From the 1960s through the 1990s (with a peak happening sometime between the late 70s and early 90s), Playboy was a favorite point of conversation for mainstream news outlets. By the 80s boom of talk shows and tabloid television, it was hard to go a full week without a story from Playboy showing up somewhere on major network television or later on cable television.
So this thread is a place to shine the spotlight on those appearances that are now gone the wayside. Now, even showing the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover requires parental advisories and viewer discretion warnings with the famous pink censor strips being used that used to be reserved only for the most revealing photos.
In the past it was a different world and the stuff that programs and networks got away with showing is far and away more revealing than anything most networks would dare attempt today.
Case in point: the first clip I have to share.
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The Playmate of the Year for 1991, Lisa Matthews made an appearance on "Late Night with David Letterman." Now, right off the bat, a Playmate getting an appearance on a late night talk show today is rare at best (in fact, I can't remember the last time I saw it happen.)
However, beyond that, the lingerie clips and the focus on specific body parts in the video preview they showed is something that few if any talk shows would even consider using today. It also made for a great response from Letterman.
So this thread is a place to shine the spotlight on those appearances that are now gone the wayside. Now, even showing the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover requires parental advisories and viewer discretion warnings with the famous pink censor strips being used that used to be reserved only for the most revealing photos.
In the past it was a different world and the stuff that programs and networks got away with showing is far and away more revealing than anything most networks would dare attempt today.
Case in point: the first clip I have to share.
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The Playmate of the Year for 1991, Lisa Matthews made an appearance on "Late Night with David Letterman." Now, right off the bat, a Playmate getting an appearance on a late night talk show today is rare at best (in fact, I can't remember the last time I saw it happen.)
However, beyond that, the lingerie clips and the focus on specific body parts in the video preview they showed is something that few if any talk shows would even consider using today. It also made for a great response from Letterman.
