Lynne Perrie's Alternative Workout

Lynne Perrie's Alternative Workout
The video sleeve of Lynne Perrie's Alternative Workout (1995)

Lynne Perrie's Alternative Workout was a VHS tape released on May 15, 1995. It starred Coronation Street actress Lynne Perrie, who had left the programme the year before after a twenty-three years of playing Ivy Tilsley (later Brennan). It was a parody of a fitness programme, aimed at the comedy/soft-porn market. The video was distributed by a small company called 'Mastiff World Productions Ltd', and was certified as a 15.

Plot

The video's blurb reads: "See our Lynne exert the least amount of energy as she takes you into her interpretation of what exercise is all about. Lynne takes a troupe of girls through her routine whilst enjoying a fantasy elsewhere with a bevvy of young men." ^[1]

In the 50 minute film, Lynne appeared in a series of humorous sketches, teaching both men and women to exercise. Some of the video consisted of her being carried around in a bikini by hunky bodybuilders.^[2] The running joke throughout was that Lynne had no intentions of exercising herself but was enjoying the company of the young men, watching them workout and making rather smutty remarks whilst helping them out of their workout clothing. The script was by John G. Sutton and contained lines such as Lynne in a hot tub with two young men saying 'Don't mind you scrubbing my back dear, but is that a loofa you're using?'. The video covered the mediums of swimming, aerobics, exercise equipment and horse riding.

Lynne Perrie's thoughts on the video

An article in The Sun newspaper, dated March, 17, 1995, quoted Lynne who dismissed the video as "just a bit of fun". "It's more like a Carry On movie than anything else and I had a great time doing it", she revealed. "It's not a mucky movie - I don't touch anything I shouldn't! And for modesty's sake, I wore a strapless swimming costume when I was supposed to be naked in the bath scene."^[3]

Promotion

On the day of its release, Lynne made an appearance on Channel 4's popular morning television programme The Big Breakfast to promote it.^[4]

Reception

Lynne had high hopes for what was her debut video (there were plans for a sequel) and told one journalist that it would sell more copies than Cindy Crawford's.^[5] One journalist branded the video as 'sleazy' and described the portrayal of herself in the film as "a tragic old nymphomaniac fondling young men".^[6]

The video sold poorly and was deleted in 1997, just two years after its release. Today, it is quite rare.

References

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