Billy's Dad is a Fudge-Packer! is a 2004 American black-and-white short comedy film written and directed by Jamie Donahue in her first non-acting effort. It is a parody of the 1950s social guidance films, and depicts the life of a boy learning about adulthood in a traditional family. The apparently innocent account of family life in the 1950s is loaded with sexual innuendo. It was made by production company POWER UP.
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Plot
Billy is a boy who has to decide what he will do with his life. He can't decide between a cowboy or a policeman. His father also suggests an Indian and construction worker. All four of these are characters in the Village People. His father works at the candy factory as a "fudge packer" (which is modern slang for a man who performs homosexual anal sex) and "has several men under him". His mother is visited by a short, mannish woman who knows how to please the local housewives. His sister is preparing to be a good wife, and in almost every shot is moving a phallic object to her mouth.
Cast
Spencer Daniels as Billy
Robert Gant as Billy's dad
Cady Huffman as Billy's mom
Alex Borstein as Betty Henderson
Gina Rodgers as Billy's sister
D. C. Douglas as 50's announcer
Film festivals
Film festivals in which Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer! appeared include:
2005
Sundance Film Festival
Tribeca Film Festival
PlanetOut Film Festival COMEDY FINALIST
Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival
Boston Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Brisbane Queer Film Festival
Cineffable – Paris Lesbian Film Festival
Cinequest
Closet Cinema - Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Comedia - Just for Laughs
Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Fairy Tales International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
FilmOut San Diego
Frameline
Fresno Reel Pride Film Festival
Image + Nation – Montreal Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Inside Out - Toronto Lesbian & Gay Film and Video Festival
London Lesbian Film Festival
Martha's Vineyard Independent Film Festival
Melbourne Queer Film Festival
Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Nashville Film Festival
Reception
Apocalypse Later Film Reviews said, It's hard for a film to live up to a title like this, but Billy's Dad is a Fudge-Packer! manages it with aplomb."