Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6353 in DVD
• Released on: 2001-11-19
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Full Screen, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 51 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
There is nothing more entertaining than a grown man putting his arm up something furry and talking to it on daytime television, but nothing comes close to the entertainment factor of Puppetry of the Penis, the two-member show that wowed the Edinburgh festival and probably the strangest 50 minutes of entertainment you will ever experience. The creators of this strange puppetry are two lads hailing from Melbourne--David Friend and Simon Morley--who use an altogether different kind of marionette: their penises. This small-screen version of the Puppetry of the Penis (subtitled "The Ancient Art of Genital Origami") is filmed live at Melbourne's Forum theatre.

Basically the guys do exactly what it says on the box, strip down to their socks and shoes and then manipulate their members into all manner of objects. Highlights include the Lock Ness monster (obviously added for the festival), the hamburger and their "penis de resistance", the windsurfer, which with the aid of a skateboard and fan signals their final exit. Funny and original as the concept is, this is the kind of show that definitely loses something on screen. Although it tries to capture some of the hilarity ensuing from the predominantly female hen-night audience by panning over the crowd, you can't help feeling that you are missing part of the joke. But some of the "dick tricks" are eye-wateringly funny, and if nothing else it's not every show where you get a quick tutorial into how to make your penis look like Ronald MacDonald's fave food.

On the DVD: Although the show itself is only 50-min long, you also get a brilliant "Cockstars", a 45-min "Fly on the Wall" mockumentary, which details the twosome's rise to fame. And what about the disc itself? Well, you can cop a load of the boys in dramatic full-frame transfer and titter along with the Dolby Surround soundtrack; there is even a "Dick Trick" book, so that you can really can try these at home. --Kristen Bowditch

Video Description

DVD Special Features: Includes 'Cockstars' - documentary spoof on the nationwide search for a second troupe of 'dick trickers'.

Language: English Dolby Digital 2.0

Subtitles: None

Synopsis
This knob-bending release features Simon Morley and David Friend, masters of "the ancient art of genital origami." In other words, these guys twist their naughty bits into weird shapes. Witness their live crotch-centered antics in front of a curious crowd at the Forum. PUPPETRY OF THE PENIS also includes "Cockstars," a documentary about the search for other genital contortionists.

Customer Reviews

What a way to have some Cocky Fun!!
These two Aussie Boys certainly have some very strange stretchy tackle! The DVD starts with the two guys coming on to stage decked in nothing but trainers and cloaks. Once the initial embarassment of seeing two naked men together on stage has passed the daring duo perform the art of Genital Origami with their wedding tackle. Some of the shapes and objects are too life like to even describe! Certainly a fun filled hour or so. It had me rolling around the floor when one of the duo shows his interpretation of a womans thong. I'll leave the rest to your imagination. The special feature on the DVD is a spoof of Popstars called, Yes you got it!, Cockstars. This is fun too. Definitely worth the money and will liven up any dull Xmas afternoon. Buy it to watch instead of the Queens Speech.

oh my god naked guys with nooooo shame
this is so unbelievable you have to buy it! it starts with two aussie guys on stage who go on to make shapes out of their manhood( i must add, one guy is a LOT smaller than the other!) it gets a bit boring half way through but then they come up with a few very funny concoctions if you parden the pun, the bit where they get a member of the audience on stage with them is funny and she wasnt a bit shy at all! all in all a good dvd that would be good for a girly night in.

A completely different kind of puppetry!
I bought the DVD after being lucky enough to see this show live. If they ever come back (to Jersey in the Channel Islands where I live) I'll be first in the queue for tickets. Do try and catch this show live if you can, but if you can't then this is the next best thing - and at least you'll find out what everyone's going on about! Perhaps it's not for everyone, but let's face it the clue is in the title - you can't say you haven't been warned about what this is about!

Obviously it's hard to recreate the atmostphere of being in a theatre along with 650 other (predominantly female!) people, as was the case when I saw it live, but this DVD does it's best. At the live show I laughed so much I had tears running down my cheeks - and the DVD came close to recreating that weird sort of (very femine) hysteria when I used it as the "entertainment" during a girly supper evening at my house. There are men in the DVD audience, and there were a few at the theatre when I saw it, but really girls, this is for us!

Age is no barrier to enjoying P of the P - young, old and everyone in between are in the audiences for this show. It's pure fun and one of the least offensive things I've seen, which is an odd thing to say considering the subject matter (though there are people who have condemned it for being offensive without ever having seen it). Ok, granted there is no getting away from the fact that this is no-holds-barred, full-frontal male nudity BUT (and this is important!) it isn't "dirty" or "rude" and there is no swearing. There are a few "double entendres", but that just adds to the fun. This DVD has a 15 certificate, but I let my 13 1/2 year old daughter watch it with me as she has heard and seen worse on mainstream TV before the watershed.

A lot of the humour come from the easy banter of the two guys who are doing it (somehow everything is just funnier in an Australian accent!) and the actual "installations" (or "dick tricks") are only part of the story. Their facial expressions (yes, you do look at their faces occasionally!) add a lot to the overall act - this wouldn't work with two men who were not so inherently and extrovertly funny to start with.

So girls, for a bit of fun (and for any guys with a sense of humour and a daring self-exploratory streak!) give P of the P a chance and a place in your DVD collection. If nothing else it will always be a talking point!

But you'll never eat Kentucky Fried Chicken again!!!