tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post8240811283728509799..comments2024-03-28T09:46:42.923-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Hugh Hefner, advocate for family valuesNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-21469487945278304982017-04-10T11:26:45.013-05:002017-04-10T11:26:45.013-05:00Just reading this again today made me chuckle, and...Just reading this again today made me chuckle, and thinking about the twins Sandy and Mandy had me snickering over the other "twins" -- the fake boobs -- that are so disturbingly essential to these poor women.<br /><br />SandyKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-77586473807799129232016-04-09T17:38:53.733-05:002016-04-09T17:38:53.733-05:00I thought it was hilarious how you described Heff ...I thought it was hilarious how you described Heff dancing like an old uncle and comparing the women to giraffes! He does seem like a good guy. I read recently how he donated money to help the Steinmetz HS newspaper (which he attended). And I learned we share the same birthday today.<br /><br />LindaBLBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07023427375867309963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-22855347735851704882016-04-09T17:31:01.749-05:002016-04-09T17:31:01.749-05:00Tom, I often believed that most of those Playboy m...Tom, I often believed that most of those Playboy models didn't have sex with Hefner and that it's all been a charade just to keep his image going. Once he hit 70, the thought of it got pretty repulsive...<br /><br />SandyKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-64772041172689923202016-04-09T17:03:28.492-05:002016-04-09T17:03:28.492-05:00Should have been "connubially yoked. Damned h...Should have been "connubially yoked. Damned homonyms again.<br /><br />TETomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-16734170158631964352016-04-09T16:09:15.394-05:002016-04-09T16:09:15.394-05:00The priapic implications of an aging Heffner being...The priapic implications of an aging Heffner being attended by a pair of nubile young things grew increasingly grotesque as one became aware that human beings were not really designed for inter-generational sex. The Greeks understood rhe matter well, regarding the legend of Tithonus, the king's son who became connubially yolked throughout eternity with a teen ager, to be a tragedy. He married Io, goddess of the dawn, who prevailed on papa Zeus to grant him imortality but neglected to ask also for eternal youth. Tennyson wrote a fine poem on the subject:<br /><br /> "The woods decay, the woods decay and fall<br /> The vapours weep their burthen to the ground.<br /> Man comes and tills the fields and lies beneath,<br /> And after many a summer dies the swan.<br /> Me only cruel immortality<br /> Consumes. I wither slowly in thine arms.<br /> Here at the quiet limit of the world,<br /> A white-haired shadow roaming like a dream<br /> The ever silent spaces of the east."<br /><br /> Etc.<br /><br />Tom EvansTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-33488800355828140682016-04-09T11:37:30.105-05:002016-04-09T11:37:30.105-05:00Fine column. Just the phrase "improbably cons...Fine column. Just the phrase "improbably constructed" alone makes it worthwhile.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-23273233041741987262016-04-09T09:13:00.726-05:002016-04-09T09:13:00.726-05:00He certainly was an advocate. I think the article ...He certainly was an advocate. I think the article overstates the case with "pioneer." Frank Sinatra was a pioneer for civil rights, in 1945. Putting Sammy Davis Jr. on your show in 1959, while laudable, doesn't quite make the pioneer cut.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-65553118377723804582016-04-09T07:53:42.609-05:002016-04-09T07:53:42.609-05:00Hey Neil, there is another aspect of Hef that many...Hey Neil, there is another aspect of Hef that many don't realize. He was a huge advocate for the rights of African-Americans. Here's an article published around the same time you published your original article http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2010/07/is_hugh_hefner_of_playboy_a_civil_rights_pioneer.1.html<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-27882479786962746352016-04-09T04:14:05.640-05:002016-04-09T04:14:05.640-05:00I'm old enough to have watched Hefner on his f...I'm old enough to have watched Hefner on his first TV show on Channel 7 in the early 60s. It was "Playboy's Penthouse". it ran late on Friday nights & good grief was it boring, as was he!Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.com