The Girls Next Door: Part 1, Cont'd

Les Deux You Remember This?

Dara Laine Sussman

Paris Hilton, Comedy, Playboy, Lindsay Lohan, Hollywood History, Mariah Carey, Kim Kardashian, Society & Culture, Los Angeles, Nostalgia, Early 2000s, Hollywood Gossip, Britney Spears, The Girls Next Door, Lukas Gage, Y2k, You Must Remember This, Tv & Film

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Today, we'll be continuing part 1 of our Girls Next Door series. We'll be talking about Playboy Mansion West, the Dorothy Stratten tragedy, Playboy's downward spiral in the 80s, followed by the discovery of Pamela Anderson and Anna Nicole Smith in the 90's, Hef's marriage, and then his reemergence at the end of that decade thanks to his 7 new girlfriends.

In the next storytelling episode, we'll talk about Holly Madison, her ascension to number 1 girlfriend, and the introductions of Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson.

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0:00.0	Before we get into the festivities, I wanted to warn you that this episode gets into some details that might be triggering.
0:06.0	I mean, we're talking about a rich and powerful boomer dude. I can't imagine you're completely bold over to hear that.
0:12.0	Regardless, be aware that this episode mentions topics like domestic violence, murder, sexual assault, and pedophilia.
0:20.0	I'm not going to get graphic, but keep it in mind.
0:26.2	Welcome to the Playboy Mansion.
0:31.8	But I mean, it does beg the question, what has gone wrong with Young Hollywood?
0:37.4	Honest to God, what is the problem?
0:39.3	Hello and welcome.
0:52.3	Hello and welcome to season five of LaDoo, You Remember This, where we look back on all the stories
0:58.8	from Hollywood's best, worst decade, the early 2000s, a time in history when America found
1:04.5	out that with a trust fund, a sex tape, and a dream, you too could become a star. As always, I'm your host, Dara Lane.
1:14.8	Today we'll continue part one, so part two of part one, of our series on the Girls Next Door
1:21.5	and the History of Playboy. Last week, we left off at the beginning of the 1970s when Heff bought the Playboy Mansion West for $1 million.
1:31.3	The 12 bedroom and 21 bathroom Tudor style mansion was discovered by Heff's girlfriend, Barbie Benton.
1:38.3	What happened that year?
1:40.3	I bought a little house, a little house called Sable a Mansion West.
1:47.0	I was actually not looking for a house when I found that one, but when I saw it, I knew
1:53.0	it was the perfect house for him. I asked him to fly to L.A. and take a look at it. And when
1:59.0	he saw it, he said it was too small.
2:02.7	Wow.
2:04.1	Heff renovated the property to include a guest house, a game house, movie theater, a gym,
2:09.8	commercial kitchen, and offices.
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