Retro Raunch Revisit

HAPPY NATIONAL PIZZA DAY. This month also marks the 40th anniversary of HOT & SAUCY PIZZA GIRLS (1979) premiering in XXX theaters, although it was both completed and probably had a handful of earlier screenings in 1978. The comic plot involves a failing pizzeria in San Francisco (populated by a lot of cowboys) on the verge of having to close down, and further losing business to a couple of fried chicken outlets who want to drive the final nail in their coffin. The boss and his skateboarding female staff devise a unique method to not only save the day while also having to fend off a ridiculous costumed rapist "bothering" the delivery girls. H&SPG is a side hustle of sunny, funny pure camp, and may also be one of the satiric inspirations for BOOGIE NIGHTS.