Except they didn't decide to maintain two parallel Playboys for a while, calling the old one Classic Playboy.
Hard to believe they didn't realize what a bad idea it was in the first place. At least with Coke they had blind taste tests of Coke drinkers showing that New Coke beat both Original Coke and Pepsi, so there was at least some basis for it, however limited and ill-considered.
Who is this Rizvy Traverse that took over the magazine? It has been a lot of years since I have paid much attention to PEI as opposed to the magazine. How long has it been that Hefner is not the owner (CEO) or whatever of PEI?
The problem is today's 'male', and I use that term lightly. They are effeminate and wimpy and they use more powders, potions and lotions than their girlfriends/wives. They get totally excited at the exposure of some girl's navel and totally go into a swoon if there is more than a few inches of abdomen to go along with it.
We're doomed, guys. If we can't reverse this trend, the male species will die out and then what's left will be only marginally male and nothing more than (seriously!) baby-daddies, who read FHM and Maxim in the darkness of their room with the lights out, using a flashlight, under the bed covers. (because they won't be allowed to sleep with their partners until it's time to make another baby.)
The New Coke redux.
ReplyDeleteExactly.
DeleteExcept they didn't decide to maintain two parallel Playboys for a while, calling the old one Classic Playboy.
Hard to believe they didn't realize what a bad idea it was in the first place. At least with Coke they had blind taste tests of Coke drinkers showing that New Coke beat both Original Coke and Pepsi, so there was at least some basis for it, however limited and ill-considered.
That would have been hilarious: Playboy Classic vs. Playboy Just For The Articles.
ReplyDeleteWow, the New Coke fiasco was almost 32 years ago!
Who is this Rizvy Traverse that took over the magazine? It has been a lot of years since I have paid much attention to PEI as opposed to the magazine. How long has it been that Hefner is not the owner (CEO) or whatever of PEI?
ReplyDeleteThe problem is today's 'male', and I use that term lightly. They are effeminate and wimpy and they use more powders, potions and lotions than their girlfriends/wives. They get totally excited at the exposure of some girl's navel and totally go into a swoon if there is more than a few inches of abdomen to go along with it.
We're doomed, guys. If we can't reverse this trend, the male species will die out and then what's left will be only marginally male and nothing more than (seriously!) baby-daddies, who read FHM and Maxim in the darkness of their room with the lights out, using a flashlight, under the bed covers. (because they won't be allowed to sleep with their partners until it's time to make another baby.)
It's a sad time to be a Man.