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[–]artiedeco 114 points115 points ago

What is the one girl of all of them you'll always remember and why?

[–]snippysnappy[S] 470 points471 points ago

One that we didn't ever get on camera, but here's the scene:

It's after 2am, and the club we were at that night has pretty much cleared out. This night was a 'foam party', meaning that after a certain hour the dance floor was filled with an ever replenishing supply of 'foam'. The kids dance in it, grind in it, do god knows what in it. But, by the end of the night, the foam is reduced to a milky, filthy, pool of warm water, maybe 6 or 8 inches deep.

We're packing our gear when I look up and see some sad, clearly intoxicated girl, on her hands and knees in the foam, desperately searching for her wallet she had lost on the dance floor.

It just seemed to sum up so much of what the whole experience was like, that it'll forever be burned into my mind's eye.

[–]beergoggles69 95 points96 points ago

Really? That didn't make it onto the video?

That would be the saddest ever GGW

[–]snippysnappy[S] 464 points465 points ago

Actually it would be hilarious to cut together a sad version of GGW videos w/only scenes like this...That or I always dreamt of doing a Girls Gone Mild type thing, where guys go to the beach and encourage scantily clad young girls to cover up.

[–]friendlyaussie 148 points149 points ago

Hahaha "Girls Gone Mild". I would actually buy that, no joke. I would sit there and watch the crying drunk girl search for her wallet and just feel kind of sad, it would be a refreshing break from the boob flashings.

[–]jillypepper 36 points37 points ago

Show it to high school kids/college kids/people in danger of alcohol abuse and it might just do the trick.

[–]NocturnalGamer 39 points40 points ago

If I had money, I would fund your amazing proposition and give you half of the money earned from it. You sir, are brilliant.

[–]artiedeco 89 points90 points ago*

thank you for seeing that.

[–]runfromtheraptor 142 points143 points ago

thats the sad story of most of our lives... subservient to those with money searching frantically on our knees in the muck of life for our true identity.

but thats enough of me comparing our existance to a failed GGW video.

[–]rabaraba 22 points23 points ago

subservient to those with money searching frantically on our knees in the muck of life for our true identity.

Holy shit, that's deep.

[–]ginja_ninja 73 points74 points ago

Don't exaggerate, he said it was only 6-8 inches of water.

[–]robosagogo 158 points159 points ago

A friend and I noticed that we never see black girls or asian girls in the commercials for your videos. Why is that?

[–]snippysnappy[S] 291 points292 points ago

Again, we were encouraged to shoot girl next door types (code for white, blonde, and thin)...AND, even if we didn't, we have no control over what gets on the DVDs.

Me thinks Mr. Francis feels his brand appeals to a certain demographic, and he's probably right.

[–]dagbrown 197 points198 points ago

The girls next door to me are all Asian. ಠ_ಠ

[–]gymnophobe 216 points217 points ago

Yeah, but you do live in China

[–]PlatinumJack 140 points141 points ago

San Francisco, but close enough.

[–]gnarlysaurus 30 points31 points ago

San Jose, 14 out of 10 people are asian.

[–]Maison_Bourbon 53 points54 points ago

not UCSD? I'm surprised

[–]herpants 155 points156 points ago

If I wore a Girls Gone Wild t-shirt and carried a camera at spring break, do you think I'd see enough boobs to make it worth it?

[–]snippysnappy[S] 315 points316 points ago

I've heard of guys doing that, and I think they got sued by GGW, thus causing them to put a tiny 'Not' above the GGW logo on their shirts. No shit.

[–]fco83 87 points88 points ago

How exactly are they going to be able to sue some random no-name dude out on spring break?

[–]Fuhdawin 245 points246 points ago

They support SOPA.

[–]Gokias 115 points116 points ago

REDDIT! ATTACK!

[–]ShallowBasketcase 66 points67 points ago

I AM VERY ANGRY NOW

[–]CelebornX 64 points65 points ago

Did you purposefully seek out obviously drunk girls?

And when filling out consent forms, did you check for IDs and make sure they weren't fakes?

[–]snippysnappy[S] 93 points94 points ago*

Yes and no, as I said in another post:

At a club in Mexico at 2 am, pretty much everyone is inebriated..I know I was, so it wasn't hard to find people who were drunk. And, yeah, every girl had to show ID into the camera, state their name and date of birth, and then their age.

[–]thegreatgazoo 56 points57 points ago

How do they not get kicked out of all bars? Usually bars aren't really keen to have women flashing inside as it can get them in trouble.

[–]snippysnappy[S] 133 points134 points ago

Well, some of the clubs use our presence as a marketing tool: Advertising that GGW is going to be there certainly gets guys in the door, and amazingly, somewhat tragically, it seems to have the same effect on many young women.

However, we would walk the strip and poke into various clubs, uninvited, and sometimes, yes, we'd be booted out almost immediately.

[–]BdotDS 48 points49 points ago

Bouncer here. It's not us getting in trouble that we worry about, it's other people, because of all of the testosterone that starts flowing when girls are showing their tits.

[–]Gab3r1234 149 points150 points ago

Your best story. Go:

[–]snippysnappy[S] 196 points197 points ago

Hard to say. The four weeks were alternately awful and grueling, and also a pretty rad time. We were down there for 'Grad Break' which apparently isn't the most conducive to GGW's needs, as there aren't that many kids, etc. Spring Break and the like are really when things get 'Wild', so to speak.

The image that stands out the most was getting shoved by Darth Raper himself, Mr. Joe Francis, because I wasn't getting the shot he wanted...and watching him get kicked out of a Senor Frog's. Classy guy.

[–]E_lucas 105 points106 points ago

Senor Frog's

Well fuck now I get that Arrested Development joke.

[–]JBAUkoW 78 points79 points ago

See also: "Girls With Low Self Esteem"

[–]AnnaConga 28 points29 points ago

And "Families with Low Self Esteem"

[–]toad25 20 points21 points ago

And say goodbye to these.

[–]relevant_rule34 113 points114 points ago

Was this before or after the incident when his house was broken into and he was forced to sodomize himself on camera? And what kind of person was he like?

p.s. for those who haven't seen it, this is a picture of Joe Francis on a boat with Paris Hilton flashing her breasts - NSFW

[–]GetOverClocked 203 points204 points ago

Picture unblurred . Obviously nsfw.

[–]threw_away_post_mhm 43 points44 points ago

Great, now can you get the unblurred image to the left of Ole Hildog?

[–]boomfarmer 95 points96 points ago

Going from its placement on the table, color scheme, and the approximate shapes depicted thereon, I'd say it's a low-level oblique image of Osama bin Laden's compound. Here it is on Google Maps. Here's a quick estimate of what's on that piece of paper.

[–]AFatKid 138 points139 points ago

Those are balls. This close, they always look like landscape. But nope, you're looking at balls.

[–]mechroid 2 points3 points ago

I found it, boomfarmer. I found it, and I can imagine your chuckle.

[–]snippysnappy[S] 173 points174 points ago*

Before. Very shortly before.

Also, he was a dickish, very creepy guy. Working the clubs, while he was there, was less about getting girls on camera, and more about asking girls to come over to VIP to meet him. He was maybe 34 at the time and constantly making-out w/18 year-olds..It was bizarre. And if you didn't bring over girls that were to his liking he'd let you know.

[–]thejoe 129 points130 points ago

Doug Stanhope described him as the 'most awful human being [he] had ever met'.

I guess you and Doug might find some common ground.

[–]snippysnappy[S] 73 points74 points ago

Doug Stanhope's time at the company was a little bit before mine. We had a 'host' for the two weeks that Joe was there. Can't remember his name, but I'd love to hear his take on Joe now.

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[–]Cerberus136 104 points105 points ago

Q: Does your job allow you to have sex with a lot of girls? A: Well, it’s not because of my job; I don’t use my job in that way. I guess the correct answer is "as many as possible." I’m not always successful, but I probably deserve an "A" for effort. My philosophy is that it never hurts to ask. But as the brother of three sisters, I know very well that "No" means "No."

Wait...so he's asked all 3 of his sisters to have sex with him at some point?

[–]ta312 29 points30 points ago

If he had sex with his sisters we would've known about it; he would've made a sex tape and tried to sell it to us.

[–]mazereon 12 points13 points ago

I'd like to note for the record he has never denied having sex with his three sisters.

[–]wankerbot 42 points43 points ago

This is the first picture of her where I began to feel mild attraction. Without her mouth moving, she's not bad looking.

[–]pursatrat 42 points43 points ago

Surely one of the best AMA's I have perused. Thanks snip.

[–]leftrightleft 83 points84 points ago

did you bang any of the girls?

[–]snippysnappy[S] 280 points281 points ago

I did not. I had a very serious GF back home at the time (now my wife), but the other guys did. Rampantly.

[–]citricacid 144 points145 points ago

Wow. Must of been serious for her to let you take a job like that.

[–]snippysnappy[S] 503 points504 points ago

She's very cool and not at all the kind of woman to get upset by something like that...And, yeah, we were already very serious. I proposed shortly after coming back, like a soldier returning from war.

[–]spicywith 267 points268 points ago

I imagine that just like The Hurt Locker, some men get home and realize that boobs are all they know...walking down a supermarket isle only able to think about tits. Cut to Day 1 of 365: GGW rotation #2...

[–]beergoggles69 60 points61 points ago

Then years later they have to go back to Cancun to make peace with their inner demons.

I think we have a comedy sketch on our hands here

[–]nirtydigger 52 points53 points ago

Upvote for the war analogy. How did you land this gig anyhow?

<_< ... >_>

[–]snippysnappy[S] 82 points83 points ago

See above, or below: By answering a Craigslist ad.

[–]Daroo425 81 points82 points ago

wow, I need to check out craigslist more often

[–]mafoo 38 points39 points ago

Aw fuck, it's blacked-out for SOPA/PIPA. Not today Craigslist, NOT TODAY!!!

[–]TheMeowMeow 69 points70 points ago

Did you suffer from any PTWD? (Post-Traumatic Whore Disorder)

[–]MindPsy 24 points25 points ago

Post-Traumatic Stress Diswhoreder?

[–]hippiedawg 8 points9 points ago

Were the other guys generally decent looking, or were some of them fat slobs and got it anyway just as much because they were with the show?

[–]sre01 121 points122 points ago

I met Joe Francis at a GGW shoot in the Drink in Chattanooga TN. Is he always a total dick or was it just a bad night?

[–]snippysnappy[S] 276 points277 points ago

As best as I can tell, the guy is in permanent dick-mode. He made his first $10 million when he was 24, that has to warp a person to some degree.

[–][deleted] 385 points386 points ago

It's a cop out to blame the money. I know several people who made it big early, some of them are dicks, some aren't.

Money doesn't change your personality, it just amplifies it. By a lot.

[–]forhate 205 points206 points ago

Bill Gates

[–]yourmovecreep 81 points82 points ago

"Oh, I didn't get rich by writing a lot of cheques!"

[–]A_Simpson 66 points67 points ago

BUY him out, boys!

AHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[–]pursatrat 48 points49 points ago

Great fucking comment, thanks.

[–]Awkward_Arab 33 points34 points ago

Money doesn't change your personality, it just amplifies it. By a lot.

That is fucking spot on.

[–]sre01 59 points60 points ago

Yeah. That's what I figured. He was just a total SOB to a lot of people that night. I'm glad we were in Chattanooga and not where I live now. Shit would have probably got violent quickly.

[–]snippysnappy[S] 636 points637 points ago*

In my experience, he treated everyone around him like they were beneath him.

Quick anecdote: We're piled into Joe's van, with him, myself, another cameraman and what seemed at the time like 25 hooting and hollering drunken 18 year old girls. These girls, scarily enough, have agreed to come to a 'party' at Mssr. Francis' evil castle 40 minutes away from where we were.

Joe is screaming 'ALTO!' 'ALTO!' at his driver, making him stop at every bar on the way, so I can run in and try to scoop up more girls.

Frustrated I run into the last bar, and just didn't do shit. I'm pissed and sick of being this guy's monkey. So I come back to the van without any girls explaining that there was a wet t-shirt contest going on and I couldn't get anyone's attention.

'You came back empty handed???'

He literally scoffed at me. I nodded yes.

Joe pulled the door shut and ordered the driver to leave without me, thus abandoning his employee on some street of Puerta Vallarta at 1 am.

When the van pulled off, I could just make out my friend, another cameraman, in the back with his nose pressed to the glass watching me recede into the distance. It was like that scene in Hotel Rwanda.

[–]tanzorbarbarian 440 points441 points ago

I laughed SO HARD at this. Not at the fact that he left you, but at the whole

with his nose pressed to the glass

thing. The mental image of someone crammed in a van with a total dickhead and an infinite amount of drunk party girls, but still wearing the "don't leave me" face. Hilarious.

[–]GreenCardMe 26 points27 points ago

what a poetic comment.

[–]ZeroMomentum 99 points100 points ago

It had nothing to do with the money, Joe Francis is just a dick.

[–]GhostedAccount 233 points234 points ago

Van rides are for closers.

[–]beergoggles69 61 points62 points ago

The fucking video footage is weak? You're weak.

[–]DigDugDude 20 points21 points ago

Get out there - you got the prospects coming in. You think they came in to get out of the rain? A girl don't walk in the bar lest she wants to get naked. They're standing out there waiting to show you their tits. Are you gonna film it? Are you man enough to film it?

[–]zerolimit 4 points5 points ago

Always be closing!

[–]SabineLavine 22 points23 points ago

Christ, I'd like to kick that guy in the dick. He has zero redeeming qualities, and way too much power.

[–]sre01 51 points52 points ago

Holy shit. What an asshole. I knew he was a dick, but that's extreme.

[–]iImplying 28 points29 points ago

well, in his defense, a man's gotta watch the ratio, you know?

[–]Totem425 13 points14 points ago

But hey, on the upside, you're in Puerta Vallarta.

[–]P2000Camaro 14 points15 points ago

The towns are not as pleasant as they might seem. I went there on vacation one year. The resort was gorgeous, the towns.. not so much..

[–]whatever_idc 168 points169 points ago

On 22 January 2004, Joe Francis's Bel Air home was broken into and he was forced at gunpoint to star in a homosexual themed video.

What were your thoughts about this?

[–]snippysnappy[S] 164 points165 points ago

My time working with them was after this happened, but before the story broke. I think it broke in an issue of Radar magazine? Myself and the other cameramen I knew were pretty entertained by it.

[–]Dolomite808 24 points25 points ago

Wha..huh?! How did I never hear about this?

[–]i_rock 39 points40 points ago

Did they teach you how to communicate to the girls, in such way that they do almost anything you ask them to. Or are they just that drunk?

[–]snippysnappy[S] 117 points118 points ago*

Apparently, before my time, they had felt that the cameramen were fucking things up and missing opportunities with the girls. So, their brilliant answer to this was to give each of us a lanyard with a laminated 'script' on it.

The script consisted of things to do and say with the girls. Some of the ones I remember were:

To tell them to spit out their gum. Joe HATED that otherwise good footage was sometimes ruined by gum chewing.

Ask them about the first BJ they ever gave.

Ask if they like to talk dirty, and then ask to talk dirty to the camera, etc...

It was really ridiculous, and especially weird to be shooting with a girl undressing in front of you and reading this shit that is hanging around your neck.`

[–]lewisthemusician 77 points78 points ago

lol, it had to be laminated :D

[–]SatchManDoo 155 points156 points ago

How many boners did you get daily?

[–]Captcha_Code 83 points84 points ago

OP should answer this. I've always wondered this about cameramen.

[–]snippysnappy[S] 609 points610 points ago

Due to an unrelated accident early in life I have a permanent boner.

[–]neekneek 593 points594 points ago

I called my accident puberty.

[–]Hambone74 174 points175 points ago

Was it in an unfortunate Schmelting Acshident?

[–]hambone22 31 points32 points ago

I saw your reply immediately after thinking the same thing and probably laughed a little too hard. Then I saw your user name and freaked out a little thinking, "When the F**K did I post that?"

[–]The_Turbinator 4 points5 points ago

Whoa dude!! There's been a glitch in The Matrix.

[–]Slayer1973 35 points36 points ago

**Wush it...

[–]wastedpogoing 116 points117 points ago

That sounds hard to live with.

[–]seafood10 66 points67 points ago

Has it's ups and ...ups.

[–]jakebluu 40 points41 points ago

You're kidding, right?

Right?

[–]autodidact89 15 points16 points ago

It seems to me like you need to do another AMA.

[–]alejandrosantos434 32 points33 points ago

Go on......

[–]poloport 9 points10 points ago

Now you got me interested... Details please?

[–]ra9638 19 points20 points ago

tagged in res as "perpetual boner"

[–]BeatLeJuce 26 points27 points ago

This kills the penis.

[–]peteywright 11 points12 points ago

The lack of reply makes me think he's gotten more than he can even count.

[–][deleted] 404 points405 points ago

Did you ever feel bad for these girls and how bad of a decision they might have been making? (Sincere question please don't downvote me)

[–]snippysnappy[S] 320 points321 points ago

Uh, yeah! I'll never forget the feeling after I got my first girl on camera - a mixture of being drunk with power, and total revulsion (at myself). After the first though you get numb to it and it becomes pretty normal, surprisingly quick.

Also, bc of the time of year and what not, we actually did not do as much shooting as they would've liked. We kinda juts partied on GGW's dime for a few weeks.

[–]peteywright 104 points105 points ago

What's the most awkward situation you've been in? Any of the girls ever do something ridiculous or x rated that is even too hardcore for ggw?

[–]SpiderFan 48 points49 points ago

If a girl is being reluctant, what's your process of talking the girls into doing flashing/sex.

[–]snippysnappy[S] 108 points109 points ago

This was our drill:

Show up at club and have DJ announce our presence.

Do a light show, meaning turn on our lights and go out on dance floor in an effort to see who responds to camera best. Oftentimes, we wouldn't even be rolling during this part. it was just to see who was shy, and who, um, was not.

After about 2 minutes of that, shut off lights and disappear for a while. Get a drink, head back to our booth or VIP, or whatever. Almost like playing hard to get.

Then, go out, and introduce yourself to attractive girls, particularly any you noticed being potentially willing to go 'wild' on the dance floor.

They instructed us to be approachable, explain who we were and what we were doing, and act like it was a party we were throwing.

'Hi, I'm so and so, and we're w/GGW. We're doing a night here tonight, and will be shooting, etc. If you, or any of your friends want to be on camera later or join us over there, just come say hi...'

Invariably, girls would ask how they could get some of the swag we had literally dangling from our pockets, camerastraps, what have you: hats, tanks, thongs - all w/GGW logo printed on it. We'd answer that you had to be 'on camera'..They'd get the idea.

Honestly, if a girl was reluctant, we wouldn't waste our time - It's no use, and could potentially be a legal headache down the road. I don't remember if the company made that clear or not, but personally, if I felt a girl wasn't interested, I just moved on.

[–]SpiderFan 27 points28 points ago

Awesome. I watched some of the girls gone wild. It seems while on camera a lot of the girls were reluctant to do stuff, but the camera men were able to push it. Like if a girl didn't want to show her vag, he would be able to talk her into it, even if she felt like she didn't want to do it

Have you ever done anything like that.

[–]snippysnappy[S] 56 points57 points ago

Talking girls into stuff after you've already got them on camera is another thing entirely, and yes that went on. And I did indeed do it, though to varying degrees of success (mostly total failures)...and, really, it was ok with me, 'cause my heart wasn't in the thing to begin with.

[–]vinsite 49 points50 points ago

How does the guy go about getting these girls to do stuff that they know they will regret the next day? Is it just booze or is the money offered?

[–]snippysnappy[S] 121 points122 points ago

Booze and the promise of some shitty T-shirts and/or thongs emblazoned with the GGW logo on it, amazingly enough.

There is the possibility of money being offered, but it has to be co-ordinated with the Tour Manager (yes, there is such a thing), and is made available only if it seems like it might help get a girl or girls to agree to do a 'scene', rather than straight up flashing.

I was constantly amazed at how willing so many girls are to do this shit.

[–]JumpinJackHTML5 28 points29 points ago

It's all a numbers game. It's exactly the same as the video of the guy grabbing 1,000 girls boobs. If you ask enough people, you'll find some that will say yes. Also, not all of them will regret it the next day, many will, but also a lot of people love fame, any way they can get it.

[–]v4twint 20 points21 points ago

I went to school in New Orleans and was amazed at the girls that they got to get naked on camera, these were girls that I knew well that I never would've thought would do something like that. It seemed like all they had to do was offer them a GGW hat and an invitation to a "private party" (that only other 18 year old girls were being invited to) and they would go apeshit. It seemed funny to me that they wanted those hats so bad because I am sure they would never have worn it in public later seeing as it is a reminder of that time they got wasted and showed their tits on camera.

Did you notice them using the same tactics in Mexico? I guess that dirtbag basically has this down to a science by now.

[–]bbibber 52 points53 points ago

It seemed funny to me that they wanted those hats so bad

You'd understand if you played TF2 more.

[–]snippysnappy[S] 18 points19 points ago

That's it in a nutshell. It's a sad and brilliant strategy all the same.

[–]humanatron 8 points9 points ago

The hat is like a trophy. As in GGW thought I was hot enough to ask me. I guess it makes the girls feel validated.

[–]toe_fur 171 points172 points ago

My brother! I ALSO am a GGW former cameraman! My experience was a one nighter... but holy shit was that a house party. I can elaborate if anyone would like me to... (also provide proof) Commenting on a post with 535 comments usually means this will never be read though...

[–]TheSantaslave 130 points131 points ago

"Yes, I was, uh... I was thinking about ordering the tape, the videotape...about the college girls and the... the wild... the wildness. They're going wild or something? Somebody told me... about going wild. "

[–]aztecman 82 points83 points ago

You sick fuck Larry

[–]ceslek 40 points41 points ago*

  1. What kind of paperwork do the girls need to sign? Was the paperwork different for just flashing breasts as opposed to a lesbian shower scene?

  2. Are these girls actually amateur or have most already done porn/nude modeling?

  3. Are they paid?

  4. Any girls who changed their minds half way through the shoot?

  5. Any bad experiences?

  6. Were you allowed to get involved with the girls?

  7. Who had to convince the girls to get on camera?

  8. How much were you paid and what were your "job responsibilities"?

  9. Were you given free room, board, and food?

  10. Did you sleep on the GGW bus?

[–]snippysnappy[S] 81 points82 points ago

No paperwork, unless they do a 'scene' that involves sexual activity w/another girl. Other than that just hold your ID up to the camera and state your name.

One girl in particular ran into me the next day and begged for us to erase the tape. The tape was already out of our hands. There was nothing I could do.

In some ways the whole ordeal was a bad experience.

Yes, you are allowed to get involved, but not everyone does. Some guys have girlfriends and whatever. But the footage is king...Back in LA before shipping out the VP of the company issued a mantra to us, 'Put the camera in front of your dick'.

[–]wankerbot 84 points85 points ago

'Put the camera in front of your dick'.

So the camera goes into the vagina before the dick. Got it.

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[–]randi3423 25 points26 points ago

WHAT WHAT IS HAPPENING

[–]stratopwn3r 7 points8 points ago

I find this oddly interesting....

[–]ceslek 13 points14 points ago

Are they paid? What about for girl-girl scenes?

I'm surprised you guys stuck around after a night of filming. I'm even more surprised only one girl came to you after the shoot. I'd be even MORE surprised if they weren't paid to do it.

[–]snippysnappy[S] 44 points45 points ago

Only one girl came to ME. I'm sure the other guys (there were four of us) ran into the same thing.

Girl-girl scenes are paid for ONLY if they have to be. I recall the tour manager had a budget of up to $400 to pay for those, but you'd obviously start negotiating at $50 or such.

ALSO: in reference to your questions I didn't answer...

We had an apartment for the duration of our stay. It was in Mexico. I don't think the buses cross the border.

I think we were paid $150 a day (including a $25 a day per diem, that we actually did not get for a period of time, and we essentially refused to work until it was paid up)

[–]Venom0us 121 points122 points ago

Don't have a question but thought I'd share my encounter with GGW.

I was at the Halloween parade in NYC a couple of years ago, my friends and I ate an 8th of mushrooms and we were walking around gawking at all the craziness that was going on around me. We stopped on a corner to collect ourselves and then boom-- fate struck out of nowhere a GGW camera crew and some dudes holding GGW signs and wearing GGW shirts ran up directly in front of us to the drunkest, GROSSEST looking spanish girls, and immediately turned on their huge lights and their cameras and started screaming "YOU'RE ON GIRLS GONE WILD YEAHHH!! WOOO!!!". Of course me being the most immature 19 year old ever, and also tripping face, was more than delighted to witness the epicness going on right in front of me. The spanish girls started making out with each other and groping each others tits while a huge crowd formed around them. It was almost like they've done this before. I was dumbfounded and celebrating like I just lost my virginity, along with about 30-40 other people. And then, before anyone even knew it, they were gone in a flash. They shut their lights off and without saying a single word they were gone. Poof. I tried to follow them but I started getting scared. My girlfriend that I left on the corner by herself was not happy with me.

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[–]zerolimit 17 points18 points ago

yes... for your friend....

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[–]zerointegrity 14 points15 points ago

How many girls lied about their age?

[–]snippysnappy[S] 23 points24 points ago

As far as I know, none. But that doesn't mean they didn't have fake ID's or whatever.

[–]mobileagent 215 points216 points ago

I have a question in two parts:

*Spring break!!

*WOOO!!!

[–]Meeruman 195 points196 points ago

Say goodbye to these, Michael!

[–]BDS_UHS 108 points109 points ago

Can we please have one conversation that isn't about my breasts, Michael?

[–]woody20 49 points50 points ago

Eyes, Michael, eyes

[–]slowmotionforall 34 points35 points ago

ARE YOU THREATENING ME?!?

[–]coopNW 44 points45 points ago

MICHAEL BLUTH IS THREATENING ME!

[–]SolKool 39 points40 points ago

Let's see some bananas and nuts!

[–]sdcfc 4 points5 points ago

They're not even eating these, they just like saying bananas and nuts.

[–]Z3wpk 12 points13 points ago

I saw that you are married now. How did your wife (or girlfriend whatever she was then) feel about this job? How much did you get paid? Was the experience worth it?

[–]snippysnappy[S] 56 points57 points ago

She was happy I was working, for one. We were broke and unmarried at the time...new to Los Angeles, etc.

We were paid about $150 a day.

It was worth it, though I would NEVER do it again, and I was asked back. repeatedly.

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[–]snippysnappy[S] 51 points52 points ago

Honestly, I can't recall. It must've been an issue. I'm pretty sure we were encouraged not to shoot obviously intoxicated girls, and if we did, they likely end up on the cutting room floor.

[–]JumpinJackHTML5 34 points35 points ago

They use a documentary clause that allows you to record anyone and use their likeness as long as you aren't changing it or using it commercially.

For example, if I take a picture of people walking around a mall, I can put that picture on the cover of a newspaper because it's a factual non-commercial representation of the mall at that moment. If I photoshop it somehow, say I add an advertisement, then this is a commercial image and anyone in it has to have given consent.

In short, if you flash your boobs in the middle of the street, as long as footage is unedited, it can be sold without your consent.

[–]Anomander 7 points8 points ago

You mentioned high turnover - was there a combination of Lifers and New Guys like at other high-turnover jobs?

You know, the team is mostly guys too new to know how awful it is, but there's also a couple of guys who've been there forever.

And in that vein, what were the people you worked with like?

Any particularly memorable characters?

[–]snippysnappy[S] 24 points25 points ago

One of the other cameramen remains a very good friend to this day.

As for the employees at Mantra Films (the parent company of GGW), as far as I could tell they were all new, all the time. Our tour manager, who was a great guy, would somewhat naively brag of his 2 years service to the company. Like that was some sort of achievement, but I guess in the toxic culture over there it was.

AND: Yes. Joe's personal pilot was VERY memorable. He drank with us once or twice and had some pretty crazy stories about goings-on on the plane and off. Though, I won't be sharing any of the admittedly hazy details.

[–]HireALLTheThings 8 points9 points ago

So what do you do now?

[–]snippysnappy[S] 25 points26 points ago

I work in the film industry.

[–]snippysnappy[S] 25 points26 points ago

I work in post-production now.

[–]late_rizer 48 points49 points ago

How can you live with the fact that Joe Francis is a multi-millionaire super giant douchebag asshole shit-squeezer who has sex with anyone he wants and leads a charmed existence?

[–]snippysnappy[S] 172 points173 points ago

It's tough. I drink. A lot.

And lay awake at night wondering how it is this can be...Of all the great injustices in the world - This is clearly the worst and most offensive.

[–]knutella 53 points54 points ago

The Jersey Shore makes me think of this. Here I am working my ass off for a degree and job, meanwhile they are getting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to be drunk...

[–]neekneek 7 points8 points ago

Did you guys purposefully avoid any girls that weren't white, or were the only ones willing to show the goods?

[–]snippysnappy[S] 16 points17 points ago

We were encouraged to shoot 'girl next door' types, i.e. blonde, white and thin.

Again, what people see on the DVDs is, I'd venture to guess, 1/100th of what actually gets shot.

[–]BTfromSunlight 38 points39 points ago

Heaven forbid Joey Lacross Team has to endure fapping to some nipples that arent pink

[–]dyl666 22 points23 points ago

  • Did you ever worry about the ethics of encouraging young girls who were in a suggestible state to perform?

  • Did anyone's bf / partner get pissed off and try to start shit?

  • Do you ever watch old GGW eps and be like, "haha, I remember that night, it was epic"

  • Did you take a GGW t-shirt for your wife?!

Thanks for the AMA!

[–]snippysnappy[S] 54 points55 points ago

1) Yes. Then, and of course more so now. I really don't believe the GGW cameramen to be some unimpeachable evil that the Earth must get rid of - I do believe to this day, that the girls are responsible for their own behavior (we never coerced, forced, or cajoled anyone into doing anything, but that doesn't mean our hands weren't dirty either), HOWEVER, the fact that such a dynamic exists in the first place, and that one sad, douchetastic, man at the top profits from everyone else's loss of innocence, is pretty fucked up.

2) No. Not on my time were BF's or otherwise even anything we needed to think about. Though, I'm sure it's been an issue elsewhere.

3) I never have watched them, except to 'study up' before being shipped out (they gave us a bunch of DVDs when we got the job, and asked us to watch them).

4) Yes! And for myself. Though they have since disappeared...It's been a long time...

[–]Epicman 22 points23 points ago

and that one sad, douchetastic, man at the top profits from everyone else's loss of innocence, is pretty fucked up

If it makes you feel any better, I REALLY doubt the moment they were on GGW was the moment they lost their innocence.

[–]snippysnappy[S] 14 points15 points ago

I don't totally agree with you, but your reply is pretty fucking funny.

[–]i_am_Kevin 7 points8 points ago

Are the parties mainly sausage fests?

[–]snippysnappy[S] 30 points31 points ago

The parties that we went to were just nights at clubs, so they definitely weren't sausage fests at all.

[–]Zombiefun 5 points6 points ago

Did you ever run into a girl you know?

[–]snippysnappy[S] 26 points27 points ago

No. I was 28 at the time and ran in circles that weren't likely to be in Mexico for Grad Break.

[–]bringindabacon 72 points73 points ago

How many fat/ugly girls do you have to deal with to find one cute one willing to be on video.

[–]snippysnappy[S] 165 points166 points ago

Quite a bit. Even when you do get a girl to agree to be on camera, it doesn't guarantee that they'll make it onto a DVD, as the company has 'standards' of their own.

[–]kajunkennyg 78 points79 points ago

TIL I need to see the editing room floor clips from GGW...

[–]malvoliosf 57 points58 points ago

Not enough eye-bleach in the world...

[–]M7A1-RI0T 76 points77 points ago

You mean lube

[–]ChiYoop 81 points82 points ago

Eye lube? ಠ_ಠ

[–]Slayer1973 36 points37 points ago

I'm sure r/trees can lend enough eye lube for everyone.

[–]walruskingmike 7 points8 points ago

Yes. Tears.

[–]cheeza51percent 11 points12 points ago

"Cut, cut, cut! We've got a surfboard in the shot"

[–]Hilariously_Unfunny 4 points5 points ago

Did you find that the more attractive the cameraman is, the more girls would show of their goods?

[–]snippysnappy[S] 19 points20 points ago

I'm not Brad Pitt, but none of us were ugly. They make you send in a photo of yourself when you apply. I'm fairly certain looks has something to do with it.

[–]wakipaki 6 points7 points ago

has any girl ever bitched you guys out? i've always wondered if you've encountered a woman who just say FUCK OFF ASSHOLES to Joe

[–]snippysnappy[S] 34 points35 points ago

Thinking back...no. Which really is kind of amazing isn't it? Particularly with how vocal college students tend to be. But, I'm guessing the kind of girls that would bitch us out were NOT at a damn foam party in Puerta Vallarta...Just a hunch.

I'd bet good money that it's not an uncommon occurrence, though.

[–]magictoenail 5 points6 points ago

This guy is surprisingly deep

[–]snippysnappy[S] 17 points18 points ago

Not to make it sound like I was some sort of outlier as far as GGW cameramen were concerned (truth be told, we were all just film guys trying to get a start in a new town - Los Angeles), but there was a moment a bunch of us were in our truck after a nights shoot and I, for some reason, described something as being 'hermetically sealed'

Our tour manager turned to me and repeated 'hermetically?'

I shrugged, and he said, 'and you call yourself a pornographer?'

It was funny at the time. Hope it translates.

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[–]snippysnappy[S] 73 points74 points ago

I'm sure I'll come off as precious saying this, but there wasn't a whole lot of hotness. I mean, yeah, there were hot girls, some of them taking off their clothes for you and your camera, but the whole experience is so...weird, that it's not like you're really there at the time.

I'm sure it's much different for some of the other guys who have done this, but for me, the girls on camera part was strange and awkward.

However, the girls off camera was an entirely different matter. To my amazement, girls literally flocked to us, not to be on camera, but bc in their warped minds we were apparently where the party was. As I said, I didn't partake, but the other guys did, and it was clearly not a struggle for them.

[–]inthisdesert 5 points6 points ago

I know GGW got into some pretty deep trouble with having underage girls on camera, so I have to know, how careful was the company about checking the age of the girls?

[–]snippysnappy[S] 12 points13 points ago

We were required to get each girl to hold up their ID to the camera and state their name, age, and date of birth. Supposedly, without that, they wouldn't use the footage.

My time there was after some of that initial controversy...I don't think they were always that stringent.

[–]mszegedy 6 points7 points ago

What is the most common thing that you have to do/look out for? Like, with the camera and all.

[–]snippysnappy[S] 44 points45 points ago

We had to make damn sure we had charged batteries. that was a BIG DEAL. Particularly when Darth Raper was in town, you never knew when he might pull you aside to shoot something and if you couldn't roll, you were fucked, and likely sent home.

[–]thisisntlemonade 6 points7 points ago

Upvote for "Darth Raper", I lol-ed. Glad you got legit work in post. Are you editing now?

[–]tannhauser 6 points7 points ago

I would like to tell you that this is the best IAMA i have ever read.

What do you do for a living now?

[–]Mercutio77 4 points5 points ago

Has anyone ever flashed you while saying "take a good look, cause this is the last time you're gonna see 'em??"

[–]deviantquestions 13 points14 points ago

there was a time when a handful of real porn stars were doing some of the "scenes" in GGW. I recall Charlotte Stokely for sure, but remember there were a few others. Some scenes from around that time look flat out like they were done by sober pros. What percentage of performers do you think were "already in the industry" before they performed for GGW, be it porno or stripping or whatever.

I've been convinced for years GGW is mostly strippers but marketed in a way to make girls think it's normal girls who do it. This is what turned girls into barsexuals and wooers. And quite possibly the reason terrorists hate us.

Also, I think Joe Francis is one of the biggest douches in the whole wide world. OP, I'm not critiquing you, though. I understand needing to get paid and the allure of drinking on the company's dime.

[–]snippysnappy[S] 62 points63 points ago

In my experience there were NO pros at all. It really was just a couple of youngish guys armed with cameras and the drunk girls of whatever locale you may be in. Are you getting GGW confused w/its competitors?

Which, of course, is not to say that it isn't why the terrorists hate us. I'm sure GGW and it's like plays a big part in all that. Vegas too.

Mr. Francis is likely the biggest tool I've ever met. And every minute of being around him was agonizing. The turn over at the company is (or at least was) crazy, all due to him and his fucking whims.

Like I've said, I'd never do it again. I was in a much different headspace back then (this is about 7 or 8 years ago now). I have a family now, a daughter to boot, and the thought that cretins like my former self may prey on her gives me chills.

[–]SabineLavine 33 points34 points ago

Actually, most strippers are more mercenary than your average drunk college girl. Some of us might be anything-goes exhibitionists, but we're not stupid enough to do it on camera for free.

[–]CalebEast 5 points6 points ago

How much did they pay you?

[–]snippysnappy[S] 12 points13 points ago

It was a day rate of roughly $150.