The letters would detail her latest "adventures" with the neighbor, the mailman, or the yoga instructor. She’d describe everything in excruciating, grammatically shaky detail, then sign off: "What should I do now, Cousin Bill?"

Legal records and archival catalogs identify "Dear Cousin Bill" as a specific title within the company's vast 20th-century catalog: Media Type:

By the mid-90s, the VHS boom and later the internet gutted Color Climax’s business. Dear Cousin Bill faded into the same landfill as Betamax tapes and ashtrays in bowling alleys.