Long before Lolly, I worked with a few other "regional" actresses during the early days of SS.... and the first was Toni, who went straight from shooting a low-budget horror movie into this! So.... Fake blood to real pies??
I'm not sure I really "utilized" her talents as well as I should've, but there's a couple genuinely funny scenes in her one-and-done SS49 volume.... including the "Slapstick Inspector," where Toni wears a smart business suit and basically acts like an IRS auditor... but for pies. ("Now I'm going to need to see all of your assets, sir." SPLAT.) And the St. Patrick's Day one, where Toni wore the same outfit from her (real) time as a St. Pat's beauty queen in Savannah! But mostly, my favorite thing about Toni was how well she took the many (MANY) pies... and slimes... with this look of resignation/disgust and a VERY slow burn. Back then, when most of my models were breaking character left & right, this was.... different! And maybe not what the audience wanted? But I'll be honest, this one really hold up, and probably plays better than a lot of the other early SS volumes.
To that end: A few things always bugged me about the final edits here, from the slightly-too-dark look of the main cameras, to the resizing of a few angles that made the footage in those shots look too grainy. (Ah, standard-def...) SO.... I went back to the RAW clips, cleaned those up, and did some "touch-up" work to fix those problem spots... especially Scene 3, the St. Pat's one, which looks quite good now! (I mean, good for 480p, but still!) And you can get all these newly remastered clips now in the Original DL Stores or the UMD Store! And if you're subscribed to SlapstickStuff Streaming, you can stream the improved clips too!
Also, I didn't save the original of the trailer for some reason (dammit) but if you want to see a very lo-res teaser.... and then compare that footage to the new screen grabs below... You should notice a big improvement. Enjoy! https://slapstickstuff.com/SS49Teaser.wmv
The intros here are great! St Paddy's Day has some great hits in there too. When I think of the original Slapstickstuff vibe that got me into WAM, it's those silly scenes like the intros and the Baker skits and the sexy top hat and tails look.
radiospoon1 said: Toni is definitely in my top 5 of Slapstickstuff models.
Thanks! It always delights me that every model is SOMEONE'S Top 5.... even if she only did one shoot, 17 years ago (!!).
As for the business suits... I always loved this look, and for a spell models would actually own them and/or be willing to wear them to get messy! (There's an even better one coming with SS68.) But they seem to have disappeared from wardrobes lately. I do remember specifically asking Samantha if she would wear one for the secretary scene (SS244).... And she didn't have anything close. And if ANY model was gonna own a sexy business suit in the 2020s, it would've been her...
I guess I could try to buy a few myself, but they're a bit tricky with the fit so you can't just buy one size and hope it fits everyone.... But who knows! Maybe?
radiospoon1 said: Toni is definitely in my top 5 of Slapstickstuff models.
Thanks! It always delights me that every model is SOMEONE'S Top 5.... even if she only did one shoot, 17 years ago (!!).
As for the business suits... I always loved this look, and for a spell models would actually own them and/or be willing to wear them to get messy! (There's an even better one coming with SS68.) But they seem to have disappeared from wardrobes lately. I do remember specifically asking Samantha if she would wear one for the secretary scene (SS244).... And she didn't have anything close. And if ANY model was gonna own a sexy business suit in the 2020s, it would've been her...
I guess I could try to buy a few myself, but they're a bit tricky with the fit so you can't just buy one size and hope it fits everyone.... But who knows! Maybe?
I'd love to see a business suit pie fight. Start out where one of the professional ladies sits on a chocolate pie.