Hot Springs Hotel

I absolutely HATE when the Director and\or Cameraman can not hold the camera steady. Watching this show could give someone whiplash with all the twisty camera work. I also don't condone the self-mutilation of silicone implants, which almost every woman in this show seems to have. The Producers (the Dudelson brothers) did a much better job with their "Compromising Situations" show. I hope Showtime cancels it soon.

Okay, lots of topless women. But they are all pure silicon. And considering Showtime's other series, its surprising how timid they are about showing lower frontal nudity. Hands and sheets are strategically placed to always cover this up in a way that would never happen during real sex.

The acting is poor and the dialogue putrid. If you see one episode, there is no point in seeing any others. There are much better series out there for soft-core.

Finally, TV the way it was meant to be. Every now and then you can still catch reruns of "Hot Springs Hotel," and it's an absolute joy to see such a good show. I say that it's the best show on TV, and I mean it. Finally a show that realizes that 30 minutes is way too short to have any plot development or real characters, that it's the perfect time period for nice little snippets of soft-core porn. Every episode the same things happen: We meet amazingly hot women, they meet a guy, and we see a lot of tit shots of some of the most beautiful tits in the business. My only complaint is that we don't see Samantha Phillips naked enough, because her body is the greatest, and she would add something to the show. Still, there's no other show even close to this one. Watch it every chance you get.

IMDb describes it thus: "Brother and sister, Randy and Kat, own the Hot Springs Hotel and along with Kat's friend Lacey get into all kinds of shenanigans with their staff and customers". This accurately sums it up, through I'd coin a new word, shaganigans.

The star of the show is Randy (Robert Vitelli), a clear case of nominative determinism, plus numerous sexy female staff and guests he seduces with minimum effort. It makes no claim to intellectual rigour, or even competent storytelling, plot hole pedants could have a field day. Randy and occasionally other men make love to girls whose names are not revealed, their role in the story (such as it is) is not explained, and whom we never see again.

I've watched most episodes twice, purely in the interests of research you understand. My infallible babe-ometer registered two which, as it were, give the most bang for your buck:

7 Rock Star. Handsome rock star Trent (Phillip Rhys Chaudhary) checks in to have a rest from female attention, only for several fan club girls to catch up with him. He beds a gorgeous brunette and five minutes later an equally lovely blonde, but not before Randy has opened the batting with a lengthy bath scene.

13 Layout. Randy hits on the idea of an illustrated brochure, possibly motivated by the opportunity to get girls to strip off, naturally he's the photographer. Most notable for an erotic scene with the best looking babe in the series (curly hair, brunette/redhead) didn't catch the name. As is usually the case this happens after barely a minute, so there is time aplenty for another two sex scenes to make up the typical quota.

So I'm flipping through channels late at night and I come across this strange show with naked women, little plot and bordering on Amateur filmmaking. Sounds bad, right? It is. But it also has a certain campy feeling. It's sickeningly entertaining. So much so that my friends come over to my house ever week now to watch it, not even for the naked women so much as just to see what strange scheme they'll concoct next in a blatant attempt to show nudity. It's not so much the nakedness itself as the trials and tribulations it takes to get there. I'm not altogether sure why I like this show, but I'm sure Showtime's getting the $20 back they put into each episode, and I for one hope they keep doing it.