Newsmaker: Ron Jeremy sticks it to tech sector

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Do you see anything on the Web that is improving our lives?
Jeremy: It works for research. But if I'm on the Internet for more than a half hour I feel like I've wasted the day. The Internet is a marvelous thing. It's an educational tool right at our fingertips. I'm not knocking. It's wonderful. The pop culture thing just bores me.

Did you ever want to pursue a career in the sciences? Your parents have a science background right?
Jeremy: No. I was a major in theater and education. I was pretty good in science and math. I wasn't bad, although I never liked calculus. My dad is a physicist. My mother was an early college graduate of Queens College.

Do you have an iPod?
Jeremy: No, I'm technologically inefficient. I don't even have a Walkman. I got to tell the truth. Heavy.com taught me a lot of things. They had to explain what certain things were. What's it called--the Bluetooth? I understand all that stuff. Again, I have a master's degree. I have a working knowledge of science and math. I'm not an idiot. I'm just not very motivated, and as any school teacher knows, if you're not motivated you're not going to learn very much.

Tell me about the show on Heavy.com.
Jeremy: The show is a lot of fun. The show to me is Saturday Night Live meets modern technology. I poke fun at a lot of modern technologies. I interview people on the street. I do some skits a lot of satires and takeoffs of other successful shows, like the cabdriver show...Real Taxi. I'm driving the car and talking to people in the backseat. It's like (comedian) Tom Green meets Jackass meets Saturday Night Live meets technology. Just having fun with people and not making them look too foolish.

Did you like any of the gadgets you reviewed?
Jeremy: Of course, I enjoyed the stuff I was reviewing. But my favorite part, by far, is the satire of those YouTube hits, especially the one where I'm looking at myself like that belly dancer. They shrunk me down. That was fun. Did they keep that in the show?

Yes.
Jeremy: That was fun. I enjoyed poking fun at those things on YouTube. It just amazes me that anybody can be a filmmaker...even those who suck. We are going through kind of a bad transition in entertainment. I think we'll pop out of it. As all this crap is out there, only the good will survive or have any longevity. I think we're going to break out. Acting will take a backseat to technology, and that's a shame, but I think that it can't be helped.

What do you think of the women of tech?
Jeremy: I couldn't care. Just give me Britney Spears and Pam Anderson, and I'm done.

Technology can deliver too much information, right? I've heard that some in the porn industry are worried about high definition and close-ups.
Jeremy: I know, I heard. You can see every hair follicle, every little pimple. Well, too bad; get a better makeup artist...Lord knows I don't want any close-ups. It's fine if people like it...if it makes the sex look better and hotter, then wonderful.

Sex and porn, maybe the most famous intersection between tech and porn was the Orgasmatron from the films Barbarella and Sleeper. What's your favorite intersection?
Jeremy: Well, I think the future of porn might be holograms combined with a (lifelike) doll. I think there will be a day when you will plug into a computer and put it on your genitalia and you'll actually feel things. Like that movie that I did called American Virgin with (actors) Bob Hoskins and Robert Loggia. Check it out: (actress) Mena Suvari in one of her very first roles. I had a pretty good part in it as a cop.

Another part of the future of porn is going to be interactivity with a (lifelike) doll. They have those dolls made in San Diego that feel lifelike. They are so realistic looking. You take that doll and put a moving hologram over its face like they do in Disneyland. You'll take a computer and pick out your favorite porn star, put down your name so she says, "Oh John, Oh Bob," and then you can actually have sex with your favorite porn star. Or you can have sex with your favorite mainstream star.

Is this already happening?
Jeremy: No, but I'm sure it'll happen in the near future. They have the technology to do that right now. We have cell phone technology, hard core. There is an RJMobile in Europe: Ron Jeremy Mobile. I've made some good money on it but it hasn't come to America as yet because they can't do age verification. We're trying to be responsible--the entire adult industry--and not allow cell phones to have hard core until they can make sure minors don't have it. Right now it's in Amsterdam and England.

Can you mention my book? Ron Jeremy: The Hardest Working Man in Show Business.

Sure.

 

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[ChrisSpence]

Here is the martial arts video Ron mentioned

It's been combined with a few more clips...
http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/secret-mma-demo-video/

[herkamur]

inventor of radio

There's long been a controversy over who invented radio. Both Marconi and Nikola Tesla were working on the subject at around the same time. Some good information may be found on PBS here:

http://www.pbs.org/tesla/ll/ll_whoradio.html

I just think that Tesla's work ought to be recognized.

[ajlane83]

Texting?

I dunno about anyone else, but I hate checking voice mail on my cell, I'd much rather read a text, and that's one of the reasons I prefer texting to voice.

[shoffmueller]

What jeremy fails to see is...

...that texting allows messages to be stored for the recipient to read when he's got time, it allows for threaded conversation, and allows for faster access to saved snippets of conversation. This guy compares text'ing to morse code, and says somehow suggests that text messaging is going backwards. This interview was completely worthless.

[ajlane83]

Texting?

I dunno about anyone else, but I hate checking voice mail on my cell, I'd much rather read a text, and that's one of the reasons I prefer texting to voice.

[uptown81w]

Orgasmatron & Barabarella?

The Orgasmatron was the orgasm-producing orb in Woody Allen's "Sleeper". Barbarella had sex by playing patty cake (no orb needed), until she discovered a more old fashioned method, which she came to prefer.

[catbus99]

Historically correct

I was at what was one of the first World Wide Web "trade shows" at the San Jose Convention Center back in the early 90's. To be honest, it was in one of the center's smaller halls with a lot of open space remaining. It was at that point in time where the few of us who knew about the Web thought it was a pretty good idea, but nobody (including me) could see how it could ever be commercially useful. As I remember it, between a quarter and a third of the handful of exhibitors were what we would call today "porn sites."

Give Mr. Jeremy some credit as a futurist. If holographic projection ever becomes a viable entertainment medium, holo-porn will be what gets it into the living room (or wherever).

And thanks, Ron, for all your "hard work." You were always the babe magnet for the rest of us!

[fcekuahd]

Oh yeah, if Ron Jeremy is reviewing a gadget...

I'm going to want it. NOT.

[azareus]

brain inside

Worthwhile commentary. Does he boost his brain?
http://brain.com

[AlienEric]

Ron sucks. - http://www.mobdown.com/

According to some users of http://www.mobdown.com/ , Ron is a terrible actor, really stupid, and really disliked. Just check out his videos at http://www.mobdown.com/ and you'll understand their frustrations.