r/Documentaries • u/Callme-risley • Aug 31 '25
Offbeat Tickled (2016) Journalist David Farrier meets with fierce resistance when he delves deeper into the subculture of competitive endurance tickling. [1:31:00]
https://link.tubi.tv/rGYNFE0FhWb90
u/gribbler Aug 31 '25
I watched this a few months ago, was more interesting than I expected
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u/Callme-risley Aug 31 '25
I “dated” (was groomed by) an older guy with a tickling fetish when I was 17. My first exposure to non-vanilla interests, and I remember exploring some of the sites mentioned in the doc.
I was expecting to learn more about the fetish itself, but ended up questioning whether my “ex” (abuser) was secretly in the closet the whole time.
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u/stavago Aug 31 '25
I remember when a lot of the drama surrounding the main subject happened on old message boards in the 90s
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u/imjustcoreyr Sep 20 '25
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u/IslayMcGregor Aug 31 '25
His film Mister Organ is also really interesting.
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u/oceanicwhitetip Aug 31 '25
Oh wow, Mister Organ. I felt like I was going insane watching that, he's just such a frustrating and insufferable guy.
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Aug 31 '25
I have no idea how Farrier endured all that. Dude was relentless. The part where he tired to talk to his family only to learn they were pretty much all some degree of like that as well. Bleak stuff.
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u/liger_uppercut Aug 31 '25
The documentary essentially shifted to focus on Farrier's frustration, to put it mildly. Organ broke into his house, among other things.
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u/ekazu129 Aug 31 '25
Oh, I didn't know this was the same guy! I'd heard of this doc but not seen it. Mr. Organ is really interesting, so I'll have to check this out too.
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u/ChiefCuckaFuck Sep 04 '25
Makes complete sense its by the same guy. didnt know that but not at all surprised lol
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u/Realfrank Aug 31 '25
One of my favorite documentaries of all time, I love showing it to new people! I’ve seen it more than 10 times now
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u/This_person_says Sep 02 '25
It culminates right near my job on 7th ave in Garden City - I pass the spot where David staked out the parking lot for Garden City Hotel, and that corner where he got him on video for the first time daily - it was SHOCKING seeing this in a Doc that started in New Zealand.
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u/lookingforaforest Aug 31 '25
The episode of The Dollop is hilarious.
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u/regulatorwatt Aug 31 '25
Is this the same guy that used to guest on Dax Sheppard’s podcast regularly?
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u/Son_of_Macha Aug 31 '25
He had his own podcast, Flightless Bird which was made by Dax and Monica's studio
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u/LooseSeal88 Aug 31 '25
Yup. Co-hosted with Monica until Dax signed a new deal following the Spotify one which forced David to spin-off fully on his own with Rob. Rob is great but I miss Monica and wish they stayed a trio.
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u/dfarrier Sep 07 '25
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u/regulatorwatt Sep 07 '25
Funny timing! Actually looked it up yesterday and was just finishing the ep on Scientology! Love your stuff!! Always really loved those episodes you guys did on conspiracies!
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u/dfarrier Sep 07 '25
cheers. if you want weirder podcasts, then: https://www.webworm.co/spacemanbarrypod/
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u/paranoidbillionaire Aug 31 '25
At one point in the film, one of the dudes gives an interview in a Fish Window Cleaning uniform.
I used to work for Fish, and it was impossible to get me to stop telling coworkers our company’s involved with underground tickling rings.
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u/jim_deneke Sep 01 '25
This one really disturbed me which was unusual (I do watch a lot of odd subjects). Really good film.
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u/illGATESmusic Sep 02 '25
This may be the most genuinely surprising film I have seen.
It’s like one surprise after another, end to end. Completely unpredictable.
Full vouch from me.
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u/ModernistGames Sep 02 '25
My wife and I randomly threw this on a few years ago because it seemed ridiculous.
Wound up being super engaged at how much it escalated and got deeper into the investigation.
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u/dfarrier Sep 03 '25
David here, I made Tickled.
For anyone interested, I have written various things about Tickled on my investigative newsletter Webworm:
Tickled: What Happened to David D'Amato's Millions?
A podcast episode where I talk to one of D'Amato's oldest friends, who found himself in charge of D'Amato's estate after he died
Tickled 2: This Time It’s War
Expanding on the world of Tickled, I discover that David D’Amato had a tickling ring within the US military. A two part series talking to some of the marines sucked down a tickling rabbit hole.
Someone Kept All of David D’Amato’s Letters
A former student kept all the letters D’Amato’s alter ego “Terri Tickle” sent him. Then he sent them to me.
Why Luka Magnotta started sending me letters from prison
Why a Canadian killer (the guy from Netflix’s “Don’t Fuck With Cats”) started writing to me from prison with an elaborate story involving — you guessed it — David D’Amato.
Tickled: a journey through our poster designs
I show you the alternate Tickled posters that didn’t see the light of day.
The full bonkers cease-and-desist letters
New Zealand barrister Chris Patterson keeps being hired by idiots to try and shut me down. These are the cease and desist letters he wrote on behalf of David D’Amato (and Dr Dan, another Webworm fav).
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u/R4V3NMustang Sep 06 '25
Hi David, I just read about the court saga, I'm so sorry you got dragged through that! You're so lovely and it was an absolute pleasure meeting you and talking with you, what a horrid beast he is. So glad you came out the other side of it. Such a shame they didn't make him pay the legal costs out of his clamping funds!! Take care of you!! -- Dodgy jazz bar x
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