# The "Raising Helen" poster **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 28, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-raising-helen-poster/247520 "2004-05-28T14:56:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-raising-helen-poster/247520/41 "2004-05-29T00:39:37Z")
Hey, never underestimate the power of a great ass, [Pam’s ass](http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-13381) was probably the only reason I watched Martin. Sorry I couldn’t find a picture of her ass though. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-raising-helen-poster/247520/42 "2004-05-29T01:12:40Z")
> [@ltfire](#): > > Wasn’t she somewhat ‘chestless’ in the past? Saw her on Letterman last week, and Ellen this week, and she is downright ‘Perky!’ > Perky, I say. And, I LOVE perky. Nothing like perky. 😃 You can thank her infant son for that. I saw her on one of the entertainment news shows at the premiere in a low cut dress. She commented that it was a little loose right then but it would be filled out more later in the night and then she would go home and feed the kid. _hopes no one says “lucky kid”_ ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-raising-helen-poster/247520/43 "2004-05-29T02:01:28Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > all I’ve seen is the one where Kate Hudson is shown from the side, lying on her belly, wearing street clothes, and lifting her legs in the air. Street clothes, eh? Torrance, Calif., here I come! ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-raising-helen-poster/247520/44 "2004-05-29T03:17:42Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > […]Except for the boots. They’re not just boots. They are fur trimmed boots. The soles clearly show that they were designed for either snow and slush, or possibly hiking. If they are snow boots the message is clearly ‘It’s freezing and icy out. But I refuse to hide my hot bod under winterclothing.’ > > If hiking, I’d go with ‘I like to go out into the woods and get in touch with my animal sexual urges.’ To elaborate on the boots thing: I think they continue in the cheesecake vein, but more specifically 70s-80s nude pictorials, when there was a fad for having the models in outdoorsy poses and situations. Those big ol’ retro boots, combined with the skimpy, skin-tight clothing, say nothing so loudly as “nude orienteering” to me. The entire ad has the horrobile false cheer of a low-budget porn magazine. Hey, 3,000 posts! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-raising-helen-poster/247520/45 "2004-05-29T03:55:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Kate Hudson’s ass. > > Need I say it? > > BAND NAME!!! Probably won’t get that gig opening for the Black Crowes though. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-raising-helen-poster/247520/46 "2004-05-29T04:36:28Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > Probably won’t get that gig opening for the Black Crowes though. I would love to have Kate Hudson’s Ass opening for me, and I bet the Black Crowes would too! ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-raising-helen-poster/247520/47 "2004-05-29T06:08:17Z")
> [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > Street clothes, eh? > > Torrance, Calif., here I come! Why’d you think I always say this place is heaven on Earth? 😃 Kate could wear her outfit down here all year long without any problems, fer crissakes… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-raising-helen-poster/247520/48 "2004-05-29T06:43:15Z")
I’d go if I got to see John Corbett’s ass. Alas, he plays a Pastor so the chances are pretty nil. This thread is hilarious because I too was thinking how vaguely creepy the poster was just today. I think it’s the Ugg boots. For some reason those boots bother me. They say “I have lots of money and can get boots custom-made that losers like you could never get, even if you could afford them, which you probably can’t. Ha!” or something like that. I don’t covet. I think they’re ugly, but they do look warm. I saw a line the other day and I can’t remember where I saw it. It was something like “Remember when Kate Hudson was famous? What a day _that_ was!” 😃 I like her, but her ratio of good to bad films is teetering way over to the bad side. Btw, I saw the poster on the way to see **Saved!** (I was riding the bus). Wanna see a good movie? Go see **Saved!** (when it opens near you). **/** \* ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-raising-helen-poster/247520/49 "2004-05-29T13:13:36Z")
Those are some **damned** fine boots. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-raising-helen-poster/247520/50 "2004-05-29T13:26:49Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > Why’d you think I always say this place is heaven on Earth? 😃 I’ve heard that, when it rains in Santa Monica, it comes down in Torrance. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2004, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-raising-helen-poster/247520/51 "2004-05-29T13:27:18Z")
> [@ltfire](#): > > Wasn’t she somewhat ‘chestless’ in the past? Saw her on Letterman last week, and Ellen this week, and she is downright ‘Perky!’ > Perky, I say. And, I LOVE perky. Nothing like perky. 😃 For $20, you, too, can be perky. [Nipple enhancers](http://www.bodyperks.com/index2.html) ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-raising-helen-poster/247520/52 "2004-05-29T14:48:29Z")
> [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > I’ve heard that, when it rains in Santa Monica, it comes down in Torrance. Oh. My. God. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-raising-helen-poster/247520/53 "2004-05-29T16:56:47Z")
Kate certainly has her mother’s smile, and her mother’s ass. The movie title seems to be the opposite of the plot summary I’ve seen. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-raising-helen-poster/247520/54 "2004-05-29T17:45:08Z")
> [@VirginiaPlain](#): > > The flick is lacking obviously. Oh, good - I really hate it when films are obviously. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-raising-helen-poster/247520/55 "2004-05-29T20:09:21Z")
I guess I am in the distinct minority by being unimpressed with both her looks and the poster. Neither would turn my head. ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-raising-helen-poster/247520/56 "2004-05-30T05:36:31Z")
I think it’s disturbing because her head and feet look huge. Her arm looks tiny and whithered. And the horizon is weird. There’s a cloud behind her arm. She must be lying on a table up in heaven. Also it’s subliminally disturbing how that line says, “from the director of Runaway Bride.” It invokes a disturbing subliminal image of a horrifying cinematic shitfest. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-raising-helen-poster/247520.md?page=2)