Jim did not think this worthy of a reply but kept staring at me. “I’m Gay Haubner, ah, I was the assistant editor at Viva, and ah, Kathy Keeton thought I might fit in better at Penthouse.”
I sidled into his office, hugging the wall. “What do you want?” rumbled forth like an early warning vibration from a thundercloud. Goode?” He looked up from the papers on his desk, fixing me with a blood-shot, Medusa glare. My first task at Penthouse was to introduce Jim Goode to his newest, and probably unwanted, staff member. Jim bore an unsettling resemblance to Lurch, the Addams Family butler, and laughed about as much, which was a good thing, as his gravely guffaw was blood-chilling, like the clanking of rusty chains. My new boss was Jim Goode, the executive editor, a scraggly 6’3” man with a bloodhound face who wore the same uniform of Levi’s, faded chambray shirt, and work boots every day, as if it were painted on him. I was now the editorial assistant at Penthouse magazine, foisted on their staff by my old boss Kathy Keeton. I was no longer a Viva editor, but being fired for cursing out my boss taught me to keep my mouth shut in the face of stupidity, a skill which kept me employed for forty years. Not only that, but those who keep tallies on the escalating totals tell us that–at this point, anyway–the race is just too close to call.North Country Girl: Chapter 66 - “Dear Penthouse Forum…”įor more about Gay Haubner’s life in the North Country, read the other chapters in her serialized memoir. The reason given was “ In an unprecedented break with tradition, we are not presenting the 1985 Pet of the Year in this December issue (in case you haven’t yet noticed!) The reason? It’s simple–your votes for your favorite Pets have almost literally snowed us under, and our local mailmen are threatening to demand time and a half for their extra burden.
1980 -Penthouse Pet of the Year Isabella Ardigoġ981 – Penthouse Pet of the Year Danielle Deneuxġ982 – Penthouse Pet of the Year Corinne Alphenġ983 – Penthouse Pet of the Year Sheila Kennedyġ984 – Penthouse Pet of the Year Linda Kentonġ985 – Penthouse Pet of the Year No Pet of the Year Here is our guide to the era of big hair, New Wave, lots of blush, and Reagan / Falwell. It lead one reviewer to remark “She must have sold her breasts to Satan for ice skating skills”. Harding’s attempt to further her 15 minutes of infamy sold some videos but looked too shady to be real. It was later pointed out that the video was pieced together from several encounters as her male partner had a mustache that appeared and vanished several times and at one point the waterbed they are using mysteriously teleports across the room. Embattled figure skater Tonya Harding had a “Leaked” sex tape that was supposed to be from her wedding night. Their next sex tape escapade proved profitable but further hurt Guccione’s credibility. They did triumph when Pet Corrine Alphen landed a lead role in the John Landis film “Amazon Women on the Moon”, and again when they scooped the world with the leaked Pam Anderson / Tommy Lee sex tape. The worst missteps being dethroning the first African-American “Miss America” by publishing photos of her in the same issue where they featured a porn star “pet”, later discovered to be only 15 years old. It would top its rival Playboy’s sales to start the decade, but missteps would cripple the magazine’s image before the eighties were over. The 1980’s saw highs and lows for Penthouse magazine.
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