Standing on the Playboy Mansion grounds, John Salley seemed out of place.
He wasn't, he said. "Man, I feel like I've always lived here."
Visually, that didn't click. He's 47, black, 6-foot-11, athletic; many of the people on the mansion grounds were young, white and slender, negotiating the cobblestone in short dresses and high heels.
But for a guy who grew up in Brooklyn and spent six pro-basketball years Detroit, this fits a broader image. "When we visited (California), I told my mother, 'I'm going to live here someday,' " Salley said.
Maybe that explains - a little bit - why Playboy keeps resurfacing in media, including an NBC series.
It has been 58 years since Playboy magazine began, decades since its American clubs closed. "I'm happy to say that the film that was made (in 1985) out of the expose I did lasted longer than the clubs it was exposing," Gloria Steinem said.
Still, Playboy keeps resurfacing, including NBC's "The Playboy Club," which is set in 1961 and focuses on the women working as "bunnies."
They weren't victimized, argued Amber Heard, who stars. "It's a ... puritanical way we look at things, that we consider if it involves sexuality, the women must be compromised."
People will argue about that after seeing the opener, in which her character needs a macho man to rescue her from a mobster. Still, the show is part of a Playboy comeback via:
• A reality-TV surge on cable. "The Girls Next Door" led to spin-offs "Kendra" and "Holly's World."
• The Playboy Channel, which has added "TV For Two" shows aimed at couples.
He wasn't, he said. "Man, I feel like I've always lived here."
Visually, that didn't click. He's 47, black, 6-foot-11, athletic; many of the people on the mansion grounds were young, white and slender, negotiating the cobblestone in short dresses and high heels.
But for a guy who grew up in Brooklyn and spent six pro-basketball years Detroit, this fits a broader image. "When we visited (California), I told my mother, 'I'm going to live here someday,' " Salley said.
Maybe that explains - a little bit - why Playboy keeps resurfacing in media, including an NBC series.
It has been 58 years since Playboy magazine began, decades since its American clubs closed. "I'm happy to say that the film that was made (in 1985) out of the expose I did lasted longer than the clubs it was exposing," Gloria Steinem said.
Still, Playboy keeps resurfacing, including NBC's "The Playboy Club," which is set in 1961 and focuses on the women working as "bunnies."
They weren't victimized, argued Amber Heard, who stars. "It's a ... puritanical way we look at things, that we consider if it involves sexuality, the women must be compromised."
People will argue about that after seeing the opener, in which her character needs a macho man to rescue her from a mobster. Still, the show is part of a Playboy comeback via:
• A reality-TV surge on cable. "The Girls Next Door" led to spin-offs "Kendra" and "Holly's World."
• The Playboy Channel, which has added "TV For Two" shows aimed at couples.
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