âAnd if there hadnât been a Hefner, weâd still have sex.â
Yeah, and someone else would have maximized its commercial potential first. It coulda been worse.
Hughâs legacy is complicated as a lot of things came out of the sexual revolution for good and ill.
A true American hero.
Goodnight, dear fellow.
Another part of my world passes into history, and a pretty significant one.
In the final analysis, I think people like Hugh Hefner need to be judged by the amount of joy they inspired vs. the amount of suffering they caused.
Hugh Hefner inspired more joy than anybody (with the possible exceptions of Walt Disney, Lucille Ball, and Mr. Rogers; and those were different kinds of joy).
I actually still read copies of Playboy from the '60s and '70s for the articles (and the ads.) There was just nothing like it. âWe shall never see his like againâ really does apply in Hefnerâs case.
My local barbershop that I patronize still has the latest issues in the waiting area. No joke there is good solid journalism in it, particularly the interviews. I know it when I see it.
Yes, Itâs still worth reading for the articles.
he died at 91 yrs, oldâŚwell, it seems his âdegenerateâ life style didnât do any harmâŚwonder what the bible-bangers will make of thisâŚROCK ONâŚHUGHâŚ
Well, hetero men of a certain age may look back in nostalgia, but his âphilosophyâ and âaestheticsâ sure were sexist and low-brow. And oh, those happy bunnies!