# The Playboy Club (TV show) (spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 26, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-playboy-club-tv-show-spoilers/597665 "2011-09-26T16:27:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-playboy-club-tv-show-spoilers/597665/1 "2011-09-26T16:27:01Z")
I’m surprised there isn’t a thread yet, since I waited nearly a week to watch the pilot. Did nobody bother watching this but me? Anyway, I wasn’t blown away but it has potential. I’m in danger of falling in love with Amber Heard; I thought she was great – absolutely beautiful and real acting chops to boot. I also liked the overall ambiance of the show, the visual style and pacing and such. But I’m not crazy about the story itself so far. I think it would have been interesting enough to present a somewhat realistic look at what things were like behind the scenes at the Playboy Club. Instead, before even the first commercial break we get a bunny accidentally killing the head of the Chicago mafia (on her first day!) and dumping the body with the help of a suave DA candidate with a shady past. Just way too much silly melodrama, when surely there could be plenty of good stories to be told without such over-the-top pulp crime novel stuff. If they back off of that a bit and focus on the lives and relationships of the Club’s employees and patrons, this show could be really interesting. We shall see. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-playboy-club-tv-show-spoilers/597665/2 "2011-09-26T16:52:37Z")
The show got a few mentions in the “New TV Season” thread but nothing very complimentary. Repeating what I said there, I only saw a few minutes but it was some guy who walks into an office and places a $10 and a car key on the desk and then sits to light a cigarette before talking. That guy so desperately wanted to be Jon Hamm in his mannerisms/expressions/voice that I felt bad for him and eventually left the room out of sympathy (my wife was watching the show). ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-playboy-club-tv-show-spoilers/597665/3 "2011-09-26T19:48:14Z")
I liked it. And that pretty much dooms it to a quick cancelation. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-playboy-club-tv-show-spoilers/597665/4 "2011-09-27T03:32:07Z")
I thought tonight’s episode was just okay. But at the very end Amber hides a key in a jar of **vanishing** cream, ha-ha. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-playboy-club-tv-show-spoilers/597665/5 "2011-09-27T13:09:08Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > I thought tonight’s episode was just okay. But at the very end Amber hides a key in a jar of **vanishing** cream, ha-ha. :rolleyes: When she pulled it out, I said “That only works in cartoons, sweetheart.” I still like this show, but I agree with Wheelz that it would have been cool to see a realistic look at the behind the scenes stuff as told by bunnies. Sure there could still be that mob story line, but include some true-life stories and whatnot. I’m sure there’s a goldmine of interesting things that happened at the Club and Mansion back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-playboy-club-tv-show-spoilers/597665/6 "2011-09-27T14:26:09Z")
Not bad but so far it is _Mad Men_ with Bunnies instead of secretaries. I’m intrigued by the Mattachine Society stuff that we got a tiny glimpse of. That’s all new to me. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-playboy-club-tv-show-spoilers/597665/7 "2011-09-27T16:24:35Z")
Terrible. I don’t care about any of the characters, including Mr. Dimples. Won’t last. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-playboy-club-tv-show-spoilers/597665/8 "2011-09-28T14:18:12Z")
Yeah, it’s bad, but I think it has the potential to be guilty pleasure bad. I’m sticking with it for now. And, BTW, the guy who plays the closeted gay? Is a gay guy just now [emerging from the closet](http://bit.ly/r7HGvO).