Sure, it's a key element to any successful endeavor but man, sometimes it's a tough haul. Yesterday, we headed up to New York for an appearance on The Howard Stern Show. As you might have read, Zero Tolerance booked Gianna Michaels on the show to promote POPPORN - THE GUIDE TO MAKING FUCK and we were of course, more than happy to escort Gianna to the show. Hell, we may not have listened to Stern since the late 90's but you can't argue that going on the show to promote our movie is promotion you can't beat! He's got at least a thousand listeners!
We hit the Sirius Satellite Radio offices off of Times Square and went thru the myriad of security check points which in fact includes one security card verifying your ID and presenting you with a stamped visitors badge with your digital image printed on it, passing said visitors badge to another security guard standing immediately to the left. That guard then verifies that visitors badge is official (after having watched it just be printed out) then adds a round red sticker over the stamp your now abused visitors pass received not 30 seconds before. It's intense!
Nonetheless, we made it thru the numerous checkpoints and into the Stern show proper and were immediately lead to a holding cell. We were informed by a gentlemen named Ronnie (not sure what his job is other than to be bossy, ugly and generally unpleasant) that we were to remain in our holding cell, not leave the holding cell unless nature called and that the door to the holding cell must be kept closed at all times. Um, sure!
As we were walking in, BUCKTON overheard someone or something mention Judd Apatow. Ever on the look out for a solid pitch opportunity for BUCKTON and MEAT BALL's space epic Vampire/Warewolf space odyssey BUCKTON caught a glance of the big-cheese director and we realized pretty quickly that Apatow and Seth Rogan were in the studio to promote their Funny People movie. Now it's fucking on! Rogan LOVES porn...mission, POPPORN - THE GUIDE TO MAKING FUCK in Rogan's hand by the time we leave.
While in our holding cell, we did notice that Apatow's crew must have goofed and hung up his wardrobe in our holding cell. We went through the pockets.
In the meantime we geared up for Gianna's appearance. The story was this: Gianna would appear on the radio show to play some game that we think was called Wheel of Porn. On this wheel were numerous "acts" that, if landed on, Gianna would be required to perform or endure. If she did, Howard Stern would promote our movie to all of his listeners. Remember how I mentioned that promotion was a bitch?
Obviously the real purpose of the game is to have a porn star who doesn't much care how far she has to go to get the promotion she desires...thus, some of the "acts" entail letting a guy fart in her face for two minutes, or allowing a large fat man to dip his balls in chocolate sauce and lay those chocolately nuts on her face. The other "acts" on the board were much more tame and ultimately not as much fun for those listeners who want the porn star guest to embarrass themselves for their desired publicity. Needless to say, anyone who has met Gianna probably knows that there was no way in hell Gianna was going to allow herself to be ridiculed on the show and embarrassed no matter what. Publicity be damned. And so, Gianna who of course landed on the farting "act" declined to participate. She offered to do any of the other "acts" (allowing Stern to motorboat her or spank her for example) but the Stern show decided that it wouldn't be fair, and refused to plug our film. Fail.
In life there are rare moments of opportunity. Those slight cracks in the door that allow you to push through and take full advantage of a situation that has been presented. And so, Gianna Michaels, aware of those rare moments, recognizing that, since The Stern Show is now on satellite radio and not terrestrial radio, they most likely would not have a delay on their broadcast rushed forward thru the door and dropped the POPPORN.com URL live on air not once but three times! The Stern Show erupted, POPPORN.com plugged. Success!
Howard and the crew were impressed by Gianna's ability to get it over on them and after our segment actually plugged the movie itself. Gianna talked porn with Seth Rogan who was in the studio during the segment and all in all, everything worked out.
After the segment we were asked to leave with about as much politeness as afforded a hanging victim. However, we did get a copy of our movie into Seth Rogan's hands. SUCCESS!
We then packed up and made the drive back home to Philadelphia for our premiere screening event. National Mechanics hosted the party, there was an amazing crowd in attendance the film went over better than we could have hoped. We sold DVDs, Gianna met her fans and we all drank enough to blur the lines between reality and time travel.
Promotion may be a bitch, but it's a really hot sexy bitch.
Below are our photos from the event. If you were there, thanks for coming out. We really appreciate the support and would like to sign up for your newsletter.

























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hmm..
i was in the same green room
neat
Blah
Fun times all around. Got to meet Gianna (again) and hang out with the crew of Popporn (and get their autographs) which was fun. Sucks that my friends are such pussies that they wouldn't come out as well.
Only a little irked you guys didn't mention that you wouldn't be showing any nudity (except James Deen's dick apparently... gotta work on that one Meatball). I mean I would have been there anyway, but full disclosure next time! And I'm sure you could have gotten around the "no public nudity law" or whatever easily. I mean they've shown porn at schools before and there has to be legal loopholes out there.
All in all it was a good experience and to all those who missed it, well tough luck! Maybe when they have a party next year you can come out -- if you're MAN enough! =)
"full disclosure"
Hey Stexe,
If you go back to The Other Site I put the info on you'll see it says "Of course, the screening (clean/edited version... it's a public place you pervs!)".
So, yeah, disclosure was full.
:)
FUCKIN' AWESOME
The fucked up thing here is I love the Stern Show but in this case, fuck him....You represented Popporn to the fullest and I dig Gianna for not submitting herself to getting farted on... ROCK ON POPPORN!
Honestly...
We don't have a problem with Stern at all. I mean, look, he has a game the rules are clear. If the person doesn't follow the rules, they can't win the game. But we would never ask Gianna or anyone to do anything they weren't 100% comfortable with. Obviously, some people who have gone on the show have been comfortable with getting farted on or worse...however, Gianna wasn't. She offered to do any of the other items on the wheel.
We just thought it was funny that she swooped in there like that with the plugs...
- Not Fade Away
Lame
Gianna didn't land on the farting thing, she landed on the one with the chocolate covered nut-sack. And it wasn't from a big fat man, It was from Sal, a writer on the show. Gianna was lame on the show today, I love her work and was really looking forward to her appearance and thought she'd have fun with the crew but she came off as a cunt.
YOU ARE PHIL
whats up phil
- Not Fade Away
- Not Fade Away
Degrading, but Gianna pushed it too far
I was listening to Stern (which isn't a common thing) when this happened.
This "wheel of sex" should have been called "Wheel of Degrading Acts". I mean, anyone with any sense of self respect wouldn't let themselves get farted on, or be tea-bagged by chocolate balls. Their argument was that "anyone who's done double anal (Shyla Stylez was the one who drew that 'act') shouldn't be opposed to getting farted on.
Gianna rolled on getting balls dipped in her face. Now let's get serious here, porn isn't as amateur of an industry as the Stern-ites would have you believe; there is common STD testing and security measures being put in place. I don't blame Gianna for not wanting some random person on the stern show put their balls on her face; let alone when they were dipped in chocolate.
Now, that being said, I do believe both parties took it too far when Artie (the show's resident fuckwad) started screaming for the girls to get the fuck out. At which point, Gianna who's not one to take anything rolling over, got rightly pissed and mouthed back off at the Sternies.
I think it could have been handled better on both sides, but fuck em. They obviously had no idea who Shyla or Gianna were, not a single ounce of research or anything into the bit.
Fuck em.
Stern Loves Whores!
Bummer that you guys got declined to fully plug the vid on Stern, but it's definitely his show, his rules. I've been a very long-time listener/watcher of his show, and as everyone who's been a fan for long knows, when a porn chick—and he's had many, and most of the biggest, on the air over the years—gives him the slightest attitude, he goes for the throat and makes them look stupid and lame. And honestly, it is lame when any pornie gets the op to do the show and then won't loosen up and get into it. Everyone knows what Stern's schtick is, he's never been any different, and so why be a fucking little diva and pretend like it's David fucking Letterman you're dealing with? It's Howard fucking Stern, for fuck's sake! Gina should have offered to suck Howard's acorn right then and there.
Buckton woulda taken a fart—or an acorn— for the team! (;^P
Sorry...
My apologies. I meant to write Gianna. She gets a golden acorn*
Gianna did great...
The game was set up for the farter and chocolate tea bag. They acted like there was chance involved by spinning the wheel... There was none. The dude that farts is only in studio once every 5 / 6 months and sal was already in his costume. And it just so happened the wheel lands on the farting and tea bagging. Please. So fuck stern in this case. And I'm a subscriber and listen everyday.
Nice site you got here. I,
Nice site you got here. I, like some of the other posters, learned about it through the the Stern show.
If I may correct some things in your article:
-Stern has at least a million listeners, not thousands. Stern exaggerates a little, but ratings have shown he has more than a few thousand.
-Shyla was supposed to get farted on, not Gianna. Gianna was supposed to get a "chocolate bandit mask".
-The show does still have a delay button. You could tell Stern felt sorry for the girls, so he let the plugs get by. That's also why he gave them plugs after the break.
The girls shouldn't have come on the show if they weren't willing to do the "acts" on the Wheel. Carmen Luvana played the game once and got a toe in the butt from Benji, a fat writer on the show. Shyla seemed nicer than Gianna, but they both didn't come off as being any fun at all.
And it's not attempted humiliation just geared at pornstars. Stern has filled his staff with a bunch of freaks that are just into that type of stuff, whether it be aimed at pornstars or themselves. Just last week or so, they played Cockyoke with Richard and Sal, the resident "fags" of the show. To those who don't know, Cockyoke involves singing karaoke into a miked, uncircumcised penis.
Again, cool site.
Nice site you got here. I,
Nice site you got here. I, like some of the other posters, learned about it through the the Stern show.
If I may correct some things in your article:
-Stern has at least a million listeners, not thousands. Stern exaggerates a little, but ratings have shown he has more than a few thousand.
-Shyla was supposed to get farted on, not Gianna. Gianna was supposed to get a "chocolate bandit mask".
-The show does still have a delay button. You could tell Stern felt sorry for the girls, so he let the plugs get by. That's also why he gave them plugs after the break.
The girls shouldn't have come on the show if they weren't willing to do the "acts" on the Wheel. Carmen Luvana played the game once and got a toe in the butt from Benji, a fat writer on the show. Shyla seemed nicer than Gianna, but they both didn't come off as being any fun at all.
And it's not attempted humiliation just geared at pornstars. Stern has filled his staff with a bunch of freaks that are just into that type of stuff, whether it be aimed at pornstars or themselves. Just last week or so, they played Cockyoke with Richard and Sal, the resident "fags" of the show. To those who don't know, Cockyoke involves singing karaoke into a miked, uncircumcised penis.
Again, cool site.
What a lame appearance. And
What a lame appearance. And what ignorant girls. Shame.
stern fans
stern has millions of fans and you people are a joke...dont go on the show if you have no idea what its about. if you havent heard stern in years then you missed out . your girls were boring enough said
you suck
Gianna came off like an absolute cunt on Stern the other day. Take the nutsack and farting, you ladies are whores for heavens sake. Its funny that Gianna and Shyla can take 14 cocks at once or the load of 25 guys but cant take a nutsack or a fart from the King of all media.
Before you go throwing that "whore" shit around, remember
"I can sell my body if I wanna. God knows you already sold your mind"
Kathleen Hanna
We're all whores big guy. Gianna just has the wits about her to get paid for fucking while everybody else is a monkey in an office or some shit. By the way, if Stern wanted to fight the good fight like everybody seems to think, he would have stayed on FM and fought those FCC cocksuckers tooth and nail (which he did for a while and I respected him for). Too bad he bitched out and ran away to satellite.
"T-Bone Slim" what would you
"T-Bone Slim" what would you have done for $500 Million? Popporn won't even stay around as long as Stern did on satillite. This site is just made to promote it's movie. The appearence was dissapointing.
So "Anonymous", I guess what you're saying is
that he sold out as opposed to bitched out? Well sir, in that case I stand corrected. You have my sincerest apologies. In fact, we should let everybody know, just in case I made them think Stern was too scared to fight. EVERYBODY, HOWARD STERN ISN'T SCARED TO FIGHT THE FCC. HE JUST SOLD OUT. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY, DON'T WORRY. THE MAN HAS NO BELIEFS AND HIS REBELLIOUS BULLSHIT IS ALL A FARCE, BUT HE HAS A LOT OF MONEY. Whew, now I feel better. Thanks again for your help.
Also, the site was around before the movie. I guess you just hadn't heard about it, you know, since Stern hadn't mentioned it.
Gianna landed on the spot
Gianna landed on the spot where she had to have some guys balls on her face with chocolate on them. What was the big deal? If she won't do that on radio I don't know what to expect from this new movie. But I think Shyla f'ed it up with her bad attitude. Howard did plug the site after she left. You guys should atleast thank Howard for having her. It would be good to see her back on the show alone.
Funny Little Cunt
I listened to the segment. It was pretty lame. I wanted that silly slut to get a chocolate tea bag but no such luck. The only funny part was Sal getting pissed at her for plugging Popporn.com "How about get the fuckout.com." Don't do the show if your not going to play by the rules. And what was up with all the attitude. The bitches were acting like they actually have accomplished something in their lives other then taking cocks in every orifice and ingesting semen.
WOW!
Howard Stern fans are fucking dumb.
Ugh, Howard Stern fans are
Ugh, Howard Stern fans are dumb. And incredibly disgusting for wanting to see Gianna do those disgusting acts.
Now if you'll excuse me, I think there's a sale going on . . . .
http://www.tlavideo.com/feature/4-0-13477_sick-shit.html
HOLY FUCK, Howard Stern
HOLY FUCK, Howard Stern fans. Can I procreate with all of you right now?? I want to pass on your stellar genetics!
Wow. That's a truly awful
Wow. That's a truly awful picture of me.
Though I guess it's to be expected when you're suddenly being bitten and manhandled. ...Also, $3 drinks.
>Howard Stern fans are fucking dumb.
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Gianna the CUNT
These girls were really bad sports about the whole thing. They're taking 2 dicks in the ass but a guy farting on you for publicity is degrading? Get some perspective and do what you have to do to get that money. Also, Brian Bangs, Howard has nearly 7 million listeners that listen to his show exclusively and nearly 20 million satellite subscribers in total so do not say he has thousands of listeners.
Hey Cunty!
You're comments are intelligent and well-crafted. Would you like to write for POPPORN? We've got hundreds of thousands of readers which puts our reach well beyond the mere thousands that Howard reaches on a daily basis. Also, Gianna has read your comments and would like to go on a date with you. Deal or no?
Howard Stern 'Fans' Don't Know Dick
Gianna has never taken two dicks in the ass. She just did her first anal a month ago. I don't even think she's done a gangbang. She is the greatest porn girl ever. FACT. Do you repressed homosocial types even watch porn or do you just jerk off to Stern talking about big black dicks?
...and are clueless as well
Also, hilarious to see how many of you didn't get the joke about 'thousands of listeners.' Clearly unless the joke involves pee pees and poo poo it is over your heads.
Uhhhh... There is a picture
Uhhhh... There is a picture up above where apparently Gianna is attempting to do something weird to a guy that looks almost exactly like Saddam Hussein at the time of his capture by US forces c:a december 2003. Can someone explain what is up with that?