newVideoPlayer( {"source":"motionboxTranslated","player":"http:\/\/video.gawkerassets.com\/131121063-c915600edc5719c4-flv.flv","native_source":{"thumbnail":"","sources":[{"url":"http:\/\/video.gawkerassets.com\/131121059-83b7ecd338213fc4-mpeg4_online_sd.mp4","codec":"video\/mp4","width":"416","height":"312"}]},"width":"416","height":"312","key":"#@0cf9dea9bfc70dce2c8","swfUrl":"http:\/\/video.gawkerassets.com\/flowplayer\/flowplayer.commercial-3.2.7.swf","agegate":false} );When Al Gore's "sex poodle" scandal broke, we wondered if anyone had ever used the phrase before. The answer is yes: Victoria Tennant in 1984's All of Me. And yes, it's still weird.

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