Old Playgirl models... ...and social trends.

There's trimming, there's natural and there's shaving. Personally, I like the first two, since guys look like men and not the little boys who hadn't yet reached puberty. The 70s also featured a decent amount of guys who had sported moustaches. Unfortunately the 70s also had some terrible clothes! But the pubes were great! I think they're coming back -- at some nudist bashes I 've been to, most guys trim or are natural -- just a few shaved and some have started to grow out a bit.

And then straight guys all started shaving their pubes, so the gays let theirs grow out...

For your enjoyment.

I grew up in the 70s. I can't remember anyone trimming their pubes until the 90s. It would have been a weird thing to do.

Marvelous site, Blackdogue.

Well, trimming judiciously can make the goods bigger, more prominent, or at least not hide it.

It would have been considered effeminate for a man to pay that much attention to grooming his privates.

I was a competitive swimmer back in the seventies and had to shave my pit hair and groom my privates. Was considered weird to lack a bush back then and I had to wear a swim suit when at traditionally naked places like Wreck Beach and hot springs and swimming in remote mountain lakes - otherwise I'd be considered some sort of pervert.

Around 1986 or 87 two very chatty friends of mine was so smitten with Brian Buzzini it bordered on obsession. They must've said his name aloud 5,000 times in the course of four or five months. That must be why I still remember his name.

I was shaving my scrote, taint, and any hair on my shaft by the early 80s. The leather scene gays started it or that was my first exposure to it. Playgirl back then depicted a straight (cough) sensibility so in that sense I'd say all the fuzz and fur accurately represented a het aesthetic norm. I'm sure Honcho, Blue Boy, Mandate, etc. mags from the same period have plenty of men with shaved balls.

I loved Playgirl in the 70s and 80s. I think the magazine deliberately picked models with big bushes. It may have been considered "masculine" at the time. (Anyone remember all the straight men wearing leisure suits, shirts unbuttoned to their belly buttons, revealing thick chest hair and gold chains?) Maybe that was the model.

I am partial to big bushes and I saw lots of them in my high school locker room, my college residence hall and in my frat. I don't recall a single trimmed or shaved groin.

My frat had more of its fair share of big bushes. Were all fraternities like this? I blew seven of my frat brothers who were good-looking and had big bushes. Amazingly, none of the others found out, although who would want to admit they got a blow job from another guy?

How did you blow 7 frat brothers!?

Did you pull a Cosby?

It was easy to blow seven brothers over a period of four years. None objected to it. It didn't alter our friendships afterward. There were six of us who were gay (out of 75 brothers). It turns out I wasn't the only one offering a little oral action. There were many more brothers who allowed us, collectively, to do it.

I still don’t trim my Bush. Is it really assumed now? I find shaved pubes weird.

I also loved Playgirl in the 70s-80s. I was able to buy issues over the counter at college. I loved the men who had big bushes. I remember many of them. I also remember the men at college who also had big bushes. I couldn’t touch, but I was happy to look.

Since there is such a preference for manscaping today, I wonder if any of the models in Playgirl then were self-conscious about their bushes, while not with their cocks. Some models were completely uninhibited, legs spread wide, wide view of entire bush, cock dangling in the air. They probably jumped at the chance. Did some men wonder if “my bush is too big” when posing in Playgirl? Would you?

I don't think guys were self-conscious about bushes. Having thick pubes was actually something to be proud of, as someone told me in sleepaway camp.

Whatever you do, don't ever meet up with any of these old guys.

Lou Zivkovich is a gay deplorable in a bad wig.

Playgirl at its best.

Beautiful FILM photography. Handsome,(but not obnoxiously so) 30+ model, fit , naturally built, sexy dadbody(fuck the the 8 pack) and the pubes and pits are PERFECTION.

Hawt

So many gorgeous, natural looking, vintage Playgirl men. I definitely came of age in the wrong era.

you'll have to click for full pic

They didn't always have the biggest pecs, the leanest abs, the "prettiest" face(thank GOD) or the longest dick but some of these vintage guys just blow today's porn hos fucking straight to hell.

R3 gold!

R17 according to a Mae West bio, he was her "frequent escort " in the 70s.

R24, I believe he was fired from being a PE teacher in Santa Barbara after doing the Playgirl spread, and Mae raised hell. I don't remember what the outcome was.

R22- one of my favorites. I like body hair- it's sexy. I don't understand man scaping at all. I suppose it's a generational thing.

Playgirl was first published when I was in my teens. I hoped Tom Jones, the Smothers Brothers, Paul Anka, Leonard Nimoy, Joe Namath, Dick Gautier, David Groh, Clifton Davis (Just off the top of my head. I was horny…) would have posed and gone full frontal for Playgirl. I imagined they all had thickets of hair in their crotches. I wanted to know, for sure.

Leonard Nimoy,? r27? You've got to be kidding! Actually I was hoping for Gene Shalit.

I think this guy is attractive. I'd rather be with him than most of the current models, who look rather mechanical.

Well, Johnny Mathis did pose for Playgirl, then changed his mind. The photos are in a safe somewhere. Perhaps he could be persuaded to let his public see his pubic some day?

[quote]Tom Jones, the Smothers Brothers, Paul Anka, Leonard Nimoy, Joe Namath, Dick Gautier, David Groh, Clifton Davis.I imagined they all had thickets of hair in their crotches.

Well, I can't attest for the others but NIMOY certainly did.

r29 That guy did TONS of straight porn as Richard Pacheco.

Pat Dallas, one of Playgirl's original photographers, wrote a book about her adventures taking photos of naked men. While she was setting up her camera at Mathis' swimming pool, he took off his shirt, shucked his shorts and sat down on a lounge chair, full-frontal, legs wide open, waiting for her to start the shoot. He was ready for that no-holds-barred centerfold shot.

Someone talked him out of publishing the photos. Playgirl was ready to announce its most high-profile celebrity centerfold ever.

I'm really surprised he was willing to do it in the first place.

No, Jim Brown would still be the highest profile. And dwarfing all others by far. After him the downfall started.

Ban the razor...

Nice. And a cock that wouldn't choke a person.

Destroy the razor...

This guy. I would be in heaven.

I used to fantasize about these two Winston ad men when I would see them in magazines. I thought they had to be hairy below the zipper. I didn't have to wait long to know. Thank you, Playgirl!

Winston man one:

OP, the option of trimming wasn’t even there, yousimply had pubes. If you were naked then they were on view

Winston man two:

Winston man two:

Playgirl pictorial

In this photospread, (taken during an expense paid trip to Hawaii ), the muscular and hirsute Zivkovich displayed his 6'4" 216 lb. physique—46" chest and 35" waist—in a series of shots which consistently featured full-frontal nudity. There were no erections and no rear-view shots.

Copies of the magazine quickly became something of a collector's item and even sparked brief talk of an acting career for Zivkovich. (He played a supporting role in a McMillan and Wife episode which aired on October 26, 1975.)

However, there were unfortunate ramifications. The high school in Apple Valley, California , where Zivkovich worked as a phys-ed teacher fired him, charging that his appearance in a nude centerfold showed he was not a proper role model for students. Many of these students as well as fellow teachers then came to the defense of Zivkovich who stated: "I don't see anything wrong with a nude body that is a work of art." The case went to a state appeals panel which admonished Zivkovich for a "mistake in judgment" but ruled in March 1975 that he could not be fired.

One year later, in March 1976, Zivkovich—along with a bevy of musclemen—appeared with Mae West in a CBS TV special titled "Dick Cavett's Backlot USA." Mae West's biographer, Simon Louvish, describes Zivkovich at this point as being Mae West's "frequent escort."

There are moments in autumn when you just have to put down the rake and pose with your nude twin brother.

And to think that all of these guys I used to fantasize about are old as fuck now and wouldn’t be able to pay me to sleep with any of them.

I went to college with both brothers. Surprisingly, rather asexual in person.

But where's Playgirl now? Has the sexual revolution succumbed to the Napoleon of the internet? Would that there were any halfway legitimate forum for gorgeous athletes and men to appear in the altogether. The best we can get now is the ESPN naked issue.

R47 party pooper

I think there is still a market for a Playgirl-type publication. It’s unfortunate internet publishers, which are producing full-frontal work intended to generate a profit for the company, find other websites are immediately grabbing their photos and displaying them freely, making profitability for the publishers moot.

Playboy magazine recently tried to remove nudity from its pages, and found it was a financial disaster. The nudes are now back. Similarly, elders among us will remember when Playgirl decided to remove full nudity in the magazine in the late 80s. It lasted ten months; another financial miscalculation. A model named John-Paul was proud to be the first full-frontal centerfold when the nudity returned.

Are there men willing to pose fully nude in a publication today? Gay rapper Milan Christopher posed full-frontal for Paper Magazine. Orlando Bloom and Justin Bieber intentionally released full-frontal nudes to generate buzz. More actors are getting completely nude in movies and cable series. Well-known pro bodybuilders are still showing everything at “muscle worship” websites. Colt Studio is going strong. I’m sure there are reality-TV stars willing to go full-frontal to extend their notoriety after the TV shows are over, along with newly retired or Olympic athletes, pop stars who challenge conformity, Instagram and Youtube stars, the many others who are willing to share nude selfies, really anyone willing to do it for money.

Generating a publication model which protects the photo layouts from theft is the biggest challenge, even if it’s only for a specified period of time. Is there anyone out there with the resources to explore it? I would LOVE to work at such a company. I’m sure there would be a line behind me, as well.

I think there is still a market for a Playgirl-type publication. It’s unfortunate internet publishers, which are producing full-frontal work intended to generate a profit for the company, find other websites are immediately grabbing their photos and displaying them freely, making profitability for the publishers moot.

Playboy magazine recently tried to remove nudity from its pages, and found it was a financial disaster. The nudes are now back. Similarly, elders among us will remember when Playgirl decided to remove full nudity in the magazine in the late 80s. It lasted ten months; another financial miscalculation. A model named John-Paul was proud to be the first full-frontal centerfold when the nudity returned.

Are there men willing to pose fully nude in a publication today? Gay rapper Milan Christopher posed full-frontal for Paper Magazine. Orlando Bloom and Justin Bieber intentionally released full-frontal nudes to generate buzz. More actors are getting completely nude in movies and cable series. Well-known pro bodybuilders are still showing everything at “muscle worship” websites. Colt Studio is going strong. I’m sure there are reality-TV stars willing to go full-frontal to extend their notoriety after the TV shows are over, along with newly retired or Olympic athletes, pop stars who challenge conformity, instagram and Youtube stars, the many others who are willing to share nude selfies, really anyone willing to do it for money.

Generating a model which protects the photo layouts from theft is the biggest challenge, even if it’s only for a specified period of time. Is there anyone out there with the resources to explore it? I would LOVE to work at the new company. I’m sure there will be a line behind me.

I think there is still a market for a Playgirl-type publication. It’s unfortunate internet publishers, which are producing full-frontal work intended to generate a profit for the company, find other websites are immediately grabbing their photos and displaying them freely, making profitability for the publishers moot.

Playboy magazine recently tried to remove nudity from its pages, and found it was a financial disaster. The nudes are now back. Similarly, elders among us will remember when Playgirl decided to remove full nudity in the magazine in the late 80s. It lasted ten months; another financial miscalculation. A model named John-Paul was proud to be the first full-frontal centerfold when the nudity returned.

Are there men willing to pose fully nude in a publication today? Gay rapper Milan Christopher posed full-frontal for Paper Magazine. Orlando Bloom and Justin Bieber intentionally released full-frontal nudes to generate buzz. More actors are getting completely nude in movies and cable series. Well-known pro bodybuilders are still showing everything at “muscle worship” websites. Colt Studio is going strong. I’m sure there are reality-TV stars willing to go full-frontal to extend their notoriety after the TV shows are over, along with newly retired or Olympic athletes, pop stars who challenge conformity, instagram and Youtube stars, the many others who are willing to share nude selfies, really anyone willing to do it for money.

Generating a model which protects the photo layouts from theft is the biggest challenge, even if it’s only for a specified period of time. Is there anyone out there with the resources to explore it? I would LOVE to work at the new company. I’m sure there will be a line behind me.

Men did not trim their bushes or do "manscaping" in the 1970s. The 1970s were all about head hair and moustaches for men. Mostly long in the early 1970s, then in the middle of the decade perms suddenly became popular on men for a short time. The Mike Brady look. My high school yearbook is filled with guys with perms who were never seen with perms again. That faded fast and it was back to regular short hair for men by the time the 80s came around. The moustaches started disappearing as well.

David Cassidy popularized the bush.

Hairy must have been accepted and even desired. Look at Burt Reynolds and Tom Selleck. They were shirtless sex symbols of the era and were very hairy.

OT, was anyone else surprised when Burt Reynolds died? Something polyester about him that seemed to insure immortality.

Hair is hot, shaved is not.

Trimmed is worse

[quote]Colt Studio is going strong.

Are you (triple-)posting from 1990?

r53 It was done in the 1970's. A muscular guy older than me used to go to the same public swimming pool in the summer. When he disrobed I couldn't figure out why he had an "eyebrow" above his junk and his balls were smooth.

Thanks r50-52. I like watching sports and to see those gorgeous athletes and only wish is really torture. Now G in Brazil has bit the dust, or rather the jungle. Maybe the new president will be so provocative the publication will reappear. Persecuting gays in Brazil is like persecuting Jews in Israel. Thanks again, you made very good points. I sure would like to see some of those points.

Again, centerfolds from the cut rate back alleys of Prague don't sell magazines either. As I've said before, no publication was put together with less effort than Playgirl in its declining years. And it started off getting fairly respectable ads and would up with only those from Z rate porn. I may be overly optimistic, but I still think there is a place for a publication with full nudes of beautiful men, athletes in particular. They can emulate Candide and say that just women are looking at them, but everyone knows different.

I like it a lot

Paul Vonderlin at R37. I remember being 9 yo and seeing this cover image staring out at me in the photography section of every B.Dalton and Waldenbooks and trying to figure out how to sneak the book to a quiet place without being seen. Finally, I managed and was disappointed to realize that there were no NUDES! I wouldn't see his dick until 20 years later.

Even though I LOVE the pubic and body hair of 70s/ 80s Playgirl models I generally don't care for the facial hair and haircuts of the era.

HOWEVER, on occasion there will be a guy who, despite the catepillar on his upper lip, is just so sexy and handsome that I wouldn't change a thing.

R40, David White is still a fitness instructor, and still looks wonderful, grey hair and all.

I was 8 or 9 when I was at the local market and sneaked a peak at the Antonio Contrelle issue of Playgirl. These next images have been branded on my brain forever.

Timeless and unforgettable.

Love the late 70s-early 80s era photos, and the untrimmed guys.

These remind me of the kind of sexy guys I saw (and occasionally hooked up with) in my small town back in the day.

R65 very nice. He wouldn't be as attractive without it, imo.

Times were simpler

R64, that issue of "Hunks" was produced during the half-year Playgirl dispensed with the nudes in the 80s. Ironically, most of those men in that issue had already been published fully nude by Playgirl in the previous years. That was the kicker.

another from the bush era

Would I fret about this guy's bush? Nope.

Another set of brothers, from the early days, they're Australian too.

This was my favorite centerfold ever. I had to buy two copies that month. The first one I bought was well-worn in a couple of weeks.

Yes, r69, I liked those guys, too. Back then, every man had ungroomed pubic hair. It was always fun to wonder how big a guy's bush was, and then to find out when you hooked up if your guess was right. I was never disappointed, but pleasantly surprised when I pulled down a guy's underwear and found a thick, lush patch of hair to comb my fingers through (and to tickle my nostrils).

It seemed guys who wore glasses (hiding a beautiful face) and majored in computer science were the ones I was most surprised by. How does nearsightedness and a STEM mind equate to a generous helping of bush? It had some consistency. It was also sexy as hell.

I am enjoying these submissions from old Playgirls. I don't know how and why people would rather have a trimmed/shaved man over the guys presented on this thread, so masculine and virile. How did the human race survive centuries without groomed bushes? How did they not prevent people from enjoying sex? Now, suddenly it's an issue?

Like this, R77?

The bush is beautiful. I really do hate the tan line thing though, very unappealing.

I think the wild and bushy pubic hair was still part of the hippie and sexual empowerment / sexual revolution movement where nudity in public and in publication was considered wild and empowering (in some cases even for women), and subversive. All that hiding under conservative clothing sometimes.

What tan line, R79?

Looking back on those playgirl photos that so turned us on as a child we are surprised to note than 90% of them were tinymeats!

[quote]I think the wild and bushy pubic hair was still part of the hippie and sexual empowerment / sexual revolution movement

No. It was just men being men. Being normal. We had never heard of pubic hair removal. There was simply no such thing to even think about, let alone do.

Where and when did the first shaved male pubic area appear?

I’d be curious, it happened in my lifetime.

Do they still publish it?

They hand it out for free at subway stops

Did any fish ever buy it?

I can't see that selling nowadays, can you?

R87, my hippy aunts in the seventies did, it’s the first time I encountered it.

This guy was my fav.

Ha! R78

That guy is named Paul Anthony Crewe and he is the first guy I jerked off to. Many, many times.

Still more or less my perfect physical type.

Here's more photos of Crewe

They never let him get fully hard :(

There were Latin-American actors in Playgirl, too.

R92, I just got hard as a rock. Damn!

I can't argue with r90. r88, it depends on entirely who's in it.

Just as good as the natural, beautiful bodies and hair -- no tattoos to uglify these gorgeous men.

R81, I meant the other guys with tan lines. Mostly the playgirl guys, not r78.

I love the tanlines on the models. You can sometimes see a picture when they are wearing a swimsuit, before you see the nudes, and wonder what anatomical tidbits are covered up and where they are located.

Or even better, you can imagine him wearing a suit at the pool and then, unexpectedly, he decides to slip it off and go back to what he was doing. The tanlines prove it isn't an event he is accustomed to.

Either way, I'm an old man who gets his jollies any way he can.

No clothes, no bookmark, no library card. Bill Brinkham don't need 'em.

R98 me too, Pops. Love tan lines. They nicely highlight the goods.

Can a man's balls be as photogenic as his face? Ask Bill.

r98 is Roger leClair who photographed us a long time ago and made us a star (of sorts)

Please translate, r102.

Drop dead gorgeous Roger, pictured by Mary r98, was a photographer in LA in the 1980s and at the suggestia of a famous movie producer we had him take a series of fabulous photos of ourself which we still treasure! ( Roger was so gorgeous but we were to shy to 'make a move'.....although we did get a trace of the vapors when he would touch us gently to move us into positia)

it means she's a stupid cunt

Again, Playgirl could be a sensational best seller, depending on who's in it. When they published unauthorized nude photos of Brad Pitt he screamed bloody murder and demanded they withdraw all copies. Playgirl replied the that all copies were sold out (at least they said they were). Same would not be true for Vladilas Gewasik from Prague, however.

Homosexual tinymeat Brad was justifiably embarrassed to have her 'deficiency' made public!

But it sold mags, r107. That's the name of the game.

My all-time favorite: Antonio Contrelle, Playgirl's July 1981 Man of the Month and Playgirl's January 1982 Man of the Year.

sexy smirk

I've just arrived at the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, OH for the weekend. Bodybuilders and fitness dudes everywhere. This is the place to be if you're into muscle. I brought two hundred dollars with me. Maybe I'll offer it to someone in exchange for, well, a little muscle worship. The money may not last into the weekend, some gorgeous guys around already.

Oops. R111-Wrong thread!

Who is r74 ?

Brian Buzzini still does it for me.....

I would do Jonathon Prandi in a hot second.

Can anyone post some then and now pics?

Looking at those pictures ruined my crush on so many stars.Jim Brown,Tom Selleck,Clifton Davis.... (its all balls).... My big sis got the magazine,but i would stake-out the mail and get it before her.Open it (she blamed the mail man)then slyly put it back.That brown paper wrap and then the white sleeve the magazine arrived in were so easy to break into.I could not resist.Too bad my crushes endowments were...so....lackluster.

Are any of the models openly gay?

R117 a gayling size queen.

Mark Kleckner... the pages on this one were sticky.

I remember buying the issue with r120 included. I love a blond man with a big bush, it seems incongruent to me. I couldn't wait to get home so I could... It was a happy ending.

[quote]Can anyone post some then and now pics?

Why in Hell would you want to see the now pics?

[R116] and [R119]....are the same poster. Who always has had performance issues due to that 2 inch surprise in his dirty Levi jean jumper.

Doug Koziak was perfection. I wonder what he's up to now.

Loved Doug Koziak!

I like the Steve Bond and Sam Jones ones. Sam Jones most of all. They were famous guys I actually lusted after and there they were naked.

{quote}Who is [R74]

Dunno. Seen him in gay porn though.

Interesting how Sam Jones just has a normal not heavily muscled body. How did things change so much? I like the normal guy look better than the roided up look that has taken over.

I don't think Clifton Davis ever posed nude. I do recall seeing him shirtless in one of the "Battle of the Network Stars" things they used to do, and yes, would have loved to have seen more of him. Also, Barney Miller himself, Hal Linden looked pretty hot back then shirtless. Oh course, Robert Conrad was beyond hot, having one of the more muscled bods by then standards of action heroes.

Clifton Davis would wear shirts unbuttoned halfway down his abs on Match Game. He would move from side to side in his chair and I hoped to see a sliver (or more) of nipple in the opening of his shirt. I would watch with a full teenage erection in my jeans, just waiting for the chance to explode.

God, I miss the 70s.

Has anyone seen the full frontal of Lorenzo Lamas which was alleged to appear in Playgirl? It wasn't in a centerfold or discovery spread, rather a "Men of ..." themed layout they occasionally had.

This guy should have been a MOTY . The decision to start making shaved, Vegas stripper types the focus instead of guys like this is when Playgirl signed it's own death warrant.

Eraserface

[quote]Who is [R74] ?

Alex Bento.

Great pubic hair.

Alex Bento also did gay smut under the nom de guerre, Eric Rio.

DL comes through again!

[quote]Alex Bento also did gay smut under the nom de guerre, Eric Rio.

It was fairly common to see guys featured in Playgirl turn up in gay porn movies and mags. We should make a list.

Thats because a lot of them WERE GAY.....its common knowledge.

^^^Zinneman

[quote]Sam Jones just has a normal not heavily muscled body. How did things change so much?

People started going to the gym a few years AFTER that issue.

R137 appeared in gay porn as Tom Farrell. He died when he was hit by a car while standing by the side of the road taking a piss.

Anybody know what name this PG centerfold did gay porn under?

I’m still remembering one particularly good-looking centerfold from... 1993? 94? white guy with intellectual-looking glasses who posed on exercise equipment with his very thick dong resting on the weight bench. i’m OCD enough to have looked at every model on blackdogue, be he ain’t there.

come thru, Datalounge!

[quote]You don't have permission to access /Playgirl/JeffThompson/JeffThompson06.jpg on this server.

I'm guessing, r142, it was not Jeff Thompson.

R142 Michael White aka Jeff Thompson (in Smutjunkies)

Thx 145

R143.

Man for March '95 Michael George seems to fit your description except the glasses part.

Stll no glasses but who's looking at his face?

What flea market OP? I'm always looking for a good one. I'm in new york state.

R147 oh my. My my. Indeed. Yes indeed...

But that device he sitting on looks scarily like a meat grinder...

R131 like father, like son?

[quote] How did you blow 7 frat brothers!?

I did more than 7 in one evening!

Bravo, r132,. I'm glad somebody does agree with me about Playgirl's death warrant. I was at a gay strip bar in DC in the '90s and there were a couple of women there. I asked them what they were doing there and they said they were Playgirl scouts. How pathetic! I asked them why they never had athletes and I can't remember their feeble reply. I would agree with r132 except that the back alleys of Prague are even far worse than Las Vegas strippers.

In 1995, R147 and R148 was a rebel for not tending to his bush. I guess Playgirl decided he was too good looking to fret about his pubes. Boy, am I glad they didn't! Swoon...

Isn't r21 the one who is a DL'er's father? Gary Anderson?

please don't shave it off

[quote]Isn't [R21] the one who is a DL'er's father? Gary Anderson?

We've heard the rumors for years. For once and for all----are Greg Anderson and Colt's Kyle Jessup the same guy?

R158.

Bleah. Everything that went wrong with Playgirl.

Here's the kind of man I wanna see.

This is Playgirl's old winning formula.

Rakishly handsome. Not pretty. Natural builds and body hair. Normal dicks. Guy next door looks. Or at least the guy you WISHED lived next door.

The guy who'd fuck if he was married to your best friend!

Yes, models like R158 killed off Playgirl. Again, who's ready for a reboot?

Poor R158. He's a perfectly fine looking guy but he's not Playgirl material. At least not the OLD Playgirl. Add to it the bizarre pubes, totally smooth body and unflattering haircut and I have to pass.

And the guy at R158 isn't even the worst of it. Below is the nadir of Playgirl.

Ugly photography, ugly tattoos, ugly haircut, totally nondescript, unremarkable face and body and AGAIN with the fucked up pubic hair. And to think what Playgirl guys USED to look like.

Just to remind people of the time when Playgirl men looked like GQ print models.

Italian-Americans seemed more likely to pose for Playgirl.

[quote]Italian-Americans seemed more likely to pose for Playgirl.

Meravigliosa

R166. we are all very grateful

I can deal with the mullet (or soccer cut, as we used to call it) because that bush is so luxuriant. I'd bury myself in it.

I hear Hall & Oats

[quote]that bush is so luxuriant. I'd bury myself in it.

Which is precisely why I love the vintage stuff.

James in r163 is better looking than most of these "old" Playgirl guys. And he's got a delicious-looking dong. I wonder what ever happened to him.

I want to hear more about all those frat brothers you blew. Start a new thread and let’s hear some hard stories

I’ll bet most of the guys posting Playgirl photos on this thread, and others positively commenting on them, are all over 50 years old, like me. Back in high school and college, I was jealous of the guys who had big bushes, and I saw a lot of them in the locker rooms and residence halls. I don’t know if they were proud or embarrassed or oblivious to have such noteworthy pubic hair. I have the impression young men today are embarrassed by having a big bush (peer pressure), hence the need to trim or shave it all away. (To think we had sex for thousands of years and few complained about pubic hair…) I think some attention seekers or exhibitionists or very proud men intentionally show off their big bushes, in the shower, at a nude beach, at a fraternity party, for the shock factor.

Do you like to show off your overgrowth of pubic hair? Are you jealous of guys who have it? Have you known guys who didn’t think twice about revealing their noticeably big bushes when they got naked? What are your thoughts?

R174, a lot of those high school guys wore merkins. I did.

I love a full bush

An Italian guy in my frat had a thicket of dark brown hair down there, and he knew it. He would shower and then blow it dry. Then he wrapped a towel around his hips and tucked it at the base of his cock, so the thicket was spread out and fluffed above it. Then he'd walk around the house that way, like a strutting peacock, diffusing pheromones. It was taboo to be gay in frats back then, so I tried to act as nonchalant as I could, although it was difficult to keep my eyes above his chest. He knew what he was doing. I still remember the image. It still makes me hard.

Was his name Rich, r177?

R177, way to go! Now you take that hardness and make good use of it.

Speaking of erections---one of Playgirl's finest.

I’m late 20’s, rock a full bush, and always get complimented on it by my tricks/fuck buddys. Thankfully a full bush is coming back.

No, R178, his name was Gus. It was short for an Italian name.

Do you know a Rich who fits the "profile" I described? Give us details.

Great, r181!

Do you ever show it in front of people, in the locker room, modeling, nude beach?

A full bush will bring all the boys to the yard. I stopped trimming/shaving in the mid/late 90's, and have gotten nothing but compliments. I'm white, but my pubes are extremely curly/kinky. Could be the Jew side of me. Love black bushes as well as Italian.

R183 Yes to locker room and nude beach. You’d be surprised how many dudes grab it and run their fingers through it while giving me head. I also don’t shave my crack and also get compliments on that. Natural is hot. *buddies, not “buddys” in my post

If you were offered a centerfold spread in Playgirl, r185, would you do it? Would you be proud to show that bush off? Do your friends give you a hard time about not trimming? You seem to be in the minority for your age group.

I give my friends a hard time, if you know what I mean.

R181, do you provide complimentary toothpicks to your johns to pic your pubes out?

Not a fan of this kind of facial hair but this Playgirl model's auburn pubic hair and little tufts on the shoulders are so sexy to me.

Damn, R189, that is a moustache of a certain age. What was once called a porn-stache...

He's a really good looking man.

R189, I'm a big fan of the whole package

Playgirl was seeking models for a "Men of the Pac 10 Conference" when that guy, R189, was selected from his university. Playgirl visited my campus when they were shopping for models for a "Men of the Big 8" layout. A fraternity brother at a recent reunion confessed he "auditioned" fully nude for that spread. We weren't surprised. He walked around the house naked for most of the mornings. Good looking, nice chest, massive pubes, big head on his cock. Looking back, I wonder what Playgirl didn't see. The guys who were selected from our school were not nearly as worthy.

I hope you consoled him majorly.

R190

Even though that actual trend was over a generation ago in the adult industry, I believe the term pornstache is still quite common today.

Bush is back for sure.

Look at porn-- so many of the newer Sean Cody/Corbin Fisher type models are sporting full (or fuller) pubes compared to the totally bare look a few years back.

R189 is what I imagine cops look like naked.

Or what I want cops to look like naked.

same here

CA. 1994, I totally had a crush on Doug Koziak R124

Hooked up with s Muslim guy over the weekend. His pubes, pits, taint, and hole were shaved. Manscapimg is an Islamic tradition he told me. Maybe for Jews too.

I wonder why evolution/natural selection has left pubic hair as a desirable trait? Whereas most other places on the body it has faded or disappeared since caveman days.

Pubic and pithair trap pheromones and create musk which is the basis of sexual attraction.

Also pubes keep make dangly bits ventilated and, well, dangly. Shave your balks and see how the sac sticks to your inner thighs.

R200 because it serves as such a nice frame.

[quote]Pubic and pithair trap pheromones and create musk which is the basis of sexual attraction.

Pheromones? Is that what they're calling it now?

Cheryl has this shaved into her bush.

Welcome to the 21st Century, R203! I must admit, I've known about them since the 80s.

r205 hasn’t met Cheryl.

This guy. We have no lakes to sail on within 100 miles. I can dream, can't I?

I love the Playgirl naked on a sailboat pictures. Total freedom.

I wonder if these models acknowledge they have a larger amount of pubic hair than average or if they are oblivious to it. Was it a factor in agreeing to pose nude, wanting to show it off? I have the impression Playgirl was looking for it as they gave the green light to use the models.

No one thought about "larger amount of pubic hair" then.

When was the first unretracted foreskin shown?

Oh, R210, I paid attention to all my friends in high school and college who had bigger than normal bushes. I don’t know if they were conscious of their excess or not. Some guys were quick to cover up after a shower. Others would walk around naked all day if they could. I think it’s a great question.

R211. Carlos Soares (Playgirl - February 1976) in all his foreskin glory. Don't know if her was the first, but he has a sexy all-natural cock.

R211. Antonio Contrelle (Playgirl - July 1981 and Man of the Year 1982).

r207, one of the few bright spots in the post Jim Brown era. If PG had kept up that momentum, we'd see the Gronk in the centerfold today.

I remember getting a raging hard-on when I first saw the pictures of the model in R213. He was an indigenous Brazilian. So gorgeous.

Was this considered a full-frontal back in the day? Playgirl's photographers had the best job in the world.

Full frontal for a celebrity.

Fabian was braver than Gary.

Fabian now wishes he never posed for those pictures. It didn't provide the popularity bump he was expecting. I am told the photographer took some complete full-frontal photos. Who knows the reason they were not used. I agree, R217. What a great job to have, you see attractive men completely naked, whether or not you took full-frontal photos to share with others.

Fabian had a nice dong. I remember when Playgirl first came out. One of my presumably straight college dormmates bought it every month. Fabian may have been in the first issue I saw.

Poor Fabian. He was always a C- celebrity. Just bubbling beneath the surface of making it big. He was very good looking and quite talented though. That's a bad picture of him though. He was supposed to be the next Ricky Nelson

I wish Ricky Nelson had posed for Playgirl. His thick eyebrows may have foretold a generous bush. I don't know how Ozzie and Harriett could have coped. I know how I could cope.

R223 great idea. He was a beautiful man.

Ricky Nelson was hot...I never realized how much Chris Evans looks like him.

[quote]Was this considered a full-frontal back in the day? Playgirl's photographers had the best job in the world.

Probably not TECHNICALLY. But half peen still lets us know how big a guy's dick is so it may as well be full frontal. Not sure why you wouldn't just let it all show.

Peter Lupus out and proud!

Now, THAT"S how one does a "celebrity nude".

"Peter Lupus"

Even the name sounds "big dicky".

Here's another of George, just like Fabian. I agree, once you've shown half of the goods, and observers know there isn't much else to cover, why not just go for it and do the full-frontal.

On another note, Peter Lupus did not intend to go full frontal. He was going to rely on a red bathrobe for cover. His wife was at the shoot. She took away the bathrobe and demanded he do the full nudes. Note the resignation in his face as he looks at her.

On the other hand, actor Don Stroud insisted his two page centerfold was a full-frontal, before he even sat for the pictures.

I was once told Christopher George was touch-in-cheek when he did the full nudes. He wanted to play with his friends and co-workers, wanting to see their reaction.

Well, R228, "Lupus" means wolf in Latin and we know what "Peter" means, so...

R226 not bad for 45!

Christopher George and Jim Brown were the co-leads of a movie called "I Escaped from Devil's Island" in 1973. I read one talked the other into posing nude for Playgirl. Then they agreed both would do it. Christopher George's centerfold appeared in the June, 1974 issue. Jim Brown's followed three months later, in the September, 1974 issue. Truth or coincidence? It needs further study.

Marvelous thread. Devil's Island had the best ass shots of the greatest football player ever. I guess he was too modest to show his ass in Playgirl.

[quote]r163 Add to it the bizarre pubes, totally smooth body and unflattering haircut and I have to pass.

It's outrageous.

Someone needs to [italic]sue.

Because I'm old, I look at these pics and keep thinking how sexy the men are without tattoos. When I watch porn and so many of the men are covered in spatter patterns of ink it's such a dick wilter.

Couldn't agree more, r237.

Amen!

James haters have their heads up their asses. When they go non-craniorectal, the shit gets in the way of their seeing how beautiful James is. Beautiful face and a dong of distinction.

There is nothing to hate about James. I counter with this.

You're an idiot, r241.

I also prefer R241 over R240. What makes me an idiot? I like lots of pubic hair. If R240 had his naturally grown bush, I would find him very, very sexy.

James, for a guy, for average, you're a pleasure. But when people pay good money for Playgirl, ESPECIALLY the gay element, they want something EXTRA to look at!

James is a'ight...but he ain't all that.

Now, THIS is what I'm talkin' about:

Or this:

And most DEFINITELY this:

Right here....

Nice and compact. A little rocket.

mmmm....

In the magazine's total run, does anyone know any celebrities who were invited to pose full-frontal for Playgirl and declined the offer?

r251 in their hey day they offered everybody. Johnny Carson used to joke about getting an offer. If you were famous they offered it.

250 verboten

Someone from Bellingham just asked me on tinder if my body was organic. I didn’t know what he meant but he then explained that it was about your body being 100% natural: no trimming, dyeing, plucking, shaving, surgery or bleaching. I said I was about 90% organic...he unmatched me. Even fishermen, hippies and solidiers shave some parts, right?

...to think he would have turned you away for having an appendectomy.

I heard they asked Tom Jones. It may have been the biggest-selling magazine ever. You could tell he was well-hung and not wearing underwear when he danced on stage. He was enjoying himself, the damn prick tease.

R254 his loss, I'm sure.

R114 I wonder if Buzzini did the nudes before or after his International Male catalog days.

For your visual pleasure, Tom Jones!

It would have been so easy.

I think I read Playgirl invited Donny Osmond (several times), Bobby Sherman, Adam West and Burt Ward (in a double centerfold).

r258 before

I seem to remember John Davidson talking about almost doing it.

He came close. I always thought he was a bit cheesy but an extremely handsome man.

Almost doesn't count except in horseshoes.

That John Davidson shot appeared in Cosmo. After Burt Reynolds did his spread, a few other "stars" got into the act.

Once Burt Reynolds and John Davidson showed pubes in Cosmopolitan, what did they have to lose? Go to Playgirl, show the rest of those pubes and what's below. Honestly, we would already know what their bits looked like.

All-American crooner John Davidson would be a coup. He could finish what Fabian started.

[quote]r259 For your visual pleasure, Tom Jones!

Wow. Batman and Robin in a centerfold. Burt Ward was well-hung and had to be fitted with a constraining jockstrap in his Robin tights. The inevitable comparisons would arrive, who had the best dick?, best bush?. best balls?, best chest?, best nipples?, best ass?...

Why, oh why didn't they give us the opportunity?

R256, Ah, Tom Jones. His TV show in the US coincided with my puberty. Perhaps this is why, to this day, I prefer hairy chests to smooth. I never thought he was particularly handsome, but that chest! He was hairy even by the standards of that hairy-chested era.

R270 Adam was uncut, Burt was cut.

r131 The story always was that Fernando Lamas bought back the Lorenzo Lamas photos and they were never published.

R272, those Lorenzo Lamas photos, if published, could revitalize his career. It would put him back into the spotlight. Wouldn’t it be nice?

I love that these guys have full intact bushes.

Are you not allowed to get a haircut or trim your nails either?

I saw a nude Lorenzo Lamas online a couple of years ago. I thought it must be photoshopped. Yet, I couldn't detect any giveaways to editing. He was young and his junk looked relatively normal. Maybe it was one of these photos.

I swear I've seen some real Lorenzo pics too. Probably fakes but at the time I would have sworn they were real. Whoever photoshopped them did a magnificent job.

R276, he didn't measure up to Dad.

Adam West and Burt Ward competed for attention on the Batman set. They even tried to block each other out of the view of the camera. A centerfold would have been great. I don't think the photographer would survive.

Scott Layne. Possible the most delicious man who ever lived.

Scott is in his mid to late 50s now, but still managing the "Hollywood Men" stripper act. His bio references a wife and two kids.

Niko is so sexy

Got a stack of Playgirl magazines that I'd like to get rid of. Any suggestions, other than giving the trash collectors something to talk about?

One of the best JO scenes ever filmed. Niko masturbates while showing his perfect pink hole

R281 luscious

R283 how sticky are they? If there's a GL Center in your area, there just might be an archive that would want them, purely for academic purposes, of course.

Wasn't that Scott guy a softcore porn regular?

Scott did Playgirl, but that was the only nude stuff he did.

Not nude R287 just the butt baring Skinimax type stuff.

[quote]Got a stack of Playgirl magazines that I'd like to get rid of. Any suggestions, other than giving the trash collectors something to talk about?

Throw them in the dumpster behind a strip mall in the middle of the night.

I'll give them a good home R283!

How many issues R283? What years?

Sell them r283. You'll get more than you paid for them.

r283...locate the person who runs the blackdogue site....they are constantly adding new centerfolds they dont have access to....Im sure you might have a few theyre missing...they might pay.

A university library may accept them as stack material on popular culture. They would be used for research purposes. Ask around.

I think today's students would be curious about how we portrayed the male body in that time period. What, not so muscular? What, pubic hair, really? What, shaggy hair covering your ears?

Pop culture is a fascinating thing to study.

No one wants your old beat off library.

I saw my first Playgirl issues in our University's library, back in the 80s.

R294 so is pop-up culture.

R283, make sure the pages aren’t stuck together.

eBay.

Donate them to your local priest.

Bumpity-bump-bump.