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What is Sexy?
The setup
The premise
Here’s the bit.
The Ben Stiller Show sends up the moody designer-perfume ads of the early 1990s. In grainy, tinted, fast-cut footage shot around a greenhouse and an oil-field yard, a long-haired, shirtless Ben Stiller writhes under gushing water, tangles himself in coils of hose and drinks straight from the nozzle, while Jeanne Tripplehorn's Wilson Woman struts past in a red dress and sunglasses and other models pose and sprint for no clear reason. Stark title cards pose the question of what is sexy, and the steamy montage finally cuts to a product shot revealing the advertiser: the Wilson Garden Hose, followed by a reversed version of the slogan. It is the first of the show's "What is Sexy?" ads for Wilson products.
The funny people
Meet the cast. 3
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.

Paul Miller
Director
Script
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- 00:23
Welcome
- 00:24
Wilson garden hose available at the home shop
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