This interview was conducted with Cousin Stevie of Showtime’s Family Business at The Crush.  We would like to thank Phallix for arranging this interview.  All images courtesy April Storm, Pure Play Media and Phallix.

Dr. Phreakenstein:  Could you describe your relationship with Phallix and you came to be a part of this promotional event?

Cousin Stevie:  First, Rick (Rick Plank is a principle of Phallix) always supports us in helping with the glass dildos for my shoots, I only use Phallix because I can’t afford for a glass dildo to break off inside of someone.  Some of those imported ones have bubble holes and sometimes glass breaks and I would have to close the company if glass breaks while one of the girls is using it during one of my shoots.  Seymore does his line and since we had a television show, I am doing an all girl line – Cousin Stevie’s Pussy Party.

Dr. Phreakenstein:  So it is all about liability and safety?

Cousin Stevie:  Right and besides the work is just gorgeous.  So when Rick opened the store, I said why don’t we coincide it with the opening of the new season of Family Business and we’ll come down and support one another and make a hoopla about Family Business and the opening of your store.  That’s how it all came about.

Dr. Phreakenstein:  What role do you see sex toys playing in the adult film business and have you noticed any trends?

Cousin Stevie:  I think toys play a part in the adult business as well as in your private life and the adult business certainly starts to reflect what goes on.  For instance when I was younger and growing up they never had films about squirting and so the first time that I was with a girl that squirted, I thought she had peed all over me.  I think she was embarrassed also because women back then that did squirt were embarrassed because no one discussed it.  Now that the adult industry is making videos with squirting it makes it okay for other people to now say “I squirt.”  They don’t feel like a freak.  I think that all of that is good and that the adult industry is certainly enlightening women to demand and enjoy sex to the fullest. 

Dr. Phreakenstein:  So they are not so uptight anymore and they can kind of let loose.

Cousin Stevie:  Not only kind of but they can really demand it.  You can’t get away with “So what if you didn’t have an orgasm” – “wait a minute I know I can cause I masturbate and I have all these toys that help.”  The other reason that we use glass dildos is because it WILL NOT transmit diseases.

Dr. Phreakenstein:  It cleans up really well and that is what some of our readers really like about it.

Cousin Stevie:  It is non-porous and nothing can adhere to it.

Dr. Phreakenstein:  What has been your funniest sex toy experience?

Cousin Stevie:  On one of my shoots Flower (Flower Tucci) was using the Magic Wand and she squirted and shorted out the whole thing.  She was wondering why she was getting shocks through her vagina. (I thought she was having fantastic orgasms)  That has to be one of the funniest things I have ever seen.  I grabbed it and I turned it on and said I don’t understand, and it jolted my hand and said “Oh better get rid of this one.”

Dr. Phreakenstein:  Is there any particular sex toy that is your favorite?

Cousin Stevie:  My personal favorite is the Magic Wand (Hitachi™).  This must be my tenth or so Magic Wand.  When I was younger some girl said to me “Do you mind if we use toys?”  I was never inhibited and if it is going to make her sexual experience better then it is going to make mine better is the way I always felt.  So she took out this Magic Wand and I went out and bought one the next day and I have probably burnt out 10 or 15 since then. I certainly believe in toys enhancing your sexual experience, especially if you have been with someone a while.  It certainly adds to the experience.  You can have fantasies about anything you want it to be.  I happen to think watching a woman masturbate is a turn-on for me.  I think most people are voyeurs at heart.

Dr. Phreakenstein: Describe the freakiest sex toy you have ever seen?

Cousin Stevie: Rick has some really wild ones like the Bazooka.  I don’t know if I want to call it freaky but it is that big.  In fact we just shot a cover with Nicki Hunter with a big glass Bazooka.  When I see the cover it certainly stands out.  The Bazooka must stand 2 ½ to 3 feet tall and the head is about the size of your fist.  It is a shear piece of Phallix glass with two (on the bottom) smaller penis shaped objects coming out of it.  I don’t know many girls that could get the main head in.  I don’t want to call it one of the freakiest but certainly one of the wildest that I have ever seen.

Dr. Phreakenstein:  If they can fit it should they submit their resume to you?

Cousin Stevie:  Haha, yeah absolutely. We want to put that on video.

Dr. Phreakenstein:  Do you have your own line of sex toys?

Cousin Stevie:  I am working with Pipe Dream on it.  You see I am not a performer, I am not on film.  I direct movies, I am not in them.  So am I going to have my own line of sex toys?  I am going to have novelty stuff like a little 6-7 inches tall likeness of me. If you have seen my character on television – I tell people to “fuck off.”  I am this business manager, I go out and collect money and do everything it takes.  I have a little bit of a New York personality so when it comes to this toy – when you wind it up it gives you the finger.  I have gone to the novelty end because there is enough dildos and stuff on the market.  Rick and I are talking about a signature line of Cousin Stevie Dildos and Seymour Dildos in glass, but not specifically done for us just a signature.

Dr. Phreakenstein:  So we are not going to see a Cousin Stevie Butt Plug any time soon?

Cousin Stevie:  Well you might, but it would only be a signature – one that is designating my line not one that I posed for or anything.  There is toilet paper with my face on it that says “It’s the shits!” and things like that.  A coffee cup with a finger in the bottom and Seymour has a line of lubes.  All my glass stuff is only Rick’s.

Dr. Phreakenstein:  Where do you see the future of sex toys heading?

Cousin Stevie:  I think as we get into more and more virtual reality, I think sex toys will be like the person that is not there.  I think that you’ll be able to direct what it does.  They have suits out now that are just too expensive.  I know that I saw Vivid with one where it has sensors all over the place and a person on the other end feels when you touch your leg.  I think that will happen with sex toys will certainly become more robotic if you will.  I don’t want to use the term robotic as sterile but more as natural.

Dr. Phreakenstein:  Do you recall any specific episodes of Family Business that feature sex toys?

Cousin Stevie:  Yeah we did one where Adam was talking about a line of sex toys, and I use Phallix’s in all my videos since it’s an all girl line.

Dr. Phreakenstein:  Are there any episodes that are going to be coming up this year that feature sex toy usage?

Cousin Stevie:  Certainly and I not being an actor and not wanting to affected or effected by seeing it in advance, I don’t see the season before.  We use sex toys.  The show me shooting my videos, they show Seymour and certainly there are sex toys in those.  But personally, I don’t know which ones they are.

Dr. Phreakenstein:  Are there plans for a Season IV?

Cousin Stevie:  That’s a good question.  They don’t ever tell us about the next year till June.  Please encourage all of your readers to email stevie@cousinstevie.com to let us know they want to see another season.

Dr. Phreakenstein:  We are really impressed that Showtime is even bringing programs like this to Cable TV.

Cousin Stevie:  Weeds and Reefer Madness are coming up (new series on Showtime).  They are certainly breaking new ground and trying to take some of the thunder away from HBO™.

Dr. Phreakenstein:  What part of the production of Family Business do you enjoy the most and least?

Cousin Stevie:  I certainly enjoy, now that I am shooting movies – making the movies.  Before that when I was not making movies, I enjoyed marketing and sales.  That is what I did – I came from the computer business.  Seymour asked me to join him when the business was growing seven years ago and family to me is family.  I am old fashioned and I think the older you get the more important family gets.  You realize that there is a real value there.  Both my parents are gone and you start to think differently.  When my mother passed and my father passed away second – I said to my sister “You know we are orphans.”  It’s a weird feeling and I think that brings you closer to family.

Dr. Phreakenstein:  Are there any lines of videos that you distribute that cater to the sex toy enthusiast?

Cousin Stevie:  Cousin Stevie’s Pussy Party is usually an eight girl orgy – all clits no dicks.  All through it are toys laying around and the girls choose which toys they want to use and use them.  Part of what I judge them on is (not only is it a part it’s a contest) are how real are their orgasm, how many girls are they with, and how many different toys do they use.  The winner gets a big thousand dollar bonus besides her regular fee.  So that certainly gives them incentive.  I use toys in all of my videos – Seymour uses them in a number of his.  They certainly play a more important part in mine since there are no penises.

Dr. Phreakenstein:  How has that line (Cousin Stevie’s Pussy Party) been doing for you?

Cousin Stevie:  Very well.  As a matter of fact, I have outside judges that bid to be a judge on my shoot.  Not at first, because I wanted to make sure that I had the shoot down before spending a thousand dollars to wind up sitting on the set all day and being a judge.  I wanted to make sure that I had it run smoothly before outsiders came on.  I try to use both women and men so I have different perspective of what the women are doing.  One of the women I used is a publisher of a number of lesbian books and magazines.  She thought that the overall shoot was so hot she told me she had to control herself not to jump in, which is certainly a compliment.

Dr. Phreakenstein:  Eight women going at it, what’s not to love?

Cousin Stevie:  Yeah right.  I mean that is what I love shooting, who needs to see a penis – I am sixty years old, I have seen it for sixty years.  I don’t need to see new penises.

Dr. Phreakenstein:  For some of our visitors do you have some suggestions on how to spice up their sex lives?

Cousin Stevie:  I would choose a story, or make up a fantasy and then act it out.  Then maybe the next time have your girlfriend or your mate make up the fantasy and act it out.  It could include toys, vegetables anything to spice it up.  You want to do something exciting, voyeurism is always good.  Stand in front of a window, in a subway, in a taxi, on a plane let your mind wander.  For a real charge see if you can get a quickie in an elevator before someone opens the door or until someone opens the door, it’s certainly a turn on.

Dr. Phreakenstein:  Now that you are more of a public figure, due to your exposure on cable in Family Business – have you noticed any differences when you are out in public? 

Cousin Stevie:  Yeah people recognize you and being a New Yorker it is hard to get accustomed to.  Seymour was accustomed to it; he has been in front of the camera since 1990 when he started shooting so he is accustomed to people recognizing him.  I am a little apprehensive as being a New York guy, when strangers start to walk up to you, your first reaction is am I going to get hit or mugged?  Certainly I am glad I do get recognized without fans we would not have a show.

Dr. Phreakenstein:  Are there any Cousin Stevie Groupies yet?

Cousin Stevie:  Yeah as a matter of fact, Seymour told me that he hosted the Pimp and Ho Ball in Chicago last year for Halloween and people dressed up as Cousin Stevie.

Dr. Phreakenstein:  Well that has got to be a compliment.

Cousin Stevie:  Yes it is.  I love it.

Dr. Phreakenstein:  Describe a typical day in your life.  What’s it like to be Cousin Stevie?

Cousin Stevie:  You go into work, the job part is normal if I am not shooting.  You call up distributors on the phone, you sell them movies, collect the money, make sure the deliveries get out, make sure the bills are paid, take the stuff that has got to be duplicated to duplication, keep your inventory… It’s like a regular day in anybody’s business.  Except when I am shooting that is a different day.

Dr. Phreakenstein:  Sounds like your shooting is the preferred job.

Cousin Stevie:  Certainly is, you would have to be crazy not to.  Calling people on the phone is not more fun then shooting eight naked women.

Dr. Phreakenstein:  There are a lot of people that think it would be cool to get into the adult industry.  Do you have any suggestions on where they should start and what they should look out for?

Cousin Stevie:  They should think long and hard, if you can’t tell your parents then you shouldn’t do it, because they are going to find out – or a relative, or you are embarrassed about it you really shouldn’t do it.  Once you are on television or film, you might as well do it and make money then get out when you want.  Don’t take it lightly it is not that easy, guys think its as easy as shit, well it is really not – it is one thing to get wood at home with your girlfriend, or your boyfriend or your wife – it is another thing to get wood when guys are saying “wait, turn.”

Dr. Phreakenstein:  Is there anything special that our visitors should watch out for that you have coming our way?

Cousin Stevie:  We have new videos coming out every month.  Check out www.cousinstevie.com and www.seymorebutts.com for announcements and events. Tell your readers remember Cousin Stevie said “Remember if it’s too tough, FUCK IT!”

Dr. Phreakenstein:  It’s been a real pleasure, thanks for your time. Check out Phallix and Pure Play Media for all of their latest offerings.  Have a great evening.