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Bryanston Distributing Company (formerly known as Bryanston Distributors and also traded as Bryanston Pictures) was an American film distribution company that was active during the 1970s. The company was founded by Louis Peraino and Philip Parisi in 1972. [1]
Mar 2, 2022 · Yes, Louis “Butchie” Peraino, essayed by Andrew Dice Clay, is based on the real person of the same name. The actual Louis Peraino, who was also popularly known by the moniker Butchie, was actually indirectly involved in the initial spread of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s stolen tape.
- Did Tommy Lee Threaten Rand Gauthier with A Gun, as Gauthier Claims?
- Did Rand Gauthier Pose as The Couple’S Dog to Get Into Pam and Tommy’s Home?
- Was Rand Gauthier A Porn star?
- Did Goldschläger Bring Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson Together?
- Did Tommy Lee Actually Follow Pamela Anderson to Mexico?
- Did Pamela Anderson Idolize Jane Fonda?
- Does Tommy Lee’s Penis Have The Ability to Talk?
- Does Tommy Lee Really Hate Seattle’s Music Scene?
- Did Louis “Butchie” Peraino Torture Rand Gauthier with Cherries?
- Did Pamela Anderson Really Clap Back at Jay Leno For His Sex Tape Jokes?
Gauthier was working on an extensive renovation of Lee and Anderson’s Malibu mansion in the spring of 1995 when, he claims, the couple abruptly fired him without paying him the $20,000 he was owed for the project. Soon after being let go, Gauthier returned to the home with another contractor to collect their tools. According to Gauthier, Lee allege...
Gauthier spent the summer of 1995 planning the perfect heist, but his most ingenious move involved a white Tibetan yak fur rug. Just like his onscreen counterpart, Gauthier used the carpet to disguise himself as the couple’s pooch in order to bypass the security cameras that he had installed. Somehow, his canine impression, which had him crawling a...
The Rand we meet in Pam & Tommy is a down-on-his-luck contractor who very much believes in karma. Prior to taking the job working on Pam and Tommy’s mansion, he dabbles in porn—a connection that later helps him leak the couple’s private video. In the show, we see Rand work as a handyman on adult film sets, and later become an actor in occasional pr...
While Pam & Tommy speeds up the timeline of Lee and Anderson’s whirlwind romance, it really did start with a shot of Goldschläger, the cinnamon schnapps that has gold flakes floating in it. Anderson sent Lee the complimentary drink when he visited the Hollywood club Sanctuary, of which she was part owner, on New Year’s Eve in 1994. It was love at f...
On the show, the musician immediately follows Pam to Cancun after sparks fly. In real life, their romance took a little longer to get off the ground. Lee did follow the Baywatch alum to Mexico, but it was nearly a month after their first brief encounter. In The Dirt, Lee recalls landing in Mexico and calling every hotel in Cancun in hopes of findin...
In episode 3, as Pam prepares for the publicity tour behind her 1996 film Barb Wire, her publicist asks whose career she admires, to which the actress replies Fonda. “When she first started out, she was just this girl next door … then she did Barbarellaand she became this huge sex symbol,” Pam explains. She notes that Fonda flipped the script and s...
Of course not. But a scene in episode 2, in which Tommy declares his love for Pam in a heart-to-heart with his penis (voiced by The Good Place’s Jason Mantzoukas) was inspired by Lee’s 2004 memoir, Tommyland. The book opens with a dialogue between Lee and his member, fittingly named “Dick,” who chimes in throughout the autobiography to co-narrate m...
Throughout Pam & Tommy, the heavy metal rocker shows nothing but disdain for the capital of grunge and the genre that the series insinuates thwarted Mötley Crüe’s comeback. We see his band get bumped from the biggest studio by Third Eye Blind. He’s also completely dismissive of Sleater-Kinney, Carrie Brownstein’s band that’s signed to the Seattle i...
When Mr. Peraino (Andrew Dice Clay)—not Butchie, never call him Butchie—can’t find Rand’s porn producer partner Milton “Uncle Miltie” Ingley (Nick Offerman) with his money, he gets Rand to speak up by force feeding him cherries soaked in Everclear, a potent alcohol with a bad reputation. This was the real Peraino’s calling card, according to Gauthi...
In episode 5, a pregnant Pam appears on The Tonight Show before the release of Barb Wire and is asked about the tape by host Jay Leno. “What tape?” she jokes. When he then asks what the “exposure” has been like, the camera closes in on Pam’s face and she gets real about the toll the ordeal has taken on her. “It’s horrible,” she says. “To have somet...
Feb 2, 2022 · The actor playing the part of Louis "Butchie" Peraino is none other than "The Diceman" himself, comedian Andrew Dice Clay. Clay became famous in the 1980s with a series of stand-up...
Feb 1, 2022 · Mob boss Louis "Butchie" Peraino, who had given Gauthier funding to distribute the sex tape, later forced him to pay back his debts by working for the mob.
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The movie was produced by Louis "Butchie" Peraino, who was listed in the credits as "Lou Perry". Peraino was the owner of Plymouth Distributing, which he later renamed Arrow Film and Video. The entire production cost of $22,500 (equivalent to $164,000 today), and an additional $25,000 ($182,000 today) for music, was provided by ...
Jun 27, 2024 · On this day in 1940 Louis Peraino was born. He was a Colombo Crime Family mobster but also a film producer known for his production of adult films. He would spend time in and out of jail in the 70’s and 80’s, eventually dying of lung cancer before the new millennium in 1999.
