Hugh Hefner | 1. How To Sell A Fantasy

Power: Don King

Sony Music

Society & Culture, History, True Crime

3.9 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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How did Hugh Hefner persuade the world to buy into his fantasies? Who was the first girl next door? And what was it really like to work in the glitzy Playboy Clubs at their peak? Power is a Somethin’ Else production with Sony Music Entertainment. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This series contains occasional references to abuse, sexual misconduct, and other topics
0:14.0	that some people might find disturbing.
0:19.5	It was the 90s.
0:21.1	I was eight years old, and I was visiting Manhattan's Little Italy with my parents.
0:28.1	On Mulberry Street, then and now, are all these little souvenir shops.
0:34.2	Among the statue of Liberty Paperweights and I Heart and YC baseball caps, one thing jumped
0:39.8	out at me.
0:41.3	Marilyn Monroe's picture was everywhere.
0:49.1	Even decades after her death, her blonde hair, parted red lips, and half open eyes were
0:55.3	an easy sell.
0:57.2	I begged my parents to buy me a cheap coin purse with her face on it.
1:02.9	Throughout her short life, Marilyn was a magnet for powerful people.
1:07.8	They adored being close to her, and that didn't change after she passed away.
1:12.5	Hey, you're sickle.
1:13.5	And I know it.
1:14.5	It had its compensation.
1:15.5	It didn't.
1:16.5	But it also had to be strong.
1:17.5	It was a big deal.
1:18.5	It was a big deal.
1:19.5	It was a big deal.
1:20.5	It was a big deal.
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