{"id":10488,"date":"2017-08-07T20:09:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T00:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=10488"},"modified":"2017-12-23T12:14:42","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T16:14:42","slug":"episode-230-patty-farmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-230-patty-farmer","title":{"rendered":"Episode 230 – Patty Farmer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Virtual Memories Show 230: Patty Farmer<\/a><\/p>\n

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“Hefner’s genius was in always getting the very best people, whether in entertainment, management, editing, or cartooning: he went directly to the top.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>How did Patty Farmer<\/a> go from businesswoman to historian of the Playboy<\/em> empire? “I don’t do well when I’m bored,” she tells me, as we talk about her new book\/oral history, Playboy Laughs: The Comedy, Comedians, and Cartoons of Playboy<\/em><\/a>\"\". We get into the cultural impact of Playboy<\/em> (the clubs, resorts and jazz festivals, not just the magazine), my own history with same, the process of becoming friends with one’s interviewees, gaining access to Hugh Hefner’s immense archives, combining comedians and cartoonists into a single volume, the amazing work Hef did as a cartoon editor, how she swung from business deals to entertainment history, and more! Give it a listen!<\/a> And go buy Playboy Laughs<\/a>\"\"!<\/p>\n

“My talents are really in the business sector, but I took those talents for organization and cognitive thinking and applied them to what I want to do. I want to be up there on stage, but i know I can’t, so this is the next best thing.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n