# Does posing in Playboy EVER rejuvenate a celebrity's career? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 3, 2002, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-posing-in-playboy-ever-rejuvenate-a-celebritys-career/130680 "2002-10-03T14:47:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-posing-in-playboy-ever-rejuvenate-a-celebritys-career/130680/21 "2002-10-04T01:49:02Z")
Celine Dion’s got Pinocchio’s nose. Could put an eye out with that thing. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-posing-in-playboy-ever-rejuvenate-a-celebritys-career/130680/22 "2002-10-04T02:37:46Z")
**Guin** : yes, they were graphic, but when she posed for them, it wasn’t for nationwide publication in Penthouse. IIRC, it wasn’t until after her crowning that someone in Penthouse discovered the photos, bought the rights and printed them. Had she lost the contest, the pictures would probably just be gathering dust in some photographer’s closet. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-posing-in-playboy-ever-rejuvenate-a-celebritys-career/130680/23 "2002-10-04T02:42:39Z")
Forgot to add my main point, which was that while the “posing” part was deliberate, the “for Penthouse” was not. ---
**Author:** ![AladyLikeNoOther](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@AladyLikeNoOther](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AladyLikeNoOther)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-posing-in-playboy-ever-rejuvenate-a-celebritys-career/130680/24 "2002-10-04T05:52:50Z")
If you have real artistic talent, posing is not going to make or break you. What will make or break you in the long hall is whether or not you have a real talent in the first place . . . Marilyn Monroe was killed tragically which I think led a lot to her popularity. That and the fact politicians were involved . . . "It was scandlous . . . " On The Anna Nicole Smith show . . . The show is shallow and lacks any real substance and I don’t have to watch it once to tell you. In fact, I have never watched it. But I will be worried if people find it etertaining enough to keep it aired past the “novelty” stage . . . ---
**Author:** ![Lure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@Lure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lure)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-posing-in-playboy-ever-rejuvenate-a-celebritys-career/130680/25 "2002-10-04T07:42:30Z")
Monroe didn’t pose for Playboy.That pic predated Playboy by abt.5 yrs.IIRC.These were taken when she was struggling in the late 40s.Her big role that cemented her sex symbol image was Niagara ca.'52,which also predated Playboy by a year or so. She first entered public consciousness in '50 in the Asphalt Jungle.Playboy had nothing to do with her star quality.It was her wiggle.She didn’t wear a girdle-which was stock for all women then,and it’s said she had one shoeheel lower than the other to enhance the jiggle. She was a lot bigger than Playboy ever was in the mid fifties,and probly would have loved to have the calendar pictures back (the ones printed in Playboy) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-posing-in-playboy-ever-rejuvenate-a-celebritys-career/130680/26 "2002-10-04T13:21:06Z")
I kinda have to take issue with the “killed tragically” part, myself. ---
**Author:** ![DaddyTimesTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DaddyTimesTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyTimesTwo)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-posing-in-playboy-ever-rejuvenate-a-celebritys-career/130680/27 "2002-10-04T13:36:47Z")
The local newspaper had an entertainment blurb yesterday, I think, that Playboy has upped its offer to Britney Spears to $2 million. The only reason she’s not doing it, according to an unnamed source, is out of respect for her mother. I apologize for being a prevert ( 😉 ), but I’d buy that issue. And I have heard that Britney’s album sales have been in decline… 😃 It’s really only a matter of time. I just hope she doesn’t wait too long. I wouldn’t want her to get _old_ first. Heck, she’s already 20! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-posing-in-playboy-ever-rejuvenate-a-celebritys-career/130680/28 "2002-10-04T13:42:12Z")
What Playboy needs to do is scare up the before and after photos of B. Spears… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-posing-in-playboy-ever-rejuvenate-a-celebritys-career/130680/29 "2002-10-04T13:42:42Z")
She’s already 21, Daddy. ---
**Author:** ![Atrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Atrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atrael)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-posing-in-playboy-ever-rejuvenate-a-celebritys-career/130680/30 "2002-10-04T15:21:44Z")
See to me, that’s about the only attraction Playboy has. That they occasionally have photos of someone that I want to see naked. Drew Barrymore as a perfect example. Along with Tiffany. While she’s only so-so compaired to all the other girls in the magazine, I find it great to be able to see someone that I recall from my teen years nakes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-posing-in-playboy-ever-rejuvenate-a-celebritys-career/130680/31 "2002-10-04T16:55:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*Grace Jones is a man, baby! \*\* If Grace Jones is a man, and sodomy is a crime-then let me be guilty! If Grace Jones is not a man- they’re still plenty of sodomy laws we could break together. Grace Jones [Homer Simpson Drool]laaaaghg[/Homer Simpson Drool] RE-VIP The acting, the dialogues, the plots-awful, truly, deeply awful. OTOH the show has hot women in clothes that are very tight, cover almost no skin, or both. It also features guns, kung fu, car chases and explosions. To sum up-it is the work of a genius and will air forever. I only hope the show’s creators never use their powers for evil. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-posing-in-playboy-ever-rejuvenate-a-celebritys-career/130680/32 "2002-10-04T17:00:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Blue Sky \* > \*\*Julie McCullough appeared in _Growing Pains_ after numerous appearances in Playboy. However, several episodes into her run, her “dubious” past was “discovered” and she got the boot. I find it difficult to believe that no one on the show knew who she was prior to giving her the role. \*\* My understanding of this was that she was hired by the shows producers, but Kirk Cameron, the show’s star, who also happens to be a very devout Christian, complained about the impact having an ex-Playboy model on the show would make on his image. So he lobbied to get her thrown off the show and was in the end succesful. Apparently as he grew older Cameron’s belief’s became more and more conservative. Who says you can’t learn anything from watching E!: True Hollywood Story? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-posing-in-playboy-ever-rejuvenate-a-celebritys-career/130680/33 "2002-10-04T19:06:12Z")
With the “We want Britney’s Pics” discussion we’ve seen so far, I’m amazed has no one mentioned the Olsen Twins yet. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-posing-in-playboy-ever-rejuvenate-a-celebritys-career/130680/34 "2002-10-04T23:20:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \* > **So he lobbied to get her thrown off the show and was in the end succesful** I knew I didn’t like him for a reason. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Fluff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc8723/32.png) [@Captain\_Fluff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Fluff)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-posing-in-playboy-ever-rejuvenate-a-celebritys-career/130680/35 "2002-10-05T00:02:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Woodall \* > \*\*With the “We want Britney’s Pics” discussion we’ve seen so far, I’m amazed has no one mentioned the Olsen Twins yet. \*\* Actually, its because they have disturbingly large heads, and furthermore, IMHO, puberty isnt exactly being kind to them right now, as their collective butts are growing larger than their already oversize craniums. ---
**Author:** ![mischievous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-posing-in-playboy-ever-rejuvenate-a-celebritys-career/130680/36 "2002-10-05T00:57:55Z")
IIRC, Michelle Pfieffer (sp?) also posed for Playboy. I remember once reading a list of Playboy calander models, and I was shocked at how many names I recognised (I don’t remember actresses’ names very often). Many respectable and successful women. I think it’s probably a pretty good career move. mischievous ---
**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-posing-in-playboy-ever-rejuvenate-a-celebritys-career/130680/37 "2002-10-05T01:02:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mischievous \* > **IIRC, Michelle Pfieffer (sp?) also posed for Playboy** Not Michelle, but her sister Dedee. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-posing-in-playboy-ever-rejuvenate-a-celebritys-career/130680.md?page=1)