George Pyle: What we can learn from Hefner’s hedonistic fantasy world

Sept. 10, 1974.I’m sure of the date because it was my 18th birthday. Old enough to finally buy a copy of Playboy magazine at the Campus Activities Center bookstore without fear of being challenged or denied. I think I may have pulled the same stunt as the Woody Allen character in “Bananas.” I padded the order with copies of Time, Newsweek and National Review. Just so it all looked properly academic.I don’t think the check-out clerk gave me a second look. Awkward young man