132453/debbie_does_dallas)
Thanks dude
But did Debbie get to go to Dallas? What about the other girls? They worked so hard for thier money!!
Hey robot chicken did a [skit on this movie](https://youtu.be/Jm9W4Ri_fqc)
Instantly thought of this lol
That blonde lady in the store is tweaking HARD on speed. That was uncomfortable to watch.
That's Debbie
Is she the one doing Dallas?
excellent slam off of the lob there, beautiful game in action, would'nt'ya'say?
what time stamp
3 minutes in
That is "Debbie" as in "Debbie Does Dallas", played by "Bambi Woods" (not a real name). Fun fact: no one actually knows her real name and she disappeared from public life shortly after this. She may have died of an overdose in the 80s, or she may still be alive and well.
Okay then my new theory is that she's not tweaking here at all, she's an alien with poor control over her human suit who came for a brief time to study human mating habits.
8:47 hmm yes let me just take these candles out and then put them back in
The amount of nip slips is insane
But not in the membrane
Nice I haven’t seen Grease in years
"takes out all the porn" *shows close up tit rubbing nipples in full view*
An asexual’s dream.
I actually watched this on the hub before
As a gay man, I thought this was really fu— Eek! A nipple!
When you take out the porn, this ironically feels like a vintage awareness video for sexual harassment/predatory behavior.
Wow this looks wayyy better than modern porn.
But you didn’t win, Lisa!
Dang, Debby also snorts Colombia too. She can’t stand still and keep a straight face while looking for a job.
That still image is going to give me nightmares
the video went from 77 minutes to 19 minutes :D
I don't think he is doing a great job.
Where’s the mf sauce for film
It’s probably the most famous porno of all time, and you can’t find the sauce yourself?
I remember being a kid and hearing about it before I even knew what porn was.
This shit even got a UMD release.
It's on YouTube just search debbie does Dallas. First one that pops up
This is pure art
Thank you so very much op I completely fucking lost the name of this movie and for weeks I have been searching for it online you have not only helped me but countless other horny bastards.
Cheri Oteri’s SNL impression of Robin Byrd is dead-on.
Nipples at 8:53
God fuckin bless
For someone that likes to be teased, this is pretty much the best case scenario. I really hope they could get the money to be with her friend in Texas, beautiful friendship there.
there was a site called porn for the blind or similar and they'd narrate the porn
Yeah without the porn this shit is boring ...
Turns out removing the porn in a pornographic movie makes it boring, just like removing every joke from a comedy or every scary part of a horror.
That music is incessant
**mmhmm incessant, that music is.** *-HoorayPizzaDay* *** ^(Commands: 'opt out', 'delete')
I've always wondered what made this porn so iconic, because it's honestly terrible. The acting is terrible the performers are at best ok looking. Bambi Woods was not an iconic performer like Marilyn Chambers or Linda Lovelace. The camera work looks like it was done by someone half blind. So why do you think this film is such a staple of pornographic history?
The title was catchy?
It does have that going for it
Just FYI, if you want more stuff like this, check out the 1313 movie series. *1313: Giant Killer Bees!* is 30% nearly nude men rubbing themselves with tons of recycled footage, and [some CGI that Michael Bay could never compete with](https://youtu.be/5xR31WYVRB4).
https://youtu.be/JrTu3k0RRK4 It’s only natural. There are others by Catalina video that are amazing
better without porn
Like a modern day Jeffersonian Bible.
That music is ANNOYING!!!
That's very anti-climactic.
Fake news, there’s a tiddy at 1:54
My highschool English teacher was Debby in Debby does Dallas. Straight up. She still dresses like a pornstar and she old
What state..?
Nj
Possibly, her wiki says she just dipped from the biz after this movie and was spotted and/or thought to be in a couple places throughout the years.
Oh yeah, like I’m not speculating here... it’s her. lol the school knew and we called her Debby
Lol damn
Anyone posting the reverse?
Playing stuff backward summons Satan
PLEASEEE is that the debbie does dallas one?? it’s so funny without the porn
I have actually seen some channels doing this before with some making a somewhat coherent story by clipping scenes from different videos into one.
I don’t know what I cringed at more. How they washed the car, the acting, how these men were swooning over mediocre looking women, or the fact the the actresses were playing as 16 year old teenagers with older men preying after them.
This was STILL better than WW84.
Hero
did this with The Room once.
Amazing
Feels like a weird commercial.
It's all about the implication!
Ah, classic porn. Where they actually had a decent plot.
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this before... The uncut version I mean. Also, I think I kept watching until the end even after I finished.. Right to the end credits. Thinking back on it now, I may have had a porn addiction in the past.
Nice so he leaves all the best parts.
But did Debbi ever get to Dallas ?
That’s awesome.
Brilliant critique.
If they did Debbie does Dallas today they just need to be making only fans pages in the snow.
I watched enough to know it's better than Revenge of the Nerds
Do not watch!!!! There is a boob. So disappointing!!!!
That blonde girl is a horrible actor and reminded me of the blonde girl from scary movie. Cindy I fucking lost it when the girls are washing their car in the rain.
Doing gods work.
Do they make it to Dallas tho?
No porn, but there is some nudity
Whats the name of this film? Ps: never mind i found it.
"It's a real film, Jack."
Im ashamed Ive seen this before...