Sorry to hear it. RIP Mr. Hefner.

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The choice of Marilyn Monroe for the cover the first issue was genius.

Even in death, Hef will stay true to his image as the ultimate playboy. Hugh Hefner will be buried next to Marilyn Monroe and will be spending eternity with Marilyn.

My first look at a naked woman was an old 70s Playboy I found in an abandoned house one summer. The friends with me at the time all picked a favorite and took that picture. Don't remember what happened to it. I also had a subscription for a few years in my early 20s. Still have them all in a box upstairs.

Say what you want about Hef but he changed this nation. For better or worse is a matter of opinion but regardless I liked most of his work.

He created an empire focused on serving the needs of men, teenage boys, (and some women) with a highly developed appreciation for the human female form. And then there were the articles and humor. Well done Hef.

"...and they still can't get that pump handle down."


Hefner's death reminded me of a punch line to an old joke. Farewell to the Nookie Master.

I kid you not, I learned a lot ACTUALLY READING the magazine!

When I was a kid at school, the english that was taught in class was quite basic and I was an avid reader. When I got fed up of comics in spanish I started looking at Mad magazine and Cracked and it didn´t take long to upgrade my education to hard found Playboy Magazines and Penthouse after that.

I`ve never been immerged in your culture and society so most of what I know I picked reading and watching movies.

R.I.P. Hugh, thank you for the good times and the center pages.

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it didn´t take long to upgrade my education to hard found Playboy Magazines and Penthouse after that.

You had me.... until you got to Penthouse.

Hef was a man with a hard on for life!!

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Originally posted by terma-nator:
Even in death, Hef will stay true to his image as the ultimate playboy. Hugh Hefner will be buried next to Marilyn Monroe and will be spending eternity with Marilyn.

Also, word is that at his open-casket funeral mourners will be allowed to sniff his fingers as they file past, paying their respects.

Thanks for the mammeries.

Cheers to a life lived on his own terms.

RIP.

I still remember the first Playboy cover that I saw: a topless girl riding behind a guy on a Vespa. Since it was a cover photo, the camera angle was discrete.

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Originally posted by blueye:
Thanks for the mammeries.

OK, that's the probably the most fitting use of that line ever.

Going to The Mansion used to be the ultimate perk, something every male fantasized about. He lived it everyday.

Like Sinatra before him, he did it his way.
Guys like him represented a different America that seems to be disappearing everyday. RIP.

RIP, sir.

RIP Hef. Thanks for all the boobies.

In the words of a friend today:
"The man who taught me to read with one hand."

My favorite Playboy Magazine joke (remember the page after the foldout?), which appeared shortly before Neil Armstrong landed on the Moon:

The first American to land on the Moon was exploring the Lunar Surface when he came upon a Moon Maiden, bent over a boiling kettle, stirring the contents with a large spoon.

Our Astronaut asked her what she was doing, and she replied, "I'm making a baby! Here, watch this!"

After a few minutes of stirring, a baby popped out of the kettle!

The Astronaut said, "That's amazing! We do it differently on Earth."

The Moon Maiden said, "How do you do it on Earth?"

So he showed her.

She said, "What a wonderful way to make a baby, but where is it?"

He responded, "It takes nine months."

"Then why did you stop stirring?"

I met him years ago...I was in LA doing some film color correction on Sunset. Having dinner at Balboa Steakhouse one night, early by LA standards, we were sitting at our table having drinks and in walks Hef and two ladies. No huge crowds around him and he appeared very comfortable. As they were walking to their table he glanced down at us and we made eye contact. He stopped, introduced himself, shook my hand and we chatted for a few moments. He seemed very good matured and kind, he excused himself and that was that.