Gag Cartoons

And now for another trip down memory lane with some old school "gag" cartoons. First, two beautifully drawn  pieces by the great Arthur Ferrier:

...followed by an archetype French maid by Dan DeCarlo (of "Archie" fame)...

...an unfinished piece by "Morrice" (I'd be interested to know what the punchline was for this one):

...and finally, an unabashed tour-de-force by Bill Ward, the undisputed master of legs, lace and lingerie (many thanks to BB for providing this exceptional piece):

Three Do's and a Don't

Yes, the Quaids are back from their latest shopping expedition, and couldn't wait to show you their latest acquisitions:

AI generated image, modified in photoshop. Original by TheRRRealist.

The Quaids: Before and After

 So, quadruplets are usually defined as four children born from the same mother at the same time (generally identical in appearance). Here we have the aptly named Quaid girls taking a candid selfie on their eighteenth birthday...

...followed by the exact same four; washed, scrubbed and blow-dried for their boudoir shoot (and wearing as little as their Mom will allow). Amazing how a touch of lipstick and gloss can change your entire outlook, isn't it? :)

Open source characters; image released into the public domain under cc-zero. 

Twin Desires

And now for another a trip to AI land, where stunning blonde beauties model their black designer lingerie in the street. The original had a few anomalies (extra/missing fingers etc), but we managed to clean them up in photoshop. Will be posting more like as time permits.

Some more AI

So, we finally managed to access QQ AI once more, and immediately uploaded this image of our resident joshikosei, Saori and Keiko:

For some inexplicable reason, the AI had some minor problems with the background, but did a commendable commensurate job on the figurework:

The experiment continued with Saori & Keiko in their underwear:

And as expected, our trusty QQ came through with the goods:

Artificial Intelligence

So, the new fad of the moment is artificial intelligence software that converts photos into anime drawings. We tested some of TISA's MMD screencaps out in this ground-breaking software and were frankly astonished by the results. Here's a selection of images from the QQ AI program:

Our thanks to Churrinho for providing these superb conversions.

Unraveling

 Ever just had one of those days...?

Miniskirt Police

 All right: episodes of the classic 90s Japanese comedy Miniskirt Police (ミニスカポリス) are a little difficult to locate in the present day, but we managed to track down a few VHS transfers on YouTube, Niconico and similar online venues. "Minisuka" has an almost legendary status in its country of origin, the kind of show which defies description even in its native language. 

The basic premise seems to involve two bumbling police constables enticing pretty young starlets out of their clothing (there's also something about a deranged stage magician, but we haven't quite figured that part out yet).

Most of the humor revolved around scantily-clad models being humiliated in their lingerie (kind of like Naughty and Funny except without the hidden cameras). Scripts usually required at least one girl to be stripped down to her bra and knickers by the end of each episode, sometimes more depending on whether the eponymous WPCs were taking part in the festivities.

The original series ran from 1996 to 2001, followed by a number of revivals between 2003 and 2006. The most recent update, launched in August 2013, is considerably less explicit and replaces the main cast with an all-girl pop group, following current trends in Japanese entertainment. 

Video Clips:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exsDf_QAnYw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShDo-lVRBO4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iHXgiQOdnI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HvRGc99SPU

https://www.tokyomotion.net/video/2147907/ミニスカポリス

https://www.tokyomotion.net/video/1953080/ミニスカポリス-バトル

https://www.tokyomotion.net/video/2158884/ミニスカポリス

https://www.tokyomotion.net/video/1998883/ミニスカポリス-巨乳-色々-ぽろり有

The Two Ninnies

The Two Ronnies was a television comedy sketch show created by Bill Cotton for the BBC, which aired from 1971 to 1987. It featured the double act of Barker and Corbett, the Two Ronnies of the title. The show was produced annually between 1971 and 1987. It had many notable writers including John Cleese, Spike Milligan, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, and Terry Jones. In addition, Barker used the pseudonym Gerald Wiley when writing sketches.

The show featured comic sketches in which Barker and Corbett appeared both together and separately, with various additions giving the program the feeling of a variety show. The sketches often involved complex word-play, much of it written by Barker, who also liked to parody officialdom and establishment figures, as well as eccentrics. In addition to their regular TV series, the Ronnies also made a number of Christmas specials and telemovies, the best known of which being Futtocks End, The Picnic and By The Sea.

In common with similar British productions of the time, The Ronnie's humor included healthy doses of innuendo and the occasional baring of a starlet's knickers, particularly during the "serial" segments such ''Death Can Be Fatal.'' Full-figure lingerie scenes were much rarer than in The Benny Hill Show, but young female extras appeared in their underwear on occasion throughout the Seventies and early Eighties.

Afternoon Delights

More evidence that Japan is home to the most advanced civilization on the face of the planet: while Western kids were raised on a steady diet of Scooby Doo, Groovie Goolies and Everything's Archie, Japanese pre-teens were fed a healthy blend of panty shots and lingerie scenes via the popular media.

Chargeman Ken

Yes, it's all completely true: back in the late sixties, Japanese audiences were treated to scenes like this literally every day after school. Japanese Animation (anime, for the uninitiated) had a long history of fan service, particularly where young female characters were concerned. As the years wore on, the cartoons became increasingly more risque, leading to impromptu stripteases in shows like Cutie Honey (1973) and Majokko Megu Chan (1974). 

Majokko Megu-Chan

Sure beats the heck out of Sabrina the Teenaged Witch, doesn't it? All kidding aside however, it's worth noting that live action panchira was extremely popular on Japanese TV, so the transition to anime was probably inevitable. Despite periodic outcries from P&T groups and child welfare advocates, the trend caught on and soon became a staple of the cartoon industry. In the space of thirty years, fan service went from this in 1970:

Mahou No Mako-Chan

...to this in 2000:

Gakko No Kaidan

Viewed as cute and harmless (if a little risque), shows like Gakko No Kaidan and Read Or Die were aimed at a young demographic, mainly adolescents and middle-schoolers. Most of the humor was family friendly; kids could laugh at the jokes while their parents smiled at the frequent innuendos.

Read Or Die

Post War Cheesecake

 

Katy Keene in her "undies." Despite its squeaky-clean reputation, Archie Publications could get pretty steamy during the pre-code era. While the character was aimed at a predominately female audience, most stories contained a generous amount of cheesecake, usually in the form of Katy getting changed. Readers often submitted designs for the characters' clothing; evidently the strip had a devoted male following as well.

Eight years before Marilyn Monroe's iconic scene in The Seven Year Itch, Katy Keene found herself fighting the gale for close on six pages. The strip's creator, Bill Woggon, frequently "spiced up" the action with pin up pages and mild innuendo from time to time (well, practically every issue TBH). 

"Fanservice" elements were less common in other titles, though they managed to sneak in under the radar from time to time. Billed as "America's Typical Teenaged Girl," Ginger Snapp was a female version of Archie Andrews, complete with bright red hair and oddball supporting cast - although the similarities seem to have ended there. Unlike her better-known counterpart, Ginger occasionally treated her readers to gratuitous lingerie shots, complete with lacy black underwear and thigh-length suspender stockings.

Last (and possibly least) we have Owen Fizgerald's Moronica. Published by AGC in the early 50s, Moronica (yes, that was apparently her real name) was portrayed as ditzy, naive and accident-prone, ie a stereotypical "Dumb Dora" played exclusively for laughs. Appearing mainly in the back pages of Dizzy Dames (a more subtle title cannot be conceived), the strip ran for less than a year before its cancellation in June 1953. Strangely enough, the idea of an airhead blonde losing her clothes at the drop of a hat didn't catch on too well at the time. Guess there's just no accounting for taste.

Garters Galore!

And now for another (in)famous chase scene from The Benny Hill Show! By the end of the eighties, the starring cast must have been stripped down to their underwear in every manner humanly possible, but apparently, the Old Reprobate still had a few tricks up his sleeve.

 

 

 

 

This 1986 closing sketch finished with Benny fleeing through the Dimpton countryside with the obligatory Traffic Wardens in hot pursuit. Inevitably, a chance encounter with a barbed wire fence leaves the girls in nothing but their bras and knickers, at which point the tables abruptly turn and the WPCs find themselves sprinting half-naked through the woods.

 

 

On the run again...

 

The skit appears to have been a fun shoot for everybody concerned; evidently the girls found running around in their stockings and garters as much of a thrill as we do. Interestingly, the scene posted above originally had the closing credits rolling over the action. We'd be very interested to know how they removed the titles for this animated gif. It seems to have been lifted from an old video compilation (as opposed to DVD), maybe there's an alternate source concealed somewhere on the net :)

Tiffany Jones

 

More gratuitous lingerie shots from Pat Tourret's Tiffany Jones. Initially published in London's Daily Sketch, this beautifully illustrated British 'strip' followed the time-honoured tradition established by Norman Pett's Jane (ie featuring the title character in her underwear as often as possible). Strangely enough, cheesecake scenes from the strip are somewhat rare on the internet, though they occasionally turn up on ebay and similar auction sites. 

See also this post for more of the same.

Up To His Old Tricks Again...

Yes, Benny Hill will do literally anything to meet a pretty girl. In this 'silent movie' sketch, Benny dresses up as an old maid then finds himself alone in a room with four sweet young things (apologies for the grainy screencaps):

Unfortunately, I couldn't find a good quality clip of this scene anywhere online. Feel free to post a link if you happen to have one.

Mind Control!

Yeah, the girls in these two clips are most likely payed actors, but the idea of post-hypnotic striptease is the proverbial dream come true. Both vids are filmed in the quasi-documentary style common to reality TV; apologies once more for the low resolution in the second vid.

• Hypnostrip One on Youtube 

• Hypnostrip Two on Youtube

La Chica Videomatch 2

The girls from La Chica Videomatch are back, this time decked out in school uniforms. Unfortunately, the host still hasn't learnt to keep his mouth shut, insisting on interrupting at least four sensational dance routines with his inane commentary: 

Dancers include Magalí Androchu, Pamela López, Milagros Lugo and  Clara Soto.

Click here for La Chica Videomatch 1.