Love, Lust and Laughter - 06.14.22

<p style="font-weight:400;">Mark Twain Meets Don Juan</p> <p style="font-weight:400;"> </p> <p style="font-weight:400;">“Mark Twain meets Don Juan—a delectable fusion of brains and balls!” is an observation made about Howie Gordon’s book <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Hindsight-True-Love-Mischief-Golden/dp/1593937490'>HINDSIGHT: True Love and Mischief in the Golden Age of Porn</a>. It’s true that Howie Gordon – aka <a href='https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0655330/'>Richard Pacheco</a> – is unafraid to experience the wilds, both inner and outer. He writes with huge humor that will keep you laughing throughout his fascinating journey!</p> <p style="font-weight:400;"> </p> <p style="font-weight:400;">On Love, Lust and Laughter, Dr. Diana interviewed Howie in 2013 and in 2015. The first time he was on a panel with Nina Hartley and Candida Royalle. In 2015, sadly, <a href='https://drdianawiley.com/tribute-to-candida-royalle-with-nina-hartley-richard-pacheco-sept-22-2015/'>he and Nina joined Diana on air grieving the death of Candida</a>.</p> <p style="font-weight:400;"> </p> <p style="font-weight:400;">His longtime friend Whoopi Goldberg noted in her Foreword that he wrote in a time of storytelling with an X Rating. And what a storyteller he is! Howie spoke about his peak experiences working in the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Porn'>Golden Age of Porn (1969–1984)</a>, as well as what lessons he learned.</p> <p style="font-weight:400;"> </p> <p style="font-weight:400;">“<a href='https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0127113/'>Hot & Saucy Pizza Girls</a>” was one of his first porn films. He recalled that Candida Royalle was young and wild (she was an actress before she started her own production company <a href='http://candidaroyalle.com/femme-productions/'>Femme Productions</a> in 1984) and he was ten years older. Howie was learning about himself and his anxieties. Even though they’d had a “rehearsal” the day before the filming when he had no problem with his erection, that was not the case when they began