Been traveling a lot so not on here too much lately... Thanks to all who reached out to check on me!
I *did* have time to remastered one of the last "one-and-done" SD models from SS85 & 86. Michelle was a striking brunette with insanely long legs (she definitely towers over me in those heels) and even more insane breasts. ("Boobalicious" was her word.) She showed up with her friend in tow (who also did makeup).... And we knew each other already (see below).... So I was honestly prepared for an AMAZING shoot.
What I got was... solid. And maybe better in hindsight? Michelle could definitely take a pie, and she had a nice, jokey, low-key vibe with no diva behavior. (Reminded me of Kat from SS39, actually.) But she just wasn't crazy about getting messy. I could tell from Scene 1. Nonetheless, the work ethic was much better in 2009, and we powered through... and I think both Scene Ones (from SS85/86) are fantastic, with Michelle taking lots of awesome hits in a mix of real and SC pies. (Plus she could open her eyes without wiping, always a plus.) And did I mention she liked to hose herself down while exposing a lot of cleavage? Yeah, you can't teach that...
The baker scene might be my fave... Something about the pigtails and that bikini! Plus, she got nicely covered with pies, AND chocolate batter dunking, AND flour and milk! All while doing a bad Paula Dean impression! (Remember Paula Dean? No??) And her friend got in on the fun too, smashing her with pies in both Scene Twos. (Which are both pinstripe and bow tie scenes, so maybe I should've had more variety.) But it does say a lot when I truly believe her favorite scene of the six was the final one... Where she got to pie me a lot.
All 6 scenes remastered in MP4, both edited and RAW, and available to stream or download in the Vidown and UMD Stores! More pics in the next post, plus a tantalizing backstory of what could've been....
Okay. Not sure I ever told this loooong backstory before, but it's been 16 years. Statue of limitations is long gone. And maybe this will make Michelle's actual scenes more interesting.... or not.
So when I first reach out to Michelle, she's immediately excited. AND she's also intrigued that I do videography, because her and her other model friend are starting an agency... and maaaaybe I could come and film their opening party, and cut together a promo clip for them? (Again, this is 2009, and the idea of cutting a "reel" seemed incredibly novel. In 2025, when every single model on IG has between 10 and 10,000 reels, all shot on her or her BF's phone and edited on an app? Not so much.)
Anyway. This sounded like an AMAZING idea: I could meet Michelle beforehand, get to vibe with her before the shoot, AND do her a favor that would also make her more confident in my shooting/editing skills. I get to this swanky party in a big city (fortunately near my parents' house, so I visit them on the trip)... I know no one... And there's a couple "real" photographers with expensive cameras who are shooting stills and looking at my rinky-dink setup like I wandered in off the streets. BUT Michelle is quite lovely... as is her friend... And we shoot what we need. I edit it, send it to her... She loves it. Wants me to do more promo stuff for their agency... which means probably meeting other models.... And yeah. This could become a GREAT source for potential talent.
I shoot one more event for them, a "fashion show" at some upscale bar in the big city. Even more out-of-place this time. Barely talk to Michelle. Same snooty photographers rudely inform me that I need to stand "over there, out of the way" to not block their shots. Footage isn't great. (I mean, I'm shooting 480p on a consumer camcorder. Whatcha gonna do?) I spot a couple cute models in the mix that would've been great SlapstickStuff girls.... But don't get the chance to network. Hmm. Maybe this isn't as great of an opportunity as I hoped.
Did I mention that I *still* haven't shot with Michelle? At least this shoot is gonna be killer, because we know each other by now and I've done free work for her, right? RIGHT?? Turns out none of that matters if the model isn't a fan of getting pied. Sigh.
Afterwards, I mention that maybe she can talk to her partner about other models in their agency who might wanna travel for some fun pie work? She's like, "Oh yeah, definitely! I'm sure I can find you some great girls!" This is a lie. No model is gonna recommend an experience she doesn't love to other models. She doesn't stay in touch. (Shocker.) The agency folds. (Double shocker.) Would a few of those fashion shoot models have been fantastic SS models? We will never know.
Final wrinkle to this epic: Years later, there's some terrible reality show hosted by Jenny McCarthy (when she was just a washed-up MTV celeb and not an anti-vaxxer bringing back measles). And who do I spot in the cast? Yep, Michelle! (I'd know those boobs anywhere.) I reach out to her just to say hey... and also to make sure that the content we shot years earlier won't be a complication for her now. She was pretty gracious and didn't ask me to remove the clips, but just her name. (She WAS a little worried, though. "I'm already being portrayed as the bimbo with big boobs. If they find clips of me getting hit with pies, the Internet is gonna have a field day.") So that's why her name was removed from the site for years... And it worked! No one ever made the connection, and now my former reality-show star model (and whatever show that was) are both lost to history....
SlapstickStuff said: Okay. Not sure I ever told this loooong backstory before, but it's been 16 years. Statue of limitations is long gone. And maybe this will make Michelle's actual scenes more interesting.... or not.
So when I first reach out to Michelle, she's immediately excited. AND she's also intrigued that I do videography, because her and her other model friend are starting an agency... and maaaaybe I could come and film their opening party, and cut together a promo clip for them? (Again, this is 2009, and the idea of cutting a "reel" seemed incredibly novel. In 2025, when every single model on IG has between 10 and 10,000 reels, all shot on her or her BF's phone and edited on an app? Not so much.)
Anyway. This sounded like an AMAZING idea: I could meet Michelle beforehand, get to vibe with her before the shoot, AND do her a favor that would also make her more confident in my shooting/editing skills. I get to this swanky party in a big city (fortunately near my parents' house, so I visit them on the trip)... I know no one... And there's a couple "real" photographers with expensive cameras who are shooting stills and looking at my rinky-dink setup like I wandered in off the streets. BUT Michelle is quite lovely... as is her friend... And we shoot what we need. I edit it, send it to her... She loves it. Wants me to do more promo stuff for their agency... which means probably meeting other models.... And yeah. This could become a GREAT source for potential talent.
I shoot one more event for them, a "fashion show" at some upscale bar in the big city. Even more out-of-place this time. Barely talk to Michelle. Same snooty photographers rudely inform me that I need to stand "over there, out of the way" to not block their shots. Footage isn't great. (I mean, I'm shooting 480p on a consumer camcorder. Whatcha gonna do?) I spot a couple cute models in the mix that would've been great SlapstickStuff girls.... But don't get the chance to network. Hmm. Maybe this isn't as great of an opportunity as I hoped.
Did I mention that I *still* haven't shot with Michelle? At least this shoot is gonna be killer, because we know each other by now and I've done free work for her, right? RIGHT?? Turns out none of that matters if the model isn't a fan of getting pied. Sigh.
Afterwards, I mention that maybe she can talk to her partner about other models in their agency who might wanna travel for some fun pie work? She's like, "Oh yeah, definitely! I'm sure I can find you some great girls!" This is a lie. No model is gonna recommend an experience she doesn't love to other models. She doesn't stay in touch. (Shocker.) The agency folds. (Double shocker.) Would a few of those fashion shoot models have been fantastic SS models? We will never know.
Final wrinkle to this epic: Years later, there's some terrible reality show hosted by Jenny McCarthy (when she was just a washed-up MTV celeb and not an anti-vaxxer bringing back measles). And who do I spot in the cast? Yep, Michelle! (I'd know those boobs anywhere.) I reach out to her just to say hey... and also to make sure that the content we shot years earlier won't be a complication for her now. She was pretty gracious and didn't ask me to remove the clips, but just her name. (She WAS a little worried, though. "I'm already being portrayed as the bimbo with big boobs. If they find clips of me getting hit with pies, the Internet is gonna have a field day.") So that's why her name was removed from the site for years... And it worked! No one ever made the connection, and now my former reality-show star model (and whatever show that was) are both lost to history....
I LOVE this story! Super interesting to hear about all your old adventures and experiences. I bet some of her model friends would have made great slapstickstuff girls, alas
That is very funny she was on TV later. I wonder what people would have thought if they saw her slapstickstuff scenes lol
Love the story Rich. You've lived a charmed life for sure; some of us old-timers, whose hair is now greyer than yours, enjoy living vicariously through you!
God bless Michelle and those massive knockers. Well done on the remaster.
Wow, what a story, and Rich, we def need more of these 'behind the music' type write ups. Now what I found triple (shocker) was that the girl who you did all the favors for didn't at all reciprocate in terms of effort or really even the product you were hoping for. It's a young man's lesson to learn, but it's tough in the moment regardless. I wonder if also, in 2009, a 'agency model' getting a ton of attention early on, being told she's beautiful, etc, prior to the absolute deluge of insta-hotties that are out there everywhere, may have contributed to a more 'diva' approach? All hypothesis, as some of your other gorgeous models of the same era seemed like they were having the best day ever.
Man, I could watch this woman get clobbered with pies and chocolate all day. It's a shame she wasn't more into it, but the fact that she was courageous enough to give us this many great scenes? I'll take it.
FWIW, Michelle is 100% my type of girl. Great curvy body, I could watch her stomach and chest for DAYS as she gets clocked with pies (I'm still a huge fan of the bygone pinstripe and top hat days), and that little smirk after a chocolate dunking or a couple of pies...it's a shame she wasn't more into it and that you didn't get more (read: any) models out of her, but at least these scenes are excellent, per your usual standard.
Thanks all! I'll keep telling some of these long-winded stories if folks are interested.... There were always a LOT of interesting wrinkles in most shoots, but at the time you naturally tend to focus more on promoting the shoot.
Michelle definitely had an insane body, and gorgeous to boot... And there's probably a timeline where she loved getting pied and went on to set sales records! Unfortunately, in this one, getting messy simply wasn't her particular thing. These days, I sometimes come across models who did WAM once.... and they straight-up tell me "never again," which is frustrating because all producers have egos and we KNOW we would've gotten better results than whatever [random IG producer account] did.
Well... I got to deliver Michelle's first and only WAM experience, and I feel like it went about as well as it could've! (Again, check out that baker clip.)