Sorry, playgirls and gay boys, after 35 years of nude dudes, Playgirl magazine is shuttering its print publication. According to an e-mail editor-in-chief Nicole Caldwell sent to the media, "Playgirl is going all-Web. The last print issue will be the Jan/Feb 2009 magazine, which comes out Nov. 18."
After the jump, a (Wikipedia-assisted) list of all the famous men who appeared either nude or semi-nude in Playgirl's pages over the years.
• Scott Bakula
• Steve Bond
• Jim Brown
• Steve Burton
• Gary Conway
• Jonn Ericson
• Fabian
• Christopher George
• Tyrese Gibson
• Sam J. Jones (as "Andrew J. Cooper III")
• Big Daddy Kane
• Vito LoGrasso
• Peter Lupus
• Shane Minor
• Dan Pastorini
• Marcus Patrick
• Brad Pitt
• Chris Pontius
• George Maharis
• Shawn Michaels
• Kevin Sorbo
• Peter Steele (Type O Negative)
• Don Stroud
• Keith Urban[3]
• Victor Webster
• Lyle Waggoner
• Fred Williamson
• Darryl Worley
• Steve Yeager
• Lou Zivkovich
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I'm guessing PlayGirl never matched the numbers sold that PlayBoy did. I bet if they make a successful transition to the web, PlayBoy won't be far behind. It would save them a ton of money.
I respectfully disagree keebs, if playgirl goes all internet where will men get centerfolds to decorate their houses with?
How could you forget David Duchovny? Best playgirl ever.
I remember when my best friend and I found Playgirl magazines in her fathers closet. It was sort of shocking for 11 year old girls for two reasons: 1. boners 2. finding out your friends dad is gay.
Well with "going green" being the new thing to do, going from print to strictly internet does save on paper.
Fox Mulder did playgirl????? Where can i find that!?
I remember when Peter Steele got all mad when he found out that Playgirl was mostly read by gay men. Heelarious.
Wikipedia-assisted? The Cord doth protest too much, methinks. Get thee to a nunnery.
Good thing we still have US Weekly to supply us with a neverending parade of boners.
Lyle Waggoner? Was that the dude on the Carole Burnett show? I bet that really pissed off Tim Conway but I think it was the better choice. I don't think I'd want to see Tim's apple dumpling gang.
All they needed an octogenarian and her 3 hot pool boys and they'd be in business.
I really prefer "Latin Inches," which features men in all their glory: pimples, stragly pre-beards, and that glazed over look that can only come from the illicit drugs used to lure these guys into uncomfortable nudity in the first place. Go ahead and open one up sometime; you'll be so glad you knew it existed.
It is a "no boner" publication. Most of the "famous men" had a towel over it anyway.
Those two words, latin and inches makes me fell sad and confused. I would think it was about measuring shit amongst the latin community.
Dang, I meant feel. I'm not sure how you fell sad.
I remember boner. This was 70's Playgirl, maybe things were different back then.
I remember that too, kittenpaw. Then later they went soft core. I think. I am trying to remember.
All I know is why would I want to buy a soft core magazine? I can go to the beach any day of the week and see it for free. Or the gym.
That's the only reason, (besides the sauna and whirlpool)for me to go to the gym. All the soft core porn walking around.
Looking at dongs is not my idea of a hot afternoon. There I said it.