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Clyde King, a toy store employee whose hobbies include making wooden toys and stalking women, is coveted by the female owner of one of the biggest toy companies in the world. She is enchanted by King's hand-carved toys, and she delegates the recruitment of the toy-maker to her second-in-command, Lyle "Skippy" Burns. However, King will not join her company as she reminds him of his mother. She becomes the subject of bizarre fantasies in which "Mother," the toy company owner as imagined by King, brow-beats and humiliates him. Discovering King's predeliction for leaving the toy store to stalk women, Skippy first tries to entice Clyde into signing an employemnt contract by supplying him with women, even going as far to dress himself up in drag as a prostitute. But every time he sets King up with a woman, the encounter ends disastrously, so Skippy finally decides to kill him.
A raunchy comedy from 1970, 'Up Your Teddy Bear' follows the misadventures of a young man who inherits a string of adult bookstores. He quickly becomes entangled in the seedy underbelly of the business, encountering eccentric characters and navigating a series of sexual escapades.
This film is a product of its time, typical of low-budget adult comedies of the early 1970s. It garnered minimal critical attention upon release and is generally considered a minor entry in the genre, appreciated more for its historical context within exploitation cinema than for its artistic merit.
Offers a glimpse into early 1970s adult film sensibilities.
Features a plot driven by sexual encounters and comedic mishaps.
Primarily of interest to those studying the history of exploitation films.
Google audience: Audience reviews for 'Up Your Teddy Bear' are scarce, but those that exist generally place it within the context of obscure 1970s adult comedies, often noting its dated humor and explicit content.
The film is notable for being an early example of the adult comedy genre that gained popularity in the 1970s, predating many of its more widely known contemporaries.
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Mess of a comedy, cheap looking and tawdry, this is still a fascinating, bizarre curio with an interesting cast. Toy executive Newmar tries to recruit Cox, using Buono to try at trap him. Cox is an obsessive girl watcher! Comes off as a ser...