Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer!

Billy's Dad is a Fudge-Packer! is a 2004 American black-and-white short comedy film written and directed by Jamie Donahue^[1] 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.

Billy's Dad is a Fudge-Packer!
Directed by	Jamie Donahue
Written by	Jamie Donahue
Produced by	Steak House Juli Vizza
Starring	Spencer Daniels Robert Gant
Cinematography	Thomas L. Callaway
Edited by	Juli Vizza
Music by	Rob Cairns
Distributed by	Power Up Films
Release date	November 7, 2004 (2004-11-07)
Running time	10 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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
• Newport Beach Film Festival
• North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
• OUT Loud Long Beach Art & Film Festival
• Oslo Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
• Outfest
• Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films
• Philadelphia Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
• PlanetOut Film festival
• Q Cinema-Fort Worth Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
• Queer Screen-Mardi Gras Film Festival, Darlinghurst, Australia
• Queersicht – Bern, Switzerland Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
• Reel Affirmations – Washington DC GLBT Film Festival
• Reel Queer Syracuse
• Rhode Island International Film Festival
• Sacramento International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
• Seattle Lesbian and Gay 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."^[2]