# 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:** 4
**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, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/61 "2012-07-20T15:35:04Z")
So do the theater seats have those clear plastic covers, like a grandma’s couch? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/62 "2012-07-20T16:19:16Z")
His real age is apparently a mystery. Wikipedia lists both 72 and 78. I’ve seen an article where it’s given as 76. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/63 "2012-07-20T20:25:41Z")
> [@DoctorJ](#): > > It was our monthly “At Ease” weekend. Then why was he “standing at attention?” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/64 "2012-07-20T20:47:28Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > His real age is apparently a mystery. Wikipedia lists both 72 and 78. I’ve seen an article where it’s given as 76. Though it says he graduated from Virginia Military Institute in 1955, which would have been very unlikely for a 15 year old. ---
**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 21, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/65 "2012-07-21T01:52:04Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > His real age is apparently a mystery. Wikipedia lists both 72 and 78. I’ve seen an article where it’s given as 76. It’s just been announced that Fred will be offered a diversion program reserved for “youthful & first time offenders” so if he takes the plea deal he won’t have a conviction on his record, and hopefully he can go on to lead a productive life and not join the ranks of young delinquents flooding the system…😃 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/66 "2012-07-21T02:52:33Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > BUT, it’s a porno theatre - what else are you supposed to do there? Sit in the back row with a water pistol filled with Jergen’s Lotion. Squirt randomly into the rows ahead of you. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/67 "2012-07-21T03:52:46Z")
Pat McDougal was quoted as saying. “Oh my…” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/68 "2012-07-21T05:37:21Z")
And agent Mike LaFontaine asked “Hey, wha’ happened?!” ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/69 "2012-07-21T06:27:16Z")
> [@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? Back in the days when they had story lines, yes. Heck, I remember attending the premiere of an x-rated film (_[Outlaw Ladies](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082870/)_) at the Dove theater in Kansas City, Missouri that had a red carpet and limousines. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/70 "2012-07-21T06:33:52Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Back in the days when they had story lines, yes. Heck, I remember attending the premiere of an x-rated film (_[Outlaw Ladies](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082870/)_) at the Dove theater in Kansas City, Missouri that had a red carpet and limousines. Robert Kerman, who starred in _Outlaw Ladies_ and various other adult films, was in the 2002 _Spider-Man_ as, funnily, the “tugboat captain.” ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/71 "2012-07-22T04:06:36Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > 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. So you’re saying that even though the Tiki Theatre [Quote=article linked in OP] “is the only theatre showing straight porn in the greater metropolitan Los Angeles area” since the Sunset Pussycat Theatre was shuttered in 2003 [/quote] , it’s primarily patronized by gay men? Are they so closeted that they can’t even bring themselves to watch gay porn? ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2012, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/72 "2012-07-22T06:19:18Z")
New York Post headline: [PBS shines light on Willard yanking](http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/pbs_shines_light_on_willard_yanking_zjhaANWck2YLhHluuOpm0I) ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2012, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/73 "2012-07-22T10:02:56Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Back in the days when they had story lines, yes. Heck, I remember attending the premiere of an x-rated film (_[Outlaw Ladies](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082870/)_) at the Dove theater in Kansas City, Missouri that had a red carpet and limousines. With the emphasis on shaved genitals, it’s pretty rare to find a red carpet at a porno film anymore. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2012, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/74 "2012-07-22T11:33:21Z")
Honestly. He was in a porn theatre, not a kiddie’s playpen. They shouldda just left the ol’ fella alone with his ol’ fella. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2012, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/75 "2012-07-22T13:31:16Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > . . . it’s primarily patronized by gay men? Are they so closeted that they can’t even bring themselves to watch gay porn? Actually, yes. A closeted guy would be very paranoid about being seen entering a gay porn theater . . . not so paranoid about straight porn, especially if there’s a hot guy up on the screen. But I think Willard had just taken the baton, as it were, from Ernest Borgnine. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/76 "2012-07-22T13:51:58Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > New York Post headline: [PBS shines light on Willard yanking](http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/pbs_shines_light_on_willard_yanking_zjhaANWck2YLhHluuOpm0I) From your link: > [@](#): > > The president of PBS said yesterday that the decision to yank Fred Willard… snerk. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/77 "2012-07-22T22:29:08Z")
> [@lawoot](#): > > With the emphasis on shaved genitals, it’s pretty rare to find a red carpet at a porno film anymore. They had some great red carpets in those days - Lisa De Leeuw, Shanna McCullough, Colleen Brennen… ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/78 "2012-07-23T02:33:44Z")
What is it about guys wanting to go to a public place, in this case a porno theater,mto have a public wank? So many ways to get porno now without leaving the home, so what makes a 72 year oldmgo to a theater, sit down, and yank away? I am wondering if there is some sort of social need for some guys to get together and jerk off? I have never, not once in my life, wanted to jerk off with other guys, but maybe I don’t know what I’m missing. Anyone here want to share their personal experinces in their own local Pussycat theater? I’ve never been to a porno theater, but I’ve always thought that this was basically happened at these theaters. Certainly, people don’t sit down to watch the movie for the plot. Out of 10 people in the theater, isn’t it a safe bet that 9 of them have their dicks in their hands? Which brings me to another question… Why are cops wasting time in these places? Can’t they go any showing and arrest anyone in there? They aren’t hurting anyone. There aren’t any kids in there watching gramps go at it. The only person who suffers is the poor bastard who has to clean up between shows. Let the 72 year old have his wank… Or shut down the theater. Or better yet… Why not have some kids teach these old bastards how to search for it on the Internet? Everyone goes home happy. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/79 "2012-07-23T05:22:34Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > What is it about guys wanting to go to a public place, in this case a porno theater,mto have a public wank? > > So many ways to get porno now without leaving the home, so what makes a 72 year oldmgo to a theater, sit down, and yank away? > > I am wondering if there is some sort of social need for some guys to get together and jerk off? I have never, not once in my life, wanted to jerk off with other guys, but maybe I don’t know what I’m missing. Anyone here want to share their personal experinces in their own local Pussycat theater? > > I’ve never been to a porno theater, but I’ve always thought that this was basically happened at these theaters. Certainly, people don’t sit down to watch the movie for the plot. Out of 10 people in the theater, isn’t it a safe bet that 9 of them have their dicks in their hands? > > Which brings me to another question… Why are cops wasting time in these places? Can’t they go any showing and arrest anyone in there? They aren’t hurting anyone. There aren’t any kids in there watching gramps go at it. The only person who suffers is the poor bastard who has to clean up between shows. > > Let the 72 year old have his wank… Or shut down the theater. Or better yet… Why not have some kids teach these old bastards how to search for it on the Internet? Everyone goes home happy. Many times, at least there (mind you I don;t know this from personal experience, but I had gay friends in Hollywood, and it’s even in a Yelp review) you could get someone to yank it for you. So, it’s a social thing. And even if you don’t want anyone else touching you, you may get excited watching others wank. The LAPD are pretty homophobic. And, like many PD’s they’d rather do Vice busts than actual dangerous police work. What’s interesting is that LA likely has pile of unserved Felony warrants as the “police have just so many resources”.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716/80 "2012-07-23T09:52:47Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > What is it about guys wanting to go to a public place, in this case a porno theater,mto have a public wank? > > So many ways to get porno now without leaving the home, so what makes a 72 year oldmgo to a theater, sit down, and yank away? > > I am wondering if there is some sort of social need for some guys to get together and jerk off? I have never, not once in my life, wanted to jerk off with other guys, but maybe I don’t know what I’m missing. Anyone here want to share their personal experinces in their own local Pussycat theater? > > I’ve never been to a porno theater, but I’ve always thought that this was basically happened at these theaters. Certainly, people don’t sit down to watch the movie for the plot. Out of 10 people in the theater, isn’t it a safe bet that 9 of them have their dicks in their hands? > > Which brings me to another question… Why are cops wasting time in these places? Can’t they go any showing and arrest anyone in there? They aren’t hurting anyone. There aren’t any kids in there watching gramps go at it. The only person who suffers is the poor bastard who has to clean up between shows. > > Let the 72 year old have his wank… Or shut down the theater. Or better yet… Why not have some kids teach these old bastards how to search for it on the Internet? Everyone goes home happy. Good question, I don’t get the appeal either. I didn’t know xxx theaters existed anymore. Clearly it is fulfilling some need watching porn in private doesn’t. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-willard-arrested-in-a-porno-theater/628716.md?page=3)