“Playboy” on the other hand, always seemed rather pathetic,..........”
You are not imagining the change. Hefner had read Dr. Kinsey’s report, and believed all the lies. Hefner said I’m going to be Kinsey’s “pamphleteer”. That is what he’s done with Playboy.
He tried to be the person who defined “cool.”
The problem is that people who think their are cool, are not.
I always thought he was the example that even ugly guys could get slutty chicks if you are rich.