Playbill

December, 1994

Millions of words, thousands of pictures, tons of paper, more than a few ads. Four decades' worth of a substantial, entertaining product—hardly the flimsy stuff of dreams. Yet that's where it started, in the mind of a lanky guy who bet that other men thought the same way he did. Almost immediately, Playboy went from Hef's dream to a monthly event for men who were as serious about leisure as they were about work.Imagine a world without Playboy. Cast your mind's eye over that postnuclear landscape...