# The alleged Streisand porno **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 5, 2001, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alleged-streisand-porno/79803 "2001-09-05T04:02:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alleged-streisand-porno/79803/41 "2011-01-03T07:49:08Z")
Whatever floats your boat. Edit: Hey look, [a website](http://totallylookslike.icanhascheezburger.com/) devoted to people who look like other people. Naw, they must all be the same person because it’s impossible for someone to look like someone else. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@Marvin8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin8)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alleged-streisand-porno/79803/42 "2011-01-03T07:57:35Z")
We were all HIGHLY skeptical. Don’t forget that we were also VERY familiar with her appearance, which was one helluva lot closer to her porn age back then. You have doubts due her public image cultivated over all these years, but like I said, find a porn store with an elderly owner and they’ll set you straight. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alleged-streisand-porno/79803/43 "2011-01-03T08:05:13Z")
I can’t even begin to tell you how uninterested I am in seeing a babs lookalike doing porn. But I am rather curious as to why this issue was so important to you that you had to reopen an almost 10 year old thread to provide an anecdote about a stag film you saw. (Here’s a hint: “Dude, it’s totally her, like trust me.” is not evidence. It was not evidence 10 years ago, I don’t know why you think it’s evidence now.) ---
**Author:** ![Francis\_Vaughan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/francis_vaughan/32/3093_2.png) [@Francis\_Vaughan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francis_Vaughan)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alleged-streisand-porno/79803/44 "2011-01-03T08:25:55Z")
> [@](#): > > Turns out the Babs tried to prevent its distribution in court, Which would be a clincher. If it were true. There would be publicly available records of the case. So … cite? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alleged-streisand-porno/79803/45 "2011-01-03T09:09:16Z")
[Here](http://barbra-archives.com/bjs_library/stories/streisand_trivia.html) is more about the movie: \*Although the “actress” in this “film” resembles Barbra, it is not her. The movie is actually called **The Personal Touch**. The same actress that looks like Barbra also appeared in another movie called **Auto-Sex**. Streisand even joked about it in a 1977 **Playboy** interview: “I couldn’t resist the temptation to see what the actress looked like—and also to check out her performance—so we got a copy. The film, naturally, is very blurred. The girl has long hair, like I did back in the Sixties, although she was chubby, while I was very skinny. But the dead giveaway came when the camera zoomed in on her hands around the guy’s you-know-what. There they were: short, stubby fingers! Definitely not mine. So all you would-be buyers, don’t waste your money.”\* Surprising that the myth lasted past the Playboy interview. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alleged-streisand-porno/79803/46 "2011-01-03T12:28:02Z")
Before her career took off, Streisand was a regular on a NY talk show with Mike Wallace. So, even then she had a legitimate source of income. The link below gives a lot of info on Babs early NY days. She never was desperate enough to do a porn flick. > [@](#): > > Streisand also began appearing on a late night New York-based TV talk show called PM East, a show that Group W and Westinghouse created to compete with Jack Parr. One of the hosts of that show was Mike Wallace, later of 60 Minutes fame, but with whom Streisand struck a chord. Her first show there was in July 1961, and she became something of regular, appearing more than a dozen times through 1961 and 1962. On the show, in addition to singing, she also became known as a talkative and sometimes zany guest, engaging Wallace and the others in lively exchanges. > **[Barbra Streisand & Mike Wallace | The Pop History Dig](https://pophistorydig.com/topics/tag/barbra-streisand-mike-wallace/)** > > Magazine-styled website about contemporary culture, politics, and business history, crafted to engage readers on topics ranging from civil rights history to the power of the entertainment industry, environmental politics, sports history, music, film,... > [@](#): > > During her early days in Manhattan, Streisand occasionally lived with friends, carrying a folding cot around. She was something of a vagabond and dressed in the latest thrift-store chic. She worked odd jobs and tried to enter the famous Actors Studio, but failed. ---
**Author:** ![Batfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Batfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batfish)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alleged-streisand-porno/79803/47 "2011-01-03T15:05:10Z")
> [@Marvin8](#): > > We weren’t drunk at all, sir. In fact, it was parents weekend. The logic, timelines, etc. stand. The tape was made in the early 60’s, I believe, but then again, you are more than free to believe what you like. I don’t care. I know that I witnessed it and will take that truth to my grave. You are free to keep her on your own private pedestal for as long as it makes you feel secure, but I would testify in court if I had to that I saw her in a porn film with my very own eyes. So, no drinking on parents weekend… but roll the porn films! ---
**Author:** ![spifflog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@spifflog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spifflog)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alleged-streisand-porno/79803/48 "2011-01-03T15:54:35Z")
We’ll just writing a paragraph isn’t really the proof people are interested in … > [@Marvin8](#): > > God’s honest truth. …Oh, I missed that. It’s “God’s honest truth?” Ohh I believe it now. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alleged-streisand-porno/79803/49 "2011-01-03T15:59:49Z")
Now we know. 9-11 happened just to stop this thread. Don’t let it happen again! Stop posting! ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alleged-streisand-porno/79803/50 "2011-01-03T16:21:34Z")
That’s not the most surprising thing about the porno tape. Not only is it really Streisand, but I suspect that you guys haven’t seen the complete unedited version of the tape. I have. On the unedited version, there is an extra scene in which Streisand talks about her trips to Hawaii and Kenya. She planted the fake birth certificate for Obama in the records office in Hawaii. She also talks about her plans for the Kennedy assassination, the faking of the moon landing, and the bombs she was going to plant in the World Trade Center. Oh, and she talks about her plans to build the World Trade Center. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alleged-streisand-porno/79803/51 "2011-01-03T16:41:20Z")
I saw this flick with some buddies in the mid '80s. We thought it was her. We noted at the time that the videotape box displayed her name (spelled correctly), along with the names of Stallone and Chuck Connors. My friends and I thought that if it wasn’t Babs, that her lawyers would be all over it for using her name on the cover. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alleged-streisand-porno/79803/52 "2011-01-03T16:57:00Z")
Babs is a zombie! I knew it! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alleged-streisand-porno/79803/53 "2011-01-03T17:00:32Z")
> [@stuyguy](#): > > She was an up-and-comer by age 19. You can say that again! ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alleged-streisand-porno/79803/54 "2011-01-03T17:23:49Z")
So what did Barbra Streisand look like back then? [high school graduation picture 1959](http://gothamschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/gal_streisand_barbra_2.jpg) [publicity still 1960](http://www.parade.com/images/-v4/celebrity/slideshows/barbra-streisand/barbra-streisand-60.jpg) [First TV appearance - Jack Paar 1961](http://img.youtube.com/vi/gJkb4xf5Zog/0.jpg) So how long was the hair in the porn loop? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alleged-streisand-porno/79803/55 "2011-01-03T18:29:17Z")
> [@Marvin8](#): > > I don’t expect anybody to believe, but back around 1978-79, I witnessed the 8mm silent film entitled “Barbra”. Came in a green box. \ “Came in a green box”? EWWWWWWWWW! That’s an image I’ll be busy bleaching from my brain. ---
**Author:** ![spifflog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@spifflog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spifflog)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alleged-streisand-porno/79803/56 "2011-01-03T20:43:38Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > “Came in a green box”? EWWWWWWWWW! > > That’s an image I’ll be busy bleaching from my brain. God Marvin. Just come in the Kleenex like the other poster did! ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alleged-streisand-porno/79803/57 "2011-01-03T21:30:56Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > That’s not the most surprising thing about the porno tape. Not only is it really Streisand, but I suspect that you guys haven’t seen the complete unedited version of the tape. I have. On the unedited version, there is an extra scene in which Streisand talks about her trips to Hawaii and Kenya. She planted the fake birth certificate for Obama in the records office in Hawaii. She also talks about her plans for the Kennedy assassination, the faking of the moon landing, and the bombs she was going to plant in the World Trade Center. Oh, and she talks about her plans to build the World Trade Center. With Bigfoot! ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alleged-streisand-porno/79803/58 "2011-01-04T05:48:40Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > With Bigfoot! Does the tape prove what they say about people with big feet? …Or do they never show the guy’s shoes. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alleged-streisand-porno/79803/59 "2011-01-04T22:54:49Z")
[moderating] I think this 10-year-old zombie thread is about played out. I’m closing it down. [/moderating] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alleged-streisand-porno/79803.md?page=2)