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Family Business: The Complete Second Season
Behind the Scenes of LA's other film industry
Adam Glasser is a very famous man. However, up until a few years ago, very few people outside the world of pornography knew this. Before the arrival of his hit reality series, most people wouldn't have known Mr. Glasser or the members of his close-knit kinfolk from a big fat hole in the ground. Now, from an aperture in the "come hither" hindquarters of Belladonna or Taylor Hayes…well, that's another story. You see, Adam is better known by the flesh film moniker "Seymore Butts" and his movies have specialized in some decidedly adult anal antics. He is one of the shining sphincter stars within the gratuitous gonzo realm of the hardcore. Yet Mr. Butts is much more than his rectal claims to fame. He's also a specialist in the rarified field of female ejaculation, an erotic art form that requires a certain level of manual manipulation skills to achieve its wet and wild results.
All of this has made Adam a very wealthy and world-renowned man. You wouldn't know it from the way he acts off camera: the dude is not happy. No, it seems that he is lost and lonely, longing to share his honest, spiritual love with a women who will accept him for what he is outside of the skin trade. Hoping to highlight his personal plight as well as to shine a little lewd lantern on the billion dollar porn business, documentarians Jay Blumenfield and Anthony Marsh decided to follow Adam/Seymore around as he worked, played, and searched for that special someone. Cable network Showtime, hungry for a reality series as part of a bandwagon approach to programming, bought the project and the rest, as they say, is hiney history. Family Business became a smash, and catapulted Adam and his Seymore showcases into instant superstardom.
Entering its third season, this sensational show continues to expand our knowledge of both the adult industry and the people who populate it. Thanks to the digital delights of DVD, Showtime now offers the first two seasons of this personal porn perspective in full series sets. And once you dive in, you learn something that hardcore porn fans have known for a while—Seymore is a slyly addictive filmmaker. But it's his relative-based dynamic that sends the series over into the land of completely addictive television.
Family Business revolves around a company founded by Adam Glasser, a porn performer, producer, and director who goes by the naughty name of "Seymore Butts." Using a gonzo style (unscripted, handheld camera, minimal cutting) and a "day in the life" approach to his titles, Adam/Seymore has become very popular—and very profitable. Hoping to guarantee that as much of his money stays in his own pocket as possible, Adam employs two of his close family members in the business. His mother, Lila, handles the bookkeeping. His cousin Stevie (first cousin on his father's side) handles operations and distribution. Rounding out the regular employees are Myrna, Adam's longtime assistant and secretary; and Bishop, a good friend who handles most of the technical facets of the productions.
On the home front, Adam is a single father. He has a son, Brady, from a relationship with porn star Taylor Hayes. He loves his child and dotes on him endlessly. Unfortunately, Adam has not been very lucky finding a long term, committed girlfriend. While he has nothing against women in the industry, he'd like to date someone outside pornography. Naturally, this has his mother's matchmaking radar going like gangbusters. Adam has tried everything—blind dates, Internet sites, even answering requests from fans via email, but nothing has worked. As we enter the Family Business series, things on the adult film front are excellent, but in his private life, Adam is disappointed and disillusioned. As the series begins, Seymore is still seeking Ms. Right.
Season Two:
• "FamesASS"
With the success of Family Business, the Glassers begin to enjoy their newfound place in the public eye.
• "In SicknASS and In Health"
When Stevie forgets his 25th anniversary, the family heads for Vegas so he can surprise his angry wife and renew their wedding vows.
• "New ASSpirations"
Stevie decides to create his own line of porn films. But he soon learns how hard Adam/Seymore's job really is.
• "Topless in Tampa"
Seymore and a couple of his Tushy talent make a big, bawdy splash at the Night Moves Convention in Florida.
• "Spunk'd"
Seymore's editor and cameraman, Bishop, is a hopeless practical joker. So the family conspires to get back at him with the ultimate prank.
• "The Breast Has Yet To Come"
As her hardcore star is rising, Myrna/Mari Possa wants breast implants, much to the family's dismay.
• "ASS Good as It Gets"
It's now Bishop's turn to start his own line of porn films, while the family worries over Stevie's health.
• "Raising AwarenASS"
Inspired by his trial on obscenity charges, Adam/Seymore creates a telethon to raise money for a First Amendment defense fund.
• "Chicago, IllinASS"
While Seymore and the Tushy Girls go wild in the Windy City, Bishop and Stevie try to solve a terrible technical problem in the latest Butts release.
• "ASS the World Turns"
When he discovers Myrna/Mari Possa is dating, Adam/Seymore gets jealous—realizing he may have found his dream girl after all.
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