Porn is full of its own one-shot hit wonders and performers who regularly pop up in "whatever happened to?"-type discussions about the industry; we all know by this point where the road lead for, say, Linda Lovelace, but the whereabouts of Bambi Woods, the enigmatic star of the 1978 classic "Debbie Does Dallas" and two of its sequels, have remained a mystery. Until a few months ago, that is, when a reader's chance encounter in a Melbourne resort led the editor of celeb blog YesButNoButYes on a path that culminates this week in a two-part interview with someone who claims to be Bambi Woods herself. The former Ms. Woods is frustratingly vague about her current location due to understandable privacy concerns (she says she grew up and still lives "two hours flight out of New York", which pretty much narrows things down to anywhere east of the Mississippi), but at least she didn't die of a drug overdose as several persistent rumours over the years have claimed. Of course, this being the interweb it's difficult if not impossible to prove that anyone is who they claim to be based on a handful of email exchanges, but given that the alleged Bambi's post-porn life seems to be a relatively normal one we're happy to believe that her story involves a happy ending after all.

· "Debbie Does Dallas - The Bambi Woods Interview: Prologue" and "Debbie Does Dallas - The Bambi Woods Interview: Part One" (yesbutnobutyes.com; Part Two of the interview will be published tomorrow)

See exactly why Bambi was famous in the first place (the clean parts, anyway) after the jump.

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"Debbie Does Dallas (G Rated Version)" (YouTube)

See also:
· Bambi Woods ([now largely discredited] Wikipedia entry)
· "Debbie Does Dallas Uncovered" (2005) (Amazon)
· "Debbie Does Dallas" (1978) and ""Debbie Does Dallas ... Again" (2007) (Adult DVD Empire)

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Previously: Breaking: Debbie Still Doing Dallas, Porn Valley Dispatch: Debbie Dies (Dallas), Fleshbot Facials: Monique Alexander Returns From The Grave, Party Report: Debbie Does Manhattan

Had we not squandered all our savings on making sure we had a limitless supply of phat tacos here at Fleshbot Central, we might have been able to afford adding Showtime to our basic cable lineup this month and therefore would have been able to catch the premiere episode last week of "Debbie Does Dallas ... Again", World Of Wonder's new seven part documentareality show about Vivid's latest remake of the 1978 porn classic (which has already spawned nearly two dozen sequels and ripspinoffs, but that's perhaps the subject for another post). Fortunately, we can still catch up with the goings-on via producer Chris May's updates on the WOW Report blog, which include on-the-set reports and video clips—though we might have to find a friend who's more flush than we are and tune in tomorrow night to witness the introduction of new character Eon McKai into the mix, who one adult industry publication has called "one of the most influential porn directors of all time" and who we really should start paying more attention to around these parts. Who knows—this kid might be going places!

· "Separate But Sequel" ("Debbie Does Dallas ... Again" @ WOW Report) (worldofwonder.net)
· ""Debbie Does Dallas ... Again" (official series site @ sho.com)
· "Debbie Does Dallas ... Again: Pilot (series premiere)" (recap @ tvsquad.com)
· Order: "Debbie Does Dallas" (1978) and ""Debbie Does Dallas ... Again" (2007) (Adult DVD Empire)
· Eon McKai (eonmckai.com)
· Vivid (vivid.com)

Previously: Porn Valley Dispatch: Debbie Dies (Dallas), Eon McKai Goes Vivid, "the Swinging Cheerleaders", Sunrise Adams in "Debbie Does Dallas": The Revenge, Texas Cheerleading Ban