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The drawing by Chester Blum, already has
received sons attention in New York, and Vare said,
he has gotten a request to make' a poster out of it.
"I think people really like the Kinski bit," he said.
"Everyone has commented on the ads in general,
particularly the one with Nancy Reagan and Jim
Palmer, and the 'Crucilkx.' (The latter features a
compact sturdy soiofSex work-out machine with a
man nailed to a cross with the headline "No pain, no
gain.")
"But our most controversial piece has definitely
been the Jesu3 Christ interview," Vare said. "We've
received the rane of opinions on that. Some have
said it was really funny, others have said it was in
bad taste. There's a minister down in Orlando, Fla.,
that helped us to sell a few more magazines by
picketing a newsstand that was selling Playbore."
The Kinsld ad was Vare's idea, but the entire mag
azine resulted from numerous staff meetings with
editors and individual meetings with writers.
Among those who contributed include Roy Elunt Jr.,
George Plimpton, Jeff Greenfield and Chris Miller,
who wrote "Animal House" and was a senior writer
with National Lampoon. ' ' v.:-..f'.: - -v
Vare is especially proud of the final product since
the entire budst did not exceed 00,000.
"Everyone here, from the editors to the writers to
the artists wcil;sd at a brcr price than they nor
mally do, just so V2 could gst this cH the ground,"
Millersaid.
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The printing for Playbore was done here in Lin
coln by Focte and Davies. (You cant find a printer
on the East Coast that can print a million copies for
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you " Vare said. "Focte and Davis gave us tne c
deal and the test ecr.eduig.";
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"The Lampoon has changed its direction now.
Their audience is younger, and they're aiming for a
much less sophisticated humor. That's not what I
want. There's no way I could work for a humor
magazine under a monthly deadline."
For that reason the next product wont come out
until April, Vare said.
"I'd love to tell what it is, because I'm really excited
about it," Vare said. "But part of comedy is the sur
prise element, and I'd rather not take that away. I
will say it's totally different in sophistication and
standpoint than Playbore."
Hefner endorsement
There's only one thing Vare would change about
the success of Playbore. When he was the guest on
the Today" show last week, he told Jayhe Pauley
that Hugh' Hefner, the Hugh Hefner, was so
depressed by the ridicule of he and his magazine
that he refused to go out into public.
But the truth is, Vare said, the Hefner family loved
the parody. Several Playboy writers had contacted
American Parody staff members personally to say
the investigative piece into the phony world of pro
fessional wrestling was "right on target" and "the
perfect parody of the Playboy investigative pieces.
"Christie 'Hefner? whose alter ego Chrispie lists
Japanese businessmen, inherited wealth and abor
tion rights as her turn-ons, told a business meeting
in New York she was thrilled to be the "placemat" in
Playbore. And, the main man himself, Hugh Hefner
was quoted as saying, "Playbore is the funniest thing
I've ever read." .
"Unfortunately, Hugh liked it a lot," Vare said.
"But, that means they're net going to sue us."
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might be able to aflord the best Only seven, real
advertisements appear in Playbore, but with the
quick success it has seen in New York, advertisers
who had been waiting to see how it would fly should
be willing to buy nsxt tfcr.e, Vare said.
But ' dent crr-ct'cr-cthsr. nrj-bore. It Is a one--time
shot, cr.f Vs.? rzl prcst from APT isnt
scheduled to cc:v. 2 cut ur.til April . - ,
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what happer.3 1, V.2 llzti tz: ':i to run dry and -there
isnt tls: s: cn s zzlsly product.
takes to be fur.r.y frcra month to month" Vare said.
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