# Why is Ron Jeremy the king of porn? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 4, 2011, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ron-jeremy-the-king-of-porn/570133 "2011-02-04T10:37:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ron-jeremy-the-king-of-porn/570133/41 "2011-02-06T00:39:23Z")
Do Viagra really help porn stars? I was under the impression that if you did not normally have trouble with erections it did not do anything for you. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ron-jeremy-the-king-of-porn/570133/42 "2011-02-06T02:00:03Z")
His book was pretty amusing. to the OP, the Hedgehog has acted in a phenomenal number of movies. I believe the most of any male actor in the industry. he’s quite funny too. And if you ever hear him speak about it, he genuinely liked being a special needs teacher and likes working with special needs kids. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ron-jeremy-the-king-of-porn/570133/43 "2011-02-06T02:25:48Z")
> [@gazpacho](#): > > Do Viagra really help porn stars? I was under the impression that if you did not normally have trouble with erections it did not do anything for you. My understanding is that it works for anyone and that there is also an unauthorized underground movement of women who also claim that it has some beneficial effect for women as well, although not as obvious as it’s effect on men. ---
**Author:** ![revelator771](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ea924/32.png) [@revelator771](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/revelator771)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ron-jeremy-the-king-of-porn/570133/44 "2011-02-07T16:58:53Z")
> [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](#): > > Ron Jeremy’s face seems to be everywhere. Most recently on this forum selling rum. > > How did he attain his position as the default male porn actor? Does he have an exceptionally good publicity agent? Is it an ironic statement because he’s hideously normal looking? Have all of the other male actors died or retired, leaving him as the last man standing at a time when the internet made porn ubiquitous? It can’t be the mustache, that’s de rigeur for the role. > > My theory is that he’s the most affable, and didn’t mind to being the object of some friendly ribbing. There is also a longevity factor. As an older man, he has turned into something of a troll and that has created the novelty that he has become. There was also a fairly popular documentary done about him. However, he has been in the industry since the Marilyn Chambers days of the early eighties. He came to light when he did a film where he was self fellating himself. If I could do that I wouldn’t come out of my room for a month. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ron-jeremy-the-king-of-porn/570133/45 "2011-02-07T17:05:31Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I can’t believe you passed this one up. > > Say it with me: It’s a lot _harder_ than it looks! 😃 **Diogenes** is a man of subtlety. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ron-jeremy-the-king-of-porn/570133/46 "2011-02-07T17:24:42Z")
> [@revelator771](#): > > He came to light when he did a film where he was self fellating himself. If I could do that I wouldn’t come out of my room for a month. \ ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ron-jeremy-the-king-of-porn/570133/47 "2011-02-07T17:41:00Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > My understanding is that it works for anyone and that there is also an unauthorized underground movement of women who also claim that it has some beneficial effect for women as well, although not as obvious as it’s effect on men. When it first appeared, Susie Bright tested it on herself. If I recall correctly, she said the result was increased blood flow resulting in her labia getting darker and more than usually engorged, and a slight increase in sensitivity. But she concluded that it wasn’t really worth the bother and didn’t give her anything that she couldn’t get via a good lover or toy. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ron-jeremy-the-king-of-porn/570133/48 "2011-02-07T17:59:55Z")
I remember watching documentary about casting guys for porn. They came all macho and buffed. First thing they had to do was to masturbate. There wer the three casting guys and a camera crew. They even had two basically-naked chicks on cue ready to fondle each other if the guys needed help. It was sad and funny seeing them jerking off as if they wanted to detach their penises and still not being able to deliver. Wen they had tghree or four guys, thy had to shoot a part wit 4 or 5 girls going at each oter and they had to juno into the fray. After only one minute you’d hear “you’ve gone soft, get out!” Not a porn watcher myself and having no spect for the industry, but still, it’s a very difficult thing to do for a guy, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ron-jeremy-the-king-of-porn/570133/49 "2011-02-08T00:58:32Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > He was on the UK version of Celebrity Big Brother . No He wasn’t. He appeared on “The Farm” another reality type show. ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ron-jeremy-the-king-of-porn/570133/50 "2011-02-08T01:08:04Z")
> [@gazpacho](#): > > Do Viagra really help porn stars? I was under the impression that if you did not normally have trouble with erections it did not do anything for you. Never underestimate the power of the placebo effect. ---
**Author:** ![Eriond\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ad7895/32.png) [@Eriond\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eriond_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ron-jeremy-the-king-of-porn/570133/51 "2011-02-08T01:22:20Z")
> [@Rrose\_Selavy](#): > > Never underestimate the power of the placebo effect. Or the [fluffer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluffer) effect… ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ron-jeremy-the-king-of-porn/570133/52 "2011-02-08T16:41:04Z")
> [@Eriond\_s\_Revenge](#): > > Or the [fluffer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluffer) effect… There have not been fluffers on porn sets in decades. Maybe on record setting gangbangs, but with one man, or two men or three men? No, no fluffer. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ron-jeremy-the-king-of-porn/570133/53 "2011-02-08T18:17:17Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > There have not been fluffers on porn sets in decades. Maybe on record setting gangbangs, but with one man, or two men or three men? No, no fluffer. I shouldn’t have clicked on that link…now I can’t un-know what a fluffer is!!! ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ron-jeremy-the-king-of-porn/570133/54 "2011-02-08T18:49:13Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > I shouldn’t have clicked on that link…now I can’t un-know what a fluffer is!!! It’s all part of growing up. “Dad, how old were you when you found out what a ‘fluffer’ is?” I can’t find it, but I remember reading an essay by someone who worked as a fluffer on one of those record gang-bangs. It is a very exhausting and frustrating job that consists of nothing but hours and hours of _foreplay_ with no payoff. I see they are still used on gay porn, but in straight porn they disappeared right around the time 35mm film did. ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ron-jeremy-the-king-of-porn/570133/55 "2011-02-08T19:26:03Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Ron Jeremy is the king of porn because he killed the previous king and married his widow. I’d say more but it’s too tragic. literally lol ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ron-jeremy-the-king-of-porn/570133/56 "2011-02-08T19:35:32Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Ron Jeremy started his career as a strapping, handsome star, but his looks went downhill _very_ quickly, apparently as soon as he was able to afford food. This also made me laugh pretty hard. There are a lot of great jokes in this thread that are surprisingly unrelated to porn. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ron-jeremy-the-king-of-porn/570133/57 "2011-02-08T19:42:41Z")
> [@SecretaryofEvil](#): > > This also made me laugh pretty hard. There are a lot of great jokes in this thread that are surprisingly unrelated to porn. There are running jokes in the documentary about his frugality. He says he got fat when he discovered the buffet. Under the belly fat, he is still pretty fit - hours of fucking is seriously hard work. ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ron-jeremy-the-king-of-porn/570133/58 "2011-02-08T19:59:10Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > It’s all part of growing up. “Dad, how old were you when you found out what a ‘fluffer’ is?” > > . Quite a few alternate [definitions](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluffing) , although the “London Underground Cleaner” was the other one i was familiar with. it’s not al glamour, you know. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ron-jeremy-the-king-of-porn/570133/59 "2011-02-09T00:13:22Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > I’ll just add that I’ve long thought of Ron Jeremy as the perfect proof of the old adage “Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.” So, if he can just get elected to something, he’ll score the hat trick? ---
**Author:** ![Boggette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@Boggette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boggette)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ron-jeremy-the-king-of-porn/570133/60 "2011-02-09T23:47:16Z")
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