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In 2002, HBO's cameras went inside Nevada's Moonlite Bunny
Ranch for the first time - and brought viewers a never-before-seen look
inside an actual legal brothel in the U.S. A year later, in Cathouse 2:
Back in the Saddle, HBO returned for another intimate look at the "working
girls" who pleasure men (and women) for pay - including footage of actual
trysts. And in 2005, HBO viewers got an extended reservation to the Ranch
with the first season of Cathouse: The Series (note new title change),
featuring 11 sizzling editions.
Proving you can't get enough of a
good thing, Cathouse Season Two returns in 2007 with the first of six
monthly episodes, "Hot to Trot." The series gives fans a fresh and
fast-paced look at the familiar and new girls who work at the Ranch, as
well as some of the johns who visit. The series sheds light not only on
the numerous joys and challenges of working at a legal brothel, but on the
therapeutic benefits that customers take with them after a stint at the
Ranch.
Still thriving after 50 years, the Moonlite Bunny Ranch is
arguably the most famous brothel in the state that pioneered legal
prostitution. Since brothels were legalized in many Nevada counties in
1972, the state has become a sexual mecca for red-blooded, law-abiding
Americans looking to live out their fantasies in places like the Bunny
Ranch, which is located at the end of a dusty road about 35 miles south of
Reno.
Since buying the Ranch in 1992, Dennis Hof has upgraded the
facilities, creating an upscale and customer-friendly brothel that
attracts friends and high rollers alike. Hof's "highly motivated sales
team" follow precise rules of conduct and safety, and split the fruits of
their labor 50-50 with management. It's not uncommon for an attractive
girl at the Bunny Ranch to make $200,000 or more a year.
In
addition to frank discussions with Hof, his management team and Ranch
girls, Cathouse Season Two utilizes hidden cameras located in party rooms
and lounges to record private conversations, transactions, and sex
activity between the workers and their customers. (Before sex takes place,
customers are informed they are being taped, and their appearance in the
program is subject to signing a consent agreement). The series will also
highlight on-site Ranch features now available to customers - from special
sex-therapy clinics conducted by the girls, to fantasy parties for
newlywed couples, and more.
Both this series and the two Cathouse
specials are produced and directed by Patti Kaplan, who also produced
HBO's hit adult series Real Sex and G-String Divas, as well as the 1997
documentary Dragtime USA: America Undercover.
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