The Joy Of (My) Sex Education

Do you remember your first introduction to sex education? I found myself pondering this as I read about the new documentary The Joy Of Sex Education. The doco looks at the history of sex ed films, from the earliest “look out for VD” propaganda from WW1 to the hippy-influenced fun of the 70s through to today. It occurred to me that there was never a moment in my life where Read More …

How To Make Babies By Doing Dirty Things

If you’re not already familiar with them, this is from the BBC comedy series The Goodies. Pretty much every Australian kid who grew up in the 70s and 80s watched these guys at 6pm on weeknights on the ABC. They had a fairly large influence on my sense of humour. This sketch was part of an episode where they lampooned Mary Whitehouse, the conservative nutjob who did her best to Read More …