3/24/2024 0 Comments Penthouse magazine old photos![]() Sexual slurs, I soon discovered, occurred offhandedly between coworkers no one seemed to realize how deeply the magazine’s content had invaded our psyches. At the other end of the spectrum was the prudish, tight-lipped copy editor who let me proofread every article except the Forum, as if this would preserve my fast-fleeting purity. She crossed out sentences with red pencil between chortles and burst Bubblicious bubbles. The Forum editor was a smart-talking, gum-chewing, big-haired gal who wore spandex pants nearly every day. I also liked the mailman and the lusty ladies on his route who licked his postage stamps (and more). ![]() My favorite was the well-endowed lawn boy who, with a few deep thrusts, defrosted the haughty housewife. Hunched over my desk, I found myself more than slightly aroused by my first-time foray into libidinous wordplay. Then there were the infamous Penthouse Forum letters-the sexual escapades, real or imagined, of “ordinary” men. Much of my time was spent reading the slush pile, which was composed of bizarre, poorly written short stories, usually sci-fi, where women’s measurements were more amply described than character or plot line. (To rationalize their work, they quoted the First Amendment constantly, with the righteous flourish of Bible-thumpers.) Some appeared indifferent to my presence, while others looked me over with concern, as if they were witnessing the conclusion of my wholesome girlhood. He led me around the narrow banks of cubicles and introduced me to everyone on staff, most of whom were women. Peter was middle-aged, with dark, thinning hair, though his strongest feature was his teeth, which were incredibly crooked, giving him a kinky menace when he smiled at me. I was certain he could discern, with his pornographer’s X-ray vision, that I was still a virgin. ![]() The editor in chief looked me over as if I were Snow White fluttering into his den of perversity. My first day, I wore a pressed skirt and blouse, though when I emerged from the elevator into a corridor hung with framed posters of naked Pets on Bob Guccione’s knee, I wondered whether the dress code was nothing at all. He’d drop me off at the Penthouse offices on Broadway and then head crosstown to his upstanding job at the United Nations. The Brooklyn native went from nearly entering the priesthood to running a mainstream adult magazine that showed America more skin than any previous publication at the time and becoming one of the richest men in America.Every morning, my father and I would commute together from suburban Long Island. Hefner sought to portray the suave, sophisticated man of leisure, but Guccione cut a rougher figure, wearing wide-open disco shirts and gold chains and running more explicit photo spreads and tabloid journalistic investigations in his magazine. While the pipe-smoking, velvet-pajama-wearing Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner was the mainstream face of men's magazines in America, Guccione cultivated a more outrageous reputation, constantly pushing the envelope of good taste and seeking to outgun his lifelong rival in the skin trade with outrageous layouts and stunts. Herrick/ Getty Images Penthouse magazine founder Bob Guccione died on Wednesday after a long battle with cancer, according to The Associated Press. By Gil Kaufman Bob Guccione in 2003 Photo: D. ![]() Williams filed a lawsuit against Chiapel and Penthouse boss Bob Guccione, but dropped it a year later. We had no idea there'd be all this anger and hatred." And there was more controversy to come - just 10 months into her reign as Miss America, Williams became the centre of a nude photo scandal and was pressure to resign her crown after the candid Tom Chiapel shots appeared in Penthouse magazine. People sent notes: 'you're Dead, B**Ch.' We were so worried. But someone wrote that they were going to throw acid in her face. "The New York Daily News ran a photo of Bruce (my boyfriend) and me - and the response was, 'Oh my God! She has a white boyfriend!' My mother received death threats." And Helen confesses she was petrified for her daughter's safety, recalling, "I was so proud of her. ![]() I had made history, but for some (black people), winning wouldn't suffice. Writing about the fall-out in her new memoir You Have No Idea, which Williams co-authored with her mum Helen, the star reveals, "As the 1983 Miss America put the crown on my head, I had no emotion - I wasn't very happy. The Ugly Betty star was crowned New York's Miss Syracuse back in 1983 and she continued on the pageant path until she made history and became the first African-American to land the U.S. Actress/singer Vanessa Williams' mother received racially-charged death threats after her daughter became the first black Miss America in 1983. ![]()
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