{"id":116198,"date":"2017-09-28T14:05:49","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T18:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=116198"},"modified":"2017-09-28T15:31:47","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T19:31:47","slug":"george-plimpton-playboy-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/28\/george-plimpton-playboy-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"George Plimpton on <em>Playboy After Dark<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-nn4oRtG4vI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>To mark <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/09\/27\/obituaries\/hugh-hefner-dead.html?mcubz=1\" target=\"_blank\">the passing of Hugh Hefner<\/a>, we take a moment to remember when George Plimpton, a founding editor of <em>The\u00a0Paris Review<\/em>, appeared on the television\u00a0show\u00a0<em>Playboy After Dark<\/em>\u00a0in 1968 and\u00a0was deemed \u201cvery successful with the ladies\u201d by Hef himself.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Clips courtesy\u00a0the 2012 documentary <\/em>Plimpton! 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(The title card that reads \u201c<small>TWO MONTHS LATER<\/small>\u201d is less confusing when the documentary is viewed in full.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/screen-shot-2017-09-28-at-1.53.28-pm.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-116200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/screen-shot-2017-09-28-at-1.53.28-pm.png\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/screen-shot-2017-09-28-at-1.53.28-pm.png 1306w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/screen-shot-2017-09-28-at-1.53.28-pm-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/screen-shot-2017-09-28-at-1.53.28-pm-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/screen-shot-2017-09-28-at-1.53.28-pm-768x452.png 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/screen-shot-2017-09-28-at-1.53.28-pm-1024x602.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To mark the passing of Hugh Hefner, we take a moment to remember when George Plimpton, a founding editor of The\u00a0Paris Review, appeared on the television\u00a0show\u00a0Playboy After Dark\u00a0in 1968 and\u00a0was deemed \u201cvery successful with the ladies\u201d by Hef himself.\u00a0 Clips courtesy\u00a0the 2012 documentary Plimpton! 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