First there was a vaguely legitimate magazine with naked women. Then, starting in 1960, there were clubs run by the vaguely legitimate magazine with naked women, featuring lots of nearly naked women—not to mention good food, plenty of liquor, top entertainment and a general sense of superiority among members and their guests at having gained entrance to a club run by the vaguely legitimate magazine with naked women. Though now remembered mostly as the inspiration for a middling TV show (as opposed to this kinda cool TV show), there was a time where Playboy founder Hugh Hefner’s empire was both extremely profitable and global, and his four dozen or so clubs (from Chicago to Beirut to Osaka) had no small part in making the brand one of the most recognizable in the world.
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