Mom & Dad

January 14, 2005

If you grew up in small-town America during the 40s or 50s, there's a good chance that your first exposure to cinematic taboo came in the guise of the sex-hygiene film. And most exploitation aficionados will agree that "Mom & Dad" was the king of the genre. Exploitation historian Joe Bob Briggs tells Brooke that the show was "part biology lesson, part sideshow, part morality play, part medical shock footage."


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