Porn About Porn: Greetings from “Canoga Park”

We bet Playboy got some kickbacks from the Canoga Park Chamber of Commerce for making it look as if the full insertion capital of the world was really just a glossy softcore mecca. Indeed, henchbabes Casey Parker and Monique Alexander look downright overdressed compared with their regular gigs at Shane's World and Vivid, respectively. Still, even if these 20-minute episodes airing weekly on Playboy TV are frothy romps compared with the irredeemable soullessness we normally review, we're happy that somewhere it actually made sense to say to Parker, "Casey, keep your pants on."

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"Canoga Park"'s American Insertion Pictures may make cheesy cable porn, but we can guarantee you there is more money in the effects budget of this parody than there will be in 75 percent of next week's AVN nominees.

Depicting porn personnel as lovable, winning, and bright-eyed, all this fantasy lacked was a wacky space monkey to cement the lie. If this were the real Canoga Park, every joke would have been punctuated by a coke-fueled gangbang at the De Soto 7-11's jerky and Slurpee aisle.

Zippy dialogue, jiggling, a script, and strong production values characterize this whitewashing of the Jewel of Porn Valley. But would you expect Playboy to have its finger on the pulse if its studio is in Glendale?

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