Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (book) 100 million readers. In 1972 it was parodied by Woody Allen in the comedy film of the same name and received a favorable response from movie critics. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (book) Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) is a book (1969, updated 1999) by U.S. physician David Reuben. It was one of the first sex manuals that entered mainstream culture in the 1960s, and had a profound effect on sex education and in liberalizing attitudes towards sex. It was the most popular non-fiction
Lou Jacobi columnist William Safire so vividly that he cited it when writing about the meaning of the word 36 years later. Jacobi also made two dozen feature films. His film debut was in the 1953 British comedy, "Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?" with the country’s blond sex symbol of the day, Diana Dors. Other notable films in which he appeared include, "Irma La Douce", "Penelope", "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)" (1972) as Sam Musgrave, a middle-aged married man experimenting with women's clothes, "Arthur" (1981) as the lucky florist, "My Favorite Year" (1982) as