# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![tellthetruth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@tellthetruth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellthetruth)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/41 "2012-07-19T23:49:34Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > ??? > > (Also, I see that several sources are saying that Fred is 78, not 72.) Sanchez did a radio interview in the morning with remarks aimed at Jon Stewart and then made (what were interpreted as Anti Semetic) comments about CNN management…he was fired that afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/42 "2012-07-19T23:57:28Z")
> [@tellthetruth](#): > > (what were interpreted as Anti Semetic) comments about CNN management. Interpreted as anti-semetic, because it was anti-semetic. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/43 "2012-07-20T00:01:37Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > …Isn’t this what “adult movie theaters” are **for**?! I admit, I’ve never been to a porn theatre, but I just don’t get the point if you’re not allowed/expected to, um, relieve yourself in such a way. Are you supposed to watch the porno for its story line and cinematography? ---
**Author:** ![tellthetruth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@tellthetruth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellthetruth)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/44 "2012-07-20T00:01:57Z")
From the transcripts that I read…yeah…you’re right. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/45 "2012-07-20T01:10:04Z")
And now I’ll never be able to watch Wall-e again ---
**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 20, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/46 "2012-07-20T01:16:23Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > Speculation: > > Here in San Diego, vice goes around to all the strip joints every few years to ensure that they are complying with the “no touch” clauses in the strip club regulations. Sometimes, a club will get it’s liqour license pulled for a year. > > Maybe LA vice is making sure the theatre isn’t being used as a front for prostitution or something. Inspecting strip joints is a tough job but someone’s got to do it. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/47 "2012-07-20T01:25:18Z")
What a Bozo. Bad, Bad, Bad Clown. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/48 "2012-07-20T01:26:35Z")
The poor man had to endure a penis reduction surgery. Leave him be. ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/49 "2012-07-20T01:36:28Z")
I think the manager of the theater[said it best](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/07/19/the-tale-behind-fred-willard-s-arrest-in-an-adult-film-theater.html)when he discussed the impact that these frequent police inspections of the establishment have had on his business: > [@](#): > > Jafor says business has been slow because of the police inspections - despite such film offerings as King Dong Vol. 2 and Nut Busters. “Because of the raids not as many people come,” he says. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/50 "2012-07-20T01:52:27Z")
I’m surprised he didn’t go with the [Uncle Leo defense](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79YUknp1T7I) when collared. ---
**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 20, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/51 "2012-07-20T01:57:24Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I admit, I’ve never been to a porn theatre, but I just don’t get the point if you’re not allowed/expected to, um, relieve yourself in such a way. Are you supposed to watch the porno for its story line and cinematography? Times may have changed, but I once visited a Pussycat Theater with a girlfriend (to see _Deep Throat_, I think) and almost every seat was taken. There were no private booths, and except for a man breathing heavily a few seats over, it would have been difficult for much “action” to take place without someone noticing. ---
**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/52 "2012-07-20T02:15:35Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > And now I’ll never be able to watch Wall-e again Well, that’s a plus. Normally, I like Fred Willard (though not as much as he loves himself, apparently), but he was the worst thing about that disappointing movie. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/53 "2012-07-20T03:03:06Z")
> [@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: Here we go with the cops picking up the easy issues instead of fighting crime. I want to know if the cops hang out there waiting for someone famous to walk in before they bust the place. Geez, there’s so much worse going on in the world. Go fight some real crime! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/54 "2012-07-20T03:33:28Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Not all porn cinemas have private booths (those are peep shows). This was probably a regular theater with an orchestra, a balcony, and a lobby with an, uhm, refreshment stand. :rolleyes: Nope. It’s a little sleazy place, mostly for gay guys to masturbate in public or each other. No one who goes there could possibly be shocked by a dude jerking off. The LAPD are basically raiding the place as they are notorious homophobes. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/55 "2012-07-20T03:58:43Z")
> [@grude](#): > > 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! So, is it necessary to see the first four Hairy Bears in order to understand what’s going on in Hairy Bear 5? ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/56 "2012-07-20T04:02:31Z")
maybe he was polishing his oscar. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/57 "2012-07-20T08:16:50Z")
He was performing a one-man-show (so to speak). Yeah, that’s it, he was rehearsing for his upcoming (heh) “Tribute to Ernest Borgnine”. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/58 "2012-07-20T08:38:13Z")
> [@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. And he **knew** it was the porno theater. Just wait until he walks into the gentleman’s club! ---
**Author:** ![AndyLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/59 "2012-07-20T14:50:57Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I admit, I’ve never been to a porn theatre, but I just don’t get the point if you’re not allowed/expected to, um, relieve yourself in such a way. Are you supposed to watch the porno for its story line and cinematography? They’re looking for help to relieve themselves. Or they could be doing a drug drop or picking up a hooker, lots of things. Just because you’re old doesn’t mean you’re totally past it. Wasn’t there a major porn bust up north in San Francisco a few days ago? ---
**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 20, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/60 "2012-07-20T15:08:34Z")
> [@AndyLee](#): > > Wasn’t there a major porn bust Knotable Knockers #17? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716.md?page=4)