Throwback Thursday and the peals of innocent yet mocking high school laughter

[albadger]

A comment a friend left on my previous post had me thinking... my recent dermatology adventure involved down there -- and the very concept of "down there" is ineluctably bound in my mind to a Sex Ed class I was forced to sit through in 1970 -- hapless instructor showed us the Innocent Party, even then 11 years old but felt like centuries past. There's an exchange between the 2 young men at approximately 6 minutes 10 seconds in:

"I've got some kind of sore... down there!"
"Don't worry about it... probably just a pimple or something."

At the word "pimple" the entire class burst into hysterical laughter. Poor instructor got horribly upset, stopped the movie, and spent the remaining 30 minutes of the class making sure we realized that syphilis was no laughing matter! Of course, we were all thinking, if it's no laughing matter, why are you showing us a comedy about it?

I wonder what would have happened if we'd gotten as far as the toilet seat scene...

Comments

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

I always knew v-neck sweaters were trouble.

[albadger.livejournal.com]

The only flaw in the movie is that we never see the hookers get paid. Presumably Nicky gives them the money when Don isn't looking...

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

Hookers! I thought they were just sluts.

[maxauburn.livejournal.com]

Poor Betty! :(

At least Don isn't a total rat, and he told her.

That'll teach him to go with a floozie!

He should stick to being with nice girls like Betty, and treat them right!

[albadger.livejournal.com]

My favorite thing in the whole wonderful film is how devastated and destroyed they both look after doin' the nasty in the car. This also evoked howls of laughter in 1970...

[maxauburn.livejournal.com]

Maybe they both looks depressed afterwards because they didn't do it right? :P

Normally, I feel great after I've had sex!

[andybr.livejournal.com]

I laughed out loud at the pimple reference too. I loved the way he said 'your sexual organ'.
In fact, I might have seen that same film in the mid 70s.

[albadger.livejournal.com]

For years I thought I'd never see this sort of thing again, but thanks, Internet!

I had remembered it differently -- I had the innocent boy saying "I got a pimple... down there!" Funny the tricks our minds will play.