My review was written in April 1989 after watching the show on HBO video cassette.
This video cassette adaptation of Playboy magazine's familiar feature of a jokes' page falls flat, largely due to a verbal emphasis (and corny material) in a visual medium.
Concept of reciting what's been on the printed page is quaint, but ineffectual. Most of the risque jokes trotted out here have whiskers.
Program's best moments come in acted-out segments, featuring Playboy models (often topless) and staged like burlesque blackouts. With a small repertory cast and recurring subject matter (e.g., a doctor's office or women chatting in the sauna), the show resembles most closely an unexpurgated version of tv's "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" or "Hee-Haw".
Unlike most Playboy video cassettes, the program was shot on videotape rather than 35mm film.
This video cassette adaptation of Playboy magazine's familiar feature of a jokes' page falls flat, largely due to a verbal emphasis (and corny material) in a visual medium.
Concept of reciting what's been on the printed page is quaint, but ineffectual. Most of the risque jokes trotted out here have whiskers.
Program's best moments come in acted-out segments, featuring Playboy models (often topless) and staged like burlesque blackouts. With a small repertory cast and recurring subject matter (e.g., a doctor's office or women chatting in the sauna), the show resembles most closely an unexpurgated version of tv's "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" or "Hee-Haw".
Unlike most Playboy video cassettes, the program was shot on videotape rather than 35mm film.