Question about clips on Tickling Emporium.

[DEV]

I've just been on the Tickling Emporium site and seen these clips from what seems to be from the 1980's. They're both M/F and feature a good bit of upper body tickling. My question is, which video company produced the videos and if so are they still in business and selling videos? They're called tied and tickled 2 and 3.

Thanks in you answer.

 

[theshire]

Sounds like Cal-Star.

 

[DEV]

Sounds like Cal-Star.

Cal - Star? Can't say I've heard of them before. Any info on them?

 

[harvey]

Ancient History

DEV... I don't post on here a lot so bear with me if I don't do this right.

I guess only older guys like me really remember (or care about) CalStar. It was one of the old pioneer makers of tickling videos in the early 1980's, along with NuVue, Maybird, and SOA (Simply Outrageous Adventures). I don't know who actually came first, and it probably doesn't matter.

CalStar was an outgrowth or spin-off from a company called House of Milan (HOM), which offered (and maybe still does) bondage magazines that sometimes had pictorials devoted to tickling. When HOM finally got into the video business, they offered a series, titled simply as "Tied and Tickled" 1 thru about 20. As with most videos, opinions vary widely in regard to their popularity and overall quality. The prevailing opinion in this Forum seems to be that their videos were "contrived" and used lame plots along with models who often looked great but were rarely ticklish. Looking back at a couple of favorites from that era, I can certainly say that most of them left a lot to be desired, as compared to what's on today's market. (Some readers will say I'm being kind just saying that any of them are worth viewing.) The point is, back then they were as good or better than anything else available, and at a time when very little else was available, people must have bought them, because they kept making new ones.

Bottom line: Unless you are a 'collector' and just want a few older vids to give you an historic perspective, don't waste your money.

 

[DEV]

Thanks for the info harvey! Though truth be told, the clip I saw seemed to be pretty good, but then again I only saw about a minute so I can't judge.

 

[TKpervert]

Try this:
http://www.calstarproductions.net/main4.html

 

[DEV]

Thanks for the link TKpervert. A pity they don't offer any tickling previews.

 

[harvey]

In a way, Dev, CalStar does offer 'previews', in the series they call 'Footloose & Featherbound'. These are short sequences from many of their videos, but the only 'F&F' I have didn't show what Vids the clips were taken from. Years ago I called and pointed this out to them, but I don't know if they heeded the suggestion to add titles to each sequence.

If you are bound and determined to try one or more of Calstar's tapes, here's my recommendations: Tied & Tickled 8, 10, & 13. (If you like 'gorgeous Greta Karlsen, aka Barbie Lyons, T&T 8 & 13 feature her.) Of the other later vids which have names like 'Frankentickle', 'Alice in Tickleland', etc., the only one I could really recommend is one called 'Members Only'. It's full nudity with Jewel Marseau and another model tickling each other. As the story line on the site provided by TKpervert points out, Jewel does seem to get genuinely aroused by being tickled - to the point of showing wetness. So, if nude tickling scenes are your thing, that's a good one, in my opinion.

 

[dtrell]

Thanks for the link TKpervert. A pity they don't offer any tickling previews.

DEV, just go to www.aebn.net and they have lots of cal star tickling videos along with paradise vision and others that you can stream at a very reasonable minutely rate.