# So, Playboy Bunnies are hookers after all, and other musings on the history of Playboy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 3, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-playboy-bunnies-are-hookers-after-all-and-other-musings-on-the-history-of-playboy/587744 "2011-07-03T20:01:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-playboy-bunnies-are-hookers-after-all-and-other-musings-on-the-history-of-playboy/587744/41 "2011-07-10T03:14:52Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > It seems to me quite reasonable that just because a woman’s sexual morality encompasses taking money for doing some things, it does not follow that she would accept money for doing ANY thing. That would be the old slippery slope argument. (Insert joke here.) Correct. That’s why nobody’s saying that ALL Playboy Playmates would be willing to sell their sexual favors. Rather, folks are saying that it should be unsurprising to learn that a substantial number of these women would be willing to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-playboy-bunnies-are-hookers-after-all-and-other-musings-on-the-history-of-playboy/587744/42 "2011-07-10T04:00:29Z")
Yes, it’s Larry Miller the comedian. I heard him tell that story on a TV program about Anna Nicole Smith. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-playboy-bunnies-are-hookers-after-all-and-other-musings-on-the-history-of-playboy/587744/43 "2011-07-10T13:36:56Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > I keep visualizing Larry Miller the actor, but I thought surely it’s not. Though he writes like he is. > > Larry Miller writes for the Weekly Standard? Weird if true. > > :investigates: > > _Wrote._ Looks like his last column was in 2007. Hm. If you enjoy Larry’s writing, you should check out his “[clog](http://www.larrymillerhumor.com/blog/)”. Lot’s of insights into life, family and show business. The guy just loves working and is not embarrassed by some of the “lesser” productions he’s appeared in. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-playboy-bunnies-are-hookers-after-all-and-other-musings-on-the-history-of-playboy/587744/44 "2011-07-10T17:21:04Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Yes, it’s Larry Miller the comedian. I heard him tell that story on a TV program about Anna Nicole Smith. Is this the same Larry Miller who had bit roles in Waiting For Guffman and Best In Show? (He’s been a a few other movies that I liked, but I can’t recall the titles—He always does a good job, and seems naturally funny when I have seen him on various talk shows) ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-playboy-bunnies-are-hookers-after-all-and-other-musings-on-the-history-of-playboy/587744/45 "2011-07-10T17:31:40Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Everyone has fantasies, including beautiful women. A Playmate might say she wants to be a doctor or a lawyer and end up an escort. But that doesn’t mean she was lying. She did want to be a doctor - but wanting to be a doctor doesn’t mean you will achieve it. And when she finds out how little doctors make compared to really high-priced hookers, she probably changed her mind. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-playboy-bunnies-are-hookers-after-all-and-other-musings-on-the-history-of-playboy/587744/46 "2011-07-10T18:42:59Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > Is this the same Larry Miller who had bit roles in Waiting For Guffman and Best In Show? > > (He’s been a a few other movies that I liked, but I can’t recall the titles—He always does a good job, and seems naturally funny when I have seen him on various talk shows) I loved him as the dad in **10 Things I hate About You**. ---
**Author:** ![mac\_bolan00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-playboy-bunnies-are-hookers-after-all-and-other-musings-on-the-history-of-playboy/587744/47 "2011-07-11T02:48:39Z")
i have to admit that my love of geology was born out of reading playboy in highschool. they used to include very scholarly work in there. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-playboy-bunnies-are-hookers-after-all-and-other-musings-on-the-history-of-playboy/587744/48 "2011-07-11T03:20:30Z")
> [@mac\_bolan00](#): > > i have to admit that my love of geology was born out of reading playboy in highschool. they used to include very scholarly work in there. Not just scholarly stuff. Cutting edge reviews and article, famous authors with original work, lots of things that defined the era debuted in Playboy. It was an astounding confluence of talent. The magazine today is not even a shell of it’s former glory. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-playboy-bunnies-are-hookers-after-all-and-other-musings-on-the-history-of-playboy/587744.md?page=2)