He had previously granted full access to documentary filmmaker and television producer Kevin Burns for the A & E Biography special Hugh Hefner: American Playboy in 1996.

In those 11 years, Martin and his panel of pals successfully ridiculed and made fun of these legendary stars in this order: Ronald Reagan, Hugh Hefner, Ed McMahon, William Conrad, Kirk Douglas, Bette Davis, Barry Goldwater, Johnny Carson, Wilt Chamberlain, Hubert Humphrey, Carroll O ' Connor, Monty Hall, Jack Klugman & Tony Randall, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Leo Durocher, Truman Capote, Don Rickles, Ralph Nader, Jack Benny, Redd Foxx, Bobby Riggs, George Washington, Dan Rowan & Dick Martin, Hank Aaron, Joe Namath, Bob Hope, Telly Savalas, Lucille Ball, Jackie Gleason, Sammy Davis Jr, Michael Landon, Evel Knievel, Valerie Harper, Muhammad Ali, Dean Martin, Dennis Weaver, Joe Garagiola, Danny Thomas, Angie Dickinson, Gabe Kaplan, Ted Knight, Peter Marshall, Dan Haggerty, Frank Sinatra, Jack Klugman, Jimmy Stewart, George Burns, Betty White, Suzanne Somers, Joan Collins, and Mr T. For nearly a decade, Martin had recorded as many as four albums a year for Reprise Records.

The series was created by executive producer Kevin Burns and Hugh Hefner, founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine.

Kevin Burns approached Hefner in 2005, which resulted in a pilot called " Hef's World " being filmed.

Dorothy never again spoke with her late husband's family nor with Hefner, and remarried approximately a year later.

Hefner also later sued Bogdanovich for the negative portrayals in Bogdanovich's book about Stratten, The Killing of the Unicorn.

Originally, the guests on these segments were NPR personalities and reporters, but the pool of guests later expanded to include mostly celebrity guests, ranging from former U. S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright who was asked questions on the history of Hugh Hefner and Playboy magazine, to author Salman Rushdie who was asked about the history of Pez candy.

He attended Hefner Middle School and Putnam City North High School, in Oklahoma City, and later went on to attend Oklahoma State University, where he studied broadcast journalism.

'" Hefner later said that the ideal centerfold is one in which " a situation is suggested, the presence of someone not in the picture "; the goal was to transform " a straight pinup into an intimate interlude, something personal and special.

Ferrie and Stephen were later joined by Andrew Pendlebury ( ex-The Sports ; lead guitar, vocals ), Terry Doolan ( ex-Sacred Cowboys ; rhythm guitar, vocals ), and Des Hefner ( ex-The Birthday Party ; drums, vocals ).

Featuring John Morrison ( who also played in Hefner on bass guitar ) and Brynn Burrows ( later replaced by Sean Murphy ) on drums.

Germany, Austria and Scandinavia used the Hefnerkerze, a unit based on the output of a Hefner lamp.

A documentary by Brigitte Berman, Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel, was released on July 30, 2010.

In 1992 Smith was chosen by Hugh Hefner to appear on the cover of the March issue of Playboy, where she was listed as Vickie Smith, wearing a low-cut evening gown.

In Angel: After the Fall, Spike has adjusted to Los Angeles ' new status as a literal hell on Earth ; he and Illyria both serve together as the Demon Lords of Beverly Hills, living in the Playboy Mansion after the death of Hugh Hefner and served by a harem of human and demon females known collectively as the " Spikettes.

Tension between Cave and Howard soon came to a head, but it was Harvey who first left the group – their final tour saw Des Hefner on drums.

The sidewalk on the right leads to the game house and runs past a Hollywood Star of Hefner.

Germany, Austria, and Scandinavia used the Hefnerkerze, a unit based on the output of a Hefner lamp.

Hugh Hefner sued the producers of the film because he did not like the way he was portrayed, perhaps in part because the article the film was based on suggested that Stratten was as much a victim of Hefner and Bogdanovich as she was of Snider.

* In the 1993 Simpsons episode " Krusty Gets Kancelled ", guest star Hugh Hefner plays a portion of Peter and the Wolf on wine glasses.

The British band Hefner released a song titled " Down Street ", on their 2006 album Catfight, according to the sleeve notes of which, it is set in the early 1930s and tells the story of two lovers who meet at the station.

He went on to lose the general election to Hefner.

In 2004, with funding from Timeline Films, and with the help of Hugh Hefner and his film preservation organization, Sarah J. Baker premiered her documentary on Olive Thomas's life titled Olive Thomas: Everybody's Sweetheart.

Hefner formally acknowledged the origin of the Playboy Bunny in a letter to Bunny's Tavern, which is now framed and on public display in the bar.

They also produced Playboy: The Mansion ( 2004 ), a simulation game based on the life of Hugh Hefner and Playboy, and a PlayStation 2 version of the classic board game Risk.

Hefner built a reputation as an advocate for military veterans, and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salisbury, North Carolina, was renamed in his honor on April 16, 1999.

Her appearance in the magazine opened the door for her to headline and operate two different Playboy Jazz Clubs, both under Hugh Hefner ’ s overview, which she called Lainie ’ s Lounge East and West on opposite coasts, one in Los Angeles and the other in Manhattan.

The Lake Hefner Golf Course is located on the southwest corner of the lake.

The other marina on Lake Hefner is the Oklahoma City Boat Club, a private organization that holds weekly sailboat races during the summer and is located on the east side.

True Hollywood Story profile of Hefner revealed that Mildred allowed him to sleep with other women, out of guilt for her infidelity and in the hopes that it would preserve their marriage.

According to Playboy Enterprises ' SEC filings, Hefner pays Playboy rent for " that portion of the Playboy Mansion used exclusively for him and his personal guests ' residence as well as the per-unit value of non-business meals, beverages and other benefits received by him and his personal guests ".

Coupled with the youth activism of Tom Hayden, Keith Hefner and other 1960s youth, this laid a powerful precedent for modern youth activism.

* BLOG related to fishing Lake Hefner and other OKC lakes.

It features scenes from the movie, news of the time and interviews, both from archive and purpose-made, with director Gerard Damiano, actor Harry Reems, actress Linda Lovelace, Gore Vidal, Larry Flynt, Hugh Hefner, John Waters, Erica Jong, a prosecutor, Reems ' defense, Mafia money collectors, and other people involved or just commenting on the film.

* John Morrison ( musician ), bass guitarist in Hefner and other bands

The organization was founded by fifteen-year-old Keith Hefner and other Ann Arbor teenagers around December 1970, when the first draft of the Youth Liberation platform was written.

Hefner is often on the show along with various Playmates and other celebrities.

Carr worked behind the scenes at Playboy with Hugh Hefner and was a co-creator of the Playboy Penthouse television series, which in turn launched the Playboy Clubs.

Allan John Melvin ( February 18, 1923 – January 17, 2008 ) was an American character actor who appeared in several television shows, including the roles of Corporal Henshaw on The Phil Silvers Show ; Alice's boyfriend Sam the Butcher on The Brady Bunch ; and Archie Bunker's friend Barney Hefner on All in the Family and Archie Bunker's Place.

With Village People gaining fame, Hughes became one of the icons of the disco era, even appearing in a special television broadcast in Playboy Mansion with Hugh Hefner.

series The Girls Next Door ( which chronicles the lives of the three girlfriends of Hugh Hefner ) in which the Playmates throw a baby shower for Victoria.

In the 12th episode of the first season of reality show The Girls Next Door, Hugh Hefner and his girlfriends are shown having dinner at one of the Jekyll & Hyde restaurants.