Playboy Magazine making a format change!

[winders]

Times are changing! Playboy Magazine is an anachronism today.

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by URY914

Did every guy in college or high school really have a foldout hanging on the back of their door? Or was that just in the movies?

Does Farrah Fawcett in a one piece count?

[MBAtarga]

Originally Posted by scottmandue

Does Farrah Fawcett in a one piece count?

You mean the brown low-cut swimsuit? Yes - it counts.

[javadog]

Originally Posted by URY914

Did every guy in college or high school really have a foldout hanging on the back of their door? Or was that just in the movies?

Nah, but when I was in college I was a photographer for the school paper and I parlayed that into a few interesting photoshoots of models, including one of Candy Loving...

I also was an artist and painted a few Playboy centerfolds in oil, and that did get the attention of everybody that lived in the dorm.

Good times, now that I think of them...

JR

[pcardude]

Why don't they just shut down completely? They cannot escape their past and their readers are dying off in a hurry!

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by URY914

....Did every guy in college or high school really have a foldout hanging on the back of their door? Or was that just in the movies?

I'd say 50/50 in my freshman dorm....but not I

I'm ashamed to admit it now, but some of you other old farts will understand my choice of poster "way back when":

Linda Ronstadt .... (and yes, she was SEXY once upon a time)

[javadog]

Never had a Linda Ronstadt poster but she was quite the babe and had an incredible voice. Saw her many, many times...

Then she started singing standards, got fat, killed the dream...

JR

[aigel]

Hugh is going to die, the blondes are going to leave the mansion and that's going to be the end. Playboy truly has jumped the shark. Have you looked at one recently? The image processing corrections are so extreme, they may as well have it all computer generated from scratch and save the modeling fees.

G

[BeyGon]

Like the rest of you, I only bought it for the articles. The first time I read The Fly was in Playboy.

[mjohnson]

Originally Posted by peteremsley

I think 60s/70s are a fascinating read, just like country life and panorama from the era. wouldn't pay for todays though.

The content has fallen far below the standards of years past.

I received it as a gift five years ago and have kept up a subscription half for the laughs and half for the articles. Can't recall the last time I folded out that bit in the middle - sure the image is alluring but the rest of the centerfold bit seems "old and lame" even to this old and lame 41yo.

As alluded to in the news - I'm not waiting for a once-a-month delivery in the mail for tits if I want to see them.

Esquire, having once signed Hugh's paychecks, has held up far better with politics, literature and culture in general (if you're a metro-hipster-liberal-sexual). The 1000'th issue is quite a good read...

[ckelly78z]

I haven't picked up a Playboy mag since I found one in my Dad's closet 35 years ago.

[Crowbob]

I looked at the same centerfold every month. Just like being married, except a lot cheaper.

[UncleRay]

I was a subscriber back in the early 80's for a few years and kept the old ones in a box. Let the subscription run out when I got married. Later one of the boys found that box and the wife found one under his mattress when cleaning. Called for me and said look what I found.......I saw the cover picture (IIRC Terry Welles) and without thinking said "oh that's June 1981". She looked at the date and then gave me "the look" which meant get rid of them.
Call me old fashioned but the earlier years photos left something to the imagination. And of course I subscribed for the pictures and even read the articles. Loved the cartoons. Haven't see or read one in many years.
It will be interesting to see what the new format becomes.

[BeyGon]

If you find one with an article about wheels, bicycles, I once owned THE Schwinn Aero Cycle that was in it. Hot naked blond straddling the tank right up to the handlebars. I didn't own it when the magazine came out, just a little later. Not one like it, that one.

[Nostril Cheese]

Nice work dude. I wish i could have experienced those days. Seems a lot more fun.

Wish i could post the full photo...

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by ckelly78z

I haven't picked up a Playboy mag since I found one in my Dad's closet 35 years ago.

35 years...must read SLOW....the articles weren't that long

[URY914]

Candy Loving.

[javadog]

Yeah... she was actually a lot better looking in person. Very petite. Less hair.

The guy that shot her centerfold pics was pretty famous but I think he missed the boat on that shoot.

JR

[Paul K]

I have a copy from the month & year I was born.

I also have a copy of 'National Geographic' from the month & year I was born.

NG has better atricles & more nudity!

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by BeyGon

Like the rest of you, I only bought it for the articles. The first time I read The Fly was in Playboy.

I learned how to tie a tie from a Playboy article on the subject

I have a copy from the month & year I was born.

I also have a copy of 'National Geographic' from the month & year I was born.


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That is a cool idea.

Loved the cartoons.

Yes, those any the jokes use to be funny,





don't know about the modern version haven't seen ones since I think Farrah was in it with her huge Nips.