Confessions of a Pop Performer
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Confessions of a Pop Performer is a 1975 British sex-farce
film. This second instalment continues the erotic adventures of Timothy Lea and is based on the novels written under the name by Christopher Wood
. In this case, the original novel was called Confessions from the Pop Scene, but was later re-published under the film's title. A May 1975 preview of the film in Tit-Bits
magazine refers to the film as Confessions of a Pop Star.
They rename the band Kipper and after a misfortune, Timmy joins the line-up and many sexual encounters follow as a result! Unfortunately, Timmy's natural talent is more mayhem than rock star and disaster ensues of mostly the semi-clothed kind!
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, and credited to the film’s fictional groups Kipper, and The Climax Sisters (played by Diane Langton and Linda Regan in the film, although Sue Martine provides Regan’s singing voice). The album also includes music from Confessions of a Window Cleaner and in-character ‘Timmy Chat’ from Robin Askwith.
Side 1
Side 2
Sex comedy
Sex comedy is a term for comedy movies with sexual content usually referring to those made in the United Kingdom in the mid 1970s. They may range from comic pornographic films like the Confessions series to relatively innocent comedies that include jokes about sex and other sexual related humour,...
film. This second instalment continues the erotic adventures of Timothy Lea and is based on the novels written under the name by Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood (writer)
Christopher Wood is an English screenwriter and novelist best known under the pseudonym 'Timothy Lea' for the Confessions series of novels and films. Under his own name, he adapted two James Bond novels for the screen: The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker .Wood has written many novels...
. In this case, the original novel was called Confessions from the Pop Scene, but was later re-published under the film's title. A May 1975 preview of the film in Tit-Bits
Tit-Bits
Tit-Bits was a British weekly magazine founded by George Newnes on 22 October 1881 until 18 July 1984, when it was taken over by Associated Newspapers' Weekend, which itself closed in 1989. The last editors were David Hill and Brian Lee...
magazine refers to the film as Confessions of a Pop Star.
Premise
Sidney overhears a band in his local pub and aspires to be their manager, not so ably assisted by his brother in law, Timmy, both still window cleaning for a living.They rename the band Kipper and after a misfortune, Timmy joins the line-up and many sexual encounters follow as a result! Unfortunately, Timmy's natural talent is more mayhem than rock star and disaster ensues of mostly the semi-clothed kind!
Cast
- Robin AskwithRobin AskwithRobin Askwith , is an English film actor, most famous for his role as Timmy Lea in the Confessions... sex comedies.-Confessions...:...
.... Timothy Lea - Antony Booth .... Sidney Noggett
- Sheila WhiteSheila White (actress)Sheila White is an English actress and West End musical star. She is married to the former theatre producer Richard M. Mills and lives in Kingston, Surrey.- Early life and career :White was born in London...
.... Rosie Noggett - Doris HareDoris HareDoris Hare MBE was a Welsh actress, best known for her appearances as "Mum" in the popular sitcom On the Buses alongside Reg Varney and Stephen Lewis....
.... Mrs. Lea - Bill MaynardBill MaynardWalter Frederick George Williams , better known by the stage name Bill Maynard, is an English comedian and actor.-Early life and career:...
.... Mr. Lea - Peter CleallPeter CleallPeter Cleall is an actors' agent and former actor who is probably best known for his performance as Eric Duffy in the London Weekend Television comedy series Please Sir! which ran from 1968 to 1972....
.... Nutter Normington - Richard WarwickRichard WarwickRichard Warwick was a British actor.He was born Richard Carey Winter, at Meopham, Kent and made his film debut in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 production of Romeo and Juliet in the role of Gregory...
.... Petal - Bob ToddBob ToddBob Todd was an English comedy actor, mostly known for appearing as a straight man in the sketch shows of Benny Hill and Spike Milligan. For many years he lived in Tunbridge Wells, Kent....
.... Mr Barnwell - Jill GascoineJill GascoineJill Gascoine is a British actress and novelist. She is most widely known for her role as Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes in the 1980s television series The Gentle Touch and its spin-off series C.A.T.S. Eyes...
.... Mrs Barnwell - Peter JonesPeter Jones (actor)Peter Jones was an English actor, screenwriter and broadcaster.-Early life and career:Jones was born in Wem, Shropshire and he was educated at the Wem Grammar School and Ellesmere College. He made his first appearance as an actor in Wolverhampton at the age of 16 and then appeared in repertory...
.... Maxy Naus - Carol HawkinsCarol HawkinsCarol Hawkins is an English actress.Carol trained at the Corona Stage School. London stage shows have included, Sextet, Run for Your Wife, See How They Run, Wife Begins at Forty, The Undertaking also including tours such as Time and Time Again, Bedroom Farce, Wait Until Dark, Dirty Linen...
.... Jill Brown - Diane LangtonDiane LangtonDiane Langton is an English actress and singer.She has appeared in numerous TV shows like Only Fools and Horses, where she played Junie, an old girlfriend of Del Boy's, in the 1980s....
.... Ruby Climax - Linda ReganLinda ReganLinda Regan is a British actress who has appeared in television and film. She is best known for her role as Yellowcoat April in the British holiday camp sitcom Hi-De-Hi...
.... Brenda Climax - Rita WebbRita WebbRita Webb was an English character actress, mainly in comedy roles.Born Olive Webb in Willesden, Middlesex, England, she is best known for her appearances as a stooge for Benny Hill in his long-running Thames Television series...
.... Fanny's Mother - Helli LouiseHelli LouiseHelli Louise Brunchmann Jacobson, often billed merely as Helli Louise, is a former actress who appeared in films and television, including The Benny Hill Show, during the 1970s.-Career:Jacobson was born 2 August 1949 in Copenhagen...
.... Eva - Ian LavenderIan LavenderArthur Ian Lavender , better known as Ian Lavender, is an English stage, film and television actor, best known for his role as Private Frank Pike in the BBC comedy series Dad's Army.-Early life and career:...
.... Rodney - Bill PertweeBill PertweeWilliam Desmond Anthony Pertwee MBE is a British comedy actor. He is best known for playing the part of antagonist ARP Warden Hodges in the popular sitcom Dad's Army.-Early and personal life:...
.... Husband with javelin - Dave Prowse .... Man at Cinema
- Rula LenskaRula LenskaRula Lenska is an English actress. Best known for her work in the United Kingdom, she is remembered in the United States for a television advert that presented her as a celebrity, even though she was not widely known in the US at the time the advert was produced.She has appeared extensively on...
.... Receptionist - Andee Cromarty .... Fanny
Critical Reaction
Confessions of a Pop Performer was voted joint ‘Worst British Film of 1975’ by Sight and Sound magazine, tying with The Rocky Horror Picture ShowThe Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the 1975 film adaptation of the British rock musical stageplay, The Rocky Horror Show, written by Richard O'Brien. The film is a parody of B-movie, science fiction and horror films of the late 1940s through early 1970s. Director Jim Sharman collaborated on the...
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Soundtrack
Pop Performer was the only film in the series to spawn a soundtrack album, with musical numbers produced by Ed WelchEd Welch
Edward William "Ed" Welch is an English television composer.-Career:In 1971, he recorded an album, Clowns, including songs he had co-written with Tom Paxton, and session musicians including Mike de Albuquerque and Cozy Powell. In 1972, acted as producer on a version of “I Don't Know How to Love...
, and credited to the film’s fictional groups Kipper, and The Climax Sisters (played by Diane Langton and Linda Regan in the film, although Sue Martine provides Regan’s singing voice). The album also includes music from Confessions of a Window Cleaner and in-character ‘Timmy Chat’ from Robin Askwith.
Soundtrack listing
(Original album)Side 1
- Confessions of Timmy Tea (Three’s a Crowd)
- Timmy Chat (Robin Askwith)
- The Clapham (Kipper)
- Oh Sha La La (Kipper)
- Accidents will Happen (Kipper)
- Timmy Chat (Robin Askwith)
- I Need You (like a hole in the head!) (The Climax Sisters)
- Kipper (Kipper)
- Timmy Chat (Robin Askwith)
Side 2
- Hell of a Fuss (Teddy Palmer and the Rumble Band)
- Pop Performer Medley (Fire and Foam, See Though Jazz, The Crash, Timmy Goes Shopping, Theme for Truncheon and Helmet)
- Timmy Chat (Robin Askwith)
- This is your Life (Three’s a Crowd)
- Charlie Snowgarden (Sam Sklair)
- Timmy Chat (Robin Askwith)
- Confessions of Timmy Tea (reprise) (Three’s a Crowd)