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Corporate seduction meets campy erotic fantasy in this toy store fever dream.

UP YOUR TEDDY BEAR

1970 · 1h 29m · R · Comedy / Fantasy / Romance · IMDB TMDB

When the indomitable CEO of the Mother Knows Best Toy Company, Mother (Julie Newmar) sees her sales slipping, she goes to extremes to find the next big toy to save her company. She finds her salvation in nerdy toy designer Clyde King (Wally Cox, “Mr. Peepers”, “Underdog”). With the help of her man-child son (Victor Buono), Mother tries to lure Clyde to the company with a string of luscious prostitutes, all to no avail. Just as Mother is about to give up hope, she discovers that the hapless nerd is truly in love with her, because she reminds him of his mother! Featuring an electric score from legendary composer Quincy Jones, The Seduction of a Nerd is a crazy geek-out of epic proportions!

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Programmer's Pick

Julie Newmar’s toy company mogul uses every trick in the campy exploitation playbook, from cross-dressing to a parade of would-be seductresses, all to win over a wooden toy-obsessed nerd played by Wally Cox. Toss in Victor Buono’s man-child and an erotic fantasy spree, and you’ve got a very 1970s fever-dream of mommies, fetishes, and business gone weird.

— SassyFlix Programmer
Quick Answer
What is Up Your Teddy Bear about?

Up Your Teddy Bear is a 1970 American comedy, fantasy, and romance film directed by Don Joslyn about a toy store employee who becomes the object of bizarre attention from a powerful toy company owner and her wild entourage.

Details & Specs
Director
Don Joslyn
Writer
Don Joslyn
Release
1970
Runtime
1h 29m
Country
United States of America
Also Known As
The Toy Grabbers, Hot Mother, The Seduction of a Nerd

Synopsis

Clyde King, a toy store employee whose hobbies include making wooden toys and stalking women, is coveted by the female owner of one of the biggest toy companies in the world. She is enchanted by King's hand-carved toys, and she delegates the recruitment of the toy-maker to her second-in-command, Lyle "Skippy" Burns. However, King will not join her company as she reminds him of his mother. She becomes the subject of bizarre fantasies in which "Mother," the toy company owner as imagined by King, brow-beats and humiliates him. Discovering King's predeliction for leaving the toy store to stalk women, Skippy first tries to entice Clyde into signing an employemnt contract by supplying him with women, even going as far to dress himself up in drag as a prostitute. But every time he sets King up with a woman, the encounter ends disastrously, so Skippy finally decides to kill him.

Why Cult

Camp Queen Julie Newmar

Julie Newmar delivers a gloriously over-the-top performance as Mother, the toy tycoon mixing maternal mind games with corporate ambition.

Bizarre Erotic Fantasies

From cross dressing to sword fights to drag, this film’s array of erotic daydreams is as peculiar as its toy store setting.

Quirky Underdog Romance

The heart of this offbeat comedy is the awkward courtship between a nerdy toymaker and a powerful, sexually aggressive CEO.

Quincy Jones Score

Legendary composer Quincy Jones provides an electric soundtrack, giving the film a sonic jolt amid all the mayhem.

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Questions from the Vault

What is Up Your Teddy Bear about? +

Up Your Teddy Bear follows a toy store worker targeted by an eccentric toy magnate and her son, blurring the lines between fantasy, seduction, and surreal comedy.

When was Up Your Teddy Bear released? +

Up Your Teddy Bear was released in 1970.

Who directed Up Your Teddy Bear? +

Up Your Teddy Bear was directed by Don Joslyn.

How long is Up Your Teddy Bear? +

Up Your Teddy Bear runs for 89 minutes.

What genre is Up Your Teddy Bear? +

Up Your Teddy Bear is a comedy, fantasy, and romance film.

Where can I watch Up Your Teddy Bear? +

Up Your Teddy Bear is available to stream on SassyFlix.