The movie 'Deep Throat' took over the box office, a major landmark in the Golden Age of Porn. The movie garnered around $30 million to $50 million in the U.S., according to the box office records, and is perhaps the best-known release from the porno chic era—thanks in no small part to the Watergate informant adopting the title as his pseudonym. However, just four years later, writer and director of 'Deep Throat', Gerard Damiano, released another film called 'The Story of Joanna'.
The movie, released in 1976, runs at a brisk 75 minutes and is much more softcore than Damiano’s most famous work. The thin plot follows the three brothers who make up Creative Concepts Systems and Procedures Brothers Unlimited Inc., who are in debt to a mobster and need to make some quick cash to pay him back. The best way to do that? Make a porno! The brothers enlist a finicky cameraman named Lash, puppetmaster Geppetto, and plenty of actors to fill out their production. In the end, the brothers make enough money with 'The Story of Joanna'. The movie is as delightfully silly as you’d hope. The cast is introduced at the start with an extended credits sequence, in which each of the puppets are given punny stage names like 'Connie Lingus' and 'Roberto Vaselini'