In the mid- to late-1980s, my friends and I attended a travelling film
festival in Wisconsin (not "Spike & Mike's", but something similar,
with a focus other than animation).  One of the short films shown was
a vintage "adult" (i.e. pornographic) silent film that had dialogue
dubbed in, to great comedic effect.  As I recall it, the setting for
the film was three or four people going for a drive and stopping for a
picnic, and the film appeared to be from the silent era (1910-1920). 
According to the information presented at the festival, the
overdubbing had been done by two well-known comedians / comedic actors
for a friend's birthday party.  The voices for the dubbed dialogue
sounded very familiar, but with just one viewing, none of us were able
to pin down exactly who they were.
 
So my question is:  can you provide substantive information about the
film, ideally including where a copy can be obtained?  

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Clarification of Question by snowdog-ga on 22 May 2002 09:46 PDT

"A Free Ride" and "The Hollywood Erotic Film Festival" do indeed seem
to fit the bill.  rico-ga, if you get confirmed as an official Google
Researcher in the next week, please post the info as an official
answer and I'll happily confirm it and pay the fee.  

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Request for Question Clarification by madsky101-ga on 28 May 2002 18:19 PDT

Hello, could you please clarify which city in Wisconsin?  Was it the
film festival in Madison?
 
Thanks! 
madsky101 

This is a tough one, I could not find the answer, maybe if you posted
the name of the film festival you were at and the exact year, and any
other details you could possibly remember, someone might be able to
find it.

I did however find something of note while tring to figure it out, I
found a googlewhack:
overdubbed pornographic 1930 film comedy

hehe,
its jld

I'm still waiting to hear from Google about becoming an "Official
Google Answer Person", but decided to take a hack at your interesting
question anyway.

The movie you're looking for is a version of "A Free Ride", the
original directed by "A. Wise Guy" and photographed by "Will B. Hard."
:-). Interestingly enough "A Free Ride" is considered by many
historians to be the first "genuine" American stag film.  There's some
dispute over its year of production though.  Most historians list it
as 1915.  But according to Jack Stevenson's online article, BLUE MOVIE
NOTES - ODE TO AN ATTIC CINEMA, "...  this basic oft-repeated 'fact'
is disputed by leading silent film historian, Kevin Brownlow, who,
judging by the fashions on display, pegs it as probably a film from
1923."

http://hjem.get2net.dk/jack_stevenson/blue.htm

The basic plotline is as follows. A man takes two girls for a drive in
the country. He stops the car gets out and walks behind a bush to
relieve himself. The girls spy on him and become excited. The rest is
probably best left to the imagination.

I discovered that this was the "right" movie at film.com's 1986 review
of the documentary "The Hollywood Erotic Film Festival" ...

http://www.film.com/film-review/1986/10182/109/default-review.html

Scroll to the bottom of the page for a brief mention of the comedy
overdubbed version of "A Free Ride."

I was able to locate a video called "The Hollywood Erotic Film
Festival", which is variously listed as having been released in 1986
or 1987, but can't determine whether it is indeed the same documentary
containing "A Free Ride," although I suspect it is. Surprisingly, I
couldn't find any information concerning it from my old reliable, the
Internet Movie Database.  In any case, half.com lists various sellers
of the VHS at ...

http://half.ebay.com/cat/buy/prod.cgi?cpid=4943515&domain_id=&meta_id=3

I'd suggest contacting one or more of the sellers for more
information.  Good luck and thanks for using Google Answers.

(btw, Google, I'll still be happy to take my piece of the $25.00 :-))

rico-ga

My pleasure snowdog, whether I get the fee or not.

regards,

rico-ga