# Does anyone remember the Penismobile? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 7, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-penismobile/779276 "2017-02-07T21:37:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DtypeJag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@DtypeJag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DtypeJag)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-penismobile/779276/1 "2017-02-07T21:37:50Z")
Looking over some of the pointless stuff on the list, I was reminded of the Penismobile. It was I think in the early '70’s when living in N. Hollywood that a friend an I went out to eat pizza. Walking back we saw a large groups of people gathered on both sides of the street. Across the street from us at a theater was the premier of “The Abominable Dr. Phibes” w/ Vincent Price and Joseph Cotton. The latter was talking to the crowd over a microphone when a stir went through the crowd like a wave at a sports event. As it reached us we saw a gigantic angry penis on wheels complete w/balls. It looked to be made of fiberglass mounted on a car frame with narrow wire wheels, something like an old MG TC. Every time the driver hit the gas it would bob up and down. Across the street Cotton was suddenly speechless as he watched it go down the street. It was all anyone in crowd could talk about. I have never heard another word about it in all these years. Does anyone have any info on it or what happened to it? ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-penismobile/779276/2 "2017-02-07T21:43:49Z")
I am so _not_ Googling that! I have never heard of it, but perhaps the folks at “Oscar Mayer” were inspired by it. (Sort of Oscar Mayer meets Russ Meyer.) ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-penismobile/779276/3 "2017-02-07T22:22:18Z")
I remember there being [Oscar Meyer wiener trucks…](http://www.houstononthecheap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/oscar-mayer-wienermobile-feb2013.jpg) (that link is PG and perfectly safe to click.) \*'Cause Oscar Meyer’s Safe To Click…! They sell Hotdogs, not Cut Off… …what do you mean I can’t sing that? Its true isn’t it…?\* ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-penismobile/779276/4 "2017-02-07T22:49:59Z")
> [@DtypeJag](#): > > we saw a gigantic angry penis on wheels complete w/balls. It looked to be made of fiberglass mounted on a car frame with narrow wire wheels, something like an old MG TC. Sounds like the one from a Steppenwolf album cover. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-penismobile/779276/5 "2017-02-08T00:39:36Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > I remember there being [Oscar Meyer wiener trucks…](http://www.houstononthecheap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/oscar-mayer-wienermobile-feb2013.jpg) > > (that link is PG and perfectly safe to click.) > > \*'Cause Oscar Meyer’s > Safe To Click…! > They sell Hotdogs, not > Cut Off… > > …what do you mean I can’t sing that? Its true isn’t it…?\* One paid a visit to my town a few weeks ago. I happened to see it going down a main thoroughfare while I was out running errands. 🆒 Dave Barry also picked his then-teenage son up from school in it, and proceeded to write a column about it. ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-penismobile/779276/6 "2017-02-08T00:45:56Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Sounds like the one from a Steppenwolf album cover. Indeed, [the inner gatefold](https://img.discogs.com/g4r4gpS-kidTw-we45gCd6t3iYY=/fit-in/592x297/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-4668438-1371686577-4190.jpeg.jpg) of “For Ladies Only”. Looks like the photo was taken outside Grauman’s Chinese. Anyway, [here](http://pixels.com/profiles/steve-paige.html?tab=artwork) is a website with a little blurb and some photos from the guy who created it. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-penismobile/779276/7 "2017-02-08T01:40:52Z")
_(The Penismobile enters a narrow alley, where a hole has been blown in a wall.)_ “Holy penetration, Penisman!” “Be careful, Foreskin old chum… unless I miss my guess, this bears the imprint of those vicious villains, the Dentata Duo!” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-penismobile/779276/8 "2017-02-08T01:53:10Z")
Sounds like the car driven by the title character in the Penthouse comic strip _Oh, Wicked Wanda_ (Bob Guccione’s answer to Playboy’s “Little Annie Fanny”). You can see it if you scroll a bit more than halfway down this page: [spoiler] For the two-click rule [http://www.retrospace.org/2013/08/just-for-laughs-7-oh-wicked-wanda.html[/spoiler]](http://www.retrospace.org/2013/08/just-for-laughs-7-oh-wicked-wanda.html%5B/spoiler%5D) ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-penismobile/779276/9 "2017-02-08T02:10:31Z")
Can you carry a vagina kayak on top? ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-penismobile/779276/10 "2017-02-08T02:19:58Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > _(The Penismobile enters a narrow alley, where a hole has been blown in a wall.)_ > “Holy penetration, Penisman!” > “Be careful, Foreskin old chum… unless I miss my guess, this bears the imprint of those vicious villains, the Dentata Duo!” “Quick, Penisman! Let’s go round the back and try entering from the rear…” ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-penismobile/779276/11 "2017-02-08T05:49:22Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > Can you carry a vagina kayak on top? Not for long. It slips. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-penismobile/779276/12 "2017-02-08T06:42:31Z")
I thought this was a thread about BMWs. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-penismobile/779276/13 "2017-02-08T06:59:16Z")
It is. Big Mobile Wieners. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-penismobile/779276/14 "2017-02-08T12:53:22Z")
I saw it recently. It was smaller that I thought it was. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-penismobile/779276/15 "2017-02-08T13:09:18Z")
Try it with beer goggles next time and see how you go. ---
**Author:** ![DtypeJag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@DtypeJag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DtypeJag)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-penismobile/779276/16 "2017-02-08T16:09:09Z")
> [@journeyman\_southpaw](#): > > Indeed, [the inner gatefold](https://img.discogs.com/g4r4gpS-kidTw-we45gCd6t3iYY=/fit-in/592x297/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-4668438-1371686577-4190.jpeg.jpg) of “For Ladies Only”. Looks like the photo was taken outside Grauman’s Chinese. > > Anyway, [here](http://pixels.com/profiles/steve-paige.html?tab=artwork) is a website with a little blurb and some photos from the guy who created it. I think you’ve got it. When I saw it, it didn’t have lights or a windshield. Where the driver sits was covered by the fiberglass balls with just a slit cut in for vision. As the builder states, he modified it to make it street legal. Good work, didn’t think I’d ever see it again. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-penismobile/779276/17 "2017-02-08T19:09:07Z")
So this isn’t about XKEs? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-penismobile/779276/18 "2017-02-09T04:58:02Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Sounds like the one from a Steppenwolf album cover. If you are thinking of the one from “For Ladies Only” I believe that one was fairly (ahem) rigid. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-the-penismobile/779276/19 "2017-02-14T06:07:50Z")
> [@journeyman\_southpaw](#): > > Indeed, [the inner gatefold](https://img.discogs.com/g4r4gpS-kidTw-we45gCd6t3iYY=/fit-in/592x297/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-4668438-1371686577-4190.jpeg.jpg) of “For Ladies Only”. Looks like the photo was taken outside Grauman’s Chinese. > > Anyway, [here](http://pixels.com/profiles/steve-paige.html?tab=artwork) is a website with a little blurb and some photos from the guy who created it. Holy crap, that guy lives thirty minutes from me! I’ve never seen the car before, and hadn’t even been aware of its existence. I’ll have to ask some of my friends who grew up here if they know about it or have seen it. Geez, life in California is weird!