HOW THE OTHER HEF LIVES - AND LOVES.Byline: David Kronke Television Writer Pablo Picasso had his blue period. Hugh Hefner Hugh Marston Hefner (born April 9, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois), also referred to colloquially as Hef,[1] is the founder, editor-in-chief, and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises[2]. He is the majority owner of Playboy Enterprise Inc. says, ``I'm in a blond period.'' Viewers will be able to witness the fruits of Hef's latest muses when E! premieres the reality show ``The Girls Next Door'' Aug. 7. Hefner freely admitted on Sunday to members of the Television Critics Association The Television Critics Association (or TCA) is a group of approximately 200 United States and Canadian journalists and columnists who cover television programming. They meet in the Los Angeles area twice a year, in January and July, in conferences known as Winter and Summer meeting in Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. , ``I'm not a big fan of reality shows.'' Yet the Playboy magazine creator's daily life will be examined in this one. It also features his three current girlfriends, Holly Madison, 25; Bridget Marquardt, 30, and Kendra Wilkinson, 20. Taken together, their ages almost approximate a woman the 79-year-old Hefner might reasonably be expected to date. ``The drama here is human,'' Hefner explained, ``with a great deal of humor humor, according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined man's health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was and a great deal of love.'' All together now: awww. Madison, billed as Hef's No. 1 girlfriend on the show, admitted, ``I didn't want to do the show initially - I thought I'd look like a stupid little bimbo.'' She then attempted to dispel such a notion by explaining why it's not that odd that someone her age would date someone so much older: ``I think it's really cool, because I've always been interested in history.'' Laughter from those assembled interrupted her thought. ``I don't see what's funny,'' she replied. Critics repeatedly tried to divine Hefner's secret with the ladies (hint: Viagra figures into it). ``You must be something,'' one critic said. ``I think I am something,'' Hefner responded. AFTER M, BEFORE O: Aaron McGruder's acclaimed daily comic strip comic strip, combination of cartoon with a story line, laid out in a series of pictorial panels across a page and concerning a continuous character or set of characters, whose thoughts and dialogues are indicated by means of "balloons" containing written speech. ``The Boondocks,'' about a young inner-city radical named Huey living in the suburbs with his grandfather, is notorious for its pitiless political and cultural commentary. Given the production schedules of animated series, McGruder realizes that such observations cannot be delivered in a timely fashion, so when ``The Boondocks'' comes to Cartoon Network's Adult Swim Adult Swim is the name for an adult-oriented television programming network. It shares channel space with Cartoon Network in the United States, featuring absurdist and often ribald comedy, in contrast to the much tamer child and pre-teen oriented daytime Cartoon Network. lineup in October, it will become notorious for its copious use of what is euphemistically eu·phe·mism n. The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive: "Euphemisms such as 'slumber room' . . . described as ``the N word.'' ``I was going to brag and say how many times we used the word in one script, but we haven't gotten past standards yet, so I don't want to talk it up,'' McGruder joked on Sunday before the Television Critics Association. ``I think it makes the show sincere,'' he said. ``I just think that, you know, at a certain point, we all have to realize that sometimes we use bad language. And the N word is used so commonly, by not only myself but by a lot of people, I know that it feels fake to write around it and avoid using it. ``I understand that the word offends a lot of people,'' he continued. ``Look, that's what late-night cable is for, I guess.'' McGruder said he's not too worried about poisoning the minds of Adult Swim's audience. ``I think 15, 16 years after the advent of gangster rap gangster rap n. Variant of gangsta rap. , young white kids have heard the word before,'' he said drolly. ``And they've said it maybe a few times. I'm not sure. So if they start saying it of a sudden on Oct. 3, I refuse to take responsibility.'' ``The Boondocks,'' the comic strip, also takes a lot of pointed shots at black culture. McGruder admitted he usually tries to avoid meeting those he has skewered in his strip. ``There was a while I was ducking Vivica Fox,'' he deadpanned, ``because I really thought she wanted to beat me up.'' NO CARB LOADING HERE: The most ill-thought-out TV press-tour event: FX threw a party during which it screened its upcoming comedy ``Starved,'' about a group of friends who suffer from sundry eating disorders eating disorders, in psychology, disorders in eating patterns that comprise four categories: anorexia nervosa, bulimia, rumination disorder, and pica. Anorexia nervosa is characterized by self-starvation to avoid obesity. . The pilot episode features, among other icky moments, a scene in which a police officer forces himself to vomit vomit /vom·it/ (vom´it) 1. to eject stomach contents through the mouth. 2. matter expelled from the stomach by the mouth. on a city street. He's unaware that under the garbage he's hurling hurling, outdoor ball and stick game similar to field hockey (see hockey, field). The national pastime of Ireland, it was played for many centuries before the Gaelic Athletic Association standardized the rules in 1884. upon is a homeless man. David Kronke, (818) 713-3638 david.kronke(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Playboy's Hugh Hefner and girlfriends (yes, there are three) Holly Madison, left, Bridget Marquardt and Kendra Wilkinson will let it all hang out on E!'s ``The Girls Next Door.'' Getty Images |
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