[Film] The origin of the phrase 'Blue Movie'?

[Lenny Rider]

Asking for my hearse driver, talking about football coach trips of yesteryear and various VHS titles, and he asked 'How did they come up with the term Blue Movie?'

I replied I didn't know, but someone on NSC will.

 

[Insel affe]

Asking for my hearse driver, talking about football coach trips of yesteryear and various VHS titles, and he asked 'How did they come up with the term Blue Movie?'

I replied I didn't know, but someone on NSC will.

Have you not heard of google ?

The use of the word "blue" to refer to sexually explicit content was first recorded in Scotland in 1824. "Blue" meant "lewd" because prostitutes dressed in blue gowns.

 

[blue-shifted]

The colour it went 3 days after the moment, when as a 14 year old you, discovered where your dads secret stash was?

 

[m@goo]

Do people still use the term "blue"?

"Ohh he's a bit blue" is something Nan's used to say in the 80's.

 

[Pavilionaire]

I believe the term 'blue' is borrowed from snooker, taken because it covers all the sexual activity between brown and pink.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Asking for my hearse driver, talking about football coach trips of yesteryear and various VHS titles, and he asked 'How did they come up with the term Blue Movie?'

I replied I didn't know, but someone on NSC will.

Is this request from beyond the grave

 

[Lenny Rider]

Have you not heard of google ?

The use of the word "blue" to refer to sexually explicit content was first recorded in Scotland in 1824. "Blue" meant "lewd" because prostitutes dressed in blue gowns.

Sorry Psychobilly, we haven't got internet in the hearse as yet.

 

[Stato]

I think that it goes back prior to film when, in publishing, censors showed suggested deletions by marking with a blue pencil. 'Blue' became a byword for stuff that may be censored and I guess was applied to films when they started to be produced.

I know that Max Miller used to ask his audience whether they wanted jokes from his white book or blue book. Obviously as a bit of schtick as nobody ever asked for the white book.

 

[Alba Badger]

It was something to to with Music Hall theatre like Stato says. I have heard that before.

 

[johanngull]

Sorry Psychobilly, we haven't got internet in the hearse as yet.

What about goal music to go with the Albion themed coffins?

 

[Mr Bridger]

Have you not heard of google ?

The use of the word "blue" to refer to sexually explicit content was first recorded in Scotland in 1824. "Blue" meant "lewd" because prostitutes dressed in blue gowns.

My Nan used to have a lewd rinse.

 

[schmunk]

My Nan used to have a lewd rinse.

Is that like a golden shower?

 

[Juan Albion]

I believe that in days gone by it used to be 'green' material, but no idea why or when it switched to blue.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Sorry Psychobilly, we haven't got internet in the hearse as yet.

Er... how did you post here then? Not got phones?

 

[drew]

So this leads to where the word 'pornography' comes from and it appears 'porni' is greek for prostitute and graphien the term for 'to write'.

Who would have guessed.

 

[Gwylan]

In Italian, libri azzurri are travel books. I'm not sure what colours Italians use for porno

 

[Lindfield by the Pond]

So this leads to where the word 'pornography' comes from and it appears 'porni' is greek for prostitute and graphien the term for 'to write'.

Who would have guessed.

So today hasn't been a total waste of time.......... I feel I have learnt something. I only worry about what nugget has been replaced by this one

 

[Swansman]

your mum

 

[Lenny Rider]

Er... how did you post here then? Not got phones?

I was back in the office

 

[TugWilson]

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