Hugh Hefner, Playboy ready for next chapter

"Death comes for us all" (13 Assassins movie) ...hope you're ready Hef

@sensei258: What a wonderful way to start the New Year with your snide comment. May your New Year be filled with a clouds of off-color remarks. "Judge not, least ye be judged". should start you off . . . . .

More viagra and young women :P

"Judge not, least ye be judged"

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hope you're ready Hef

I thought that Del's awareness of sensei's first comment of the year as a way to start it off was funny. sensei258 is talking the truth but it is also true that sensei258 should be ready for death too. That saying about not Judging has been misconstrued over the centuries but what it is really saying is that you can judge but get ready to also be judged yourself. If you do not mind being judged then go on judging others too. We should all learn quickly since death is coming to sensei258 and Hef and everyone for that matter. Just because Hef is older does not mean that death will come to him any sooner than sensei258 or even myself. Maybe today a train will run us over (I know not great thoughts to start the New Year!), but just trying to make the point.: Hef is no closer to death than any of us. Plus if you look at it from the universal perspective a difference of 60 years and 10 years is not a difference at all. I view every day as my first day of life and for that matter last day of life and from a scientific point of view most of our body dies every 3 days except for the brain which takes many many years to regenerate.

The judge not saying also goes to say that the person who tells someone not to judge is also judging them. sensei258 can say and think whatever he wants and that is what makes him unique and this whole world interesting. This idea of death being something that people think is negative needs to be changed from our minds. So what if Hef will be facing death soon? That is great since he is then ahead of us in this game of life and suffering. Death is probably the greatest boon we will ever get--something we should cherish and rejoice in just as in the rejoice we feel for when life comes--both are on the different sides of the same coin and thus are no different from each other.

I've got a bad hip.

I can't imagine why? Well, with so many girlfriends around and considering the special burden on the hip and the attached spinal disc wear that some movement can cause, it's a wonder he can sit at all.

Collateral damage.

I would like to see Playboy move into the future without making young women sex objects. I'm dreaming, I know. The magazine has always had a strong intellectual bend that probably accounts for why it continues. I think Hef can be satisfied with his contribution to society, but perhaps he should marry a retired Bunny more his age. Just a thought.

This gross old man. Some people achieve their acclaim and fame late in life, after a lifelong struggle, and die at the top of their game (Schopenhauer, for example). Others, like Hef, become a living caricature and a joke. It should amuse hardcore feminists that Hef is spending his golden years with little, if any, dignity. A feeble, old man in a musty, decaying mansion, with plastic pets. If he stripped his girls of theirs (no pun intended), he finally stripped himself of his own.

Plus, he ran his business into the ground.

American junker, erasing virgins and debasing the hearts of family couples in the name of "sexual revolution" since 1953. What sort of person would miss him?

he is cool

I subscribed to Playboy for about 10 years, from my early 20s to my early 30s. Of course I enjoyed the beautiful ladies, but what really held my interest was the quality of the magazine. There were always great articles, top-notch fiction, stuff that added immeasurably to the sophistication of a young man. I lost interest in the magazine years ago, but I still remember it fondly.

As for Mr. Hefner, he was part of a revolution that included a recognition of women's rights, long before Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique. He taught us about music, wine, cars, etc. He kept some level of respect for women (even while airbrushing them and allowing ridiculously augmented breasts to dominate the Playmate selections), making his daughter Christie the Chairman and CEO of Playboy for a time.

Plus, he ran his business into the ground.

Bebert, $1 billion annually just in licensing doesn't sound too terrible. I'd happily "run my business into the ground" if it meant 9 figures of pure profit.

American junker, erasing virgins and debasing the hearts of family couples in the name of "sexual revolution" since 1953.

C'mon, you're just being silly. Before Playboy, Americans had to go to Europe to find this level of sophistication, freedom and fun. And the U.S. is still a more conservative place than most countries. If you want to bash America, you'd do well to find a better target.

@Joseph Garrett Baxter: Interesting comments! Very worth reading. TNX

For those against Hefner, remember his competitors in those days - Penthouse and Hustler. At least Playboy was (is) a of much higher quality and speaks for both women and men.

My point is that if one begins the New Year in a negative frame of mind, there is a good chance the year will follow in a like manner. Look for good things in life and try to avoid bad things - a simple philosophy once told to me by a Catholic priest. Works for me, but YMMV.

Soft feature on softcore mogul.

I'm a fan of Playboy, but still think that this article should be listed in the 'Lifestyles' section instead of 'Art & Culture'.

Good to see a man of his age still enjoying life, and looking to the future with optimism. Good on ya Hef.