The Eighties
January, 1989
May you live in interesting times," goes the old Chinese curse. Well, things got real interesting for Playboy in the Eighties. Americans were being held hostage by the ayatollah, interest rates were high and we had a President who carried his own luggage. What's worse, no one had yet had the decency to put disco out of its misery. When Reagan was elected, those of us who disagreed with his politics thought, At least he'll lay off Playboy; he wants government off the people's backs. But nooo...
