Squeaky Clean Adult Films

By Josh Eliot

Recently I discovered an awesome channel on YouTube called Barefoot and Independent. Ryon Heath came up with the title and his brother Jason Heath has the largest presence on the site. The most prominent postings on the channel in recent years are segments that fall under the “Squeaky Clean Adult Films” category, but as I learned, the site contains much more diverse viewing material than you would ever expect, dating all the way back to 2012. Featuring a stylish Warhol-esque vibe to every post, there is literally something for everyone. I love quirky and cool, and I consider this channel to be both. I discovered, through my conversations with front man and director Jason Heath, that there is a much larger presence behind all of their diverse postings. Jason and Ryon are part of a film troupe known as The Broken Spoons, who describe themselves as “a group of music-obsessed filmmakers that were raised on television.” The channel features postings related to Jason’s first 16mm film, Trite This Way, and his second feature, The Boy That Dripped Blood, as well as an editing project, The Battle of the Broken Spoons, which Jason describes as “a bunch of weirdos with a lot of problems.” He is currently working on a new short film titled Intersection and Union, to be released this year.

Jason was part of the sketch comedy show The Written Word & The Blank Page, and in 2017 while spit balling ideas for the channel, he proposed “G Rated Adult Films,” where he would take classic adult films and edit them so they could achieve a G rating. The group did not warm up to the idea, so Jason decided to do it on his own. He started with postings under “G Rated Pornos,” but found G was too difficult and quickly switched it to “PG Rated Pornos.” Like with many companies, posting adult content the series got many strikes, suspensions, warnings and copyright violations from YouTube. When the channel was struck down for the first time, they came back as “Squeaky Clean Adult Films,” dropping the “P” word. Unfortunately, that did not stop it from getting thirty-day suspensions a few more times with no instructions from YouTube as to how to fix the problem. At his wits end, Jason reached out to a famous YouTuber friend, who had what turned out to be the solution. This YouTuber informed Jason that YouTube wanted a transformation. Jason argued that going from XXX to G rating is a transformation, but his friend explained that the edit alone was not transformative enough. He told Jason that if he added “personal commentary” to the adult-themed segments, YouTube would leave him alone. He explained that they want personalities and commentary, like an influencer, but anyone who has watched Jason would notice that the influencer thing is not for him. He’s more like: “Don’t subscribe, don’t like, don’t share, just watch.” 

Having said that, Jason makes a pretty damned good influencer, in my book; he started adding his own personal touch to introduce the G and PG-rated movies, and packs the intros with lots of movie trivia. The “Squeaky” series contains a wide variety of vintage adult movies, classics like The Devil in Miss Jones (1973, 57K views), Pretty Peaches (1978, 118k views), Debbie Does Dallas (1978 - 136k views), Behind The Green Door (1972, 213k views) and the sites’ most viewed posting, Taboo 2 (1982), with 2.3 million views! The site is not strictly straight-oriented; like any great artist-run venture, it also includes postings of gay and bi content like H.I.S. Video’s Total Corruption 2 (1996), Catalina Video’s Morewood Contractors (2005) and Boy Band (2002) and Richard Mailer’s Switch Hitters series, to name a few.

As of last week, in addition to Boy Band, I have another one of my titles featured on their site: my bisexual movie titled SwitchCraft, with Sharon Kane, Chi Chi LaRue and Tina Tyler. SwitchCraft was based on the 1970’s TV movie The Girl Most Likely To, starring Stockard Channing and co-written by Joan Rivers. Jason reached out to me and asked if I would like to be part of his “All Celebrity Request March” for 2026. The recurring celebrity series was started in 2025 and featured interviews with actor Richard Pacheco (from Irresistible), writer Cash Markman (from House Arrest), actor Sean Elliot (from Debbie Does Dallas 2 and Scoundrels) and podcaster Patrick Palmer (from JizzTalking.com). Over a four-week period, Jason has his celebrity guests pick one of their favorite movies, interviews them for the intro, shows the PG version of the movie, then finishes their chat after the film. This year the series included actress Amber Lynn (Jane Bond Meets Octopussy), actress Melissa Hill (Penetrator 2), director Josh Eliot - me (SwitchCraft) and actress Porsche Lynn (Girl With The Million Dollar Legs). These iconic actresses’ segments were incredible to watch, and I had a blast talking to Jason. Having the opportunity to show my bisexual movie to a much more diverse crowd than would normally view it felt great, and the comments were very positive.

In addition to the great “Squeaky” series that I’ve been writing about, there is so much more content that deserves praise. Jason is smack dab in the middle of his episode-by-episode salute to his favorite viewing experience ever, Twin Peaks, which is totally giving me flashbacks to when I saw the pilot in Palm Springs before its debut on television. The cast was sitting in the two rows behind Chet Thomas (Catalina editor) and me, then giddily made their way to the stage for Q&A after the screening.

The site also has a lot of photography postings from the troupe, Jason and others - so stylized and unique that any or all of the photos could make several amazing coffee table books! The imagery is so interesting and fun, it’s like going to a gallery opening! In addition, Jason’s VHS tape collection that he shares photos of is probably one of the best in the country! I just love looking at old movie posters and source material from yesteryear, and the first-edition VHS boxes from classic horror movies that he possesses had me glued to the site for hours! How I wish I had kept my old VHS tapes instead of selling them two for $1 at yard sales back in West Hollywood! I actually just found and purchased an original VHS of William Higgins' Big Guns online for $20, pristine quality! That title is quite a find for my “mini” collection! In my mind, Barefoot and Independent is a mash up of Waiting For Guffman, Multiple Maniacs and my favorite “bizarre” web page, Something Weird Video, all mixed together to make one amazing scrolling experience. As of this writing, the official site(s) Barefoot and Independent has a presence on YouTube with 37.8K subscribers, Instagram (15K), and Facebook (42K). I’ve packed this page with links, so click anywhere above where you see blue and it will direct you to each particular posting on their site! 

Bio of Josh Eliot:

At the age of 25 in 1987, Josh Eliot was hired by Catalina Video by John Travis (Brentwood Video) and Scott Masters (Nova Video). Travis trained Eliot on his style of videography and mentored him on the art of directing. Josh directed his first movie, Runaways, in 1987. By 2009 when Josh parted ways with Catalina Video, he'd produced and directed hundreds of features and won numerous awards for Best Screenplay, Videography, Editing, and Directing. He was entered into the GayVN Hall of fame in 2002.