Subject: R.I.,P. Hugh Hefner Thu Sep 28, 2017 10:58 am
This was touched on briefly in the "Playboy to Stop Publishing Nudes" thread, but c'mon, The Hef (not to be confused with The Hoff!) totally deserves his own memorial thread.
R.I.P. to an American icon and a true original!
Hugh Hefner, Who Built Playboy Empire and Embodied It, Dies at 91
Hugh Hefner, who created Playboy magazine and spun it into a media and entertainment-industry giant — all the while, as its very public avatar, squiring attractive young women (and sometimes marrying them) well into his 80s — died on Wednesday at his home, the Playboy Mansion near Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 91.
His death was announced by Playboy Enterprises.
Hefner the man and Playboy the brand were inseparable. Both advertised themselves as emblems of the sexual revolution, an escape from American priggishness and wider social intolerance. Both were derided over the years — as vulgar, as adolescent, as exploitative, and finally as anachronistic. But Mr. Hefner was a stunning success from his emergence in the early 1950s. His timing was perfect.
He was compared to Jay Gatsby, Citizen Kane and Walt Disney, but Mr. Hefner was his own production. He repeatedly likened his life to a romantic movie; it starred an ageless sophisticate in silk pajamas and smoking jacket, hosting a never-ending party for famous and fascinating people.
Check out Hugh on his late '60s TV show, Playboy After Dark, introducing Deep Purple. I love when he tells them it'd "really groove the kids" if they'd play "Hush."
Shag-adelic, baby!
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_________________ I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too.
_________________ I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too.
Check out Hugh on his late '60s TV show, Playboy After Dark, introducing Deep Purple. I love when he tells them it'd "really groove the kids" if they'd play "Hush."
Shag-adelic, baby!
I see a young Barbi Benton shaking her groove thing in that clip. My God, she was hot!!
_________________ I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too.
Man what a legacy this guy has/had. Obviously he was getting up there and I would hope he cryo'd himself ala Walt but no one can touch this guy. He saw 100% more of everything than we will ever imagine.
RIP big daddy.
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Subject: Re: R.I.,P. Hugh Hefner Thu Oct 05, 2017 11:14 am
Subject: R.I.,P. Hugh Hefner 
Thu Sep 28, 2017 10:58 am
to a true icon and pioneer.
Rip sir.
