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‘Pam & Tommy’ review: Rewind to the ‘90s when the sex tape of newlywed celebrities became an early viral video phenomenon

The first episode of “Pam & Tommy,” Hulu’s wild ride of a biopic TV series about the early years of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s marriage and their stolen sex tape, is titled “Drilling and Pounding.” There’s all kinds of home renovation going on in their mansion, see, and if you somehow didn’t get the smirky-winky double entendre, the episode features Seth Rogen in a splendiferous mullet as Rand Gauthier, a carpenter working in the couple’s Malibu home (who would eventually steal their sex tape and distribute it), going to town with a nail gun downstairs while the newlyweds are upstairs audibly taking the episode’s title to heart.

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