"I hate sex in the movies. Tried it once and the…

“I hate sex in the movies. Tried it once and the seat folded up” is a jocular saying that has been cited in print since at least September 2000, when it was included in a joke list. “I hate sex in the movies. Tried it once, the seat folded up, the drink spilled and that ice, well it really chilled her mood” was posted to the newsgroup alt.culture.hawaii on August 15, 2001.

The joke has been printed on several images.

“The problem with sex in the movies is that the popcorn usually spills” and “There is nothing wrong with sex on television as long as you don’t fall off” are similar sex jokes.

September, 2000 Dirty Jokes
I hate sex in the movies. Tried it once and the seat folded up.

Google Groups: alt.cyberspace.rebels
Random Ramblin’s
dawn
2/20/01
(...)
6. I hate sex in the movies. Tried it once and the seat folded up

Google Groups: soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm.femdom
JOTD
K
3/9/01
(...)
6. I hate sex in the movies. Tried it once and the seat folded up.

Google Groups: alt.culture.hawaii
Oneliners
alohacyberian
8/15/01
(...)
6. I hate sex in the movies. Tried it once, the seat folded up, the drink spilled and that ice, well it really chilled her mood.

Google Books
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Health Fair
Compiled and Edited by Fred Neil
College Station, TX: Virtualbookworm.com Publishing Inc.
2002
Pg. 168:
I hate sex in the movies. Tried it once and the seat folded up.

Google Groups: 3do.bad-attitude
I hate sex in the movies.
Mr. Biff®© ²°°²
8/4/02
I hate sex in the movies. Tried it once, the seat folded up, the drink spilled and that ice, well, it really chilled her mood.

Google Groups: alt.humor.puns
Puns of the Weak 11/01/02
Stan Kegel
(...)
I hate sex in the movies. Tried it once and the seat folded up. (Very Punny)

Google News Archive
18 January 2007, Stillwater (OK) Journal, “Gamboling” by Lawrence Gibbs, pg. A4, col. 3:
I hate sex in the movies. Tried it once, the seat folded up, the drink spilled and that ice, well, it really chilled the mood.

Twitter
Anders Berg
‏@CleanComedyClub
I hate sex in the movies. Tried it once, the seat folded up, the drink spilled and that ice well, it really chilled her mood.
5:51 PM - 11 Mar 2009

Google Books
5,000 Great One Liners
Compiled by Grant Tucker
London: Biteback Publishing
2012
Pg. ?:
I hate sex in the movies. I tried it once: the seat folded up, the drink spilled and that ice, well, it really chilled her mood.

Google Books
Just Plain Funny
By Charles Smith
Pittsburgh, PA: RoseDog Books
2012
Pg. 27:
I hate sex in the movies. Tried it once. The seat folded up, the drink spilled and that ice, well, it really chilled the mood.