Playboy After Hours

November, 1963

For many years it has been thought that the mysterious proliferation of wire coat hangers in dark closets has been the result of their rapid rate of reproduction. Recent studies, however, have uncovered a remarkable connection between this fecundity and the well-known fact that it is almost always impossible to find a beer-can opener when you want one. This scientific break-through reveals that the beer-can opener is in reality the larval stage of the wire coat hanger. While you're scratching ar...