What was the Playboy Club?
Where was the first Playboy Club?
Where was the last Playboy Club, and when did it close?
What cities had Playboy Clubs?
What famous women worked as Bunnies?
What was the Playboy Club?
The clubs featured Playboy Bunnies serving cocktails to keyholders and performances by some big names in entertainment, such as Steve Allen, Ann-Margret, the Count Basie Orchestra, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, George Carlin, Ray Charles, Bill Cosby, Dizzy Gillespie, Bob Hope, Peggy Lee, Steve Martin, Bette Midler, Ginger Rogers, the Smothers Brothers, Mel Torme and Muddy Waters.
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Where was the first Playboy Club?
The first Club opened at 116 E. Walton in downtown Chicago on February 29, 1960. During the last three months of 1961, more than 132,000 people visited the Chicago club, making it the busiest night club in the world.
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Where was the last Playboy Club, and when did it close?
The last U.S. club, located in Lansing, Michigan, closed in 1988. The last international club, located in Manila, closed in 1991.
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What cities had Playboy Clubs?
Chicago
Miami
New Orleans
St. Louis
New York
Phoenix
Detroit
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Atlanta
San Francisco
Boston
London
Montreal
Denver
Clermont, UK
Portsmouth, UK
Manchester, UK
Tokyo
Dallas
Osaka, Japan
Nassau, Bahamas
Manila
Nagoya, Japan
Sapporo, Japan
San Diego
Buffalo
Atlantic City
Columbus, Ohio
Lansing, Michigan
St. Petersburg, Florida
Des Moines, Iowa
Omaha, Nebraska
Playboy also owned resorts in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, Ocho Rios, Jamaica and Great Gorge, New Jersey.
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What famous women worked as Bunnies?
Before they launched their careers, actresses Lauren Hutton, Julie Cobb, Lynne Moody, Sherilyn Fenn, Susan Sullivan, Jackie Zeman, Maria Richwine and Barbara Bosson all worked as Bunnies, as did rock star Deborah Harry. Feminist writer Gloria Steinem became a Bunny as a journalistic assignment.
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