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Hugh Hefner with Playboy Club "bunnies"

Hugh Hefner started Playboy magazine in 1953.

In 1959 he had a TV show called "Playboy's Penthouse," where he could communicate the Playboy philosophy and lifestyle to the public at large.

In 1960 he opened the first Playboy Club in Chicago.  He said it was to provide "our readers with the full Playboy experience."

        In a "Chicago Stories" documentary on You Tube, comedian Dick Gregory describes the nightclub:

"The food was good,

and the drink was stiff,

and the entertainment was nice.

That's what made people keep comin' back.

        And the bunnies was part of the show."

The "bunnies" were girls who were hired to work at the Playboy Club.  They were waitresses, cigarette girls - one was a roaming "Camera Bunny" who took photos, to capture the fun times.

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