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Jim and Artie Mitchell

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The Resume

    Born in Lodi, California
    Jim Mitchell (November 30, 1943-July 12, 2007)
    Artie Mitchell (December 17, 1945-February 27, 1991)
    Owned the O'Farrell Theatre in San Francisco
    Produced and directed the adult films 'Flesh Factory' (1970), 'Rampaging Nurses' (1971), 'Behind the Green Door' (1972), 'Sodom and Gomorrah: The Last Seven Days' (1975), 'Beyond De Sade' (1979), 'The Grafenberg Spot' (1985) and 'Behind the Green Door: The Sequel' (1986)

Why they might be annoying:

    They were both married and divorced twice.
    They both snorted cocaine.
    Jim dropped out of the San Francisco State University film school after a professor criticized his work.
    They were contemptuous of the actors in their films, referring to them as 'meat.'
    A lawsuit they filed over the bootlegging of their pornos led to the ubiquitous FBI warnings at the start of videotapes.
    Jim shot Artie and served three years in prison for voluntary manslaughter.
    Artie's ghost allegedly haunts the O'Farrell Theatre.

Why they might not be annoying:

    Hunter S. Thompson called the O'Farrell 'The Carnegie Hall of public sex in America.'
    They successfully fought 200 legal battles over their films and theater.
    During one attempt by San Francisco to shut down the O'Farrell, they placed on the marquee the message 'For show times call Mayor Feinstein' followed by her home phone number.
    'Behind the Green Door' cost $60,000 and grossed $25 million.
    Jim said he never intended to kill Artie but had tried to confront Artie over his continuing drug use in an 'intervention gone wrong.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 25 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 21 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 30 Votes: 76.67% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 114 Votes: 69.30% Annoying