# Fred Willard arrested in a porno theater **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 19, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716 "2012-07-19T13:59:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/1 "2012-07-19T13:59:53Z")
Here’s the story: [http://gawker.com/5927313/fred-willard-caught-with-his-pants-down-at-adult-movie-theater?comment=51104205](http://gawker.com/5927313/fred-willard-caught-with-his-pants-down-at-adult-movie-theater?comment=51104205) > [@](#): > > Improv legend Fred Willard couldn’t come up with an impromptu reason for his penis being out when LAPD vice squad officers busted him last night inside Hollywood’s infamous Tiki Theater. > > The 72-year-old, who is best known for his recurring appearances in the films of Christopher Guest, was taken into custody and booked on a charge of lewd conduct. Maybe he was just trying to figure out the difference between a tongue depressor and a rectal thermometer. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/2 "2012-07-19T14:05:19Z")
Porno theatres still exist? I thought home videos and the internet killed them off. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/3 "2012-07-19T14:10:06Z")
This sounds so much like something a Fred Willard character would have happen to him - and blurt out during a political debate or a broadcast of a dogshow or something - that I’m having a little trouble believing it. Can I get a “WHA HAPPEN?” ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/4 "2012-07-19T14:13:30Z")
Were the cops called or did they just happen to be there as paying customers? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/5 "2012-07-19T14:21:47Z")
I think he was method acting for his new film: The Yank. No. Seriously. That’s his latest film > **[My Not So Irish Bride (2014) ⭐ 3.5 | Comedy](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2189978/)** > > 1h 29m | TV-14 ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/6 "2012-07-19T14:26:38Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Can I get a “WHA HAPPEN?” I don’t know if you’re familiar with the movie Mr. Willard was watching about a pirate captain, his name is Moby Dick? He was chasing some big whale. And he had a catch phrase he’d always yell out, “There she blows!” So they had someone off-camera drenching the whole cast with water. And they would look at the camera and say, “Hey, wha’ happened?”. And every time, another thing of water… And by then they were all soaked, even the ladies… ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/7 "2012-07-19T14:28:26Z")
I don’t care about him being in an adult theater but I’m shocked to learn that he’s 72 years old. I would have shaved ten years off that had anyone asked me. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/8 "2012-07-19T14:31:56Z")
Thank god, what if a child had seen his weenie! Nah but seriously what is the deal with these exposed penis in the porno theater stories? Does the LAPD skulk around these places looking for people to bust? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/9 "2012-07-19T14:41:45Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > I think he was method acting for his new film: The Yank. > No. Seriously. That’s his latest film > > [My Not So Irish Bride (2014) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2189978/) Ha! Pee-Wee Herman isn’t in that movie as well, is he? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/10 "2012-07-19T14:49:32Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > Porno theatres still exist? I thought home videos and the internet killed them off. From the news article link: > [@](#): > > According to Cinema Treasures, Tiki Theatre “is the only theatre showing straight porn in the greater metropolitan Los Angeles area” since the Sunset Pussycat Theatre was shuttered in 2003. My, have times changed. There used to be a garishly-lighted Pussycat Theater on every block. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/11 "2012-07-19T15:08:26Z")
Nice to know all other forms of crime have been eliminated in Hollywood. I’d hate to think they were doing this rather than stopping people for DUI or investigating burglaries. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/12 "2012-07-19T15:23:27Z")
…Isn’t this what “adult movie theaters” are **for**?! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/13 "2012-07-19T15:24:39Z")
I want to know, too. I guess the cops must prowl around these places looking for someone with their dick out. BUT, it’s a porno theatre - what else are you supposed to do there? I certainly wouldn’t eat the popcorn. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/14 "2012-07-19T16:58:51Z")
> [@grude](#): > > Nah but seriously what is the deal with these exposed penis in the porno theater stories? Does the LAPD skulk around these places looking for people to bust? How many of these stories have you heard? The Pee Wee Herman story is from 1991 and happened in Florida. Those are the only two stories I have heard. I know from my job when we go after lewd conduct (in our case one of our parks is a known gay hook up site) it is because of complaints from the public. We don’t hang out in the park looking for it on our own. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/15 "2012-07-19T17:07:22Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I want to know, too. I guess the cops must prowl around these places looking for someone with their dick out. BUT, it’s a porno theatre - what else are you supposed to do there? I certainly wouldn’t eat the popcorn. :eek: OMG! That’s not butter!!! ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/16 "2012-07-19T17:12:00Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I know from my job when we go after lewd conduct (in our case one of our parks is a known gay hook up site) it is because of complaints from the public. Now I’m imagining Cornelius Van Snoot going to the local pornography theatre and having the monocle fall from his eye when he realises what ribald shenanigans are going on within. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/17 "2012-07-19T17:17:07Z")
As a show of solidarity for her friend and co-star Willard, I understand Parker Posey is planning on giving the audience a little treat during a matinee showing of _Ice Age-Continental Drift_ later this afternoon… ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/18 "2012-07-19T17:17:10Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > How many of these stories have you heard? The Pee Wee Herman story is from 1991 and happened in Florida. Those are the only two stories I have heard. > > I know from my job when we go after lewd conduct (in our case one of our parks is a known gay hook up site) it is because of complaints from the public. We don’t hang out in the park looking for it on our own. I am pretty damn sure I have heard of other minor actors busted like this, but can’t do in depth research. Seeing as how it is a private business why don’t they enforce a…er dress code? ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/19 "2012-07-19T17:20:54Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > Now I’m imagining Cornelius Van Snoot going to the local pornography theatre and having the monocle fall from his eye when he realises what ribald shenanigans are going on within. These lewd shenanigans are not just fun and games, I’ll have you know the other night me and my kids went out for ice cream and a showing of Hairy Bear 5-Enter The Bear Cave and I had to grab them and walk out due to lewd conduct by an audience member(well audience’s member anyway). What is the world coming to when a man can’t take his children to a porn theater without encountering filth! ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/20 "2012-07-19T17:26:41Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > How many of these stories have you heard? The Pee Wee Herman story is from 1991 and happened in Florida. Those are the only two stories I have heard. All that means is that we only hear about it when the person busted is a celebrity. Or are you saying that only celebrities ever get busted for this? > [@Loach](#): > > I know from my job when we go after lewd conduct (in our case one of our parks is a known gay hook up site) it is because of complaints from the public. We don’t hang out in the park looking for it on our own. I can understand why people in parks would complain, but are you suggesting that there was a complaint by someone else in the porno theater? :eek: But, come on Fred, just get with the 21st century and get a computer! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716.md?page=2)