This week's theme: Hugh Hefner

Sad news - Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy Magazine, is dead at 91.

Like most guys, I only bought Playboy to read the articles (wait - Playboy 
had articles? Oh ya, that's right)

It wasn't just a girlie magazine, it was selling the fantasy lifestyle of 
the rich, hip playboy with advice like which 8-track you should buy for your 
Ferrari and other practical day-to-day tips for playboy living.

One of the silliest things they ever did was a 1979 TV special called 
"Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party".

I have to admit it lived up to it's name - and not much else. The first half 
consisted of scantily clad girls on roller skates skating around in a big 
circle and the second half girls in scanty pajamas at a disco dance.

Kind of sounds like my house on a Friday night :-)

Weirdly somebody here in the twin cities (not me) taped it and put the whole 
thing out to YouTube so now you can see it too. How nice.

Check out the snarky news announcer at the beginning of part three :-)
He's local news celeb Ron Magers.

Ron Magers
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Magers


"Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party" (1979) - Part 1 - Richard Dawson, 
Dorothy Stratten
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mPGPdD2R8g


"Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party" (1979) - Part 2 - Richard Dawson, 
Hugh Hefner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRSBPgmwwkI


*** Snarky Twin Cities newscaster at the beginning ***
"Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party" (1979) - Part 3 - Richard Dawson, 
Hugh Hefner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw50iMXg6rE


"Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party" (1979) - Part 4 - Richard Dawson, 
Dorothy Stratten
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN5qBoDNvN0


I remember back then there was a big religious movement to clean up sex and 
violence on TV. They got "Soap" thrown off the air.

And what was the first made-for-TV movie of the newly cleaned up 1981 TV 
season?

Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story
The true story of the shotgun murder of the Playboy playmate of the year.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_a_Centerfold:_The_Dorothy_Stratten_Story


Maybe roller disco wasn't so bad after all.


Stay Jazzed!
--Tom Swezey



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