Elevator stopping at Penthouse and going down--way down--Bob Guccione dead at 79

[BrainGlutton]

@Diogenes_the_Cynic

Of course. Asking if they were TRUE would just be begging to be insulted.

Some were not completely implausible if one allows for embellishment in anatomical details, and assumes everyone involved was drunk.

[silenus]

Anybody who is responsible for “Oh, Wicked Wanda!” getting published will be missed.

[BrainGlutton]

@silenus

Anybody who is responsible for “Oh, Wicked Wanda!” getting published will be missed.

It’s too bad the Sweet Chastity story arc was cut short (when Ron Embleton died).

[BrainGlutton]

@JRDelirious

Of the “big three” he did have the dubious distinction of being the one who proceeded to lose all he had built – since the 70s, Hef had his onetime empire go through dramatic contractions but was able to save the core business and even have something of a comeback; Flynt got over getting shot and taken to the Supreme Court, to diversify accross the sex industry; but Guccione ran his businesses into the ground slow and steady, and ended up with everything sold from under him.

And the moral is: God loves the Miss America Pageant!

[Sam_A.Robrin]

@Tamerlane

Not necessarily the case now. I am very vaguely acquainted with a woman who has written stories professionally for a Penthouse Letters publication

It wouldn’t surprise me if editorial policy had changed since the 1970s, when Bob worked there–though it’s also quite possible that “I got stuck in an elevator with a supermodel, and we did it” was expanded to three lavishly detailed pages…