Wasn't there a Playboy TV show in the 50's or 60's?

[Archae]

I seem to vaguely remember it.

[Greybnk48]

1. Yes. 60's I think. Was it Playboy After Dark?

A living room full of men and bunnies with Hef strolling around in a tuxedo or PJ's and a robe.

[GReedDiamond]

2. There was, it was called "Playboy After Dark" and featured many great...

...musical artists of the time, here's one I just watched last night on Youtube:

Episodes with the Grateful Dead, Steppenwolf, Canned Heat, and more are on Youtube.

BTW, I admit to loving the Cowsills!

[nolabear]

3. Six degrees: Mr. Bear's childhood friend is married to Susan.

I guess they still are. Kind of an awful bit of trivia, Peter committed suicide in NO in the wake of Katrina. It was all very strange.

[GReedDiamond]

7. Russ Broussard?

[nolabear]

8. Peter Holsapple, actually. They divorced. I never met her.

He's had a pretty interesting career.

[GReedDiamond]

10. Right, Peter was in the dbs and Continental Drifters...

...if I recall correctly.

[nolabear]

17. Indeed he was. He produced a lot of people too.

He and Mr. Bear grew up in Winston-Salem together.

[lunamagica]

4. The woman with Hefner looks a lot like Barbi Benton. I remember her from

The Love Boat and Fantasy Island. She looks pregnant. Were they married and had children?

[TeamPooka]

11. They were "together" for a while.

[msongs]

6. I love the flower girl... nt

[NBachers]

5. I remember flipping channels and catching Iron Butterfly on Playboy After Dark.

[Aristus]

9. IIRC, the on-air parties were integrated, with black and white people socializing together.

I'll bet that put a lot of Southern noses out of joint.

[onenote]

13. I doubt it was available in a lot of southern cities

it was not a national network show. I don't know how many stations offered it, but it wouldn't surprise me if it's distribution was pretty limited.

[nolabear]

18. It was in New Orleans. I saw it on a station there.

It always made me chuckle that the Playboy Club in NO went bust. Too much competition.

[onenote]

19. Not surprising. New Orleans isn't your typical bible belt city.

[nolabear]

21. True dat.

[onenote]

12. It was broadcast for two seasons: 1969 and 1970

It was a non-network syndicated show. Not certain how many stations carried it.

[spanone]

14. yep, i first saw jazz players on there.....playing live....cool

playboy penthouse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy%27s_Penthouse

[misanthrope]

15. The original was "Playboy Penthouse" in the very early 1960s

More suave than the later version, it took the form of a cocktail party with live music. Considered sophisticated and edgy for the time, it featured live jazz and top entertainers in a relaxed setting.

Here's one with Ella Fitzgerald and Lenny Bruce that seems straight out of an episode of "Mad Men."

[onenote]

20. yep. 1959 and 1960

again, a syndicated program that was not available on a nationwide basis.

[Orsino]

16. .

https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/dukakis-after-dark/n9716