[HitmanLV]

True - in wrestling, it's referred to 'being a mark for yourself.' It's the worst thing a person can become, and I think it applies outside the wrestling business.

That's why I try hard to always have a sense of humor about life and myself. :-)

Playboy used to be a great magazine, before my time though. I have seen remarkable back issues with great articles. The Haley-Rockwell thing is one example. I once read a mid 1960s issue with a round table discussion about where television is heading, with people like Rod Serling and other people in the biz being thoughtful.

The funny thing was they were all wrong (and in some cases, very wrong). Still, it was intriguing reading.

Oh well, what are you going to do?

[durasell]

The short story by Walter Tevis that eventually grew into the novel/movie The Hustler was originally published in Playboy. The Oriana Fallaci, the John Wayne, the Jimmy Carter interviews are classics. Hefner came out of that whole Esquire literary magazine tradition.