Day at Night: Hugh Hefner

[@DaAutumnLeafMassacre]

"One of the most desired things we want to buy, by money or fame, is time." Damn. beautiful.

[@tue1981]

and hopefully time will give people pause to see the foundational building blocks and pass on the ephemeral and transient. A lot of foolishness (valuing the wrong things) out there incl and esp yours most truly (ymt), Lord let me gain wisdom, not to get a pat on the back, so that I can raise my family better.

[@teresacastillo1783]

Look alikes women Portuguese m

[@Tweezyman1]

He was verry ahead of his time back then !

[@tue1981]

there are trends out there, like streams in the land each going their own way. - make sure you identify and follow now the "history is on our side" people (because they are just one stream) but the streams that have decades and centuries and millennia behind them. Don't aim to be ahead of your time - yes, identify the times and the trends but evaluate them - some are empty and hollow

[@vf84tcat1]

Without actually hearing it from him I've lived his philosophy about life. At 68 years of age, he was exactly correct life is an adventure that should go on and on as such. I've certainly made my life that way and compared to my contemporaries I find a heck of a lot more satisfaction in it than do they

[@Jay-vr9ir]

You must have a lot of money .

[@magnusgranskau7487]

@@Jay-vr9irits more about priorities

[@RADIUMGLASS]

Hef was 48 at the time of this interview. On growing old he did it best.

[@sflaw5581]

@Kelp Farming the man lived his best life. don't be jealous.

[@sflaw5581]

@Kelp Farming he was rich, lived long, looked happy, had a lot of succes with in business and with women, became an icon in pop culture. And there are people who still try to belittle him even after his death because they feel threatened in their ego.

[@sflaw5581]

@Kelp Farming i don't agree with his lifestyle and you don't have to either, but you cannot judge him for the way he wanted to live. He lived his life to the fullest and made it the way he wanted to make it. If you think that he was this sad lonely old man, you are lying to yourself.

[@sflaw5581]

@Kelp Farming idk all the people you mentioned but manson was a criminal, not comparable. And the person who talked about this " incontinence" story was a playmate, not a reliable source, those girls would do/say anything for money. And even if it was true, most people go through medical problems when they get old just like hugh (supposedly) but without the money, the mansion, the career, the fame, the playmates...

[@sflaw5581]

@Kelp Farming that your opinion on him, not facts. When playmates where around him, he knew what they wanted, and they knew what they where getting themselves into. But the two are not equal. And like i said, i dont agree with hugh lifestyle, but i respect it. If i didnt have my believes and values, i would have tried to be the same as him. And please stop joking about his health issues, when did it became ok to make fun of people for their health ?

[@sweetpapajazz]

What a intelligent,insightful man.

[@adriana-jn8ru]

Please

[@tue1981]

He comes across as that doesn't he, and I have to doff my cap to someone who can do that. You know what builds civilization. It is the regular nine to five husbands who punch a timeclock or work a not too glamorous salaried job for year and years. Hugh Hefner is not something to aspire to, he is living a life few have the opportunity to live. Most of us are regular guys. OK give it to him for not failing in an interview, all I'm saying is he's off on his own there, not representative of the hoi polloi (common people).

[@private464]

Thank you for restoring and putting these videos out here!

[@solarpanel8195]

a lot can be learned from this interview...details.

[@apacur]

Very True .. He's super insightful and very articulate

[@Roonlovesfish3874]

So true!

[@montebrown9528]

What ever you think of Hef I think you have to agree he was very intilectual and honest. He was honest about himself and analyzed his own behavior. People say they are "living the dream" and Hef really did. He realized how lucky he was to be able to do that.

[@sazonada]

What I have recently learned, from multiple sources, is that he was not actually honest, but more of a performer. Hard stuff to watch.

[@teresacastillo1783]

Not living a dream with satanism funny odors car acccidentss 3:03 karma Portuguese m look alikes females

[@seventiesgirl6449]

Hef had class and so did his magazine.

[@laurawilloughby4000]

This aged like milk.

[@Wesker10000]

My gosh this was actually a very thought provoking interview, and Hefner gave some very insightful answers.

[@pure6945]

this man has too much swag. the boots, the pipe, the shirt, the talk. omfg.

[@noscrubbubblez6515]

You'll see this style in 'That 70's Show'. We truly had a higher standard of living in clothing and style. No one cares now.

[@nicholasmiranda6013]

Is that Gandhi with a record table

[@thomasmorris2245]

Pajamas

[@paulyricca3881]

@@nicholasmiranda6013 🥃👴🏻 DUH I DONT NO DUH

[@HomeAtLast501]

Wow, what an impressive guy. I had no idea he was a man of such depth and intellect.

[@noak23]

Had a 170 I.Q.

[@HomeAtLast501]

@@noak23 Wow, did he really? I noticed his image really changed in the 1980s. In interviews in the '80s he comes off as being very superficial and sexually-oriented. He stopped showing this deep, complex, intellectual side that seriously analyzed, and understood, social dynamics. And who really understood at a very nuanced level the role he and Playboy were playing in cultural change.

[@HomeAtLast501]

What I'm saying is, I came of age in the '80s, and I never before saw this deeper side of the man until seeing this interview.

[@noak23]

@@HomeAtLast501 Check out his biographies on KZbin. He's fascinating and confusing at times. Like other people have posted, he grew up in a repressed, Puritan, fundamentalist Methodist household where there was no affection of hugging or kissing shown. He escaped early on into the dreams and fantasies fulled by the movies and music. He got ahold of Alfred Kinsey's "sex and the american male" booklet and figured out a way to jump start the sexual revolution and profit off of it and become wealthy and famous at the same time. His first fiance had told him she had been having affairs so ever since then he had trust issues and commitment issues with women

[@aeropilot4419]

Recommend collecting old issues of Playboy … I have an issue from July 1958, the month I was born, and it is fantastic. Love the Playboys of the early-mid ‘60s up to about 1972. 👍🏼

[@russellmakar579]

Hugh Hefner, every man's hero....

[@missangiemissangiemissaaaa1280]

And a lot of women too

[@williamclay1792]

Not mine douche bag, I don’t plan on joining him in Gehenna.

[@cindyinnew]

@@williamclay1792 you seriously shouldn’t leave your religious views here to annoy the rest of us. Why are you even on this thread ?

[@garetcrossman6626]

Obviously he's not

[@CanadianKid7]

Not mine. Hugh Hefner was the quintessential dirty old man 🤢

[@RADIUMGLASS]

James Day was a good journalist... it was nice seeing two intellectuals talk to one another. Interviews today are not this good and unfortunately journalism is no longer interesting as it once was. Hey talk Talk show hosts! go back to using swivel seats.

[@vf84tcat1]

You're absolutely correct, certainly when it comes to trash "journalism" like CNN. There is no intellectual journalistic integrity there

[@williamclay1792]

Shut up.

[@cdsoder345432]

I don't think I'd ever hear Hugh Hefner talk in an interview setting. This was really surprising! Hefner sounds very intelligent and makes for a really interesting interview.

[@JulieR73]

He majored in Psychology in college

[@magnusgranskau7487]

@@JulieR73thats not what made him smart, and its not a really a good way of measuring peoples intelligence in general. but its not a bad sign either

[@g41133]

Hugh Hefner seemed like an easygoing, nice man.

[@williamclay1792]

He’s in reality, now a very loud man screaming 24/7 begging for God’s mercy.

[@louievbeltz9450]

Never Ever Land Not Never Never damn y u say that😂 like wat makes I think that?

[@jaxomari9488]

i know it is kinda off topic but does anybody know a good site to stream newly released movies online?

[@vincenzogenesis4556]

@Jax Omari I would suggest Flixzone. Just google for it :)

[@teresacastillo1783]

He had lots of bones in the closet Someone change him so he pretend his death and escape

[@bobdc13]

Thankyou so much for posting this interview.I'm so fasinated by Hefner.He was such a wonderful person.No one will ever come along in our life time with such ideas for his time...

[@laurawilloughby4000]

Yeah, except when he was getting his german shepard to fuck Linda Lovelace. What a swell guy.

[@bobdc13]

@@laurawilloughby4000 Can you prove this bullshit that you are talking? It's easy to trample on a mans grave.He can't defend himself..

[@KD400_]

@@laurawilloughby4000 ur so hypocritical ur subscribed to holly madison who was with hugh hefner shut up and get lost

[@thomasmorris2245]

Damn - I love ❤️ playing Music 🎼 Need more scaling- success

[@teresacastillo1783]

Nobody's knew about him until family members knew of this guy social media fanatic

[@alexthompson9516]

I love how Hef refers to Playboy simply as "the Book."

[@HomeAtLast501]

That's what they call the publication in the magazine industry.

[@BigSirZebras]

I have watched a few of these Day and Night episodes now and I have to say that the host is an amazing journalist. whether he is interviewing the far left or far right or anywhere in between his questions never hint at what he believes but only dig into the minds of those he interviewed.

[@reid2hai]

+BigSirZebras Too bad there's no intelligent conversation on TV anymore. That's why I no longer own one.

[@truthexposed1428]

I miss him so bad :’(

[@bobbyjensen264]

Rest in peace, Hef

[@guavajellyjam]

Lina Ramone Godspeed Hef ! Thank you !

[@bobbyjensen264]

Rima Anabtawi He was a rather attractive man.

[@williamclay1792]

He’s resting in his own piss and shit, his body at least, but his eternal body is currently in eternal agony.

[@cindyinnew]

@@williamclay1792 you are so deranged

[@monicalarkin4616]

I doubt he is in heaven. He was a humanist. Not a believer in Jesus Christ.

[@ye2low]

Thank you for posting this. With new eyes its amazing to see this interview and how clearly well thought out and methodical this man was.

[@MrWatsonToYou]

Great interview. Thanks for posting it.

[@cicorp1405]

Holly Madison was not born until over 5 years later in 1979. Crystal Harris was born 14 years later in 1986. We are as old as we feel.

[@guavajellyjam]

Goodnight sweet Hef ! Godspeed ! 😘😘

[@itsallfunandgames723]

I'm sure James Day was accomplished within his profession, but he just seems outclassed here intellectually. He very noticeably cannot seem to keep pace. Admittedly with one of the modern world's most influential men.

[@blonded9965]

RIP HUGH STAY COZY IN HEAVEN

[@williamclay1792]

You are one stupid son of a bitch, if you truly think this man is resting in Heaven. Truly you are a moron.

[@blonded9965]

Antidisestablishmentarianism shut up lol

[@willvintson1744]

Yeah cozy in 🔥 🖕

[@blonded9965]

Good Fella you mad too? 🤣

[@ThePandaGuitar]

Outspoken with style and lives on his terms and values. That's a man.

[@lourak613]

Day was, at times, a brilliant interviewer. Here, he subtly peppers his questioning of Hefner with some tough challenging questions - and Hefner clearly stumbles when he is forced to confront some of the inconsistencies in his claims. But Day, the consummate interlocutor, does not immediately follow up with the hammer blow - but lets things ease up for a while, only to deliver another tough question a bit later.

[@johnnyonthespotroberts5290]

He was a very good talker

[@matthewnorris203]

Damn, he’s such a relaxed, comfortable man..

[@seangentile5586]

Genius and hardworker. In a weird way the interviewer held his own and was a debonair gentleman.

[@Ace.0.0.0.]

Hef had a genius level I.Q.

[@TheLaurajlee]

I guess if you want to be a devil's advocate. The king of nyphomaniacs. Hefner's real philosophies of his Playboy Magazines was to do as many beautiful women as he could before he crocked. Intellectual garbage. The magazine was based on lies. Why was HH always acting like a god. HH picked the women for his magazine. A genius that used the allure of beautiful women to make his millions. Women are just as beautiful with their clothes on. I would love to see a Hefner with a bunny tail.

[@kyliehandler6246]

@@TheLaurajlee Not to mention that now the truth has emerged and so many of the women who were there have said they were drugged, raped and passed around. Including the beautiful Dorothy Stratten. This is all just a glossy academic and anthropologic facade for the rape and exploitation of women. Many of the women wondered as badly as they were treated if Hef actually hated women and if men were his actual true romantic love, as attested by Dr. Mark and other men that he slept with.

[@Dalaimama69]

Hefner & his friends were apex predators!

[@thomasgeorge-gilmore950]

His interview with David Letterman is really different. In this he shows how much of a clever man he was, in the Letterman interview, he is the man who we come to know with the mansion and his lifestyle. Obviously in the UK I have to rely on KZbin to find both documents, but I prefer Hugh here to his Letterman interview. The Letterman interview being from 1985?

[@Ralzaly]

I think the reason he became the way he is is because of his first marriage. It affected him emotionally and psychologically that he decided to basically say screw it.

[@grantmann669]

These gentlemen had class, no doubt about it!

[@TruthMakesPeace]

If Hugh Hefner did not do it, other men would, riding a natural wave whose time had come, with photographic and printing technology - and the discovery that women like attention and to show what they have got. Thousands of women volunteer to pose Hefner also shows by example that life is to enjoy, even through old age, and he lives 100%.

[@TheLaurajlee]

Many women were drugged then raped. These are the facts

[@montebrown9528]

Hef's comments at 20:01 and after are so important. Think about it, without sex there would probably be no cities, families, or relationships. Sex motivates us to be our best selves. We are hardwired to have two sexes and our existence depends on that.

[@ParadiseVids]

Puritanism has returned in 2023 with the MeToo movement. I was a huge feminist, but I was because of the sexual liberation movement that was part of our women’s liberation as well. They were teams. MeToo, no such animal. I’m done.

[@ParadiseVids]

That’s for putting the time stamp in! I love his quotes.

[@KD400_]

Of course after food sex comes next. It's the 2 most important things in life

[@yopacific]

Hef was a man amongst boys….the ultimate.

[@michaelvann6421]

Refreshing interview about the meaning of life. 🤔🤔🤔

[@DanielGomez-nn7qk]

what a man.

[@garetcrossman6626]

What a bore.

[@escapeartistasia]

Hugh and other like him, were innovators and thinkers before his time. It's interesting to here him briefly discuss the everlasting puritanical conflicts. I imagine this would be much harder for him because of his generation than what most of us deal with today.

[@dondoyle8474]

What a life 😎

[@Noelpage9569]

Love Heff

[@ifkvkivlvkvvi9475]

You are never too old to achieve your dreams look at hef 🙌🏻

[@montebrown9528]

I guess the folks that say they never knew Hef was so intilectual never really read Playboy. His philosophy was there to read and understand in every issue.

[@tapper701]

Interesting invterview. Hugh & his Playboy company brought forth much in its span of decades. Today, vastly different as to companies scope.

[@kvidal08]

Amazing

[@dampetv1889]

Rip, Absolute legend.

[@rosie6]

Legend ? Delusional

[@AndrewsOpinion15]

WOW HE WAS SO YOUNG !!!!!!

[@RADIUMGLASS]

48 in 1974

[@BlackShampoo75]

Yes.. apparently

[@PKStefanini]

Nothing can beat the Judeo/Christian ethic that I live by: Ten Commandments and Golden Rule. Let's get back to basics folks.

[@PKStefanini]

So many unwanted pregnancies, vd, abortions and heartbreak when women are used and dumped often nowadays. Free sex benefits men more than women I think. And women's lib has exacerbated the situation and in many ways has led to the battle of the sexes resurgence. What a mess and so tiring. I think I'll get back to my House & Garden TV Flips and House Hunters. Something I can understand and relate to.

[@candyjohnson3302]

LittleRexie what dumb comments. Smh

[@seangentilechildsupport8858]

I respected his business success.

[@linaJOHNs]

my idol

[@pennythpmas5787]

Hef's genius was crafting an image.

[@Psyco069]

RIP Hef

[@zeusares4217]

Awesome shirt he is wearing.

[@armyman3666]

A real revolutionary

[@anthonyenos2835]

Ill take death with Jesus,and live in eaven forever,mans greed knows no bounds.Jesus is our only truth.

[@DNchap1417]

His first wife cheated on him while he was in the army. When he found out about it, he was outraged and angered, and she decided to let him have an affair because she felt guilty about it and hope it would save their marriage. They would divorce in '59.

[@chrispywilliams1992]

He looks so happy!

[@katherinesage]

a genius

[@lanceash]

When Hefner moved Playboy's headquarters and his home from Chicago to Hollywood is everything started to go wrong.

[@cunytv]

April 25, 1974.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

He just turned 48.

[@aitch3]

A 1968 Playmate named Paige Young committed suicide 4/7/74.

[@CanadianKid7]

21:28 - Interviewer guy: I would have thought that love was the great humanizing force, not sex. BOOM! Interview over.

[@katm5903]

I wonder if Hef knew then that he would live until his 90s lol. Though there is controversy about some of his personal behaviors, I am thankful for his contribution to the sexual revolution which did get the ball rolling on many social issues. Sex is a natural biological thing that has been celebrated and documented for centuries. I think his magazine was more artistic than others for sure, but it has also led to some unrealistic expectations of women. Compelling interview.

[@allkindsamusicchick]

Some of the most interesting people have some peculiar sexual behaviors. What is coming out about Hef as of late is a bit shocking, yet...he is such an intelligent, introspective, and lovely man. It's easy to see why he was/is still well-loved.

[@laurawilloughby4000]

A bit shocking? He coerced Linda (got her drunk and drugged) into blowing a german shepard. And that's just for starters. He was an evil pig.

[@allkindsamusicchick]

@@laurawilloughby4000 Really? I haven't heard THAT...but then again, I haven't heard it all. Not my idea of romance....fer sure!! Hell no!

[@mariocisneros911]

He mentions time , he's around 50 here (1970's) and has 40 more years ahead .

[@Noah-kz7vc]

RIP legend

[@Pimp-Master]

Very nice quote there. I wonder if you got it out of a book? :)

[@dotmc9664]

Something interesting that I noticed is that a lot of his philosophy and ideology sounds very familiar to what people like Andrew Tate are saying now.

[@sknyrd77]

Very curious on the year. I'm gonna say 1975 based on some of the dialogue and Hefner's "look". Anybody know for sure?

[@sandythomas8911]

👍🏼

[@bluecollarlit]

Taped in April 1974, it says in the description. (I was finishing my freshman year of high school in a tiny town on the American plains.)

[@Thinkingtoomuchh]

What’s the song name plzzzzxxzzzzz

[@KP-ul2ep]

I think it's sad that today, as an elderly man, Hef is seen as some greedy perv (and he maybe plays that role, humoristically). In these old interviews he gave, we really see how open minded he is about sexality, and also how much of entrepreneur is he, as well.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

I can't see Larry Flynt or Bob Guccione being as intellectual as Hef. His mind was sharp until the end.

[@peterkant8009]

How this connects (at all) to Karol's comment?

[@jayn8392]

read some of the srories about the way he went through (sexually) and controlled young desperate women and you may change your tune. Sure he may have had a more progressive view (for the time) on being open and honest about sex and he was obviously an intelligent guy. But that doesn't stop him from being a manipulative, opportunistic chauvenist who creeped on MUCH younger women (groups of them) till his dying day. Obviously the girls did it freely and to further their own agendas, but his behavior and the way he treated them paints a picture more of a lecherous old chauvinist who enjoyed controlling people rather than some sexual revolutionary.

[@jeanjones1846]

He is a pervert... thats the truth.

[@ApartmentKing66]

@@jeanjones1846 And you're a prude? Is that the truth too?

[@truthseeker5332]

This interviewer askes really good questions, which hugh fails to answer on the same level.

[@zboys4586]

It's my happening man and it freaks me out beyond the valley of the dolls. Climb into bed with your favorite dolls and have sweet dreams

[@KurtTank392]

Smart Man

[@lisasuzanne8474]

He was very handsome. How old was he here?

[@bigdaddy7862]

Late 40s

[@brittanylynn8958]

Nobody talks about how he was just a swinger and tired to have relations with every playmate , not to mention he mentally bullied the girls when he was old enough to know better ?

[@dpaul470]

This is were gain flows of income. (Watch the money)

[@waltbadem7170]

looks like Jaime Lannister's uncle

[@BlantonDelbert]

@IStehSHIT I agree 100 percent. I am always at the door of The Absurd.

[@leonardsmith5335]

Missed. HEF4321 HELLFIRE NOW

[@errol700]

What a fantastic interview. I have no idea what happened to the intelligent and pragmatic man as he grew older; he became 'childish' as he aged. Wow! he missed the boat while taking his personal sexual misadventures just too far. He could have been a role model for the younger generation and his children, inspiring them to go after their dreams however controversial they may be, but ended up being a 'butt of jokes'- Ricky Gervais-Golden globes

[@ecommercefsc8491]

No he became a legend

[@user-dz2sh5bj1x]

Hello

[@phareaction]

the interviewer was probably born around 1900 right? damn

[@mattman141]

22 December 1918

[@teresacastillo1783]

Hefner was probably born 1973 master of disguise

[@roquefortfiles]

CUNY tv??

[@bergydermeister5616]

Dorothy Stratten was the One

[@carolynmorris7303]

Hef had the "Gillette mens hairdo".

[@jovonashford]

MIKE CACOPHONY😀😇🤠

[@patrickmckenny6992]

Hefner has helped orchestrate the moral downfall of our society. America is in much trouble today because it has lost its moral compass with a collapse of the American family, materialism, and narcissism and doing what you want no matter the long term consequences.

[@yopacific]

Patrick McKenny shut up you sexually repressed nerd

[@missangiemissangiemissaaaa1280]

Wow....u got it wrong man. He did wonders for our world.

[@leonardsmith5335]

EMBRACE VIRTUE and. He. Is. Legend..MOST. ENVIED. MAN. ON EARTH.... GODFATHER IV

[@leonardsmith5335]

LOVE. JESUS CHRIST..MISS. U. HEF👍🧘‍♂️👍👌👌👌🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩❤🌎🧡🌍❤🌏💎🤺🗽👑🌐☝️🖐🧘‍♂️🤗🤗

[@GX2re]

To think all this happened because his wife cheated on him while he was deployed.

[@blakesasha3517]

He looks like a young Robert Dinero here

[@23igna]

Imagine this guy would be killed years ago for saying that stuff. he would be seen as the devil during medieval times for promoting that kind of ideas. Thankfully society is slowly but surely evolving.

[@akavirus3937]

23igna the silliest comment

[@23igna]

society was very different in the sixties than it is now. it was a very conservative world. things like masturbation, sex outside of marriage, homosexuality were seen as sick and perverted.

[@Anglovox]

That's true. If one goes back to the 1950s, it was widely perpetuated that it was basically impossible to be preternatually "homosexual" without also, By DEFINITION, being a "communist", which by definition was the definition of "anti-American".

[@23igna]

+Anglovox During Nazi Germany, gays and lesbians were persecuted and killed during the holocaust along with the communists and the jews. But it didn't stopped there. By the end of WW2, the CIA illegaly bought Nazi scientists and weapons to the U.S.A during ''operation paperclip''. It's a well known fact. Also, this is the reason why John F. Kennedy got shot. He spoke about ''secret societies'' and ''secret oaths''. No one knew what he was talking about. The CIA papers were declassified before his death. Kennedy was reffering to the CIA and their secret Nazi agenda.

[@Anglovox]

That's right. They did....as in the case of General Gehlen.

[@ronki23]

Does Hef actually have any hobbies/ do anything other than the Playmates?! Is there also a reason he's more popular than Stringfellow?

[@mariocisneros911]

He wasnt actually middle class, if both his parents were college educated. Possibly he was lower upper class

[@BlackShampoo75]

I always assumed he was a dirty old man.. but jesus he was a thinker

[@candyjohnson3302]

BlackShampoo75 and those two things are mutually exclusive?

[@thefakenewsnetwork8072]

Long live communism and freedom

[@ayomcgrady8553]

The goat

[@zxq459]

If you think about it the greatest country in the world was built on gambling. They were people willing to step out of the way to take the chances required to hit it big.