Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer!

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Billy's Dad is a Fudge-Packer!
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Directed by Jamie Donahue
Written by Jamie Donahue
Produced bySteak House
Juli Vizza
Starring Spencer Daniels
Robert Gant
Cinematography Thomas L. Callaway
Edited by Juli Vizza
Music by Rob Cairns
Distributed by Power Up Films
Release date
  • November 7, 2004 (2004-11-07)
Running time
10 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Billy's Dad is a Fudge-Packer! is a 2004 American black-and-white short comedy film written and directed by Jamie Donahue [1] in her first non-acting effort. It is a parody of the 1950s social guidance films, and depicts the life of a boy learning about adulthood in a traditional family. The apparently innocent account of family life in the 1950s is loaded with sexual innuendo. It was made by production company POWER UP.

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Plot

Billy is a boy who has to decide what he will do with his life. He can't decide between a cowboy or a policeman. His father also suggests an Indian and construction worker. All four of these are characters in the Village People. His father works at the candy factory as a "fudge packer" (which is modern slang for a man who performs homosexual anal sex) and "has several men under him". His mother is visited by a short, mannish woman who knows how to please the local housewives. His sister is preparing to be a good wife, and in almost every shot is moving a phallic object to her mouth.

Cast

Film festivals

Film festivals in which Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer! appeared include:

2005

Reception

Apocalypse Later Film Reviews said, It's hard for a film to live up to a title like this, but Billy's Dad is a Fudge-Packer! manages it with aplomb." [2]

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References

  1. Hall, David. "Billy's Dad is a Fudge-Packer". Gay Celluloid. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  2. Astell, Hal C. F. "Billy's Dad is a Fudge-Packer! (2004)". APOCALYPSE LATER FILM REVIEWS. Retrieved 21 September 2020.