I voted on the above poll, but my REAL answer isn't one of the survey options.
The real problem is that my own expectations are -- inevitably -- too high. I have a list of my favorite videos from across the years, but even among these, there is no Magic Bullet. There is no video that defines what tickling should be, once-and-for-all.
I actually think this is a very useful thread and I hope that all of the producers will read the thoughtful responses.
Very constructive thread here guys!
I wanted to take a moment to speak to one of
Restraints' points. The reason why there can be no video that defines "what tickling should be" for us all is that this is a matter of individual and personal perspective.
As a producer, I've watched in amazement at how some TMFers go gaga for a clip of a girl who barely reacts to the tickling while totally ignoring the clip with the girl who is 'jumping out of her skin' in autonomic response to the tickling.
One day, I finally had an epiphany as to why this is so. So my theory (which is partly based on discussion with many ticklers and is partly based on psychological research) is that what we personally experience in our fetish-formative tickle-encounters is what we define as "genuine ticklishness".
So, now imagine, with the broad spectrum of ticklers (all having varying definitions of what is genuine-ticklishness) watching video clips here, in search of the video that defines "what tickling should be". That is like trying to definitively identify "what is beauty".
Based on this, I am certain that there are (or will be) videos that can do this for each of us individually, but not collectively.
For me, one video that is very close to "what tickling should be ...
to me" is
Tale of Two Tickles *** Full Length Version *** from Silver Cherry. It released June 1, 2004. The segment where "the dominant woman name Tara is laying on her back on the massage table and she is tickled" was absolute 'tickle fetish catnip' for me - and still is to this day.
Just my 2.347 cents worth of insight. ha!
JD