The majority of us were not alive long enough to know that Hugh Heffner was actually cool once upon a time. That time being the ten or so years following the latter half of the 1960's. During this time Helmut Newton shot for the magazine and Heffner hosted a syndicated variety show called Playboy After Dark, and such musical acts as James Brown, Ike & Tina Turner, & Iron Butterfly. Heff also interviewed the likes of a young Roman Polanski with his soon to be infamous girlfriend Sharon Tate; all while smoking & drinking martinis.
A far cry from The Girls Next Door.
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