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- I think everybody had
a little bit of a wish
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or a desire
to be a Playboy Bunny.
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- The first Playboy Club
was founded in 1960.
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- The club is really
an extension of the concept
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that was developed
in the magazine.
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Relaxed, urban living.
Good food and drink.
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Pretty girls.
Good entertainment.
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- We were a glorified waitress
with the fuzzy tail.
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[laughs]
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There was a style that
the Playboy Bunnies d.
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- So you could be pretty,
sexual, coy,
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sweet, sexy, but not naked.
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- The Bunnies were
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the greatest sex symbol
in the country.
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- The Playboy Club became
a worldwide sensation.
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- The Bunny became probably
more famous
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than the Playmates
in the magazine.
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- You felt very powerful
being a Bunny
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because you thought
you were protected by Playboy,
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but that costume was
a liability,
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because when men
were viewing it,
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they assumed that you were
sexually open to them.
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And when you took that costume
off, they still saw a female,
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and they still saw
in their eyes,
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you know, that costume.
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- There were a group of Bunnies
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who were abducted, drugged,
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and used in a sex movie.
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But it was almost like,
"Don't talk about this."
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- Celebrities in Hollywood--
They had carte blanche.
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They could do
whatever they wanted.
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- Can you confirm the existence
of a cleanup crew?
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- Oh, yeah.
That's absolutely true.
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- And that was
an open invitation
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for sexual power.
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♪ ♪
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- My name is Hugh Hefner.
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I'm editor-publisher
of "Playboy" magazine.
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- Hugh Hefner was just 27.
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He fashioned himself and Playboy
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as the face
of sexual liberation.
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- Playboy is one
of the most famous brand names
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in the world.
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- I would like to be remembered
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as somebody
who played some positive part
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in changing the social
sexual values of my time.
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♪ ♪
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- I believe that Hef pulled
one over
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on the whole world.
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- The fantasy of Playboy
that he created did not allow
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for the consent of the women.
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- When it came
to Hefner's buddies,
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u had to keep
those secrets quiet.
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- What have you got for free?
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- When you get someone
that powerful,
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anything could happen.
Anything.
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- The people who were
really there--
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They're the ones
who know the real truth.
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- I want to be a voice
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for the women that suffed
the most at his hands.
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♪ ♪
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- I have a lot of boxes packed
because I'm moving.
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Let me go and see
if I can dig out some stuff,
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because I have a lot
of Playboy memorabilia.
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Let's see what we have here.
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♪ ♪
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I was a Bunny in '72,
and I was 22 yea old.
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What's this one here?
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♪
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Oh, my goodness.
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I have all these t-shirts
from Playboy.
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Reunion.
This is the uniform we wore
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when we did charit.
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And we had black shorts
with that.
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And of course, Bunny Lib.
We fought for that.
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♪ ♪
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Before I worked at Playboy Club,
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I was in
a very abusive marriage,
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and I fl.
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And I had come up
to see my folks in Jersey.
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And I was in my dad's--in
the office typing something,
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and the guys in the office--
They said,
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"PJ, why don't you go get
an interview as a Bunny?"
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And I said, "I'm a medal
and surgical assistant.
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"I wear white uniforms.
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"How could I put a costume
on like that?
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There's no way."
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"We'll bet you $100 you won't
go up there for an interview."
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♪ ♪
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I figured, "100 bucks?"
I needed the money.
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So my mother encouraged me,
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because she knew
that I was very depressed,
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and she knew
I had no self-confidence.
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So my mom and dadrove me
to Great Gorge, New Jersey,
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and I went for the interview,
and I had braces on my teeth.
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I put the bathing suit on.
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The Bunny Mother said to me,
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"Lose 10 pounds,
take the braces off your teeth,
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and you start a week
from Monday."
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So that's how it started.
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♪ ♪
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When you put on that costume,
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you thought
you could kill the world.
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Looking back at my headshot,
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you can see
how confident I felt.
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U were just magnificent
and powerful.
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And you were, yes, a sex symbol.
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♪ ♪
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- So the first Playboy Club
opened in 1960.
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Hugh Hefner was very much
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a part
of the pop culture zeitgeist.
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- Why did you put the girls
in those costumes?
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- Well, the girls
wore Bunny costumes
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because the Bunny
was our corporate logo.
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At the very beginning,
I selected a rabbit symbol
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to represent the magazin
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The rabbit had a certain sort
of sexy reputation.
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And I made some modifications,
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added the cuffs
and the bow tie and collar,
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and the Bunny was born.
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- Playboy Clubs were all.
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It was the place to be.
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And you literally needed
a real key to get in the door.
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$25 got you a key membership.
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- It was prestigious to have
a Playboy key card.
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Hugh Hefner--he made
a big deal about it.
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- Starting as of the first
of the year,
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there will be keys vers
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in the hands of members
throughout the country.
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♪ ♪
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- In true rabbit fashion,
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that one club
multiplied to 22 befor1970.
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By 1972, there were
one million keyholders.
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- Well, I remeer the rule
that when you went
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to the Playboy Club, yous
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or you couldn't touch
the Bunnies or anything.
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Who made up that rule?
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- Well, it was mine, I'm afraid.
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- If we're all supposed to,
you know, be released
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from our taboos and hang-ups,
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why can't we go in
and touch the Bunnies?
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- Because ife had allowed,
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in those days, anything else,
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we wouldn't have had
any Playboy Clubs,
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'cause we had liquor licenses
on the line,
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and all we were saying,
very simply, was,
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"Separate business
from pleasure."
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- Nobody's allowed to touch
the Bunnies.
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It's in the manuals.
It's in the books.
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Everybody knew that.
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If a keyholder touched you
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and you went
and told your room director,
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his key was tan away,
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and he was thrown
out of the club.
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And so it was wonderful,
because you felt
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like you were a celebrity,
you were a show girl.
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It was an opportunity
for self-esteem
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for a lot of these girls.
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♪ ♪
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- I went to the Playboy Club
on 59th Street in New York.
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And that was like, "Whoa."
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You know, it was a big deal.
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300, 400 girls would go
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tory out for maybe five spots.
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I really didn't feel
that I was a pretty girl.
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I just didn't believe
I had what it took.
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♪ ♪
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I had
a very difficult childhood.
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I was in a shelter
at 16 years old and ran away.
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I had severe acne.
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My teeth
re rotted out of my mouth.
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♪ ♪
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There was a lot of bullying,
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a lot of, "You're ugly.
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Who would ever wanna be
with you?"
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It was really very difficult.
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♪ ♪
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I still didn't feel pretty,
you know,
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because the ugly on the inside
doesn't go away.
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♪ ♪
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So I take my bikini bathing suit
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and my super high heels,
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and I go for the interview.
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And she says to me, "You saw
your competition out there.
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Why should we hireou?"
And I looked at her.
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I said, "I don't have
any competition."
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Well, I got the job.
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Look at this picture.
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It really was a transformation.
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I actually started
liking myself more and more
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by being a Bunny.
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I liked the way I looked.
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I liked the way others
looked at me.
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I was treated differently.
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- Roseanne, why do you want
to be a Bunny?
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- I'm missing out
on a lot of things.
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And there's much more in life
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than just being a itress
in a restaurant.
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And I could meet a lot
of interesting people
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and really do a lot more things.
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♪ ♪
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- I have cuffs,
and I have lighters.
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And I have the original matches.
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I was hirefor the opening
of the 1973 Club
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in Los Angeles in Century City.
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♪ ♪
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I'm not sure it'll be straight,
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but I can do it
without a mirror.
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♪ ♪
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In America back then, for women,
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you were either going to become
a schoolteacher,
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or you were goa become a nurse.
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And that was pretty much it.
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I personally wanted
to be a veterinarian,
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but my high school counselor
looked at me, and she said,
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"Ladies don't
become veterinarians."
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She said, "You're just gonna
get married and have children,
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and you will take ca
of your husband's home."
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And I was so stunned,
'cause it took away
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what I wanted passionately
mo than anything
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in the whole wide world.
It's all I ever wanted.
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I still think
about it every day.
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These are pictures fro.
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I looked maybe like
a pretty girl next door.
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If I had hadn't had
the job at Playboy,
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I really don't know
what would've happened.
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Playboy gave me
a lot of confidence,
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and I think some of the other
girls felt the same way.
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- This is a picture of me
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on my first night
as a Playboy Bunny.
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My first job.
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Was cigar, cigarette,
and camera girl.
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I was actually
the third Black Bunny
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to be hired at the LA Cl.
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Hef was very much
for integration.
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It was liberating,
because I did come
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from a very puritanical
Southern Baptist life.
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I had to go to church,
and I had the PO box hat.
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And I sat like this.
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You had to sit with the legs
crossed like so.
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♪ ♪
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So when I was a Bunny,
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I was able to have my sexuality
and bekay with it.
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- [giggles]
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- Before I decided to become
a Playboy Bunny,
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I was on my own,
a single mother, a student.
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So I had tuition,
a baby to raise.
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The salary offer
was so much more
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than what I was making
with St. John's Hospital
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that it just couldn't touch it,
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so of course I jumped on it.
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I didn't realize that
until years later,
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it wasn't really
all about beauty,
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because they could make us
betiful, and they did.
255
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♪ ♪
256
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It was innocence.
257
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We knew nothing
about anything in the world.
258
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♪ ♪
259
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And I can't explain it to you
260
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or to anybody else.
261
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When you worked for Playboy,
262
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you never really felt
anything was gonna go wrong.
263
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And you just took it for
granted that you're protected.
264
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♪ ♪
265
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There were things that happened.
266
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♪ ♪
267
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Everything wasn't lights,
camera, action, happy.
268
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- It's a juxtaposition
when I think
269
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how ayboy changed my life
for the better,
270
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and how Playboy destroyed
someone else's life forever.
271
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- Let's picture a gal that
looks like Elizabeth Taylor,
272
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age 21.
Gorgeous.
273
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Stunning.
She's at a cocktail party,
274
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and you're gonna be taken over
to be introduced to her.
275
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Stunning. She's at a cocktail party, And you
expect someone that has everything going for her,
276
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who's that beautiful,
to be rather aloof and say,
277
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"Oh, yes, awfully nice
to meet you,"
278
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and back to r conversation.
279
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And let's say,
as you're being brought over
280
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to be introduced to her,
suddenly she turns to you,
281
00:12:28,580 --> 00:12:30,320
has this big grin,
looks right in the eye,
282
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ansays,
"Hi, my name is Betty."
283
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That's the kind of dise
284
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that we want to happen evy time
285
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a Bunny comes up to a table.
286
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♪ ♪
287
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- Playboy allowed men
to indulge in the fantasy
288
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of what their life might look
like if they were wealthy.
289
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It's these beautiful,
extremely young, buxom women,
290
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that, in the role of Bunny,
291
00:12:52,350 --> 00:12:54,850
somehow seem like
they're primed for service.
292
00:12:54,930 --> 00:13:02,930
- The perception
of what a Bunny is
293
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glamor.
294
00:13:08,030 --> 00:13:09,870
- It wasn't for everybody.
295
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You went through basic training,
296
00:13:11,790 --> 00:13:13,950
and it was grueling.
297
00:13:14,030 --> 00:13:17,620
- My arms would be black
and blue all the time
298
00:13:17,700 --> 00:13:22,210
just trying to negotiate
the tray in your hand
299
00:13:22,290 --> 00:13:24,460
to not knock it over left
or right.
300
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♪ ♪
301
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- matter where you were,
302
00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:28,720
had to know every drink
303
00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:32,050
and the call letters of every
drink, and what went in.
304
00:13:32,060 --> 00:13:34,220
- If you didn't call
your drinks in properly,
305
00:13:34,300 --> 00:13:35,470
you know what happened to you?
306
00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:38,220
Boom.
They knocked your tray down,
307
00:13:38,230 --> 00:13:40,650
and you had to start all over
and go in the back of the line.
308
00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:42,650
Scotch. Canadian.
Bourn. Blended.
309
00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:44,480
- Rye. Irish. Gin. Vodka.
310
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- Rum. Tequila.
311
00:13:46,140 --> 00:13:50,490
- Mix, blended, cream, beer,
wine, exotic drinks,
312
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and Irish coffee.
313
00:13:52,660 --> 00:13:54,410
- Now, when she places
this one, you notice
314
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that she is doing
what we call a Bunny Dip.
315
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There you notice that
she's bending at the waist.
316
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That's incorrect.
317
00:14:01,910 --> 00:14:05,000
- The Bunny Dip was
a very difficult thing to do
318
00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:08,000
You stood all the time
with your tray.
319
00:14:08,010 --> 00:14:10,330
And then when you served
a cocktail,
320
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your tray was in the left hand,
321
00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:17,100
and you would come back
and serve.
322
00:14:17,180 --> 00:14:22,520
- The Bunny image was
the Playboy girl next door.
323
00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:26,860
And in that Bunny image,
she didn't drink.
324
00:14:26,940 --> 00:14:28,690
She didn't smoke.
She didn't swear.
325
00:14:28,700 --> 00:14:30,520
She didn't date.
326
00:14:30,530 --> 00:14:34,530
She wasn't really
a real person, so to speak.
327
00:14:34,540 --> 00:14:36,190
It was an image.
328
00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:38,040
- Bunny image was everything.
329
00:14:38,110 --> 00:14:40,530
That's what Hefner built
the clubs on.
330
00:14:40,540 --> 00:14:43,790
I don't think Hefner
meant it to be sexist,
331
00:14:43,870 --> 00:14:47,040
but he had an ime
that he was trying to sustain.
332
00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:50,550
- The ladies were very youthful,
333
00:14:50,630 --> 00:14:53,470
because that was our job
to stay that way.
334
00:14:53,550 --> 00:14:56,310
You know, I'm still a Bunny.
335
00:14:56,390 --> 00:14:58,390
I will be a Bunny till I die,
336
00:14:58,470 --> 00:15:00,800
which I don't plan to die
until I'm 102.
337
00:15:00,890 --> 00:15:02,720
♪ ♪
338
00:15:02,730 --> 00:15:05,900
- You had a complete check
before you went into svice.
339
00:15:05,970 --> 00:15:08,230
Before you went on the floor,
340
00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:10,390
you were checked
341
00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:12,150
for your costume,
the way it looked,
342
00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:15,070
the way it fit, and your weight.
343
00:15:15,150 --> 00:15:16,570
- If you gained weight,
344
00:15:16,580 --> 00:15:19,000
you were gonna have
a really bad problem,
345
00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,570
'cause they weren't gonna
let that costume out for you.
346
00:15:21,660 --> 00:15:23,830
- Tell me how you felt
the first time
347
00:15:23,910 --> 00:15:27,250
you put that costume on,
how it felt.
348
00:15:27,330 --> 00:15:29,080
- Well, the first time
you ever wear a girdle
349
00:15:29,090 --> 00:15:30,750
that's maybe a size smaller
than you are,
350
00:15:30,830 --> 00:15:32,330
it's not exactly comfortable,
351
00:15:32,340 --> 00:15:35,260
but you get used to it
just like anything else.
352
00:15:35,340 --> 00:15:37,680
- The stume has
metal stays in it.
353
00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:40,260
So it took two people
to put it on.
354
00:15:40,270 --> 00:15:42,090
She would have to hold it
in the front
355
00:15:42,100 --> 00:15:44,020
and someone would zip it up
the back.
356
00:15:44,100 --> 00:15:47,520
And if you gained five pounds,
357
00:15:47,610 --> 00:15:49,020
those 18 metal stays--
358
00:15:49,030 --> 00:15:52,100
You couldn't breathe, lirally.
359
00:15:52,110 --> 00:15:54,530
- A lot of girls
had kiey infections,
360
00:15:54,620 --> 00:15:56,700
'cause you were cinched in.
361
00:15:56,780 --> 00:15:59,290
We used to go
into the ladies' room
362
00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:01,450
and take our shoes off,
363
00:16:01,530 --> 00:16:03,540
which were encrusted with blood,
364
00:16:03,620 --> 00:16:05,450
and stick them in the toilet bo
365
00:16:05,460 --> 00:16:07,200
and keep flushing it.
366
00:16:07,210 --> 00:16:10,370
It was like a whirlpool
to get the swelling down,
367
00:16:10,460 --> 00:16:12,960
and hope that your shoes
could fit back in.
368
00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:14,630
Once a month, we got weighed in.
369
00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:16,300
And there was a char
in the Bunny Room
370
00:16:16,380 --> 00:16:17,970
next to the scale,
371
00:16:18,050 --> 00:16:19,310
and it was humiliating.
372
00:16:19,380 --> 00:16:21,060
♪ ♪
373
00:16:21,140 --> 00:16:23,940
I think that was part of it
to humiliate these girls,
374
00:16:26,890 --> 00:16:28,310
Everybody could see it.
375
00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:32,740
And if you were five pounds
over, you had a warning.
376
00:16:32,810 --> 00:16:34,730
If you didn't get it down
for next month,
377
00:16:34,740 --> 00:16:37,730
you re suspeed
until you got your weight down.
378
00:16:37,820 --> 00:16:40,080
- Good evening, sir.
I'm your Bunny attending.
379
00:16:40,150 --> 00:16:41,490
I'll be serving you tonight.
380
00:16:41,570 --> 00:16:42,990
♪ ♪
381
00:16:43,070 --> 00:16:44,580
- Bunnies aren't born.
382
00:16:44,670 --> 00:16:47,330
They're trained, carefully,
by a Bunny Mother,
383
00:16:47,410 --> 00:16:49,240
usually a former Bunny.
384
00:16:49,250 --> 00:16:51,080
- This is Training Bunny Leslie.
385
00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:52,330
- Hey.
386
00:16:52,340 --> 00:16:56,090
♪ ♪
387
00:16:56,180 --> 00:17:02,600
- I became a Bunny Mother
in 1975, I guess it was.
388
00:17:02,670 --> 00:17:05,520
I was working as a Bunny
in Great Gorge.
389
00:17:05,590 --> 00:17:07,770
And I went down a whole flight
of concrete stairs,
390
00:17:07,850 --> 00:17:08,760
and I broke my back.
391
00:17:08,850 --> 00:17:10,190
♪ ♪
392
00:17:10,270 --> 00:17:12,940
And when I was ready
to go back to work,
393
00:17:13,020 --> 00:17:14,860
I couldn't do a Bunny Dip,
394
00:17:14,940 --> 00:17:16,190
so I transferred
395
00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:17,280
to the New York Club
396
00:17:17,360 --> 00:17:18,950
as the assistant Bunny Mother.
397
00:17:19,020 --> 00:17:22,280
And that's how I came
into management.
398
00:17:22,290 --> 00:17:26,210
We had to evaluate them
on their appearance.
399
00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:29,460
And we had guideline that all
Bunny Mothers were given.
400
00:17:29,530 --> 00:17:33,050
Crepey skin. Sagging breasts.
401
00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:35,720
Bags under their eyes.
402
00:17:35,790 --> 00:17:37,630
Crooked teeth.
403
00:17:37,710 --> 00:17:40,460
Some really nasty descriptio,
404
00:17:40,470 --> 00:17:43,800
and it was heartbreaking to me,
and I just--I couldn't do it.
405
00:17:43,810 --> 00:17:46,890
I couldn't do it.
I rebelled against it.
406
00:17:46,970 --> 00:17:49,390
I didn't check off
if they had crepey skin
407
00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:51,150
or if they had saggy breasts.
408
00:17:51,220 --> 00:17:52,730
You couldn't tell anyhow.
409
00:17:52,810 --> 00:17:54,560
I didn't wanna fire
somebody for image.
410
00:17:54,570 --> 00:17:56,310
That stays with you
for the rest of your life.
411
00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:57,480
That's a terrible thing.
412
00:17:57,560 --> 00:17:59,060
♪ ♪
413
00:17:59,070 --> 00:18:02,230
- Sitting here in 2021,
414
00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:05,750
I can see where many people
would've thought
415
00:18:05,820 --> 00:18:10,330
that this was not
how to treat wen by saying,
416
00:18:10,420 --> 00:18:12,840
"Well, if your image changes,
you're outta here."
417
00:18:12,910 --> 00:18:14,340
And I understand it.
418
00:18:14,410 --> 00:18:17,330
But at the time,
the way we were raised
419
00:18:17,420 --> 00:18:19,920
and the times
that we were raised in,
420
00:18:19,930 --> 00:18:22,100
we didn't think
anything about it
421
00:18:22,170 --> 00:18:23,750
because we didn't know
any different.
422
00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,930
♪ ♪
423
00:18:27,010 --> 00:18:28,430
And that's kind of sad.
424
00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:31,430
♪ ♪
425
00:18:31,510 --> 00:18:34,940
- Hefner created illusion,
426
00:18:35,020 --> 00:18:36,780
and it was
very important to him.
427
00:18:36,850 --> 00:18:38,030
♪ ♪
428
00:18:38,100 --> 00:18:40,520
And that costume
was very powerful.
429
00:18:40,530 --> 00:18:41,610
Very powerful.
430
00:18:44,030 --> 00:18:45,620
- Sex. Nymph.
431
00:18:45,690 --> 00:18:47,200
♪ ♪
432
00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:50,370
"Sexual nymph" sells.
433
00:18:50,460 --> 00:18:52,290
Think about it.
434
00:18:52,370 --> 00:18:54,960
Everybody knew
what that costummet.
435
00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:56,620
- We were probably
436
00:18:56,630 --> 00:18:59,720
some othe most
protected women on the planet,
437
00:18:59,790 --> 00:19:04,800
but outside of Playboy
is completely different.
438
00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:06,890
So I was lucky.
439
00:19:06,970 --> 00:19:09,380
But with Jaki, I was shocked
440
00:19:09,390 --> 00:19:11,310
that something bad happened
to her.
441
00:19:16,980 --> 00:19:18,060
[soft music]
442
00:19:18,070 --> 00:19:19,480
- It's been over 4years
443
00:19:19,490 --> 00:19:21,990
since I le Playboy,
444
00:19:22,060 --> 00:19:26,480
and in my yoga,
I'm still dealing with the way
445
00:19:26,490 --> 00:19:30,660
my body had to form
to carry out the function.
446
00:19:30,740 --> 00:19:32,750
♪ ♪
447
00:19:32,820 --> 00:19:35,500
The Bunny serve
was quite beautiful.
448
00:19:35,580 --> 00:19:36,840
It w like a show.
449
00:19:36,910 --> 00:19:38,250
♪ ♪
450
00:19:38,330 --> 00:19:42,010
There's only one time
that I felt
451
00:19:42,090 --> 00:19:43,930
like I was gonna put
my tray down
452
00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:45,170
and co to fisticuffs.
453
00:19:45,180 --> 00:19:46,750
♪ ♪
454
00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:51,680
I had a very traumatic
experience with a man.
455
00:19:51,690 --> 00:19:53,100
♪
456
00:19:53,180 --> 00:19:55,680
It wasn't on a Playboy property
at all.
457
00:19:55,690 --> 00:19:57,680
♪ ♪
458
00:19:57,690 --> 00:19:59,690
I went to this party
with a Bunny.
459
00:19:59,770 --> 00:20:01,780
♪ ♪
460
00:20:01,850 --> 00:20:03,440
I was drugged and raped.
461
00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:05,280
♪ ♪
462
00:20:05,370 --> 00:20:08,190
I would pass out and wake up,
and there was somebody else.
463
00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:09,700
♪ ♪
464
00:20:09,790 --> 00:20:11,780
But the only person
I do remember--
465
00:20:11,790 --> 00:20:14,540
He was a regular member
at the club.
466
00:20:14,620 --> 00:20:18,040
♪ ♪
467
00:20:18,120 --> 00:20:21,540
I think,
because of my early life,
468
00:20:21,550 --> 00:20:25,720
I have this ability
to compartmentalize...
469
00:20:25,790 --> 00:20:26,970
♪ ♪
470
00:20:27,050 --> 00:20:29,550
Because,
in the segregated world,
471
00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:31,300
you had to keep doing.
472
00:20:31,310 --> 00:20:33,310
Things happen.
473
00:20:33,390 --> 00:20:34,890
You'd fight for yourself.
474
00:20:34,970 --> 00:20:37,810
♪ ♪
475
00:20:37,810 --> 00:20:41,900
When I went back to work,
I told everybody,
476
00:20:41,990 --> 00:20:44,990
management down,
wh had happened,
477
00:20:45,060 --> 00:20:47,660
and that I know it was him.
478
00:20:47,730 --> 00:20:49,910
One day
and he came into the club,
479
00:20:49,990 --> 00:20:53,400
and I was in the back,
setting up my tray.
480
00:20:53,410 --> 00:20:55,250
♪ ♪
481
00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:59,420
And I picked up
one of the stem glasses,
482
00:20:59,490 --> 00:21:00,740
and I broke it.
483
00:21:00,750 --> 00:21:03,260
And I came charging
into the room,
484
00:21:03,330 --> 00:21:06,830
and the room director caught me
swinging at this guy
485
00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:08,260
and kicking and screaming.
486
00:21:08,340 --> 00:21:09,680
And ey dragged me out,
487
00:21:09,750 --> 00:21:11,760
and they threw him
out of the club.
488
00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:13,420
♪ ♪
489
00:21:13,430 --> 00:21:15,350
I mean, I would've been in jl,
490
00:21:15,430 --> 00:21:17,680
because I uld've killed him
491
00:21:17,690 --> 00:21:20,110
and had no problems with it.
492
00:21:20,180 --> 00:21:21,680
No problems.
493
00:21:21,690 --> 00:21:23,860
Because probably
I'm not the only one
494
00:21:23,940 --> 00:21:25,440
that he would do that to.
495
00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:28,020
♪ ♪
496
00:21:28,110 --> 00:21:31,860
People ask me,
why didn't I go to the police,
497
00:21:31,870 --> 00:21:33,370
which--I didn't to the police.
498
00:21:33,450 --> 00:21:36,370
But during that time, as in now,
499
00:21:36,450 --> 00:21:38,370
the female is made the victim.
500
00:21:38,450 --> 00:21:39,870
♪ ♪
501
00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:42,540
And so I didn't
wanna go through that.
502
00:21:42,620 --> 00:21:44,540
♪ ♪
503
00:21:44,620 --> 00:21:47,040
Because it wasn't
on Playboy property,
504
00:21:47,050 --> 00:21:50,470
the only thinghey could do
is take his membship away,
505
00:21:50,550 --> 00:21:52,460
and he could not come
into the club again.
506
00:21:52,470 --> 00:21:54,810
♪ ♪
507
00:21:54,890 --> 00:21:59,900
Playboy, for me,
did protect me, did support me,
508
00:21:59,980 --> 00:22:02,980
and in that type of situation,
509
00:22:03,060 --> 00:22:07,400
what the female need is
to be believ and supported.
510
00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:08,980
And that's what
happened with me.
511
00:22:08,990 --> 00:22:12,400
♪ ♪
512
00:22:12,410 --> 00:22:14,830
- I've read your code
of behavior for the Bunnies.
513
00:22:14,900 --> 00:22:16,400
And as I understand it,
514
00:22:16,410 --> 00:22:17,820
they're not permitted
to go home with patrons
515
00:22:17,830 --> 00:22:19,670
even after they are off duty.
Is that correct?
516
00:22:19,740 --> 00:22:23,170
- All of this requires--and
really the motivation behind it
517
00:22:23,250 --> 00:22:25,750
is really a protection
for the girls themselves.
518
00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:29,590
- You can't live under
a false security blanket.
519
00:22:29,670 --> 00:22:32,350
As women, we do.
We protect ourselves.
520
00:22:32,420 --> 00:22:33,600
♪ ♪
521
00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:35,260
Outside of Playboy,
522
00:22:35,340 --> 00:22:37,670
you have to be more vigilant
523
00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:39,350
about what's going on
around you.
524
00:22:39,430 --> 00:22:40,850
♪ ♪
525
00:22:40,930 --> 00:22:44,690
- My name is Jim Ellis,
and I was a member
526
00:22:44,770 --> 00:22:47,860
of Hugh Hefner's
executive protection team
527
00:22:47,940 --> 00:22:51,530
during 1980 and 1981.
528
00:22:51,610 --> 00:22:56,030
The Playboy Club--you know,
they had the Bunnies.
529
00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:58,370
These girls--
I mean, they're vulnerable.
530
00:22:58,460 --> 00:23:00,030
They don't have
personal security
531
00:23:00,120 --> 00:23:03,380
that's escorting them 24/7.
532
00:23:03,450 --> 00:23:06,710
- Maybe within the club,
you couldn't touch a girl,
533
00:23:06,790 --> 00:23:10,470
but after hours, Bunnies--
They were not protected.
534
00:23:10,540 --> 00:23:13,040
From what I know
and what I've been told,
535
00:23:13,050 --> 00:23:14,800
there were many young women
536
00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:18,220
that were assaulted after hours.
537
00:23:18,230 --> 00:23:20,470
Girls were parked outside
on the streets
538
00:23:20,550 --> 00:23:22,050
or in a parking lot.
539
00:23:22,060 --> 00:23:24,310
And I was fearful
that they would be attacked,
540
00:23:24,390 --> 00:23:25,720
because there were keyholders
541
00:23:25,730 --> 00:23:27,720
that would follow them out
to the cars,
542
00:23:27,730 --> 00:23:30,060
and they were carrying cash.
543
00:23:30,070 --> 00:23:33,230
So I asked the general manager
if he could have the busboys
544
00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:36,830
or the bartenders walk
the ladies out to their cars
545
00:23:36,900 --> 00:23:38,660
after a late-hour shift,
546
00:23:38,740 --> 00:23:40,990
and he absolutely refused.
547
00:23:41,070 --> 00:23:42,250
"They're big girls.
548
00:23:42,330 --> 00:23:43,420
They can take care
of themselves."
549
00:23:43,420 --> 00:23:44,750
That's what he told me.
550
00:23:44,830 --> 00:23:46,170
♪ ♪
551
00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:47,420
But once they left the club,
552
00:23:47,500 --> 00:23:48,920
they were not protected,
553
00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,840
especially from the VIPs
554
00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:53,430
that were chosen by Hefner
555
00:23:53,500 --> 00:23:54,930
that had carte blanche.
556
00:24:06,100 --> 00:24:09,520
- Let's see what else we.
557
00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:11,190
Okay.
558
00:24:11,190 --> 00:24:13,350
This was one of the first
tal cards from Playboy.
559
00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:14,690
This was a VIP card.
560
00:24:14,700 --> 00:24:15,870
If a member came in
561
00:24:15,940 --> 00:24:17,700
and showed the Bunny this card,
562
00:24:17,780 --> 00:24:20,540
they knew that they were
super-duper VIP,
563
00:24:20,620 --> 00:24:22,790
and that they needed
to be taken care of very well.
564
00:24:22,860 --> 00:24:26,370
♪ ♪
565
00:24:26,450 --> 00:24:29,300
There were mixed messages
being a Bunny.
566
00:24:29,370 --> 00:24:32,800
The rules were different
with VIPs and keyholders.
567
00:24:32,870 --> 00:24:34,460
♪ ♪
568
00:24:34,470 --> 00:24:35,550
As a Bunny, you weren't allowed
569
00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:37,550
to give your last name out.
570
00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,710
You weren't allowed to go out
with a keyholder.
571
00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:43,890
However, there was
a double standard.
572
00:24:43,980 --> 00:24:47,300
A VIP celebrity, you were
encouraged to mingle with,
573
00:24:47,310 --> 00:24:50,310
you were encouraged
to have fun with.
574
00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:53,400
If I knew there was
a big VIP party,
575
00:24:53,490 --> 00:24:55,060
I would roll my eyes,
576
00:24:55,070 --> 00:24:57,160
and I would have a conversation
with the Bunnies.
577
00:24:57,230 --> 00:24:59,240
"Don't go home with them.
Don't take any phone numbers.
578
00:24:59,330 --> 00:25:01,080
On't listen to their lines.
579
00:25:01,150 --> 00:25:03,750
"They'll all coerce you
into going to a party.
580
00:25:03,820 --> 00:25:05,160
Don't do it.
581
00:25:05,250 --> 00:25:07,410
Trust me when I tell you,
don't do it."
582
00:25:07,420 --> 00:25:09,910
The number one keyholders
583
00:25:09,990 --> 00:25:12,420
were advertising executives
for Playboy.
584
00:25:12,500 --> 00:25:14,580
But it was mostly celebrities,
585
00:25:14,590 --> 00:25:18,680
musicians, directors,
producers in Hollywood.
586
00:25:18,750 --> 00:25:20,750
They had carte blanche.
587
00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:23,920
- The men we associated with
were all VIPs.
588
00:25:23,930 --> 00:25:25,680
They were all celebrities.
589
00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:29,010
Don Cornelius of "Soul Train"
came in a few times.
590
00:25:29,020 --> 00:25:31,930
And this was when
the dio era hit big.
591
00:25:32,020 --> 00:25:34,770
He became extremely popular 0
592
00:25:34,780 --> 00:25:36,610
Everybody loved Don.
593
00:25:36,690 --> 00:25:39,280
He was a presence,
a big presence.
594
00:25:39,370 --> 00:25:42,690
Regis Philbin was a regular
in the cabaret room.
595
00:25:42,700 --> 00:25:44,450
Martin Sheen was another one.
596
00:25:44,540 --> 00:25:46,500
Anybody who was who.
597
00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:52,380
- Oh, yeah.
All the time.
598
00:25:56,210 --> 00:25:58,130
- We were very lax
when it came to that.
599
00:25:58,210 --> 00:25:59,220
♪ ♪
600
00:25:59,290 --> 00:26:00,710
- They could date them.
601
00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:02,550
They could party with them.
602
00:26:02,630 --> 00:26:04,140
They could have dinner
with them.
603
00:26:04,220 --> 00:26:05,550
They could go out with them.
604
00:26:05,630 --> 00:26:07,480
They could do
whatever they wanted.
605
00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:09,900
We had to entertn them.
We had to take care of them.
606
00:26:09,970 --> 00:26:12,310
We never took money from them.
They never had a bill.
607
00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:14,900
They never were presented
a check.
608
00:26:14,990 --> 00:26:17,310
Whatever they wanted,
they could get.
609
00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:19,150
There was a terrible thing
that happened
610
00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:20,910
at the Great Gorge Resort
611
00:26:20,980 --> 00:26:23,980
with some guys that
were pretending to be VIPs.
612
00:26:24,070 --> 00:26:25,240
♪ ♪
613
00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:27,080
- The Great Gorge Resort--
614
00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:28,660
It was really
615
00:26:28,740 --> 00:26:31,580
an entertainment mecca
for Playboy.
616
00:26:31,660 --> 00:26:34,410
And it was one of a kind.
It really was.
617
00:26:34,420 --> 00:26:36,500
- Hefner promoted Great Gorge
618
00:26:36,510 --> 00:26:39,760
as the ultimate
Playboy lifestyle experience.
619
00:26:39,830 --> 00:26:42,260
♪ ♪
620
00:26:42,340 --> 00:26:47,590
- At Gre Gorge, there was
an undercurrent of something
621
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:49,940
that you couldn't put
your finr on,
622
00:26:50,010 --> 00:26:52,430
but you knew something happened
623
00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:55,270
that nobody was supposed
to talk about.
624
00:26:55,350 --> 00:26:57,530
They were very protective.
625
00:26:57,610 --> 00:27:02,200
There was a gate all the way
around the Bunny dorms.
626
00:27:02,270 --> 00:27:06,120
You couldn't get in there
if you didn't belong there.
627
00:27:06,190 --> 00:27:07,950
Bunnies did not go
to the bathroom
628
00:27:08,030 --> 00:27:09,530
in the public bathrooms.
629
00:27:09,610 --> 00:27:12,280
You had to go downstairs,
back to the hutch.
630
00:27:12,290 --> 00:27:14,130
You would be fired immediately
631
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,450
if you went into
the hotel side of the resort.
632
00:27:16,460 --> 00:27:19,710
I was complaining one day
in the hutch
633
00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:23,720
about being
so overwhelmingly controlled,
634
00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:25,960
and my mentor
at the Playboy Club--
635
00:27:25,970 --> 00:27:27,800
Her name was Lynn--
636
00:27:27,810 --> 00:27:30,140
And she said"Well,
there's a reason for that."
637
00:27:30,220 --> 00:27:32,060
♪ ♪
638
00:27:32,140 --> 00:27:35,650
Well, I had no idea
how good of a reason it was.
639
00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:38,640
♪ ♪
640
00:27:38,650 --> 00:27:41,570
About a year or so
before I got there,
641
00:27:41,570 --> 00:27:45,490
there were a group of girls
who were approached
642
00:27:45,580 --> 00:27:49,500
by some men
who came into the resort
643
00:27:49,570 --> 00:27:52,320
and told them they were
big Hollywood producers.
644
00:27:52,330 --> 00:27:55,580
And they wanted them
to be in a movie.
645
00:27:55,590 --> 00:27:59,170
And the girls agreed to meet
with these men
646
00:27:59,250 --> 00:28:04,340
outside of the Playboy
compound to do this movie.
647
00:28:04,420 --> 00:28:06,100
♪ ♪
648
00:28:06,170 --> 00:28:07,840
- "Here's an address,
649
00:28:07,850 --> 00:28:09,340
"bring a bunch
of girls with you,
650
00:28:09,350 --> 00:28:10,850
"and come up to this A-frame
651
00:28:10,930 --> 00:28:12,350
up in the mountains
in McAfee."
652
00:28:12,430 --> 00:28:14,600
♪ ♪
653
00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,440
- Some of the girls
told other gls.
654
00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:20,350
They all went, thinking
that they were going to be
655
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,530
in a Hollywood production.
656
00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,520
- The girls went up there,
and they were drugged.
657
00:28:24,530 --> 00:28:26,190
♪ ♪
658
00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:27,780
And they were raped,
659
00:28:27,860 --> 00:28:30,540
and they videotaped them.
660
00:28:30,610 --> 00:28:33,040
♪ ♪
661
00:28:33,110 --> 00:28:36,040
- And they were kept there
for a couple of days.
662
00:28:36,120 --> 00:28:40,210
♪ ♪
663
00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:46,140
- They were told,
if they told anybody,
664
00:28:46,220 --> 00:28:49,470
that the videos would go out
and broadcast the videos,
665
00:28:49,550 --> 00:28:52,220
and that their careers
would be over,
666
00:28:52,230 --> 00:28:54,390
and their lives would be over.
667
00:28:54,470 --> 00:28:57,470
- They were afraid to tell
Playboy what had happened.
668
00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:01,400
However, it got out, because
the girls talk to each other.
669
00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:05,060
It was so unbelievable
that somethi like that
670
00:29:05,070 --> 00:29:07,900
would happen
in a tiny little town
671
00:29:07,900 --> 00:29:09,830
called Great Gorge, NeJersey.
672
00:29:09,900 --> 00:29:12,740
It rocked Playboy's world.
673
00:29:12,750 --> 00:29:14,580
♪ ♪
674
00:29:14,660 --> 00:29:20,330
It was not a time that
they would want such a scandal,
675
00:29:20,340 --> 00:29:24,840
because this washe 25th
anniversary of Playboy.
676
00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:26,430
- So all these girls were fired.
677
00:29:26,500 --> 00:29:28,340
They were told to get
off the property
678
00:29:28,340 --> 00:29:30,000
and never come back.
679
00:29:30,010 --> 00:29:31,590
They were newbies,
680
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:33,430
so they didn't have
Bunny friends.
681
00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:35,350
They didn't have
the senior Bunnies.
682
00:29:35,430 --> 00:29:37,260
They were never offered therapy.
683
00:29:37,270 --> 00:29:40,520
They never went to a doctor.
They never had any help.
684
00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:43,110
These are your employees.
You're not going to help them?
685
00:29:43,180 --> 00:29:44,600
♪ ♪
686
00:29:44,690 --> 00:29:46,360
- My understanding is,
687
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:49,110
they investigated what.
688
00:29:49,190 --> 00:29:52,190
The go were caught and arrested.
689
00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:56,620
And Playboy corporate
descended on Great Gorge
690
00:29:56,700 --> 00:30:00,950
and did whatever
Playboy had to do at that time
691
00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:07,210
to minimize the result
of such a horrible situation
692
00:30:07,220 --> 00:30:09,710
happening at one of their clubs.
693
00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:11,800
I think Playboy, athat time,
694
00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:13,880
was extremely powerful.
695
00:30:13,890 --> 00:30:18,640
And many of the girls never
knew that that had transpired.
696
00:30:18,730 --> 00:30:21,050
It was almost like,
"Don't talk about this.
697
00:30:21,060 --> 00:30:22,890
We're not allowed
talk aut this."
698
00:30:22,970 --> 00:30:25,810
You could get fired
for talking about it.
699
00:30:25,820 --> 00:30:27,490
- We were not allowed
to talk about it,
700
00:30:27,570 --> 00:30:28,610
and when you have
your Bunny meeting
701
00:30:28,660 --> 00:30:29,730
with all the girls,
702
00:30:29,740 --> 00:30:30,740
you are to tell them
703
00:30:30,820 --> 00:30:33,160
to silence themselves.
704
00:30:33,230 --> 00:30:35,990
Not to bring it up. Not.
705
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,410
♪ ♪
706
00:30:38,490 --> 00:30:40,570
- I think about those girls.
707
00:30:40,580 --> 00:30:45,500
They went into it with naivete
and with fun and excitement.
708
00:30:45,590 --> 00:30:49,930
And then to be muffled,
discarded,
709
00:30:50,010 --> 00:30:51,420
like it didn't matter?
710
00:30:51,500 --> 00:30:53,250
♪ ♪
711
00:30:53,340 --> 00:30:56,090
And you would think
that Playboy mht want
712
00:30:56,100 --> 00:31:01,260
to help young ladies
713
00:31:01,350 --> 00:31:04,520
by pparing them
for something like that,
714
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:06,680
but that didn't happen,
715
00:31:06,690 --> 00:31:11,350
because the image
of the Playboy Bunny
716
00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:15,200
had to remn sterling silver.
717
00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:24,210
- There were girls that were
silenced after being raped
718
00:31:24,290 --> 00:31:26,880
in parng lots outside the clubs.
719
00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:29,050
And they would go
to their Bunny Mothers
720
00:31:29,130 --> 00:31:30,880
and tell the Bunny Mothers,
and some wouldn't.
721
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,040
It was a lucrative job.
722
00:31:33,050 --> 00:31:37,800
They were afraid to come
forward with a VIP assault.
723
00:31:37,810 --> 00:31:39,380
They would lose their job,
724
00:31:39,390 --> 00:31:41,300
because that's how it worked
with Playboy.
725
00:31:41,310 --> 00:31:43,720
You open your mouth,
you're outta here.
726
00:31:43,730 --> 00:31:45,480
And there was
a constant turnover
727
00:31:45,570 --> 00:31:47,560
of Bunnies, constant.
728
00:31:47,570 --> 00:31:49,810
In the 10 years
that I wked for Playboy,
729
00:31:49,820 --> 00:31:52,810
I would venture to say
that there were probably
730
00:31:52,820 --> 00:31:56,730
40 to 50 young women
that were silenced by Playboy
731
00:31:56,740 --> 00:32:00,080
because of abuse, sexual abuse.
732
00:32:00,150 --> 00:32:03,490
I was dating Joe Piastro,
who was the head of security.
733
00:32:03,500 --> 00:32:05,080
And we were part
of the cleanup crew.
734
00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:07,660
In other words, if anything
scandalo happened,
735
00:32:07,670 --> 00:32:09,920
we had to clean it up
so it wouldn't hit the press
736
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,500
and it certainly wouldn't go
to the police department.
737
00:32:12,580 --> 00:32:14,590
And there were scandals
in every club.
738
00:32:14,670 --> 00:32:17,180
You weren't allowed
to take them to a hospital.
739
00:32:17,250 --> 00:32:20,420
You had to call
Playboy security,
740
00:32:20,430 --> 00:32:23,340
and Playboy security
had to handle everything.
741
00:32:23,350 --> 00:32:25,850
That was the cleanup crew.
742
00:32:25,860 --> 00:32:28,860
- It was a big thing,
for Hefner,
743
00:32:28,930 --> 00:32:31,430
to not have that kind ofeat.
744
00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:34,450
He did not want the LAPD
coming down on him.
745
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:37,370
He had a lot of protection
within that force.
746
00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:41,290
And the security there
were ex-LAPD officers.
747
00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:43,280
- Neil Spots came on board
748
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:46,380
as the West Coast manager
of security.
749
00:32:46,460 --> 00:32:51,880
And Neil was a retired LAPD
intelligence detective.
750
00:32:51,970 --> 00:32:55,470
Neil was a key player within
the intelligence division.
751
00:32:55,550 --> 00:32:58,390
So there's no question
at Neil Spot
752
00:32:58,460 --> 00:33:02,060
had his fingers
in a lot of pies.
753
00:33:02,060 --> 00:33:04,390
And so if there was anybody
that had the power
754
00:33:04,470 --> 00:33:06,890
to make something go away,
755
00:33:06,900 --> 00:33:08,720
that would be Neil.
756
00:33:08,810 --> 00:33:10,150
♪ ♪
757
00:33:10,220 --> 00:33:11,980
- I worked for Playboy,
758
00:33:12,060 --> 00:33:14,240
and I protected the brand.
759
00:33:14,310 --> 00:33:17,150
If a girl had committed
an indiscretion
760
00:33:17,230 --> 00:33:19,070
or if she got in trouble,
761
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:21,230
I would nimize it.
762
00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:22,490
I did damage control.
763
00:33:22,570 --> 00:33:24,320
- Miki Garcia says that she was
764
00:33:24,330 --> 00:33:26,830
part of a cleanup crew
765
00:33:26,910 --> 00:33:28,490
at Playboy.
- Mm-hmm.
766
00:33:28,500 --> 00:33:30,580
- Can you confirm the existence
of a cleanup crew?
767
00:33:30,590 --> 00:33:32,330
- Oh, yeah.
768
00:33:32,340 --> 00:33:34,510
That's absolutely true.
769
00:33:34,580 --> 00:33:37,720
She was totally involved
in that.
770
00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:38,930
♪ ♪
771
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:43,430
It was
a fairly well-kept secret.
772
00:33:43,510 --> 00:33:46,180
When I was first hired,
773
00:33:46,260 --> 00:33:49,690
Joe Piastro sat me down,
and he says,
774
00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:54,270
"If you ever go to
the 'National Enquirer, '
775
00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:56,690
"if you ever talk to t media
776
00:33:56,700 --> 00:33:59,450
"about anything
that you see here,
777
00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:01,370
you're going to wish
you hadn't."
778
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:03,040
♪ ♪
779
00:34:03,110 --> 00:34:04,870
And that was part of the deal
at Playboy, you know.
780
00:34:04,950 --> 00:34:06,530
♪ ♪
781
00:34:06,540 --> 00:34:10,630
You're expected
to protect Playboy.
782
00:34:10,700 --> 00:34:14,550
You know, someone
would catch wind of it.
783
00:34:14,620 --> 00:34:18,550
But hey, if she's saying stuff
to--'re concerned
784
00:34:18,630 --> 00:34:22,130
that she might go to the media,
785
00:34:22,140 --> 00:34:23,630
and that's where
the cleanup crew came in.
786
00:34:23,710 --> 00:34:26,050
♪ ♪
787
00:34:26,130 --> 00:34:27,730
- If you were at the Mansion,
788
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:31,720
you were encouraged to talk
and enga with VIPs.
789
00:34:31,730 --> 00:34:33,570
That was the whole point
of being up there.
790
00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:36,490
We were all told,
"Yeah, go talk to this one.
791
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:38,740
Go hang out with this one."
792
00:34:38,810 --> 00:34:41,240
There were situations
where Bunnies would go up
793
00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:43,660
to the Mansion
whether they were drun
794
00:34:43,730 --> 00:34:46,500
cursing, drugged up,
795
00:34:46,570 --> 00:34:50,820
having sex
in the bushes with VIPs.
796
00:34:50,910 --> 00:34:54,160
We had to cleathem up,
straighten them out,
797
00:34:54,170 --> 00:34:56,500
and the Playboy limo
would take them home.
798
00:34:56,580 --> 00:34:58,080
♪ ♪
799
00:34:58,090 --> 00:35:00,260
- My name is Russell Miller,
and I wrote
800
00:35:00,340 --> 00:35:04,430
"Bunny: The Real Story
of Playboy" in 1984.
801
00:35:04,510 --> 00:35:06,930
At the time
I was doing the book,
802
00:35:07,010 --> 00:35:12,600
I probably interviewed
between 15 and 20 ex-Bunnies.
803
00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:15,360
The Bunnies that I talked to
all told
804
00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:17,020
more or less the same story.
805
00:35:17,100 --> 00:35:18,770
♪ ♪
806
00:35:18,780 --> 00:35:22,110
It was an experience
they wouldn't want to repeat.
807
00:35:22,190 --> 00:35:24,940
You know, Hefner often wanted
808
00:35:24,950 --> 00:35:26,790
to have anal intercourse
with them.
809
00:35:26,860 --> 00:35:28,950
A lot of them hadn't had
that experience before,
810
00:35:29,030 --> 00:35:30,710
and didn't like it,
811
00:35:30,790 --> 00:35:33,960
and felt somehow that they
weren't sort of good enough
812
00:35:34,030 --> 00:35:35,290
for even a cuddle,
813
00:35:35,370 --> 00:35:39,460
but it was just
this mechanical act,
814
00:35:39,550 --> 00:35:42,290
which was unpleasant
and painful.
815
00:35:42,300 --> 00:35:44,460
- A lot of the women
were sodomized,
816
00:35:44,470 --> 00:35:47,310
because they didn't want
to get them pregnant.
817
00:35:47,390 --> 00:35:50,300
When the men finished off,
they just left them.
818
00:35:50,310 --> 00:35:51,980
Dropped them off.
Left them.
819
00:35:52,050 --> 00:35:54,150
♪ ♪
820
00:35:54,220 --> 00:35:55,980
No woman deserves to be treated
821
00:35:56,060 --> 00:35:58,070
like a piece of meat.
822
00:35:58,140 --> 00:36:00,650
You're supposed
to protect these girls.
823
00:36:00,740 --> 00:36:03,660
I was angry.
I couldn't believe it.
824
00:36:03,730 --> 00:36:06,070
♪ ♪
825
00:36:06,150 --> 00:36:08,900
The culture of Playboy
was fun and games,
826
00:36:08,910 --> 00:36:11,000
and they could do
whatever they wanted to do.
827
00:36:11,070 --> 00:36:13,000
Bunnies were easy prey.
828
00:36:13,070 --> 00:36:14,330
♪ ♪
829
00:36:18,410 --> 00:36:20,660
- Yeah, there was--there was
a really bad thing
830
00:36:20,670 --> 00:36:24,430
that happened
with two of these young Bunnies
831
00:36:24,500 --> 00:36:28,670
and a major VIP keyholder.
832
00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:32,680
And this story was a story
of a massive cleanup
833
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:34,690
that never hit the press.
834
00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:37,430
It was probably
the most horrific story
835
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:38,980
I've ever heard in Playboy.
836
00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:47,270
- Two of my baby Bunnies--
And I call them baby Bunnies
837
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:49,030
'cause they were 20
and 21 years old
838
00:36:49,110 --> 00:36:51,110
or 21 and 22 years old.
839
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:52,360
They were sisters,
840
00:36:52,370 --> 00:36:53,710
and I hired them on the spot
841
00:36:53,780 --> 00:36:55,790
'cause they were
absolutely adorable.
842
00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:57,620
They just got done training,
843
00:36:57,630 --> 00:36:59,540
and they were excited to be
844
00:36:59,550 --> 00:37:01,710
in California and to Hollywood.
845
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:03,370
And theyent
to Carlos 'N Charlie's,
846
00:37:03,380 --> 00:37:05,880
which was the place
that everybody went to
847
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:07,790
to dance and to have fun.
848
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:10,380
Don Cornelius,
who was well known for being
849
00:37:10,460 --> 00:37:12,140
the host of "Soul Train,"
850
00:37:12,220 --> 00:37:14,300
was there in the VIP area.
851
00:37:14,390 --> 00:37:15,470
♪ ♪
852
00:37:15,550 --> 00:37:16,890
- And welcome aboard.
853
00:37:16,900 --> 00:37:19,560
I can guarantee
you'll enjoy the ride.
854
00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:23,570
- Don Cornelius was
a Playboy VIP gold member.
855
00:37:23,650 --> 00:37:25,980
And he iited the baby Bunnies
856
00:37:25,990 --> 00:37:27,560
to sit in his booth
857
00:37:27,650 --> 00:37:29,160
and had drinks with them.
858
00:37:29,230 --> 00:37:31,730
And then he invited them
to go back to his house,
859
00:37:31,740 --> 00:37:33,410
'cause he was going
to have a party.
860
00:37:33,500 --> 00:37:37,240
And they decided
to go to the party,
861
00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:39,660
thinking it was just a party.
862
00:37:39,670 --> 00:37:43,170
And it was encouraged
to take care of the big VIPs.
863
00:37:43,260 --> 00:37:44,910
And Don Cornelius--
864
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:46,830
He had been
in the club many times,
865
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:48,340
many people saw him,
866
00:37:48,420 --> 00:37:51,680
so they di't have
any fear at the time.
867
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:54,850
And these two young girls
got in his Rolls Royce
868
00:37:54,930 --> 00:37:56,600
and went up to his house.
869
00:37:56,680 --> 00:37:59,850
And we didn't hear from em
for three days
870
00:37:59,930 --> 00:38:02,110
and couldn't figure out
where they were.
871
00:38:02,180 --> 00:38:05,100
These two young Bunnies
re at Don Cornelius' house,
872
00:38:05,110 --> 00:38:06,690
and they were separate
873
00:38:06,700 --> 00:38:08,270
One was locked in one room,
874
00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:11,520
and the other
was in another room,
875
00:38:11,530 --> 00:38:13,440
tied up and bound.
876
00:38:13,450 --> 00:38:15,950
Anthe sister could hear
her screaming.
877
00:38:16,030 --> 00:38:21,130
And there were wooden objects
that she was sodomized with.
878
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:24,620
And she could hear her
other sister being brutalized.
879
00:38:24,710 --> 00:38:28,220
It was horrible.
Horrible.
880
00:38:28,290 --> 00:38:29,790
One of the girls
managed to get out
881
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:31,050
and make a phone call
882
00:38:31,130 --> 00:38:32,800
to the Bun Mother at the time.
883
00:38:32,810 --> 00:38:37,140
And as Playboy rules were,
you uldn't call the police.
884
00:38:37,220 --> 00:38:39,800
You call the Mansion
and Joe Piastro.
885
00:38:39,810 --> 00:38:42,230
And they went and got
the Bunnies
886
00:38:42,310 --> 00:38:45,640
bloody, battered, drugged.
887
00:38:45,650 --> 00:38:49,490
And that's when
Playboy security takes over.
888
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:51,740
♪ ♪
889
00:38:51,820 --> 00:38:53,320
The Bunny Mother at the time
890
00:38:53,330 --> 00:38:56,490
was my assistant
before I moved to Chicago,
891
00:38:56,580 --> 00:38:59,330
and she was part
of the cleanup crew,
892
00:38:59,410 --> 00:39:01,170
and she had to clean up
these girls.
893
00:39:01,250 --> 00:39:03,660
She wasn't allowed
to take them to a hospital.
894
00:39:03,670 --> 00:39:05,670
She had to take care
of these young women
895
00:39:05,750 --> 00:39:08,410
and to keep it out of the press.
896
00:39:08,500 --> 00:39:10,510
And I think Hefner knew
all about this.
897
00:39:12,430 --> 00:39:15,180
Because Joe Piastro told me
he had to do a report
898
00:39:15,260 --> 00:39:17,850
every single day
if anything happened.
899
00:39:17,930 --> 00:39:20,840
And Hefner read
the security reports.
900
00:39:20,850 --> 00:39:24,770
- Security there was not about
making sure
901
00:39:24,850 --> 00:39:25,930
these girls were safe.
902
00:39:25,940 --> 00:39:27,350
It was about making sure
903
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:28,940
that the guests
didn't do anything
904
00:39:28,940 --> 00:39:30,690
that Hefner would not
have wanted them to do,
905
00:39:30,770 --> 00:39:32,860
the same way
if you go to a nightclub,
906
00:39:32,870 --> 00:39:35,690
the security guards there
are not there
907
00:39:35,700 --> 00:39:38,950
to make sure
that you get home intact.
908
00:39:38,950 --> 00:39:41,960
They're there to make sure
at the club remains intact,
909
00:39:42,030 --> 00:39:43,880
at this property is intact.
910
00:39:43,950 --> 00:39:46,620
Why would we believe
that the safety
911
00:39:46,630 --> 00:39:49,050
and the security
of these women we a priority
912
00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:51,470
when we have so much evidence
to the contrary?
913
00:39:51,540 --> 00:39:53,300
- I blame myself a lot.
914
00:39:53,380 --> 00:39:56,470
I have such guilt
about not coming forward,
915
00:39:56,550 --> 00:39:59,880
but I knew
that the establishment
916
00:39:59,970 --> 00:40:01,890
wouldn't allow me toome forward.
917
00:40:01,970 --> 00:40:06,150
And who's going to believe me?
Nobody's going to believe me.
918
00:40:06,220 --> 00:40:07,820
These girls didn't want
to come forward.
919
00:40:07,900 --> 00:40:09,480
I asked them.
920
00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:12,310
For these young girls,
what they went through,
921
00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:14,730
you--nobody has any idea.
922
00:40:14,740 --> 00:40:17,400
My job was to pick up
the pieces.
923
00:40:17,410 --> 00:40:19,660
I had to pick up
the pieces of these kids.
924
00:40:19,750 --> 00:40:21,900
They were kids.
925
00:40:21,990 --> 00:40:23,660
Hefner definitely knew.
926
00:40:23,670 --> 00:40:25,490
Knew all the time. He knew.
927
00:40:25,500 --> 00:40:27,920
- Hugh Hefner, are you
a moral person?
928
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,660
- Well, that is a part
of my life
929
00:40:30,670 --> 00:40:34,080
which is particularly important
to me.
930
00:40:34,090 --> 00:40:36,340
So many of my dreams
ha come true,
931
00:40:36,350 --> 00:40:38,170
and with it, obviously,
has come wealth and celebrity
932
00:40:38,180 --> 00:40:39,840
and a great deal of power.
933
00:40:39,850 --> 00:40:41,680
And it is in a situation
like that
934
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:45,350
when you really begin to find
out who you are as a person
935
00:40:45,430 --> 00:40:47,020
and you begin to really find out
936
00:40:47,100 --> 00:40:49,350
what your morality is r.
937
00:40:49,430 --> 00:40:53,190
And one of thehings
that is most important to me
938
00:40:53,270 --> 00:40:54,610
is the way that I handle that.
939
00:40:54,690 --> 00:40:58,280
♪ ♪
940
00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:02,360
- I feel very bad that I had
to keep my mouth closed
941
00:41:02,370 --> 00:41:06,030
when I wanteto cuddle
these girls and take them home
942
00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:07,710
and get them some therap
943
00:41:07,780 --> 00:41:09,700
and get them some medical care,
944
00:41:09,710 --> 00:41:13,460
not just ship them off
like they were trash.
945
00:41:13,470 --> 00:41:16,050
The thing that was
so outrageous to me,
946
00:41:16,140 --> 00:41:21,220
that made meo angry,
is that no charges were filed,
947
00:41:21,310 --> 00:41:25,220
and Don Cornelius' privileges
as a number one VIP
948
00:41:25,230 --> 00:41:26,640
was never suspended.
949
00:41:26,720 --> 00:41:29,400
He was back in the club
the following week.
950
00:41:29,470 --> 00:41:32,890
Back in the club
the following week.
951
00:41:32,900 --> 00:41:36,740
- I think a moral person is one
who approaches his life
952
00:41:36,820 --> 00:41:44,820
or her life in a way that
itas a positive influence,
953
00:41:45,660 --> 00:41:47,500
before you were there.
954
00:41:47,570 --> 00:41:50,500
I'm the most moral millionaire
that I've ever known.
955
00:41:50,580 --> 00:41:52,340
♪ ♪
956
00:41:52,410 --> 00:41:54,080
- As a Bunny, you felt powerful,
957
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:57,180
you felt glamorous,
you felt attractive,
958
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:03,260
could be a liability
959
00:42:03,340 --> 00:42:05,260
when you took it off.
960
00:42:05,340 --> 00:42:08,270
You lost your power
without the costume.
961
00:42:08,350 --> 00:42:10,100
Didn't have protection.
962
00:42:40,890 --> 00:42:42,210
- I heard the rumors
that you could get
963
00:42:42,300 --> 00:42:43,710
whatever you wanted
in the Mansion.
964
00:42:43,720 --> 00:42:45,560
If you wanted marijuana,
you could get it.
965
00:42:45,630 --> 00:42:47,720
If you wanted cocaine,
you could get it.
966
00:42:47,730 --> 00:42:52,310
- Playboy was a natural target
for law enforcement.
967
00:42:52,310 --> 00:42:55,730
- Bobbie Arnstein was arrested
outside the Playboy Mansion.
968
00:42:55,810 --> 00:42:57,650
- And she was accused
of conspiracy
969
00:42:57,730 --> 00:42:59,480
to distribute cocaine.
970
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:03,240
- All they wanted her for
was to flip on Hef.
971
00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:06,580
- Narcotics agents frequently
use our severe drug laws
972
00:43:06,650 --> 00:43:08,570
in an arbitrary
and capricious manner
973
00:43:08,580 --> 00:43:11,240
to elicit the desired testimony
for a trial.
974
00:43:11,250 --> 00:43:14,000
- The feds suspected that both
Bobbie Arnstein
975
00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:16,000
and my sister, Adrienne,
976
00:43:16,080 --> 00:43:19,170
were involved in
trafficking drugs for Playboy.
71827
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