Dream On (again)

A surprisingly clear screencap of The Dream Girls on The James Whale Radio Show (1991). So far as we can tell, they only made three appearances on TV (rather a pity, considering how good their act was), though we'd be more than willing to be proven wrong on that account. 

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Tirol Chocolate: The Update

September 2022: the Tirol Chocolate Company has released the latest update of their Legendary Commercial, and following established tradition, they've approached the Tricolor Angels to star in the remake. On this occasion, Anna, Ava and Sarah are doing the honors, following the movements of the original as closely as possible:

Art and Animation by TISA. The video may be viewed at:

https://ecchi.iwara.tv/videos/okny7hab2oiboejz6 (NSFW).

Colpo Grosso: Marina, Marina

Yes, Maria La O returns with another rendition of "Marina, Marina" for her legions of adoring fans. The clip is basically a replay of this earlier striptease, except that this time she's wearing suspenders to complement her black designer lingerie.

 

Tisa Returns!

Just in time for our "bicentennial," Tisa makes his triumphant return with this undisputed masterpiece. Lasting more than six minutes, The August Show is a tour-de-force of lighting and special effects, featuring a wide array of flips, swats and the ever-popular Royal Flash!

 

 

 

 

Animation on Youtube.
High Resolution Screencaps.

La Chica Video Match 4

And now for the semi final. Broadcasting around 2018, Telefe Internacional provided the following synopsis for the segment (liberally translated from the regional Spanish):

In this latest installment of La Chica 10, the sexiest girls in Argentina parade their bodies before a panel of drooling perverts experts. The jury then decides which contestant goes onto to the grand final (spoiler warning: the winner was Andrea Estevez).

For some totally inexplicable reason, the summary didn't mention that the girls were stripping down to their underwear before a studio audience, but I guess that a few things can just be taken for granted:

La Chica Video Match.

An Old Favorite

So, are you ready for another trip to The Judas Hole?  Yes, that's right, it's time to review our favorite moments from The Haunted Strangler (Amalgamated, 1958):

Loosely based around the Whitechapel murders of the 1880s (with a dash of Jekyll & Hyde thrown in), the movie contains two extended cancan sequences set in a Victorian music hall. Like Jimmy Sangster's Jack the Ripper (Tempean Films, 1959), the movie was shot in black & white and contains virtuoso performances by professional dancers. According to some sources, the cancan scenes were choreographed by Joan Murray, a former Windmill Theatre alumnus. 

Seriously, I still can't understand why nobody's come up with a color version of this masterpiece. Judging from these screencaps alone, the cancan number would be nothing short of spectacular!

Colpo Grosso: Maria

Maria shows us her lacy black lingerie in this short clip from Colpo Grosso. Maria La O was an obvious fan favorite from the very start, giving the impression that she honestly enjoyed herself (even when lip-syncing to a song she clearly didn't know the words to). She's known to have performed "Marina, Marina" at least twice on the show; we'll post the second clip when we manage to track it down.

Deep Learning

We've tested several online colorization programs, and DeepAI still seems to be the best we've come across so far. We'll allow you to judge the results for yourself with these stills from 1959's Jack the Ripper:

Ballet Montparnasse in monochrome.

Ballet Montparnasse in color.

Colpo Grosso: White Lingerie

Three more videos from the white lingerie collection, featuring Andalusa, Zazi and a few others whose names we haven't been able to track down yet (sorry: fairly low resolution).

Click on the "start" arrow to begin.  You may need to click twice.

Rediscovered!

Our special thanks to Gerry-AAB for providing this previously unseen MMD footage by Tisa. From what Gerry tells us, this piece was a private commission dating from February 2022:

As always, Tisa's animation is of the highest professional calibre, featuring exceptional choreography, camera angles and special effects. To quote Gerry himself, "He did such an amazing job on it, and I couldn't be any more proud!" We're in complete agreement there - the twirling sequences are a particularly impressive addition to the general repertoire, which we hope to see repeated in the near future.

La Chica Video Match 3

Yes, it's time for another visit to Argentina, where the panties and stockings go on display before an internacional audience. These two clips seem to be part of a grand finale, where the girls compete before a "select committee." Kind of begs the question of precisely what the winner receives, apart from a standing ovation and the honor of revealing her bra and knickers on stage...

Sorry, the host continues to spout his appalling drivel throughout most of the proceedings, disrupting all four routines at the most inopportune moments. Why Telefe Internacional hired this jackass is anyone's guess, but hopefully, we'll come across an edited version in the near future. Until then, just fast forward through the first forty seconds (or so) and enjoy the rest of the show.

 

Brazilian Heritage

More Baile de la seducción from Vamos Con Todo, featuring the lovely Paloma Fiuza (circa 2010). In common with Kathyrn Arbenz, she seems to have been a regular on Ecuadorian television and variety shows.

Ms Fuiza appears to have been a popular Brazilian dancer, appearing on a number of shows during the mid-2000s. As a general rule, she performed in beachwear or casuals, but would occasionally strip down to her lingerie (as in this clip). A classically trained ballerina, she wasn't adverse to revealing her talents before a studio audience (a fact for which we are eternally grateful).

La Chica Videomatch 2

The girls from La Chica Videomatch are back, this time decked out in school uniforms. Unfortunately, the host still hasn't learnt to keep his mouth shut, insisting on interrupting at least four sensational dance routines with his inane commentary: 

Dancers include Magalí Androchu, Pamela López, Milagros Lugo and  Clara Soto.

Click here for La Chica Videomatch 1.

Yet MORE Colpo Grosso

Rewind back to 1990s Italy, where beautiful young girls shed their clothing on a weekly basis. Colpo Grosso, aka The Big Win, was the most popular game show of the decade, with an international audience numbering in the millions. As mentioned elsewhere, viewers tuned in to see which lucky starlet would be revealing her bra and knickers to the cameras (with the added bonus of an All-Girl Striptease if everything went according to plan).

2D to 3D Conversion

OK, so let's see if this AI program works on a hand-drawn image we found on the web...

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Actually...not too bad at all for a free online converter...

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Seems to work best at smaller sizes, but it definitely has great potential for  the future...

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And yeah, it appears to work just as well with screencaps too. If you'd like to try it out, the program's called Leiapix. Enjoy :) 

Club Dance

Rule number one: you DON'T talk about Club Dance!!

Well...actually, you do. We came across these clips during a routine Youtube search; they seem to date from the mid 90s, featuring a troupe of 'urban cowboy' line-dancers. The venue was most probably the Wild Horse Saloon (the eponymous Club Dance of the title).

Youtuber Dave Anderson appears to have uploaded hundreds of short videos to his YT channel, ranging in length from 13 seconds to three minutes. The resolution isn't too bad considering the source material is well over twenty years old. Our thanks to the inimitable Mr Anderson for his painstaking efforts - by our count, he must've edited well over 500 individual vidclips so far!

Dave's Club Dance Channel.

Baile de la seducción

The time-honored Latin tradition of Baile de la seducción (Dance of Seduction) has a history dating back well over a century, originating in the portside taverns of Argentina and Uruguay. Traditionally, the dance was performed by mixed couples seeking to express their unabashed devotion for one another (the Tango being a prime example), but fortunately for us, the Baile is now more often the provenance of hot young girls in their underwear.

Ecuadorian variety show Vamos Con Todo featured a plethora of models voguing in their designer lingerie, as was the case with Kathryn Arbenz (see above) shedding her inhibitions to the tune of Mancini's Pink Panther. Judging by this clip, the show's female guests loved modeling their intimates in front of the camera.

Interesting side note: at the end of her number, Ms Arbenz was offered a satin robe to cover her modesty. For some inexplicable reason, the crowd strenuously objected to this gratuitous concealing of the underwear, chanting "ROPA! ROPA!" at the top of their lungs. Duly impressed by the crowd's obvious enthusiasm, Kathryn capitulated to their demands, apparently spending the rest of the episode in her bra and panties.

The Christmas Pageant

With Christmas swiftly approaching, Reverend Chapel is keen to raise money for Miyamae General Hospital. Knowing that two of his parishioners are members of The Fabulous Five, the good minister asks Sarah and Anna if they can throw a charity performance on December 24. Both girls agree that the event is worth staging and promise to discuss the idea with their dance company.

Following a prolonged discussion, Karen suggests that they dress up in nurses' uniforms to surprise the elderly patients. More debate follows, but eventually, all of them assent to wearing candy-striper outfits with white panties and black stockings underneath. Taking their cue from a famous British comedy series, they will "shock" the audience with an impromptu cancan (ala The Benny Hill Show). 

 

A few days later, Karen and Sarah go to visit local celebrity Mia Szorkova, asking her to put in an appearance. This naturally requires a considerable degree of persuasion, as Mia is lead singer of rival pop band MIASMA. Under normal circumstances, the two groups would never work together, but given the charitable nature of the enterprise, Mia agrees that she and The MIASMAS will contribute their skills, albeit wearing different costumes.

Meanwhile, Lily and Ava contact Leona Alvarez (chief choreographer for GirlFest) to ask if she can help out with the Pageant. Upon hearing their plans, Leona suggests that she and her troupe could dress in French Maid uniforms, serving food and drinks before launching into a third rendition of the cancan (ala The Two Ronnies Christmas Special). This is exceptionally good news: now there will be three dance groups performing at the Show. Together, they'll raise a small fortune and give the old folk a Christmas present they'll never forget...

 

Love those frilly panties!

Artwork by Tisa. Click these links for the animated videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-pKWp9vB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g78FKi_PEL4

La Chica Video Match

OK, so back to Latin America, where the girls actually compete to see who looks best in their designer lingerie on national TV! In the aptly titled La Chica Videomatch, we have five beautiful starlets stripping down to their bras, panties and suspender stockings while the audience judges their overall performance. Yes, all this can be yours! Please ignore the host at the beginning, he's clearly insane.

Colpo Grosso

Colpo Grosso ("The Big Win") was an Italian game show broadcast between 1987 and 1992. Overwhelmingly successful in its heyday, it was infamous for its gratuitous stripteases, some of which included up to eight girls undressing before the camera at once.

The show's premise was similar to a game of strip poker, in which the "contestants" represented various nations of the European Union. Whenever one of the players lost, she was required to strip down to her bra, panties and suspender stockings - sometimes even less, depending on the size of the bet. In a few episodes, the festivities ended with an "all girl" striptease - proverbial Big Win of the title.