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Honestly I don't know why this popped into my mind this morning.
Way back in the innocent 1980s there was a syndicated exercise program called 20 Minute Workout. The program featured three lovely ladies doing exercises on a rotating platform to synth music. Though the show was marketed as a ladies fitness program it was in actuality softcore erotica targeted towards men.
It hard not to watch an episode now and not see that the creators of the show were targeting a male audience and they weren't shy about it. The way the camera was positioned, being at just the right angle when the ladies would bend over or spread their legs was not in any way accidental. As was the way the models would look into the camera and smile, wink and flirt.
Come on man! When you have three hot women on a spinning platform bending over and gyrating it's not physical fitness it's to make men loose their minds.
And they did and how.
Even now, four decades later, the program still has a following with fan websites and an endless supply of videos on YouTube.
History:
20 Minute Workout is a Canadian-produced aerobics-based television program that ran from 1983 to 1984, in which "a bevy of beautiful girls" demonstrated exercise on a rotating platform.
20 Minute Workout was created by Ron Harris in 1983, produced by Tantra Entertainment in association with the Canadian animation company Nelvana, and broadcast locally on Citytv. In the United States, it was syndicated by Orion Television. Two seasons of the program were produced, although reruns continued to appear for many years afterwards. The first season featured a different instructor for each day of the week, Monday through Friday. Bess Motta, Arlaine Wright, Holly Butler, Nicole Nardini, and Anne Schumacher all had speaking roles. The second season featured only Bess and Arlaine as instructors. One selling point of the show was the young attractive women exercising in leotards. The exercise routines were demanding, high-impact aerobics, followed by a stretching section. Pulsating music from synthesizers played in the background, although in the first season bass and electric guitar and saxophone were also used in the exercise music scores. For the first season, music was performed by the group Shiva, while the second season featured music by the trio Jermyn/King/Ouillet.
There are numerous websites hosted by fans that detail about the dancers, and include so-called screen-captures from the show. The :20 Minute Workout is a spin-off from Aerobicise, a series of home videos that were first released in 1981, which had varying subtitles of "The Beginners Workout," "The Ultimate Workout," and "The Beautiful Workout." In 1982, a series of segments aired in the U.S. on Showtime as unscheduled filler in between features, and lasting no longer than five minutes. Both the videos and the filler featured a different cast, and unlike the show they later spawned, exercise instruction was either kept minimal, or not featured at all, and any that was present was given by an off-screen narrator. The narrator was Jami Allen, one of the show's producers.
"Aerobicise" is also the name of the original 1982 pilot episode of 20 Minute Workout.
Scenes from the show are visible on televisions in some scenes of 1984's Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Beat Street, and the 1994 Luc Besson film Leon: The Professional.
As you mentioned above, the producer of this fine HIGH QUALITY exercise program, was Ron Harris (1933 - May 26, 2017). However, what most people DO NOT (& did not know at the time; I certainly didn't) was that Ron had started as an erotic photographer.
As you stated, in 1981 Harris created & directed the first erotic exercise cable television show, called "Aerobicise" on Showtime. Additionally, "Aerobicise" was nominated for a Cable ACE Award & became the highest grossing exercise video series of its time. Later Harris would go on to create The :20 Minute Workout. A last little trivia tidbit; narrator & co-producer, Jami Allen, was also Harris' "girlfriend."
Whatever, the particulars are of the man who created this monumental & groundbreaking series, one thing should always be remembered: he was a "genius" & a man above men, who along with the lovely ladies on the show (well, it was mostly the ladies. I honestly didn't know he existed at the time) sent me off to school every morning with a stupid smile on my face & fond morning mammaries... er, memories, to make the drudgery of classes just a little brighter. Thanks ladies and thank you, Ron Harris (R.I.P.).
As you mentioned above, the producer of this fine HIGH QUALITY exercise program, was Ron Harris (1933 - May 26, 2017). However, what most people DO NOT (& did not know at the time; I certainly didn't) was that Ron had started as an erotic photographer.
ReplyDeleteAs you stated, in 1981 Harris created & directed the first erotic exercise cable television show, called "Aerobicise" on Showtime. Additionally, "Aerobicise" was nominated for a Cable ACE Award & became the highest grossing exercise video series of its time.
Later Harris would go on to create The :20 Minute Workout.
A last little trivia tidbit; narrator & co-producer, Jami Allen, was also Harris' "girlfriend."
Whatever, the particulars are of the man who created this monumental & groundbreaking series, one thing should always be remembered: he was a "genius" & a man above men, who along with the lovely ladies on the show (well, it was mostly the ladies. I honestly didn't know he existed at the time) sent me off to school every morning with a stupid smile on my face & fond morning mammaries... er, memories, to make the drudgery of classes just a little brighter.
Thanks ladies and thank you, Ron Harris (R.I.P.).