Hi All;
Like many of you, I've have puzzled over just where by fondness for TUGs came from. I have a hypothesis for many of us our latent inclinations were awakened by scenes we may have seen as kids in mainstream movies and TV. Some of us may have even re-enacted those scenes. To start the conversation, I'll share a few scenes that I saw as a kid that really put the hook in me.
"Play Misty for Me" (1971): For me, seeing Clint Eastwood's blonde girlfriend (Donna Mills) securely bound and gagged with white first aid tape by his psycho ex (Jessica Walters) was mind-blowing. Especially bc in a time of particularly lame gags, she was sporting a tight wraparound tape gag! I have always wondered how much it hurt taking that off?
"Von Ryan's Express" (1965): My Mom took me with her to see this Frank Sinatra classic war movie. She may have loved 'Old Blue Eyes', but I only had eyes for Rafaella Carra, who played the mistress of the German commander of the prison train. Whenever the train, which had been hijacked by Allied POWs stopped in stations, the two lovebirds were fairly realistically bound in a sleeper compartment of their train car: he was bound with ropes to a chair, and she was lying on the bed, bound with thick cloth strips. Both sported thick OTM gags, which could've been pretty effective if the captive's mouths were stuffed with rags as well (I like to assume they were, but they were probably lame-ass 'magic' OTM gags). I do like scenes were men and women are tied up together, and this is one of the few TUGs I haven't been able to re-enact.
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"The FBI" episode "The Loper Gambit" (1973): This one's a fave since I first saw it. Son of wealthy developer is realistically bound, gagged, and hauled away by false friends looking for a ransom. Loved the captive's sailing outfit (t-shirt, nylon windbreaker, white pants, white crew socks and pristine white deck sneakers). I have always had a thing for sneakers, and have re-enacted this scene with one of my gfs.
"Gilligan's Island" episode "Gilligan vs. Gilligan" (1966): Not known for kink, this classic still had a couple of good scenes. For me, it was the episode where a Russian spy posing as Gilligan conks the real castaway over the head with a coconut and leaves him tied and gagged in the jungle. Pretty lame bit of tying with hemp rope and an OTM gag, but pretty good struggling scenes and Gilligan's outfit made it work for me. Have role-played that scene too!
As a kid I'd peruse TV Guide every week, and if any of these episodes showed up, I'd be sure to be home to watch them for those scenes.
Anyway, your turn: Any TV or movie scenes that may have awakened your appetite for TUGs as a kid?