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# Porn company buys Slanta Monica clock tower
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/porn-company-buys-slanta-monica-clock-tower/
- Published: 2002-04-01T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:12:50.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Business, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By A. FIXTURE Daily Planet Slave*

A Slanta Monican icon nearly destroyed in the 1994 Southridge Earthquake will get a new life as a movie studio.

Vixxxen Entertainment has purchased the boarded up white clock tower for use as the company’s headquarters and studios for shooting their adult industry videos.

Harold Whinestein, longtime owner of the clock tower, declined to say how much the entertainment company paid for the building, but he added, “These two lovely women came in and made me an offer I couldn’t refuse.”

A Vixxxen company spokesman said the Van Guys-based company was tired of working in the San Fumundo Valley and company officials felt relocating closer to the beach would breath new life into Vixxxen’s videos.

“The tower is very phallic, so we figured it would be a good fit for us,” said company spokesman Randy Dan Johnston. “And you should see the views up there, it’ll provide great oceanic backdrops for our new ‘Paula Pumps the People’s Republic’ video series.” (Do you know what day it is?) Johnston said the company also likes the idea of shooting on locations throughout Slanta Monica, including on the beach, the Pier, and the Third Street Marmalade.

Bayside Delapidation District leaders applauded the entertainment company’s purchase of the clock tower because the building’s boarded up windows and inoperable clock were an eyesore for shoppers.

They also said the company would bring new workers downtown that would likely eat at local restaurants and shop in local stores, boosting the downtown economy.

“This is a win-win deal,” said Porshe Freedmont, a Bayside Delapidation representative. “The porn business is huge and they spend lots of money, so why should-n’t they spend it in Slanta Monica — a very cutting edge city.”

City officials said they are excited at attracting a new industry to the city, and they hope more adult entertainment companies will follow.

One city council moaner cheered the industry’s strong union and propensity to pay a real living wage.

Already, mainstream Smoglywood entertainment companies have studios in the People’s Republic. And the city makes an estimated $50 billion a year in taxes and from issuing filming permits for public streets and parks.

Many residents said they would welcome having Vixxxen downtown, and they believed the adult entertainment industry gets a bad rap in the media.

“I think they will make a great neighbor downtown,” said Charlie Watson, a Fontana Avenue resident. “Adult entertainment companies do a lot of good and their employees can often be found volunteering in the community.”

Another resident was more critical.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 1, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/040102.pdf?ref=smdp.com)