Toy Porno is a self-released experimental

Experimental film

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 art film

Art film

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 by The Frogs

The Frogs (band)

The Frogs are an American rock music band founded in 1980, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by brothers Jimmy and Dennis Flemion. The brothers mainly write and perform short, catchy pop songs, but they are also known for their improvised home recordings which are delivered in a comedic style, and often...

. The amateur

Amateur film

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 videotape

Videotape

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 was compiled in October 1993, as a gift for Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain

Kurt Donald Cobain was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana...

. It would soon become frequent viewing material on the Nirvana

Nirvana (band)

Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987...

 tour bus, and later on the Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters is an American alternative rock band originally formed in 1994 by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of his previous band. The band got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War...

 tour bus as well. Later, after generated copies began circulating amongst fans, the band began selling copies at shows. The tape is only available in VHS

VHS

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 format. The band is planning to release a DVD

DVD

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 version in the future, but they want to digitally re-create the compilation from the original masters and need the proper time and funds to do so. The file is available for download online in AVI format through various outlets.

The title of the film refers to several short film sketches that feature action figure

Action figure

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s, doll

Doll

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s and knick-knack toy

Toy

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s having adult conversations and performing sexual acts. The shorts sometimes use stop-motion animation. Mingled within the shorts are home videos and concert

Concert

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 performances that include many cover songs played in a joking and spontaneous manner.

Sketches

In the Brian T. Komar Interview, Jimmy Flemion rants about the Patti Smith

Patti Smith

Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses....

 song, "25th Floor", satirically calling it "23rd Floor", to which the interviewer responds by proposing the interviewee is on drug

Drug

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s.

In Pony Killer (Bagism

Bagism

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), the brothers Flemion use the Lennon/Ono "trash bag" technique on a young Asian girl, referring to her as "Yoko".

During a live performance of "I've Got Drugs (Out of the Mist)", Dennis Flemion berates a bumbling soundman, famously singing, "you are not getting paid tonight!"

Video order (track listing)

• 1. "Easy to Be Hard
  Suitable for Framing
  Suitable for Framing is the second studio album by American rock band Three Dog Night. The album was released on the Dunhill record label on June 11, 1969 and was the first of two albums released by the band that year ....
  
  "† (Intro) (June 1982)
• 2. Animal Adventure #1
• 3. "Someone's Pinning Me to the Ground" (Milwaukee, 27 February 1992)
• 4. Animal Adventure #2
• 5. "Here Comes My Girl
  Here Comes My Girl
  "Here Comes My Girl" is the title of a song written by Tom Petty and Mike Campbell, and recorded by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, their third single from their breakthrough hit 1979 album, Damn the Torpedoes. It peaked at #59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in mid-1980.-Content:Petty remembers...
  
  "† (Garage 1980)
• 6. Animal Adventure #3
• 7. "Mr. Right" (Milwaukee, 22 August 1991)
• 8. Animal Adventure #4
• 9. "Satan's in the Manger"
• 10. "Jesus Book #1-3"
• 11. "He's the Prince
  Prince (musician)
  Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...
  
  " (Minneapolis, 28 October 1984)
• 12. Over the Flames
• 13. "Been a Year Since I Had a Boy" (Living Room Tapes, 22 February 1988)
• 14. Dinosaurs Must Eat
• 15. "I've Got Drugs (Out of the Mist)" (Milwaukee, 1 November 1988)
• 16. T. Rex
  Tyrannosaurus
  Tyrannosaurus meaning "tyrant," and sauros meaning "lizard") is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur. The species Tyrannosaurus rex , commonly abbreviated to T. rex, is a fixture in popular culture. It lived throughout what is now western North America, with a much wider range than other...
  
   Sex
• 17. "Blues Jam"/"Hot Cock Annie" (Madison
  Madison, Wisconsin
  Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
  
  , 1 October 1988)
• 18. Toy Dog w/ Dinosaur Background
• 19. "White Rabbit
  White Rabbit (song)
  "White Rabbit" is a song from Jefferson Airplane's 1967 album Surrealistic Pillow. It was released as a single and became the band's second top ten success, peaking at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100...
  
  "† (Milwaukee, 18 August 1989)
• 20. T.V. Nightmare
• 21. "I'm a Strolling Minstrel"
• 22. Brian T. Komar Interview Pt.1
• 23. Covers Medley (Milwaukee, 18 February 1989):
  • a. "Nightmares
    3 (Violent Femmes album)
    -Personnel:* Gordon Gano – Guitar, Vocals, Composer* Brian Ritchie – Bass* Victor DeLorenzo – Drums* Sigmund Snopek III – Keyboards* Peter Balestrieri – Baritone Saxophone* Warren A...
    
    "†
  • b. "Every Rose Has Its Thorn
    Every Rose Has Its Thorn
    "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is a power ballad by American glam metal band Poison. It was released in 1988 as the third single from Poison's second album Open Up And Say... Ahh!. It is the band's only number-one hit in the U.S., reaching the top spot on Christmas Eve in 1988 for three weeks . It was...
    
    "†
  • c. "Immigrant Song
    Immigrant Song
    "Immigrant Song" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was released as a single from their third album, Led Zeppelin III, in 1970.-Overview:...
    
    "†
  • d. "Birthday
    Birthday (The Sugarcubes song)
    "Birthday" is a song written and recorded by Icelandic band The Sugarcubes for their 1988 debut album Life's Too Good. It was their first international single and the first single released from the album...
    
    "†
  • e. "Stand
    Stand (song)
    "Stand" is a song by R.E.M. released as the second single from the album Green in 1989. The song quickly rose up the charts, peaking at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming R.E.M.'s second top 10 hit in the United States. The song reached #48 on the UK Singles Charts...
    
    "† / "Hang on Sloopy
    Hang on Sloopy
    "Hang on Sloopy" is a song by the pop group The McCoys which was #1 in America in October 1965 and is the official rock song of the state of Ohio and The Ohio State University...
    
    "† / "La Bondage"† ("La Bamba
    La Bamba (song)
    "La Bamba" is a Mexican folk song, originally from the state of Veracruz, best known from a 1958 adaptation by Ritchie Valens, a top 40 hit in the U.S. charts and one of early rock and roll's best-known songs...
    
    ")
  • f. "Winchester Cathedral
    Winchester Cathedral (song)
    "Winchester Cathedral" is a song released in late 1966 by Fontana Records, whereupon it shot to the No. 1 spot in Canada on the RPM 100 national singles charts and shortly thereafter in the U.S. on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was released by The New Vaudeville Band, a novelty group established...
    
    "†
• 24. Camping Trip #1
• 25. Camping Trip #2
• 26. "Yesterday
  Yesterday (song)
  "Yesterday" is a song originally recorded by The Beatles for their 1965 album Help!. The song first hit the United Kingdom top 10 three months after the release of Help!. The song remains popular today with more than 1,600 cover versions, one of the most covered songs in the history of recorded...
  
  " (June 1982)
• 27. "I Don't Care If U Disrespect Me (Just So You Love Me)" (Philadelphia, 13 December 1991)
• 28. Pony Killer (Bagism
  Bagism
  Bagism is a term which was created by John Lennon and Yoko Ono as part of their extensive peace campaign in the late 1960s. The intent of bagism was to satirize prejudice and stereotyping. Bagism involved literally wearing a bag over one's entire body...
  
  )
• 29. "These Are the Finest Queen Boys (I've Ever Seen)" (Chicago
  Chicago
  Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
  
  , 11 April 1992)
• 30. "These Are the Finest Queen Boys (I've Ever Seen)" (Milwaukee, 27 Feb 1992)
• 31. "Smells Like Teen Spirit
  Smells Like Teen Spirit
  "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a song by the American grunge band Nirvana. It is the opening track and lead single from the band's second album, Nevermind , released on DGC Records...
  
  "/"Territorial Pissings"† (Milwaukee, 27 Feb 1992)
• 32. "Territorial Pissings"† (Chicago, 01 Feb 1992)
• 33. "When Doves Cry
  When Doves Cry
  A hit cover version by R&B singer Ginuwine was produced by Timbaland in 1996 for Ginuwine's The Bachelor album, Ginuwine's cover uses actual dove sound effects as texture for its jungle music-inspired instrumental track.-Charts:-Other cover versions:...
  
  "† (Minneapolis, 21 August 1984)
• 34. Segment from the John Ankerberg
  John Ankerberg
  John Ankerberg is an American Christian evangelist and TV presenter. He is an ordained minister and published author, having written 91 books focusing on religious subjects....
  
   Show ("Gather 'Round for Savior #2")
• 35. Clown of Thorns (Louisville, 9 August 1993)
• 36. "Easy to be Hard (Reprise)"† (June 1982)

† denotes cover song.

Soundtrack

Music from Toy Porno (later released on CD as Sad Bits and More Sad Bits) is a self-released soundtrack, chiefly composed of piano

Piano

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 instrumental

Instrumental

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s.

Side A

1. the angry heavens
2. poisoning strangers
3. the first in a series of disasters
4. waltzing on a window ledge
5. lost in a snowstorm
6. lullaby
7. paper clouds
8. blue sunflowers
9. black-eyed sparrow
10. feathers in bloom
11. forbidden
12. a marriage of arrows
13. lasting kisses
14. cautious lovers
15. returning light
16. living in a house of secrets
17. burning the wedding invitations
18. tower of cowards
19. pledging his devotion to her (always)
20. spellbound
21. saddle down whinny will ya
22. the man you want wears cuckoo fur

Side B

1. waking lions
2. ascending stairs
3. exiled
4. twilight fears no wolf
5. opening windows
6. whirling in a dying room
7. two hearts parting
8. the mist that missed its mark
9. when rain reigns
10. the longing
11. the begging
12. the queen's escort
13. stairs go ech, ech, echoing on
14. the danger in shadows calling
15. children of deflowerland
16. le grande display of sorrow
17. the scolding mildly
18. russia in tears
19. king stranger's court
20. if there ever was light
21. palace the ball on the tip of your foes
22. song for janice
23. smacking the pussys of a bonofide gangster

See also

• Vieuphoria
  Vieuphoria
  Vieuphoria is a long form music video by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, originally released on VHS on October 4, 1994 and DVD on November 26, 2002...
  
  
• Broken