Whatever happened to World Wide Tickling?

[gig1965]

Anybody know whatever happened to WWT?
The guy running it was named Bob Marshall
and was from Florida.

He made some pretty good vids.
Anyone know where you can get them?

 

[gig1965]

C'mon everyone....SOMEBODY MUST KNOW!!!!!!

 

[joeshushu]

Ahh I think that just died out. I think the founder Bob moved from Florida to Las Vegas. I still have my membership card. 😛

 

[Chakett_76]

Vegas

Yes, Bob did move there, good guy, I have some of his very early photo stuff. I don't think he ever really embraced the web nor groups like these, though.

 

[gig1965]

I know he made some good vids as i have 2 of them.
Looking for more though.

 

[Oddjob0226]

Well from what I hear......


he did move to Las Vegas, he did supply Howard Stern with "Laughing Stocks", and he did make an appearance on Real Personal on CNBC (I think). And, the few B&W photos I saw that he did, I liked.
But...

O.k., this part is just rumor, but yeah, after he moved to Vegas, things just got quiet with him. No explanantion. Bet later I heard from one of our members that he was watching a talk show, like Sally Jessie or some such thing, and the topic was "modeling scams" or something. One of the guests was a mother/daughter. On this show - I'm told - the teen daughter was talked into doing some swimsuit modeling in Las Vegas where they lived. As it turned out, the guy kept taking photos of her feet and kept tickling them. What happened to the guy? He was arrested on charges of "harrassing a minor" after the mom called the police.

And that's all I know.

Now, what ever happened to Brad of Feathertime in Dallas? Or the retired Kiri Kelly?

 

[joeshushu]

Yea I remember watching a talk show addressing that subject. I think it was the Leeza Gibbons talk show though. When watching that show, I wondered if they were talking about that Bob dued.

 

[gig1965]

I doubt it.
I talked to him once and he always got signed model releases.

 

[Oddjob0226]

>>>>>>I doubt it.
I talked to him once and he always got signed model releases. <<<<<<


But a model release will not protect against illegal behavior. If a parent signed the release for an underaged girl, then heard about something questionable that went on and called the police, The guy could could still go to jail, or just ge shut down by bad word of mouth.

And it WAS Leeza Gibbons! Now I remeber.

 

[BigJim]

I doubt it.
I talked to him once and he always got signed model releases.

Ah good,a question of legality. Something I know I'm on firm ground with. What I can say (according to UK law anyway) is that the signing of the release would give him the right to take photos of the girl for modelling purposes (the swimsuit in this case) usually with the parent or guardian being present.

Touching the girl or manhandling her in any way leaves open the door to "Inappropriate Behaviour With A Minor"(not a minor in the sexual sense, but in the legal sense) and also "Sexual Assault". As the tickling and the focusing of the pictures on her feet was obviously "sexually" motivated, the second charge is especially relavent.

In short, yes this guy could have quite easilly been arrested and found himself looking down the wrong end of a maximum 10 year prison sentence.

 

[gridsmasher2000]

well, he still has a web address... anyone try to email him? every time I have tried he answers back. I bought 3 vids from him just about a year ago. not too bad either. you just have to tolerate the fact that he films the WHOLE thing... talking before, during and after... lots of conversation in these, but the tickling is good.

 

[gig1965]

What's his web address?!?!?

 

[QBWeaver]

He still logs onto AOL under WWTBOB. You might want to drop him an email.

 

[MaxSpeer]

I have that show on video and the charge was even dumber, "Annoying a Minor". No telling whether that was Bob or not. I used to write stories and articles for WWT. I started corresponding with him back in 1982.

Oddjob, didn't you and I start corresponding soon after that? Or was it before?

Max

 

[Oddjob0226]

Sorry so late in getting to you, Max - I'm on a borrowed computer. MY computer won't let me log into the TMF, even with my cookies enabled, and Myrdias can't figue out what's up (I'll go into this more in the technical question area, though...)

Let's see... I went to college back in '85 as a freshman, & first heard from MJK (wass that his name?) and Mr. Hyde. I think we started contacting one another in 86. From what I remember, thoguh, I think you did tell me that you were in contact with Bob Marshall around 82 or so....