When did the first Ian Fleming story appear in Playboy?
When did Little Annie Fanny debut?
When did the first Vargas girl appear in Playboy?
When did the Femlin first appear, and who draws her?
When did the first 20 Questions appear?
When did Shel Silverstein's work first appear?
Have any celebrities ever appeared in Playboy pictorials?
Have any men ever appeared on the cover?
I've heard that Playboy ranked my college as the top party school. Is that true?
When did the first Ian Fleming story appear in Playboy?
The first Ian Fleming short story, in which the writer introduced Playboy readers to his character James Bond, appeared in the March 1960 issue. Playboy later serialized a new Bond adventure annually, and the magazine has published ten Bond-related pictorials.
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When did Little Annie Fanny debut?
Drawn by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder of Mad magazine fame, Annie debuted in October 1962.
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When did the first Vargas girl appear in Playboy?
The first Vargas girl appeared in the March 1957 issue, and the Vargas girl appeared exclusively in Playboy from 1960 to 1978. Vargas died in 1982 at age 87.
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When did the Femlin first appear, and who draws her?
The Femlin, who recently celebrated her 40th anniversary, debuted on the Party Jokes page in August 1955. She is drawn by LeRoy Neiman.
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When did the first 20 Questions appear?
The first 20 questions were asked of supermodel Cheryl Tiegs in our October 1978 issue. The second 20 Questions was with Dan Rather.
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When did Shel Silverstein's work first appear?
Silverstein's artwork debuted in Playboy in a booklet inserted into the August 1956 issue. His first written satire, "Confessions of an American Button Man," appeared in December 1956.
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Have any celebrities appeared in Playboy pictorials?
A few of the notable women who have appeared in our pages (dates are for first appearances):
Ursula Andress (July 1965)
Brigitte Bardot (March 1958)
Drew Barrymore (January 1995)
Kim Basinger (February 1983)
Sonia Braga (October 1984)
Rae Dawn Chong (May 1982)
Madonna (September 1985)
Joan Collins (March 1969)
Cindy Crawford (July 1988, October 1998)
Patti Davis (July 1994)
Bo Derek (March 1980)
Linda Doucett (September 1993)
Linda Evans (July 1971)
Morgan Fairchild (August 1986)
Farrah Fawcett (December 1978)
Sherilyn Fenn (December 1990)
Jane Fonda (August 1966)
Zsa Zsa Gabor (March 1957)
Crystal Gayle (November 1981)
Robin Givens (September 1994)
Melanie Griffith (October 1976)
Jessica Hahn (November 1987)
Margaux Hemingway (June 1978)
Mariel Hemingway (April 1982)
Barbara Hershey (August 1972)
LaToya Jackson (March 1989)
Jayne Kennedy (July 1981)
Margot Kidder (March 1975)
Nastassja Kinski (August 1979)
Vikki LaMota (November 1981)
Sophia Loren (November 1957)
Tina Louise (May 1958)
Elle MacPherson (May 1994)
Jayne Mansfield (February 1956)
Ann-Margret (October 1966)
Donna Mills (October 1987)
Marilyn Monroe (December 1953)
Julie Newmar (May 1957)
Brigitte Nielsen (September 1985)
Kim Novak (October 1959)
Bettie Page (January 1955)
Dian Parkinson (December 1991)
Bernadette Peters (December 1981)
Paulina Porizkova (November 1986)
Victoria Principal (September 1973)
Vanessa Redgrave (April 1969)
Mimi Rogers (March 1993)
Sable (April 1999, September 1999)
Jane Seymour (July 1973)
Stephanie Seymour (March 1991)
Nancy Sinatra (March 1995)
Suzanne Somers (February 1980)
Elke Sommer (September 1964)
Sharon Stone (July 1990)
Elizabeth Taylor (January 1963)
Mamie Van Doren (February 1964)
Raquel Welch (February 1977)
Vanna White (July 1986)
Katarina Witt (December 1998)
For information on purchasing back issues, see Collecting Playboy.
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Have any men appeared on the cover?
The first man to appear on the cover was Peter Sellers, in April 1964. The second was Burt Reynolds, in October 1979. The other men who have been on Playboy's cover are Steve Martin, Jerry Seinfeld, Donald Trump, Dan Aykroyd, Leslie Nielsen and Gene Simmons
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I've heard that Playboy ranked my college as the top party school. Is
that true?
Since about 1955, rumors have floated around every campus in the country
that Playboy had at one time run a survey of drinking on campus and that
a particular school was listed as number one. But we've ranked party
schools only three time, in January 1987 (top school: California State
at Chico), November 2002 (top spot: Arizona State) and May 2006 (top
spot: Wisconsin at Madison). As the old saw goes, if your school isn't
included, it's because we didn't rank professionals. Two caveats: In
September 1968, we listed the University of Wisconsin at Madison as the
most permissive campus in a sample of 25 universities. We also called it
"the party school," primarily because it served beer in the student
union. We repeated the exercise in October 1976, naming UCLA tops in
"campus action." You can order back issues by phoning 800-423-9494 or
visiting the Playboy Store.
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