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Season 1 Episode 06 | Rebel with a Cause: Civil Liberties and Government Crackdowns
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00:00The year was 1963.
00:13The first James Bond film, Dr. No, was a hit in the theaters.
00:23Coca-Cola introduced a new calorie-free soda called Tab,
00:27and a little-known band from Liverpool named The Beatles
00:31had shot up to the top of the charts in the UK.
00:40But on November 22nd of that year,
00:43the assassination of John F. Kennedy changed everything.
00:51While the country was still in shock,
00:53I was in the midst of a trial,
00:55facing jail time on obscenity charges
00:58for publishing nude pictures of actress Jane Mansfield
01:02in the pages of Playboy magazine.
01:13After weeks of arguments,
01:15it was finally time to hear the verdict.
01:19I know what pornography is,
01:34and I know what obscenity is,
01:36and it certainly isn't Playboy and never has been.
01:38But again, we were questioning the traditional values,
01:43and that context, I think,
01:45is what got us into the most trouble.
01:47Defendant, please rise.
02:01On the counts of publishing and distributing
02:03an obscene publication,
02:05the jury has been unable to reach a verdict.
02:10Mr. Hefner, you are free to go.
02:13The jury was deadlocked 7 to 5 in favor of acquittal,
02:29and all charges against me were dropped.
02:34I felt relieved,
02:42and like I'd won a major victory for free speech.
02:46Oh, ain't it a good thing!
02:50My fight was finally over,
02:53but world events were about to reshape the country
02:56and Playboy.
02:57Every little movement,
03:04every little thing you do,
03:08is its light of hand
03:12that commands my heart to love you.
03:17Every little movement,
03:21every little movement.
03:24With the obscenity case behind us,
03:42Playboy spent the next two years getting back to business,
03:46publishing centerfolds next to articles promoting social justice.
03:49But by 1965,
03:54there was one issue that overshadowed all the others.
04:00This is the hot spot in the Cold War,
04:02and this year saw it getting hotter.
04:04Eastern world,
04:07it is exploding,
04:09violence, flames,
04:10America had been locked in conflict in Vietnam
04:12since the mid-50s.
04:14But every year,
04:16our involvement in the war kept increasing.
04:19In 1963,
04:21there were 16,000 troops in Vietnam.
04:24By 1965,
04:26there were 125,000.
04:28I don't believe
04:30we're on the eve of destruction.
04:34Vietnam starts off with,
04:37oh, we're just going to be contained,
04:39and military advisors here
04:40that support the government,
04:42and it's resistance to tyranny.
04:44And then it escalated and escalated,
04:46and more and more kids are being sent over to Vietnam,
04:49and more and more kids are dying.
04:51Can't you feel the fears I'm feeling today?
04:54With more casualties every day,
04:56demonstrators took to the streets,
04:59and young men began burning their draft cards.
05:02Take a look around you, boy.
05:04It's bound to scare you, boy.
05:07Never before had an American war
05:09been protested so openly,
05:11and I knew the voices
05:13of these young radicals
05:15belonged in Playboy.
05:16We're on the eve of destruction.
05:24So, I hired a new assistant editor.
05:28A popular young journalist
05:39who had written politically-charged pieces
05:41for The Village Voice
05:42named Arthur Kretschmer.
05:47I was hired with a bunch of other
05:49hip, connected, intelligent young people.
05:54Some of us were smoking dope.
05:55Some of us were emphatically
05:58against the Vietnam War.
06:00I think all of our editors
06:02were a little bit to the left.
06:04But Arthur represented his generation,
06:06and he was well-connected with that world.
06:09Next, we have a piece for our attire section.
06:20No man, no matter how fashion-conscious,
06:22enjoys having to spend days or even weeks
06:24breaking in a new pair of shoes.
06:28Jesus Christ.
06:31I'm sorry, did you have something to contribute?
06:34Yeah.
06:35Who cares?
06:37Seriously, who gives a shit?
06:38There was a war going on out there,
06:40and we're sitting around here bickering
06:41about how many days it takes
06:43to break in a pair of goddamn shoes.
06:46Last month, 100,000 Americans
06:48demonstrated in cities across the country.
06:50Last week, a man stood in front of the Pentagon,
06:53doused himself in kerosene,
06:55and set himself on fire.
06:56And what the hell are we doing about it?
06:58What the hell is Playboy saying about it?
07:02Nothing.
07:02In case you haven't noticed,
07:07you're no longer working at the Village Voice.
07:09Let them cover those types of stories.
07:12No, I think we should have something to say about it.
07:15If it matters to us, it matters to our readers.
07:18Bring in an article.
07:19If it's good, I'll run it.
07:23Shall I continue?
07:25Mm-hmm.
07:25For our humor section,
07:31fresh slate of party jokes.
07:38Spiktorsky and I developed conflict,
07:41and Spiktorsky hated the word political
07:44and hated politics.
07:47I really did represent something
07:49that he wasn't ready for.
08:01Soon, Kretschmer pushed us
08:02to take a stance on the Vietnam War.
08:07But he didn't stop there.
08:10Britain recently abolished the death penalty.
08:13If we're supposed to be the freest country in the world,
08:15why are we one of the few Western nations
08:16that hasn't banned capital punishment?
08:18We called for the abolition of the death penalty,
08:26arguing not only that it was barbaric,
08:29but that it was disproportionately used
08:31against poor people.
08:35We published pieces promoting access
08:38to contraception
08:39and safe and inexpensive abortions for women.
08:42Playboy has always had a strong editorial point of view,
08:51and it's reflected in everything we do.
08:53While the magazine was a magazine
08:55of entertainment for men,
08:57the real intention and message ran much deeper.
08:59Fighting for change energized the entire office.
09:14And soon, letters began pouring in from readers,
09:17letting us know that they also wanted
09:19to be part of the debate.
09:20So I created the Playboy Forum
09:27to open a dialogue.
09:30The Forum became an interchange of ideas
09:32between myself and readers.
09:36Covering sex,
09:38marriage,
09:39religion,
09:40police,
09:41economics,
09:41anything relevant to social change.
09:45By having a conversation
09:47with millions of men and women
09:50through the Playboy Forum,
09:51I think clearly was a major contributor
09:54to people feeling comfortable
09:56and not feeling so alone.
09:59Of course,
10:00a lot of people only wanted to talk about Vietnam.
10:02Many of our loyal readers
10:07were now serving overseas,
10:09eager to voice their opinions
10:10and share their experiences
10:11from the front lines.
10:18When Time Magazine
10:20was still promoting the war in Vietnam,
10:23the Playboy Forum gave real soldiers
10:25a chance to say
10:27what their reality was in Vietnam.
10:29And it was this place
10:31to put actual testimony
10:32about what was going on.
10:37Abortion's still illegal.
10:39The Chicago Women's Liberation Union
10:40are speaking out about it,
10:41and so should we.
10:42But then I took it one step further,
10:44beyond the pages of the magazine,
10:46and created the Playboy Foundation,
10:53an organization dedicated
10:55to fighting censorship
10:56and funding civil rights groups.
11:01We have had said that
11:02the Playboy Foundation
11:03was intended to put his money
11:05where his mouth was
11:06for issues that were not just
11:08relevant to Playboy,
11:10but were relevant to
11:11a broader philosophy
11:13of what makes for a just society.
11:16We donated hundreds of thousands
11:19of dollars to the Kinsey Institute,
11:21an organization whose research
11:24on sex and sexuality
11:25had inspired the founding
11:27of the magazine.
11:27We involved ourselves
11:30in landmark civil rights cases,
11:32such as Roe v. Wade,
11:34and continued to support
11:37the African-Americans'
11:38struggle for freedom.
11:49Across the country,
11:51the civil rights movement
11:52was making significant progress.
11:57And just a year earlier,
11:59Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
12:01was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
12:02for his work.
12:06It was an incredible moment
12:07for the civil rights movement,
12:08one we wanted to celebrate.
12:12So in January of 1965,
12:15we published an interview
12:16with Dr. King,
12:17the longest one he ever granted.
12:20But I keep coming back...
12:23When the Playboy interview
12:24with Dr. King,
12:25it was a serious breakthrough
12:26because it was a chance
12:27for another market.
12:29I mean, in those days,
12:30you didn't have cable television.
12:32We didn't have much access.
12:37MLK Jr.'s voice
12:38was perfectly suited for Playboy.
12:40If you take a step back
12:42and look at all the other pieces
12:43of what makes Playboy, Playboy,
12:44I can't think of another magazine
12:47or media company
12:48where the conversation
12:50would have been more appropriate.
12:52In his interview with Playboy,
12:54King emphasized how far we'd come.
12:56But he also explained
12:58how far we had to go.
13:01The nonviolent movement,
13:03the end is to convert the opponent
13:06and to bring about a society
13:08where all men will live together
13:09as brothers and every man
13:11will respect the dignity
13:12and worth of human personality.
13:14So, just months after being featured
13:19in the magazine,
13:21King led a march
13:22of 25,000 Americans,
13:25black and white,
13:28on a 54-mile journey
13:30from Selma, Alabama
13:32to the state's capital
13:33to show their support
13:35for a new voting rights bill
13:37in the face
13:38of ruthless opposition.
13:40after being attacked
14:00with nightsticks and tear gas,
14:02Dr. King and protesters
14:06arrived in Montgomery.
14:09We are standing before
14:10the forces of power
14:12in the state of Alabama
14:14saying we ain't gonna let
14:15nobody turn us around.
14:17hand them down.
14:22What we saw on the news
14:26shocked the entire nation.
14:30There's no question
14:31that the power of the media
14:33was a major force
14:35because it allowed
14:37the civil rights protesters
14:38to get their message out
14:40by generating images
14:42of oppression
14:43that were compelling
14:46because they were so violent.
14:49After considerable public pressure,
14:52President Johnson
14:53passed the Voting Rights Act
14:54of 1965,
14:56which outlawed
14:57discriminatory voting practices
14:59based on race.
15:00This bill will strike down
15:05restrictions to voting
15:07in all elections.
15:15America was beginning to see
15:17we needed change.
15:18with progress being made
15:31throughout the country,
15:32I wanted to break
15:34the color barrier
15:35in all aspects
15:36of our magazine.
15:41Hi.
15:42Is it this one?
15:45And when you come
15:46to see me, baby
15:48You don't have to bring
15:51no home
15:52You gotta have sweet
15:53Sweet love
15:55In March of 1965,
15:57we published
15:58the first ever
15:59African-American
15:59Playmate of the Month,
16:01Jennifer Jackson.
16:03She's baby
16:04We found Jenny
16:06working part-time
16:07in our Chicago
16:07Playboy Club.
16:09She was a bunny
16:10alongside her twin sister,
16:11Jan,
16:12while studying
16:13at a Chicago
16:14teacher's college
16:15and doing some
16:17freelance modeling
16:18on the side.
16:22When Playboy
16:23published its first
16:25African-American
16:25Playmate,
16:26it was a really
16:28important comment
16:30on race relations
16:31at the time.
16:33This was an important
16:34acknowledgement
16:35of black women
16:36and their sexuality
16:37and their beauty.
16:38Sweet loving
16:40And that's all you need
16:42reader responses
16:49to Jennifer's
16:50centerfold
16:50were mostly positive.
16:53But we still
16:54got some backlash,
16:55which convinced me
16:57there was still
16:57a lot of work
16:58to be done.
17:03I need it by 2 p.m.
17:04As Playboy became
17:08more political,
17:09I continued to personally
17:12oversee every page
17:13of the magazine
17:14to make sure
17:15it was as good
17:16as it could be.
17:17I am by nature
17:19a perfectionist anyway.
17:21I think the difference
17:22between good and excellent
17:24is detail.
17:26And I was consumed
17:27with every kind
17:28of detail related
17:29to the company.
17:39Soon,
17:40there didn't seem
17:41to be enough hours
17:41in the day.
17:44So I relied
17:45on a little orange pill.
17:49Dexedrine.
17:53Dexedrine is an upper.
17:54It keeps you awake.
17:56It was originally
17:57formulated as a drug
18:00to help you lose weight.
18:01But it has this
18:02other quality
18:03that gives you pep
18:06and keeps you going.
18:15One, two, three, four.
18:22Fortune has me
18:24well in hand.
18:26I never tried hard drugs.
18:28I didn't believe in them.
18:30The angels got...
18:32But Dexedrine
18:33was completely legal.
18:34My enemies of...
18:36And my doctor
18:37kept describing it.
18:38But all the victories...
18:40So I told myself
18:41it was a harmless
18:41little pill.
18:42Brought you to my bed
18:44but pretty soon
18:47I couldn't live
18:48without it.
18:50Face very soon.
18:53Colors.
18:55Confusing.
18:56Dexedrine helped
18:57Tefner write
18:58very long,
18:59very dense memos
19:00and engage
19:01in very long meetings.
19:04We used to go
19:04to meetings
19:05at four o'clock
19:05in the afternoon.
19:07They would last
19:08until six o'clock
19:09the next morning.
19:14I would take them
19:15as I needed them
19:16but the work
19:17could often go
19:18for 24 or 30
19:19or more hours.
19:20So it was possible
19:21in that time frame
19:22to use 20, 25 pills.
19:26I don't think
19:26I would have created
19:27the Playboy Empire
19:28without it.
19:29Because everybody
19:31loves me, baby...
19:33He became
19:34very dependent
19:35on Dexedrine.
19:36Strength.
19:37Tell me what...
19:38If he was taking
19:39the drug
19:40that let him
19:41work for two days
19:43or even more.
19:46And then
19:47he was so exhausted
19:48that he crashed.
19:50When he would awaken,
19:52he would be
19:53a bit of a grouch.
20:05Hey.
20:06I'll be done
20:07with the new notes
20:07on the mansion piece
20:08in 10 minutes.
20:08Then I'm going to go
20:09over this Warren article.
20:10Tell everyone else
20:10to go over
20:10what they're working on, too.
20:11I'm seeing too many errors.
20:12I've already sent them home.
20:14What?
20:15You sent them home?
20:16They need to be
20:16with their families.
20:17But they're working, Speck!
20:19It's after midnight.
20:20What, so people
20:20can't work late now?
20:21Three nights in a row?
20:22No, Hef, they can't.
20:23They can't keep their eyes open.
20:24That's fine.
20:25Just means more work
20:26for you and me.
20:26You cannot keep doing this.
20:29Oh, it's my fault
20:30if the articles are shit.
20:31The articles are fine.
20:32The problem is you.
20:34You've been up
20:34for three days.
20:35You're a wreck.
20:37You are killing yourself.
20:41I'm fine.
20:41You're not fine.
20:42If you want to leave,
20:43then leave.
20:44Maybe I'm the only one
20:46around here
20:47who still remembers
20:47what it takes
20:48to put out a good magazine,
20:49but I am not going
20:50to be lectured by you.
20:52Do you even hear yourself?
20:53Get out!
20:53Get out!
20:53When Hef became addicted,
21:09Hefner was accurately described
21:23as self-centered, demanding,
21:25obsessive, monstrous even,
21:29you could say,
21:30but really difficult
21:31to deal with.
21:32My staff had reached
21:52a breaking point,
21:53and it was clear
21:56that I needed
21:57to make some changes.
22:11When I stopped
22:12taking the Dexedrine,
22:13it took the better part
22:16of a year
22:16for my own body
22:19to kick in
22:20and give me back
22:22what I'd previously
22:23gotten from the drug.
22:25And if you start using
22:26an artificial stimulus
22:28for it,
22:29then the body
22:30starts depending on that,
22:32and it needs more of it.
22:34And, you know,
22:36they do all those jokes
22:37about get high on life,
22:38but it's true.
22:43While I was regaining
22:44my health,
22:45Playboy was getting
22:46bigger every month,
22:48and the effects
22:49of our hard work
22:50could be seen
22:50in every aspect
22:51of the company.
22:55We had 15 clubs
22:57operating within
22:58the United States,
22:59including locations
23:00in Los Angeles
23:01and Miami,
23:02and international locations
23:05in Montreal,
23:07Manila,
23:07and Jamaica.
23:09Originally,
23:10when we started out
23:10the first one
23:11in Chicago back in 59,
23:13we had no notion
23:13that it would be
23:14so successful.
23:24By the end
23:24of the 1960s,
23:26the magazine
23:27was selling an average
23:28of 5.5 million
23:29issues per month,
23:31and Playboy's profits
23:32had climbed
23:32to $80 million a year.
23:34I decided the time
23:37had come
23:37to make a big stake
23:38and establish ourselves
23:41as an American
23:42institution.
23:52So I purchased
23:53the 37-floor
23:54Palm Olive building
23:55on Michigan Ave
23:56for $2.7 million
23:58and put our name
24:00across it
24:01in nine-foot letters.
24:07Not only was it
24:08one of Chicago's
24:09most iconic buildings,
24:10but as a kid,
24:12I looked out my window
24:13and seen the spotlight
24:15on top light up the city.
24:16When Hefner puts
24:19Playboy in big,
24:21bright, shining letters
24:22on the Palm Olive building
24:24in Chicago,
24:25the Playboy brand
24:26becomes part of the skyline.
24:29The argument is over.
24:31The empire is now here,
24:33and there's really
24:34nothing you can do about it.
24:35There's a bomb slain,
24:37hang up your leg
24:38as best as you can.
24:43Stand on this mark here
24:44that we've placed.
24:45Yeah, that's the one.
24:48Perfect.
24:48Holding the pipe right there?
24:49Yes.
24:51As for me,
24:53after years of fighting
24:54to prove ourselves,
24:56I ended up on the cover
24:58of one of the most
24:59respected publications,
25:04Time Magazine.
25:06To make it onto the cover
25:08of Time Magazine in 67
25:10was huge.
25:12This is the recognition
25:13of the establishment
25:14that you are a player, right?
25:17Presidents are on the cover.
25:18Dictators are on the cover, right?
25:20That's who makes the cover
25:21of Time Magazine.
25:25He had arrived.
25:30Being on the cover of Time
25:31validated everything
25:33I'd been doing
25:33for the last 15 years.
25:35Here we have panels
25:43along this wall,
25:44similar to what we use
25:45in the clubs.
25:46Should look nice.
25:47This is the bar.
25:48We've made it L-shaped
25:48so we can have people
25:49along both sides
25:50and not miss anything.
25:52Glasses here.
25:55Bobby,
25:55what are we meeting?
25:56What are we meeting?
25:57What are we meeting?
25:57Bulletin for a well-dressed
25:59young white man
25:59seen running from the scene.
26:02Dr. King was standing
26:03on the balcony
26:03of a second floor
26:04hotel room tonight
26:06when, according to
26:07a companion,
26:08a shot was fired
26:09from across the street.
26:11In the friend's words,
26:12the bullet exploded
26:13in his face.
26:14April 4th, 1968
26:16was a day
26:18I will never forget.
26:19...perpulence
26:19in the civil rights movement
26:20were on the scene
26:22almost immediately.
26:23They rushed the 39-year-old
26:25Negro leader
26:25to a hospital
26:26where he died
26:27of a bullet wound
26:28in the neck.
26:31The death
26:32of Martin Luther King,
26:34that just seemed
26:36to stop time.
26:39It was horrible,
26:41it was unimaginable,
26:43but you didn't need
26:44to imagine it.
26:45And people were really saying,
26:47what kind of world
26:49are we in?
26:50What kind of people are we?
26:53Who's going to stop
26:54this sort of thing?
26:57As riots broke out
26:58across the country,
27:00leaders tried desperately
27:01to calm the nation.
27:04What we need
27:05in the United States
27:06is not division.
27:08What we need
27:09in the United States
27:10is not hatred.
27:11And no speech did more
27:13to bring the country together.
27:15than Robert F. Kennedy's.
27:17But his love
27:18and wisdom
27:19and compassion
27:20toward one another.
27:22Who'd experienced
27:23his own brother's assassination
27:24just under five years earlier.
27:27Within our country,
27:28whether they be white
27:29or whether they be black.
27:31or whether they be black.
28:06Martin Luther King Jr. was laid to rest in Atlanta, Georgia.
28:17Over 100,000 people attended the funeral procession.
28:24The big piece which I think resonated with my dad was that Dr. King had died for something that was a lot more than just him.
28:32That he'd been given his life for change.
28:42And that change was the challenge of finding a way to live in a world where people could make their own choices freely.
28:51I knew what a blow his death was for the civil rights movement, and the country as a whole, and I wanted to figure out the best way to honor his memory.
29:09The promised land of true equality.
29:12Weeks before his assassination, Playboy received an essay from Dr. King called A Testament of Hope.
29:20A work that would tragically become his final written words.
29:24In his final published statement, the civil rights leader points the way out of America's racial turmoil into the promised land of equality.
29:33Better, but add fallen before civil rights leader and add true before equality.
29:38We knew that publishing his passionate words was the best way we could honor his legacy.
29:46But soon, another tragedy rocked the nation.
29:52A doctor! A doctor!
29:55If there's a doctor in the house, I want to see him right here.
30:00Everybody else, please stay back.
30:02Before we could adjust in any measure to Dr. King's assassination, April 4th, 1968, Robert Kendrick killed June the 5th in Los Angeles.
30:23It just left us pained and hurt as if all hope had been lost.
30:29Soon, that grief turned to anger.
30:41In the early dawn, the bishop's name shivered in the dam.
30:49Afraid that wives and families might see them.
30:59In the summer of 1968, the fear and anxiety of the long, hot summer, you had all of the issues and all of the anger that had been building up turns into absolute mayhem.
31:17The ground mist hit the patrols approach as they drew close enough to show...
31:23It was a time of revolution and some of it was violent.
31:26It was a time of questioning old mores and values.
31:29Of pure white sand...
31:31It was questioning a lot of the fundamental views that people saw were hurtful.
31:36But even some both camps reviewed the sub-defeated rights...
31:40To make matters worse, by the summer of 1968, the Vietnam War was spiraling out of control.
31:49The great old guys...
31:52Even while the search for peace was going on, North Vietnam rushed their preparations for a savage assault on the people, the government, and the allies of South Vietnam.
32:12The North Vietnamese launched their most brutal campaign yet against American troops, a series of surprise bomb attacks that would come to be known as the Tet Offensive.
32:27The Viet Cong simultaneously attacked just about every major city and town in South Vietnam.
32:33And it was a new war.
32:35After over a decade of war, nearly 20,000 American soldiers had been killed.
32:42And it seemed there was no end in sight.
32:48He told me to stay alive from day to day.
32:50Everybody just wants to go back home and go to school.
32:52That's about it.
32:53You lost any friends?
32:54Quite a few. We lost one the other day.
32:57The whole thing would stink, really.
33:11But as strongly as Playboy opposed the war in the pages of the magazine, we knew many of our readers were stationed overseas.
33:22And we wanted to do what we could to help.
33:25One, two, three, four, shout out!
33:28We teamed up with the USO, sending our 1965 Playmate of the Year, Joe Collins, to visit the soldiers.
33:37It's Joe Collins, ladies and gentlemen.
33:38So, Lieutenant Jack Price of the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vietnam sent a letter to Hugh Hefner saying that him and his company wanted to chip in $150 to have the Playmate of the Year deliver a lifetime subscription.
33:53So, we flew over to Saigon and delivered it.
33:57Isn't that a great story?
34:05It was a uniquely Playboy way to build morale.
34:08And while it wasn't going to bring them home, I hoped it could at least brighten the mood of the men fighting for our country, even momentarily.
34:23Also, we thought it would be fun to have two floors and see how that opens up the space.
34:281968 had been a year of chaos.
34:32It was clear that Americans had grown disheartened by what they were seeing on TV.
34:38So, I came up with an idea that could help lift the mood a little.
34:46Bringing Playboy back to television.
34:48My last TV show, Playboy's Penthouse, had lasted two seasons and brought together some of the best names in jazz and culture.
34:59But Playboy had changed throughout the past decade.
35:03And I wanted a new generation to experience the lifestyle for themselves.
35:08On this new show, I would invite guests from all walks of life.
35:13That could appeal to our younger audience.
35:14But I knew if I wanted to get the biggest names, I couldn't stay in Chicago.
35:21So, I set my sights on Los Angeles.
35:25What can you see when you're here on the ground? Try to lift up your feet, girl, and take a look around.
35:33For years, Hollywood had been synonymous with the film industry.
35:36But the city was also becoming a major culture center for art, music, and now television.
35:48Shows like Laugh-In, The Smothers Brothers, and The Carol Burnett Show represented a change in culture.
35:57And I knew Playboy would fit right in.
36:09In 1969, we signed a deal to film 26 episodes of a new show at CBS Television City.
36:17We'd call it, Playboy After Dark.
36:19All right, stand by, quiet, shh!
36:22Playboy After Dark, air day TVA, take one.
36:28Hi, I'm Hugh Hefter, your host on a weekly series of swinging parties called Playboy After Dark.
36:33The great names of show business will perform.
36:35I hope you'll be able to be part of the scene.
36:36As soon as I arrived in Los Angeles, we immediately started shooting.
36:42It's nighttime fun and games on Playboy After Dark, and the action is wild.
36:54Heff always believed in and always knew the power of the television.
36:58He had a real understanding of youth culture and pop culture.
37:08It seemed like the pent-up energy everyone had shared over the last few years
37:13was ready to explode into something new and different.
37:16Who gets the espresso?
37:33He had people from all walks of life on the show.
37:37Whether they were entertainers or thinkers,
37:41he mixed all kinds of people.
37:43And it was just an interesting show.
37:47First, I want to say that I'm going to come back on this show often
37:50because it's the first show I've ever been on in my life
37:52where I can plug a book and get zonked all this time.
37:57This generation was tuning in.
38:00We even paid tribute to the psychedelic drug culture,
38:03inviting bands like the Grateful Dead to appear on the show.
38:07The magazine had a core DNA to it that could adapt to culture,
38:16could adapt to, you know, an America that had changed rapidly for years
38:20and still be relevant and find new ways to be relevant.
38:23And I think that's what helped Playboy endure for so long.
38:27Playboy After Dark became an instant success.
38:31It gave our readers a weekly opportunity to forget about the problems of their daily life.
38:37But I had no idea what the show was about to give me.
38:43Because on that very set, among the dozens of beautiful women and celebrity guests,
38:48I was about to meet the love of my life.
39:00Every little movement, every motion of your hips,
39:07I feel the compulsion to pull you to my sweet lips.
39:18Is it a black magic spell you put me under?
39:24This miracle moment, never let it end.
39:31Every little movement is beyond improvement.
39:41You are the magician I've been wishing for forever.
39:49Every little movement, every little movement.
40:01Not only do you see, but it may be beautiful.
40:05If you are in the middle everyone,
40:22I have in the middle to see your straighten ways not.
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