Hot Springs Hotel

Hot Springs Hotel is typical of some of the stuff you would find on late night U.S. cable T.V. in the mid-90's. I would only watch this if I happened to be suffering from insomnia or sleeplessness as TMN Canada would show this late at night. This $1.98 series about two siblings and their busty friend who run a hotel where inhibitions run wild is extremely tame compared to the middlecore they show these days. The women are the typical ones you would find in these films with bodies enhanced by David Schwimmer and Chris Cooper. Glori Gold, who plays the busty co-owner, also went to see the Breast Men but sadly has a very unattractive face. The men in this show come off as one-dimensional and the plots are similar to the ones from Faulty Towers but without anything spectacular done with them.

However, there is one huge redeeming factor to see the show. Samantha Phillips! Despite being 31 at the time, Phillips owns as Katherine Matthus. The Kat is one of those women who don't need to shed her clothing to turn you on. She looks delicious wearing the concierge outfit; which consists of the shirt and jacket and a revealing mini-skirt that shows off those awesome legs while her hair is tied up and she wears glasses. She also spends a lot of time dancing in this outfit (the best part of all, by far). It would not surprise me if somebody at WCW may have seen the show as her character was a virtual template for Stacy Keibler's Miss Hancock character when she made her debut in 1999.

I doubt anybody is still showing this as many premium networks have moved to more explicit fare. This could be airing in Canada, though (it was airing in 2004), so if you have TMN you must check one episode and see The Kat dance!

So I'm flipping through channels late at night and I come across this strange show with naked women, little plot and bordering on Amateur filmmaking. Sounds bad, right? It is. But it also has a certain campy feeling. It's sickeningly entertaining. So much so that my friends come over to my house ever week now to watch it, not even for the naked women so much as just to see what strange scheme they'll concoct next in a blatant attempt to show nudity. It's not so much the nakedness itself as the trials and tribulations it takes to get there. I'm not altogether sure why I like this show, but I'm sure Showtime's getting the $20 back they put into each episode, and I for one hope they keep doing it.

Okay, lots of topless women. But they are all pure silicon. And considering Showtime's other series, its surprising how timid they are about showing lower frontal nudity. Hands and sheets are strategically placed to always cover this up in a way that would never happen during real sex.

The acting is poor and the dialogue putrid. If you see one episode, there is no point in seeing any others. There are much better series out there for soft-core.

IMDb describes it thus: "Brother and sister, Randy and Kat, own the Hot Springs Hotel and along with Kat's friend Lacey get into all kinds of shenanigans with their staff and customers". This accurately sums it up, through I'd coin a new word, shaganigans.

The star of the show is Randy (Robert Vitelli), a clear case of nominative determinism, plus numerous sexy female staff and guests he seduces with minimum effort. It makes no claim to intellectual rigour, or even competent storytelling, plot hole pedants could have a field day. Randy and occasionally other men make love to girls whose names are not revealed, their role in the story (such as it is) is not explained, and whom we never see again.

I've watched most episodes twice, purely in the interests of research you understand. My infallible babe-ometer registered two which, as it were, give the most bang for your buck:

7 Rock Star. Handsome rock star Trent (Phillip Rhys Chaudhary) checks in to have a rest from female attention, only for several fan club girls to catch up with him. He beds a gorgeous brunette and five minutes later an equally lovely blonde, but not before Randy has opened the batting with a lengthy bath scene.

13 Layout. Randy hits on the idea of an illustrated brochure, possibly motivated by the opportunity to get girls to strip off, naturally he's the photographer. Most notable for an erotic scene with the best looking babe in the series (curly hair, brunette/redhead) didn't catch the name. As is usually the case this happens after barely a minute, so there is time aplenty for another two sex scenes to make up the typical quota.

I absolutely HATE when the Director and\or Cameraman can not hold the camera steady. Watching this show could give someone whiplash with all the twisty camera work. I also don't condone the self-mutilation of silicone implants, which almost every woman in this show seems to have. The Producers (the Dudelson brothers) did a much better job with their "Compromising Situations" show. I hope Showtime cancels it soon.