Before writing her revolutionary feminist text The Female Eunuch, Germaine Greer tried her hand at becoming a TV personality. In 1967, she briefly appeared alongside Michael Palin and future Goodies, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie in Twice a Fortnight. She then co-hosted the comedy series Nice Time in 1968, with DJ Kenny Everett and Jonathan Routh. Alas, neither made her a star.

In 1968, Greer also starred in this odd little film, Darling, Do You Love Me?, written and directed by Martin Sharp. In it, Germaine played an over-bearing, vampish female, who demands of a rather sappy, little male, “Darling, do you love me?” After much shaking, cajoling and strangulation from Greer, the man eventually says, “I love you,” and dies.

What are we to make of this? How love makes us needy? Or, perhaps, the old adage, if at first you don’t succeed..? For Greer did try and try again, until writing her landmark book. No more TV comedy after that, though she did pop-up in George (007) Lazenby’s 1971 movie, The Universal Soldier.  One can only wonder what would have happened if Nice Time had been a hit.
 

 
With thanks to Ewan Morrison
 

It must have been intended as some kind of critique of women of ‘false consciousness’  dependent, masochistic. But it’s mixed up with so much stuff from the 60s - exhibitionism, expressive movement, amateur dramatics, and dada - that it ends up an incredible mess.

Its good to know that even the guardians of serious culture make mistakes.

what would have happened if Nice Time had been a hit?

Looking at this, I think we got of lightly

The underground paper “OZ” set her up for a date with a man she never met before as an article.Greer was willing until the night in question but got cold feet.

She also wrote comedy for Esquire Magazine in the mid 60s.  I’d like to find and reread her advice to freshmen in college called “The Student Prince.”

... a load of shite