American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story

To bring Playboy's bachelor lifestyle to the public, Hugh Hefner opens the Playboy Club in Chicago and creates the perfect nightlife hostess - the bunny.

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Hi, Cynthia.

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Hef was always very upfront with his girlfriends

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around 1:00 and, uh, and goes till dawn.

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asking how they could join the Gaslight Club.

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was the ultimate goal of so many people.

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How are you?

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was to make Arnie part of the team.

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So, Hef, we need to deal with the issue of the waitresses.

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We tried to persuade him to use the Playboy rabbit,

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- This is the outfit. - Yeah.

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So he added some important elements to the costume.

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in the changes in the Bunny costume.

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and is the first costume that ever received a copyright.

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So I went.

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And you had to be between 18 and 22 years of age.

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No, not Carol. Carol's in my top five.

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Uh-huh.

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So the first people that I trained were the Bunnies.

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we needed our Bunnies to follow very specific rules.

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Honey, why do you have this costume on today, dear?

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To enforce the polished image of our Bunnies,

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Let's see the Bunny dip done just so.

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Because every city thought it would destroy the neighborhood.

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Open the doors.

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so that when they checked in, their name went up.

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all set to live music.

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- Victor. - Hef.

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there I was, hosting what felt like

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The opening in Chicago was one of the best moments of my life.

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Uh, ladies and gentlemen,

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when no one knew who Aretha Franklin was.

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And it really became a social landmark.

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Hefner brought me in from there

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The food was good and the drink was stiff.

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that the opportunity we were giving our Bunnies

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From the beginning, the personnel head

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