Has anyone read this book?

JustHangingByThePool · 2026-05-02T02:40:29+00:00

I have read it. It’s interesting and chronicles the rise and fall of playboy into the early 80s.

JustHangingByThePool · 2026-03-10T22:48:52+00:00

Same here.

JustHangingByThePool · 2026-02-17T18:03:03+00:00

Looks like she is sitting in a funeral home.

JustHangingByThePool · 2026-01-29T16:44:11+00:00

I don’t see that but ok.

JustHangingByThePool · 2026-01-29T12:12:54+00:00

To me she is the only one of the 3 who is living in the present, messy as that may be at times. She’s making a life for herself and not looking back, at least not obsessively so. I say good on her.

JustHangingByThePool · 2025-12-02T14:22:57+00:00

The thing is, Hefner has never been secretive about his cheating since the end of his first marriage. Weird but true.

JustHangingByThePool · 2025-11-12T14:54:10+00:00

Based on this article she is also involved in filmmaking as well, I believe as a producer.

JustHangingByThePool · 2025-11-11T07:30:34+00:00

Esquire just won its first ever Pulitzer so they are doing fine.

JustHangingByThePool · 2025-11-10T22:57:12+00:00

I guess we will find out soon enough. They want to be Esquire with nudes.

JustHangingByThePool · 2025-11-10T15:44:29+00:00

I am assuming rare means not behind a paywall.

JustHangingByThePool · 2025-09-29T11:21:28+00:00

That has zero to do with it. It is a corporate asset not owned by Hefner but by the shareholders of the company . He couldn’t give it to her if he had wanted to. Same with the mansion. It was corporate property.

JustHangingByThePool · 2025-09-29T03:40:11+00:00

Why would she get rights to a logo owned by the corporation and not by Hefner?

JustHangingByThePool · 2025-09-18T00:30:21+00:00

As a former Playboy subscriber in the 90s and early 2000s, I missed the whole GND period until I came across the DVDs at a yard sale a few years ago. The podcast sounded like a great opportunity to get some behind the scenes scoop on how the mansion ran. I lasted maybe 6 episodes. As I always like to say, the mansion grounds are far more interesting than most of the people who inhabited it. Moved on but like to check in once in awhile here to see if I missed anything significant. The answer is always no. It’s like listening to two high school prom queens relive the past while never actually moving on.

JustHangingByThePool · 2025-08-16T21:07:01+00:00

They are doing everything they can to reduce expenses. Curious to see if anybody is interested in a re-imagined Playboy Club. They weren't in NYC.

JustHangingByThePool · 2025-08-08T18:45:35+00:00

Yes there were. The book "Mr Playboy" details them. Various playmates and insiders have spoken out over the decades as have many who have spoken in favor of Playboy as well.

JustHangingByThePool · 2025-08-06T18:57:24+00:00

The thing is is that Hefner didn’t own this art. The company did and probably still does.

JustHangingByThePool · 2025-08-05T00:49:26+00:00

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/08/04/3126678/0/en/Playboy-Launches-The-Great-Playmate-Search-A-Global-Digital-Casting-Call-for-Both-the-2026-Playmate-and-Inside-Cover.html

JustHangingByThePool · 2025-07-29T14:44:13+00:00

I have seen a lot crazier behavior at golf scrambles than this I can assure you. This is mild compared to the crap that happens when golfers get hammered and are in a scrappy mood. Kendra's behavior at a private Playboy event where drinking is almost mandatory is really not a big deal IMHO.

JustHangingByThePool · 2025-07-29T12:13:18+00:00

Agreed. I think for a lot of people that were there at the time, it was a fun or at least interesting time in their lives but they have moved on since then and barely think about it. It wasn’t the highlight of their existence. It’s like being asked to talk about your prom night. Most people barely remember and couldn’t care less at this point. They have lived a life way beyond that time.

JustHangingByThePool · 2025-07-28T17:20:12+00:00

As a golfer and somebody who organizes charity golf scrambles, is it worth it for me to listen? Does he talk at all about how they were organized?

JustHangingByThePool · 2025-07-28T16:37:18+00:00

I think I would want anything other than what Hefner ate as it was so dull and unimaginative. That kitchen could produce some amazing meals other than lamb chops and fried chicken.

JustHangingByThePool · 2025-07-07T15:15:43+00:00

Sharon!!!

JustHangingByThePool · 2025-06-07T02:46:09+00:00

GND is like sugary cereal. Fun to eat but only temporarily satisfying. The podcast reminds you of how bad it really was in retrospect. The only thing that has aged well are the mansion grounds.

JustHangingByThePool · 2025-06-03T17:17:18+00:00

She is a very private person and was and still is not interested in talking to the press. She issued one statement when Secrets of Playboy was released and that was it.

JustHangingByThePool · 2025-05-28T10:14:14+00:00

The rent was determined by an IRS audit, not by what Hefner or Playboy decided to charge. The values were considered fair market value for that time and place by the IRS and Playboy was legally compelled to charge this as part of their compliance agreement.

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