【hollyhoon原创中文翻译】
今天我宣布我参选 I am today announcing my candidacy
美利坚合众国总统。 for the Presidency of the United States.
时间到了1960年。 The year was 1960.
美国陷入冷战。 America was locked in a cold war.
在北卡罗莱纳， In North Carolina,
四名非洲裔美国人 举行了一场静坐游行， four African-American students staged a sit-in
在一个“白人专用”的餐馆柜台前。 at a "whites only" lunch counter.
美国食品和药物管理局通过了 And the FDA had just approved
一种新型的避孕药... a new form of birth control...
...那很快会被简称为“药片”。 ... that would soon be known simply as "the pill."
一切看起来像是新时代的黎明。 It seemed like the dawn of a new era.
而对于我，生活 显而易见的改变了。 And for me, life was definitely changing.
我刚刚离婚... I was newly divorced...
在芝加哥有一幢全新的豪宅。 with a brand-new mansion in Chicago.
第一次， And for the first time,
我公开的拥抱 花花公子的生活方式。 I was publicly embracing the Playboy lifestyle.
由于我的新家让我精神涣散， With all the distraction at my new home,
我开始跟不上我的工作。 I was starting to fall behind on my work.
因此找了一名私人助理。 So I brought on a personal assistant.
她的名字叫芭比.阿恩斯坦。 Her name was Bobbie Arnstein.
太阳晒屁股了。 Rise and shine.
我让你睡到3点。 I let you sleep till 3:00.
你要出租车吗，亲爱的？ 我帮你叫一辆。 You need a taxi, honey? I'll call you one.
来吧。 Come on.
你一小时内有个编辑会议。 You got an editorial meeting in an hour.
斯派克和拉塞尔等着呢。 Spec and Russell are waiting.
45分钟之内叫醒我。 Wake me in 45.
芭比.阿恩斯坦从中学毕业 Bobbie Arnstein started as a secretary
就开始担任公司秘书的职务。 for the company right out of high school.
她非常聪明。 She was incredibly bright.
[理查德.罗森威格，《花花公子》执行副总裁] 她有非凡的幽默感。 She had a marvelous sense of humor.
海夫纳向她征求个人建议， Hefner looked to her for personal advice
有时甚至是商业建议。 and even business advice at some time.
她也毫不犹豫的给他。 And she did not hesitate to give it.
自觉点，去洗个澡。 Do yourself a favor and take a shower.
你该洗一下了。 You need one.
她有着我一生中从未在 She had a sensitivity and a humor
其他女人身上发现过的 and an intellect that I have never found probably
敏感、幽默和理解力。 in any other woman in my life.
她是个伙伴。 She was a pal.
她是个知己。 She was a confidant.
她就是，嗯，我的左膀右臂。 And she was, yeah, my right hand... arm.
芭比快速融入花花公子大家庭， Bobbie was an instant fit in the Playboy family,
驾轻就熟的处理我的生活 handling my life and responsibilities
和杂志社的内部职责。 within the magazine with ease.
人们不习惯于真正聪明的女人。 People were not used to really bright women.
[亚瑟.克雷奇默，《花花公子》前编辑主任] 一个女人想要成功当然可以。 It was okay for a woman to try to succeed.
但一个女人比你快、比你聪明， It wasn't okay for a woman to be faster than you are,
那是不行的，而芭比就是。 smarter than you are, and Bobbie was.
有了芭比管理我的生活， With Bobbie managing my life,
我几乎不需要离开我的豪宅。 I rarely had to leave the mansion.
我把员工召来开会， I brought the staff in for meetings,
工作和生活的界限开始模糊。 and the line between work and play began to blur.
-雷。 -海夫。 - Ray. - Hef.
很高兴见到你，我的朋友。你好吗？ Good to see you, my friend. How are you?
非常好。 Very well.
舞会不断增多。 The parties were growing.
流连于舞池... And between the dance floor...
...泳池、鸡尾酒、女人之间， ... the pool, the cocktails, and the women,
我的豪宅很快成了人间胜地。 the mansion quickly became the place to be.
任何一个晚上， 宾客名单上明星如云， On any given night, the guest list included stars
如托尼.柯蒂斯， like Tony Curtis,
法兰克.辛纳屈， Frank Sinatra,
伍迪.艾伦， Woody Allen,
乔.迪马吉奥， Joe DiMaggio,
菲利斯.狄勒， Phyllis Diller,
小萨米.戴维斯， and Sammy Davis Jr.
我所听说的关于 那个地方的一切都是真的。 Everything I had heard about the place was true,
[迪克.卡维特，脱口秀主持人] 那是一个神奇国度。 it was exotic.
无数青春女郎撩动着每个人的欲火。 Many young women excite anyone's amorous propensities.
人们在豪宅外排成长队， People were lining up outside the mansion
只希望能进去看上一眼。 just hoping to get a glimpse inside.
由于每个人都想进来， With everyone wanting in,
我意识到也许有办法 I realized there might be a way
让公众体验到我的世界。 to let the public experience my world.
那一刻，我想出了个点子， And in that moment, I came up with
那将成为我们最具雄心的事业。 what would become our most ambitious undertaking yet.
1960年春天， In the spring of 1960,
我开始和一个女孩叫 辛西娅.麦道克斯的约会。 I started dating a girl named Cynthia Maddox.
嗨，我是辛西娅.麦道克斯， 我为这个杂志工作。 Hi, I'm Cynthia Maddox and I work for the magazine.
辛西娅和我在 花花公子的办公室认识。 Cynthia and I met at the Playboy offices.
她刚被提升为助理漫画编辑， She'd recently been promoted to assistant cartoon editor
是从前台接待做起来的。 after working her way up from receptionist.
嗨，辛西娅。 Hi, Cynthia.
辛西娅是芭比.阿恩斯坦 介绍来的。 Cynthia was brought in by Bobbie Arnstein.
她们是高中时的朋友。 They were friends in high school.
她聪明、迷人又漂亮， She was bright and charming and beautiful
也显示出在编辑方面的天分。 and demonstrated editorial intelligence.
-准备好了。 -哦，太好了。 - It's ready. - Oh, excellent.
-这个也准备好了。 -是的。 - And this is ready, too. - Yes.
在她的新岗位上， With her new position,
辛西娅和我一起度过了很多时光。 Cynthia and I began spending more time together.
辛西娅.麦道克斯是个好女孩。 Cynthia Maddox was a great girl.
你知道，她很开朗。 You know, very outgoing.
她成了海夫的女朋友， And she became Hef's girlfriend,
呃，同居女友。 uh, live-in girlfriend.
她经常和他一起旅行。 And she traveled a lot with him.
她经常在公开场合 She would be seen in public
和海夫一起出席大型活动。 with Hef at all major events.
这是我离婚以来第一次谈恋爱。 It was my first real relationship since my divorce.
尽管我和辛西娅在一起很快乐， But as happy as I was with Cynthia,
我还没有准备好放弃 我的单身生活方式。 I wasn't quite ready to give up the bachelor lifestyle.
离婚后我发过誓... I vowed after my divorce...
永远不再结婚。 never to marry again.
海夫总是向他的女朋友们坦陈， Hef was always very upfront with his girlfriends
他对白头到老的关系根本不感兴趣， that he was not interested in a monogamous relationship at all,
即便他们生活在一起。 even though they were living together.
无论我怎样在一段主要的 No matter how involved I became
恋爱关系中爱得死去活来， in a primary romantic relationship,
我总还是有另一个备胎。 there were still other secondary affairs.
我想我是希望，自己如同年轻人那样， I guess I wanted, as a young man
在这两个世界当中找到某种最好的东西。 to have somehow the best of both worlds.
我们可能会有几百人 We're probably gonna have a couple of hundred
在这里共度良宵，整个晚上。 people here, uh, throughout the night.
这样一个派对，我们通常会 It's, uh, a party of this kind usually begins for us
在凌晨1点钟左右开始，呃，通宵达旦。 around 1:00 and, uh, and goes till dawn.
事实是，我正享受着 我生命中最好的时光。 The truth was, I was having the time of my life.
我的豪宅派对已经成为传奇。 Our mansion parties had become legendary.
现在，我想给我的读者 Now, I wanted to give my readers
一个机会来亲身体验。 a chance to experience them firsthand.
我最后想出了一个办法。 And I'd finally come up with a way to do it.
灵感来自于我们几年前 The inspiration came from a feature
做的一期特写。 we'd run years earlier.
1956年10月的一篇文章， A November 1956 article
描述了芝加哥一家 新开的私人夜总会， profiling a new, private nightspot in Chicago,
“煤气灯”俱乐部。 the Gaslight Club.
仿效一个本世纪初的地下酒吧， Modeled after a turn-of-the-century speakeasy,
有严格的内部会员政策， with its exclusive membership policy
衣着清凉的女服务员， and scantily clad waitresses,
它很快吸引了读者的注意力。 it quickly caught the attention of our readers.
[维克多.洛恩斯，《花花公子》前营销总监] 它是私人俱乐部，姑娘们统一穿着 It was a private club, and the girls were uniformed
类似18世纪的某种服装。 in a sort of 18th-century outfit.
我们收到超过1200封读者来信， And we had over 1,200 letters from readers
询问怎样才能加入煤气灯俱乐部。 asking how they could join the Gaslight Club.
我想我们可以做 煤气灯俱乐部那样的概念， I knew we could do the concept of the Gaslight Club,
但规模更大，更好，更亲民。 but make it bigger, better, and more accessible.
这就是我对外开放 花花公子俱乐部时的想法。 And that's when I decided to open the Playboy Club.
杂志上的画面走进了生活。 The pages of the magazine come to life.
维克多.洛恩斯和我 立即开始工作， Victor Lownes and I immediately got to work,
制订一个计划。 formulating a plan.
小兔子标志...就在这儿。 The Bunny logo... right there.
联系花花公子， Connecting to Playboy,
参加一场花花公子派对， coming to a Playboy party
成了很多人的终极目标。 was the ultimate goal of so many people.
这个俱乐部意味着走进 And the clubs were meant to bring to life
生活中花花公子生活方式。 the lifestyle of the magazine.
这会很有市场的。 There's a market for this.
[库柏.海夫纳，《花花公子》首席创意官] 我父亲对于这个俱乐部的设想， The vision that my dad had for the clubs were to act
是提供某种机会给 as a sort of opportunity for readers of the magazine
杂志读者和电视观众，让他们能 or watchers of the show to be able to go and live out
过一次他们读过或看过的那种生活。 whatever they were reading or watching.
如果我们想要这么做的话， If we were going to do this right,
我们知道还需要一位合作伙伴。 we knew we needed a partner.
你好吗？ How are you?
那个时候，在芝加哥我们最喜欢的俱乐部 Back then, our favorite club in Chicago
是“沃尔顿舞步”， was the Walton Walk,
归阿诺德.莫顿所有。 owned by Arnold Morton.
阿尼！很高兴见到你。 Arnie! Good to see you.
-维克多，别来无恙。 - Victor, always a pleasure. -阿尼... - Arnie...
我有个朋友，阿尼.莫顿。 I had a friend, Arnie Morton.
我们知道他懂点生意上的事情 And we knew that he knew something about
这就够了，因为我们对 the business end of it, 'cause we knew nothing
[维克多.洛恩斯，《花花公子》前营销总监] 怎样运营一个餐厅或夜店一无所知。 about running a restaurant or nightclub.
我给你们拿点饮料好吗？ Can I get you guys a round of drinks?
即便在那些年，阿尼.莫顿 Arnie Morton was well-known
已经是一个广为人知的餐厅老板。 as a restaurateur even in those days.
当然，后来他成了一个餐饮巨头， Of course, he became gigantic as the years went on
他旗下的莫顿牛排屋遍及全美半数城市。 with his own Morton's operations in half the cities in America.
希望再见到你。 Hope to see you again.
幸会，约翰。 Good to see you, John.
我知道让我们从 I knew the only way
想象走进生活的唯一办法， to bring our vision to life
就是使阿尼成为我们团队的成员。 was to make Arnie part of the team.
首先，我们需要一个场地。 Well, first of all, we need a location.
我们联手，我们每个人出一份。 We teamed up, we each took a piece of it.
海夫纳算一份，杂志算一份。 Hefner had a piece, the magazine had a piece.
阿尼和我各算一份。 Arnie had a piece and I had a piece.
那样就有了业主。 There were four owners.
我知道有个地方目前没人用， I know of a premises that isn't being used down there
我想我可以打几个电话问问。 at the moment and I think I can make a couple of calls.
我们的当务之急就是找到完美的场地。 Our first order of business was to secure the perfect location.
先生们... Gentlemen...
致花花公子俱乐部。 To the Playboy Club.
花花公子俱乐部。 The Playboy Club.
阿尼说我们的俱乐部只能选在一个地方。 And Arnie said there was only one place our club could be.
芝加哥的黄金海岸区。 Chicago's Gold Coast district.
这个地方曾因黑帮控制的 地下酒吧和赌场而闻名， Once known for its mob-controlled speakeasies and casinos,
现在是芝加哥最热门的 it was now home to the hottest clubs
俱乐部和餐馆聚集地。 and restaurants Chicago had to offer.
夜店是一种新兴的声色场， Nightclubs were a new, a new glamour,
[迪克.格雷戈里，喜剧演员] 呃，对男人来说。 uh, for manhood.
每个人都有自己的夜店。 Everybody had their nightclub.
有本地人的夜店。 There were local nightclubs.
有黑人的夜店。 There were black nightclubs.
有犹太人的夜店， There were Jewish nightclubs,
意大利夜店...在旁边。 Italian night... in the neighborhood.
但最轰动一时的来了。 But the big hit was to come downtown.
阿尼知道有个可用的地方... And Arnie knew of a place that was available...
东沃尔顿116号。 116 East Walton.
先前“配角俱乐部”的所在地。 The former home of the Cameo Club.
5层楼高，位于繁华的市中心。 Five stories high and right in the heart of the action.
我们计划把配角俱乐部改造成 We planned to transform the Cameo Club
一个梦幻的单身汉寓所， into a fantasy bachelor pad
房间设计成一间客厅 with rooms designed to look like a living room
和一个图书馆， and a library,
还有一间迪厅和一个剧场。 as well as a disco and a theater.
施工进行当中， With construction under way,
我们开始考虑俱乐部最重要的特征。 we began focusing on the club's most important feature.
海夫，我们要商量女招待的问题。 So, Hef, we need to deal with the issue of the waitresses.
好的，好的，呃，玩伴女郎。 Right, right, the, uh, the Playmates.
你喜欢什么样的？ What's your preference?
海夫纳想把女招待 叫作玩伴女郎。 Hefner wanted to call the waitresses Playmates.
他想让她们穿上短睡衣。 And he wanted to dress them in shorty nightgowns.
[维克多.洛恩斯，《花花公子》前营销总监] 这样一来，一定会非常性感。 And somehow that was gonna be very sexy.
但是，我们同时也看到， But, uh, we kept seeing that there were gonna be
会有诸如过度暴露等一系列问题， a lot of problems in overexposure, et cetera,
如果我们让姑娘们穿上睡衣的话。 if we dress the girls in nightgowns.
我倒是建议换个方向思考。 I would like to suggest going in a different direction.
如果不用玩伴女郎， Rather than the Playmate,
你觉得小兔子怎么样？ what do you think about Bunnies?
-小兔子？ -嗯。 - Bunnies? - Mmm.
我们试图说服他用花花公子兔子， We tried to persuade him to use the Playboy rabbit,
那一直是一个穿着 小礼服的男性兔子形象。 which was always a male rabbit in a little dinner jacket.
但我们试图说服他， But we tried to persuade him that this could be
这也可以用在姑娘们身上，他接受了。 applied to the girls, and he was sold.
维克多花了几个星期来试制服装。 Victor spent weeks working on the costume.
经过一次次修改， And after many iterations,
他最终把原型呈现在 he finally revealed the prototype
我们的电视秀 花花公子阁楼节目当中， on our television show Playboy's Penthouse
用完美的模特，我的女朋友， 辛西娅.麦道克斯。 using the perfect model, my girlfriend, Cynthia Maddox.
嗨，海夫... Hey, Hef...
海夫，呃，我不想用生意上的事 Hef, uh, I hate to interrupt you
在晚上这个时候打扰你。 with business at this time of night.
但我已经有了你想看的东西。 But I've got something I want you to see.
呃，小兔子套装， The, uh, little Bunny outfit
给花花公子俱乐部里的姑娘们。 for the girls at the Playboy Club.
-这是套装。 -是啊。 - This is the outfit. - Yeah.
这是我们想出来的。 That's what we cooked up.
我非常喜欢这个，嗯... Well, I like that very much, uh...
包括也这个，套装。 Including the, the outfit, too.
哦，是的，肯定会出彩的。 Oh, yeah, it'll work out.
嗯... Uh...
你觉得我们的会员会喜欢它吗？ Do you think our members will like that?
我觉得会员会喜欢它。 I think the members will like that.
也许我应该解释一下，花花公子 Maybe I ought to explain that, uh, Playboy is,
将运营“钥匙俱乐部”的业务。 is, uh, going in the Key Club business.
从今年1月开始， Starting as of the 1st of the year,
会有一批差不多这个样子的钥匙， there will be keys very much like this
交到全国各地的会员手里。 in the hands of members throughout the country.
我们的观众对服装赞不绝口。 Our viewers gave the costume rave reviews.
但我还是觉得少了点什么。 But I still felt something was missing.
兔子装不完全是 The Bunny costume wasn't quite
海夫纳想象的样子。 the way Hefner envisioned it.
[理查德.罗森威格，《花花公子》执行副总裁] 所以他加了一些重要的元素在里面。 So he added some important elements to the costume.
我们不希望有太大调整。 We don't want this to be too drastic.
如果我们裁掉这个衣领，就整齐的裁掉。 If we cut this collar, just a clean cut.
袖口也是。 And the cuffs as well.
海夫纳很难应付， 因为他是个完美主义者。 Hefner can be difficult because he's a perfectionist.
无论它是杂志版面或一件服装。 Whether it's on the page or whether it is a costume.
我要把你介绍给 辛西娅.麦道克斯， I'd like to introduce you to Cynthia Maddox,
你的首位花花公子兔女郎。 your first Playboy Bunny.
海夫纳在兔子装的改进方面 Hefner was really instrumental
[维克多.洛恩斯，《花花公子》前营销总监] 起到了重要的作用。 in the changes in the Bunny costume.
我只是增加了裁剪 来突出她的双腿。 I just raised the cut to accentuate her legs.
胸口低了一点点。 Lowered it a little on the bust.
他坚持在袖口加上花花公子袖扣， He was the one who insisted on the cuffs
并打领结。 with the Playboy cufflink and the bow tie.
能为我们转个圈吗，辛西娅？ Would you mind doing a spin for us, Cynthia?
我认为这套衣服很可爱。 I think the costumes are adorable.
装上尾巴。在那坐好。 Fixed the tail. Sits nicely there.
有两种东西在其中合二为一， There's just something, the dichotomy
无辜的兔子，以及，性感。 of an innocent Bunny, and then it's, you know, sexy,
再说一遍，我仍然认为它很优雅。 but it's still, again, I think very classy.
海夫纳有一双了不起的慧眼。 Hefner has a tremendous visual eye.
正因为如此， And as a result of that,
我们的服装陈列在 史密森尼博物馆里， our costume is in the Smithsonian Institute
并成为有史以来第一套 获得版权的服装设计。 and is the first costume that ever received a copyright.
美极了。 Perfect.
现在到了最困难得部分。 Now came the hard part.
找到30个能够像辛西娅那样 撑得起这套衣服的姑娘。 Finding 30 girls who could fill that costume like Cynthia.
因此我们在全国各地的 So we put ads about our upcoming auditions
报纸上刊登面试广告。 in newspapers around the country.
[帕特.莱西，前兔女郎] 我还在上学，也做兼职工作。 I was in college, part-time job.
在一间药店。 Worked at a pharmacy.
药剂师收到一封邮件， And the pharmacist got something in the mail
他说他们正在猎兔子。 that said that they were having a Bunny hunt.
说你能挣到很高的薪水， It said you'd make a good salary
你还会乐在其中。 and you'd have fun.
[帕蒂.法莫，撰稿人] 你得穿上这身兔子装。 And you got to wear this Bunny outfit.
那是1960年代，完全可以接受 And it was the 1960s where it was perfectly acceptable
让这些女孩带着泳衣去面试。 to tell these girls to bring a bathing suit to audition in.
而现如今，他们就要 面临各种各样的指控。 Nowadays, they'd be up on all kinds of charges.
但是当时，那是完全可接受的。 But back then, it was perfectly acceptable.
也许我可以去做个前台接待， Maybe I could go and be a receptionist
或在百货店工作，再稳步晋升。 or work in a department store and move my way up.
但对于我来说这是个机会， But this was an opportunity for me
过上更好的生活。 to make a very good living.
于是我去了。 So I went.
兔女郎面试第一天， The day of the first Bunny auditions
这是我记忆中最冷的一天。 was one of the coldest days I can remember.
我们甚至都不清楚是否有人会来。 We weren't even sure if anyone was going to show up.
那么，我们知道我们要 So, do we know what kind of questions
问这些女孩什么样的问题吗？ we're gonna be asking these girls?
我觉得，尽量简单，嗯... Well, I think, uh, keep it simple, um...
阿尼从这些开始。 Arnie's started on a few here.
我让芭比负责管理面试。 I put Bobbie in charge of running the auditions.
终于来了。 Finally.
你试着跟400个争先恐后的女孩吵吵看。 You try wrangling 400 girls without running behind.
400个？ 400?
你准备好了？ You ready?
当然。 Absolutely.
准备就绪。 Quite ready.
-你好。 -你好。 - Hello. - Hello.
呃，请站到标记处。 Uh, please take your mark.
谢谢，海莉，你从哪儿来？ Thanks, Hayley, and where are you from?
密歇根州的卡拉马祖。 Kalamazoo, Michigan.
你好。 Hello.
女人从全国各地赶来... Women came from all across the country...
-你来自哪里？ -华盛顿州西雅图。 - Where are you from? - Seattle, Washington.
-马萨诸塞。 -密尔沃基。 - Massachusetts. - Milwaukee.
...来自各行各业... ... and from every walk of life...
我是 芝加哥第一银行的出纳员。 I'm a teller at First Chicago.
我是一名护士。 I'm a nurse.
房地产经纪人。 Real estate agent.
我是德保罗大学的大二学生。 I'm a sophomore from DePaul.
学校很大。 Great school.
...寻找刺激、冒险， ... looking for excitement, adventure,
品味花花公子生活方式。 and a taste of the Playboy lifestyle.
只选年轻的。 It was about youth.
广告上说，“做一名花花公子兔女郎。” The advert said, "Be a Playboy Bunny."
[玛丽莲.科尔，前《花花公子》玩伴女郎] 你必须在18到22岁之间。 And you had to be between 18 and 22 years of age.
因此很自然的，那 只与年轻人有关， And so, naturally, it was about young people,
那种精神以及所有的一切。 the spirit and whatever went with that.
好的，非常感谢。 All right, thank you very much.
好的，再见。 All right, good-bye.
好吧，那...就这样了， 这是最后一个。 Okay, so... that's it, that's the last one.
-就这样？ -是的。 - That's it? - Yeah.
你是做什么的？ What do you do?
我是你们这些混蛋的助手。 I'm an assistant to you assholes.
呃，妈妈，你的泳装在哪？ Uh, uh, ma'am, uh, where's your swimsuit?
一边玩去好吧？ Go fuck yourselves, okay?
你被录用了！ You're hired!
啊... Ahh...
-卡罗尔。 -不。 - Carol. - No.
不，不是卡罗尔。卡罗尔是我心目中的前五。 No, not Carol. Carol's in my top five.
我们花了很长时间讨论候选人。 We spent hours deliberating over the candidates.
当然，兔女郎要学习做女招待， Of course, the Bunnies had to be skilled waitresses,
但她们也要做更多的事情。 but they also had to be much more.
她们是表演者，要把 They were performers, bringing to life
杂志上的画面带进生活。 the pages of the magazine.
进展如何？ How's it going?
-嗯... -不怎么样。 - Hm... - Not well.
我们只选出17个人。 We only have 17.
用些玩伴女郎怎么样？ How about using some Playmates?
不。 No.
为什么不？ Why not?
她们不可能8小时都给客人端饮料。 They're not gonna wanna serve drinks for eight hours.
我和乔伊思说过， I was just talking to Joyce,
她说她考虑过参加面试。 and she said she thought about auditioning.
-但她病了。 -乔伊思.尼扎蕾？ - but she was sick. - Joyce Nizzari?
乔伊思穿上这些衣服肯定很惊艳。 Joyce would look amazing in one of those outfits.
嗯嗯。 Uh-huh.
你认为其他女孩会考虑吗？ Do you think any of the other girls might consider it?
我要打几个电话。 I'll make some calls.
好的。 Okay.
谢谢，芭比。 Thanks, Bobbie.
有事您说话！ Anytime!
芭比设法找到5名玩伴女郎签约， Bobbie was able to get five of our Playmates to sign on,
包括乔伊思.尼扎蕾， including Joyce Nizzari,
1958年10月花花公子玩伴女郎。 December 1958's Playmate of the Month.
对于我们的忠实读者来说， To our loyal readers,
我们的玩伴女郎就像明星一样有名。 our Playmates were as famous as any celebrity.
和她们见面的机会将是美梦成真。 And the chance to meet them would be a dream come true.
[莫特.萨尔，笑星] 当俱乐部在芝加哥开张时， 真可谓轰动一时。 When the club opened in Chicago, it was a knockout.
我们打开们，应门的兔女郎 We opened the door, and the door Bunny
就是一个如假包换的玩伴女郎。 was one of the original Playmates.
那里真的是梦想乐园。 That's the stuff of a fantasy land.
最终我们找到了我们的兔女郎。 Finally, we had our Bunnies.
让我们试一下，走这边，好吗？ Let's give it a try, go along this way, okay?
往前走，放低，托着盘子。 Way we go, low, carry at the moment, low carry.
但如果让这些兔女郎 代表我们的俱乐部， But if these Bunnies were going to represent our clubs,
我们必须保证不能有差错。 we needed to make sure nothing was left to chance.
因此我请来我的哥哥 基思加入我们的团队。 So I asked my brother Keith to join the team.
快，快，举高。 Faster, faster, faster, high carry.
反方向！ Reverse!
基思在李·斯特拉斯伯格 的工作室学习过， Keith had studied at the Lee Strasberg studio,
想要当一名演员。 trying to make it as an actor.
但当他的事业不见起色时， But when his career failed to take off,
他立即过来帮助我们。 he jumped at the opportunity to help.
我有从事培训的背景。 I'd had a background in teaching.
我有从事商业演出的背景。 I had a background in show business,
我试图把这两方面的经验 and I tried to bring both of those things
[基思.海夫纳，休的哥哥] 都带进俱乐部。 to bear in the clubs.
因此我首先训练那些兔女郎。 So the first people that I trained were the Bunnies.
晚上好，我是你们的兔女郎，伊玆。 Good evening, I'm your Bunny, Izzy.
你注意到她在微笑， You notice that she smiles,
和我们四个都有眼神交流。 gives eye contact with all four of us.
我们想象有另外一个男士坐在那儿。 We imagine that there's another gentleman sitting there.
和维克多.洛恩斯一起， Along with Victor Lownes,
基思创造了后来被称为 Keith created what would come to be known
“兔女郎手册”的那些东西。 as the Bunny Manual.
这是兔女郎手册， This is a Bunny Manual
我们把这个拿给所有入职的女孩们。 that we give to all the girls when they start working.
这里面有全部的规章制度， That gives you all the rules and regulations
关于如何成为一名 花花公子俱乐部的兔女郎。 that pertain to being a Bunny in the Playboy Club.
你会发现那是非常、非常严格的。 You will find that we are very, very strict.
为了维护俱乐部的良好形象， In order to maintain the right image for the club,
我们需要我们的兔女郎 遵守很多非常具体的规定。 we needed our Bunnies to follow very specific rules.
我们希望她们魅力四射， 同时又非常专业。 We wanted them to be glamorous, but also highly professional.
兔女郎只允许使用名而不是姓。 Bunnies were only allowed to use their first names.
她们不得被看到喝任何饮料， They could not be seen drinking any beverage
或在当班时穿戴任何珠宝。 or wearing any jewelry during their shift.
每个兔女郎要确保她们的妆容无可挑剔。 And each Bunny had to make sure her grooming was impeccable.
她们知晓125种不同饮料的主要成分， They knew the ingredients of 125 different drinks
要永远保持她们的托盘里 and always had their service trays
排列得整整齐齐。 arranged in a precise order.
我们的兔女郎经受了严格训练， Our Bunnies went through rigorous training,
接受“兔妈妈”的领导， led by the Bunny Mothers
兔妈妈确保每个兔女郎符合手册里的要求。 who made sure each Bunny met the manual's requirements.
亲爱的，为什么你今天穿这件衣服？ Honey, why do you have this costume on today, dear?
我其他的衣服在洗衣工那里。 My other costume's in the cleaners.
嗯，你只能下楼去 Mm-hmm, you'll have to go downstairs
另外找一件了。 and find something else.
你的鞋也脏了。 Your shoes are soiled, too.
我希望你换掉衣服。 I'd like to have you change clothes.
为什么你的耳朵总是弯的，特丽？ Your ears are always bent a little too much, Terri, why?
我不知道有什么办法固定它。 I didn't know any particular way to fix them.
我们每天要训练4个小时， We had training about four hours a day
共6个星期。 for six weeks.
你端着托盘开始训练。 You started off with the tray.
[帕特.莱西，前兔女郎] 你伸展你的指尖来保持身体平衡。 You spread your fingertips and therefore you have full balance.
好，现在谁来试一下超高托举，好吗？ Okay, now who's gonna try a real high carry, okay?
噢，我们走，不！ Whoop, there we go, no!
那是高强度的训练。 It was intense.
你们注意到她在做一个我们称之为 Do you notice that she is doing
“兔女郎端姿”的动作吗？ what we call a Bunny dip?
为了优化我们的兔女郎形象， To enforce the polished image of our Bunnies,
每个女孩在服务于我们的顾客时 there were specific movements each girl had to execute
都必须最精确的执行规定的动作。 with the utmost precision while serving our patrons.
这就是兔女郎站姿， 一个兔女郎应该如何站立。 There was the Bunny stance, how a Bunny should stand.
看，腿应该靠着桌子。 Look, leg should be against that table.
保持笔直，好吗？ Straight, all right?
兔女郎坐姿，一个兔女郎应该如何坐着。 The Bunny perch, how a Bunny should sit.
现在上酒。 Now dip.
最著名的是兔女郎端姿。 And most famously, the Bunny dip.
你们注意到她弯腰了。 There you notice that she's bending at the waist.
那是不正确的。 That's incorrect.
另一种可能不正确的方式， Another way that it could be incorrect
就是以坐姿坐了下来。 is if she were to go down in a sitting position.
看，在你做端姿的时候，弯腰了。 Look, when you're doing your dip, bend.
这一侧不应该松弛。 This side should never be broken.
让我们看看正确的兔女郎端姿。 Let's see the Bunny dip done just so.
这才是完全正确的。 That's absolutely correct.
训练兔女郎的同时， With the Bunnies in training,
其他的员工加班加点工作， the rest of the staff was working overtime
确保俱乐部于1月底开业。 to get the club open by the end of February.
阿尼监督装修... While Arnie was supervising renovations...
维克多努力销售会员名额 Victor was working hard to sell memberships
给这个国家里 to the most affluent
最富有和最重要的人。 and most important men around the country.
关于俱乐部的风言风语 已经流传了好几个月， The buzz around the club had been building for months,
除了对我们的开业感到兴奋的那些人， but for all the people excited about our opening，
还有同样多的人希望我们会失败。 there were just as many who hoped we would fail.
花花公子的奢华王国里的一切都强调 Everything about the extravagant Playboy empire accents youth,
青春、魅惑、金钱和快乐。 glamour, money, and pleasure.
海夫纳的王国是20世纪的伊甸园， Is Hugh Hefner's empire a 20th-century Garden of Eden,
还是当代的所多玛与蛾摩拉？ or it is a modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah?
许多人仍然把《花花公子》 看作另类的下流杂志， Many still saw Playboy as just another smutty magazine,
把我们著名的派对， and our famous parties as just another example
看作人们希望在俱乐部寻求 of the kind of debauchery
荒淫堕落的某种范本。 people could expect at our clubs.
海夫一直警惕着天主教会 Hef always had the eyes of the Catholic Church
和市政府， and the city government
他们会寻找任何借口来让他们关门。 looking for any excuse to close them down.
因为每一个城市都认为， 它会毁掉整个社区。 Because every city thought it would destroy the neighborhood.
但我要证明他们错了。 But I was determined to prove them wrong.
当开幕之夜终于来临， When opening night finally arrived,
我们所有艰苦的工作 都经受住了考验。 all of our hard work was put to the test.
俱乐部看起来棒极了。 The club looked great.
兔女郎看起来更棒。 The Bunnies looked even better.
我们将向全世界分享我们的理念。 And we were ready to share our vision with the world.
好了，女士们，让我们全力出击。 All right, ladies, let's hit the floor.
打开门。 Open the doors.
芝加哥俱乐部的开业， The opening of the Chicago club
[理查德.罗森威格，《花花公子》执行副总裁] 真的无与伦比。 was something truly exceptional.
街区周围有一条警戒线。 There was a line around the block.
你必须是钥匙的持有者才能进入俱乐部。 You had to be a key holder in order to get into the club.
当你进入俱乐部，有块公告板 As you entered the club, there was a board
上面有所有会员的名牌， with the name plates of all the club members
这样当他们登记后， 他们的名字就会排上去。 so that when they checked in, their name went up.
你可以看到那天晚上谁进了俱乐部。 And you could see who was in the club that night.
俱乐部的每个细节都经过周密思考， Every detail of the club had been carefully thought out
每个房间都有令人兴奋的新发现。 with something exciting and new in every room.
穿过大堂， Across from the lobby
是我们的提供全面服务的酒吧， was our full-service bar and pool room
也可以和我们一对一服务 的台球兔女郎去台球室。 where you could go one-on-one with our Bumper Pool Bunny.
[维克多.洛恩斯，《花花公子》前营销总监] 酒吧被叫作玩伴吧。 The bar was called the Playmate Bar.
我们在灯箱里放上所有玩伴女郎的灯片。 And we had transparencies of all the Playmates on display.
楼上的“客厅”是钢琴吧， Upstairs in the "living room" was the piano bar
在那里我们提供世界级的自助餐， where we served up our world-class buffet,
现场演奏音乐。 all set to live music.
最高的一层，我们叫它“图书馆”， And on the top floor, we called that "the library,"
是我们的演艺剧场。 our marquee performance venue.
现在你可以走进这样的体验。 Now you can walk into this experience.
对大多数人来说，这是梦幻一般的。 And for most people, it was a fantasy.
你知道，你不可能在家门口 的餐馆里找到这样的体验， You know, you weren't gonna get this at your neighborhood diner.
在哪儿你也找不到， You weren't gonna get that anyplace
唯有在花花公子俱乐部。 but at the Playboy Club.
而那晚的明星是兔女郎们。 But the stars of the evening were the Bunnies.
我们有前台兔女郎在门口迎客， We had desk Bunnies to greet guests at the door
还有衣帽间兔女郎... as well as coat check Bunnies...
香烟兔女郎... cigarette Bunnies...
流动摄影兔女郎 roaming camera Bunnies
四处抓拍这个特别的夜晚... to capture every special evening...
礼品铺兔女郎售卖花花公子纪念品... gift shop Bunnies selling Playboy merchandise...
我们的楼层兔女郎 and our floor Bunnies serving up drinks
在玩伴吧提供饮料。 from the Playmate Bar.
-维克多。 -海夫。 - Victor. - Hef.
很高兴见到你。 Good to see you.
欢迎来到花花公子俱乐部。随便看看。 Welcome to the Playboy Club. Look around.
你好，先生们。 Hello, gentlemen.
当辛西娅和我露面的时候， When Cynthia and I showed up,
派对正正进行得如火如荼。 the party was in full swing.
置身精美绝伦的殿堂 With every detail in place
和美不胜收的兔女郎中间... and the Bunnies looking fantastic...
...能做的只有享受这盛会。 ... all that was left to do was enjoy the show.
Just seven years after launching Playboy
from my kitchen table,
there I was, hosting what felt like
the biggest party on the planet.
The opening in Chicago was one of the best moments of my life.
Thank you, thank you, thank you much.
The American male has found a new place of relaxation.
It's the Key Club.
The most famous example of such a type club is The Playboy.
Over the next few weeks,
the crowds only grew.
And the Bunnies weren't the only attraction.
Uh, ladies and gentlemen,
I'm really pleased to introduce our next act.
So, please give a warm Playboy Club welcome
to an incredible talent from just up the road
in Detroit, Michigan, Miss Aretha Franklin.
You'll do great.
With our TV show,
we'd fought against segregation
inviting the best American entertainers
regardless of race.
It was a formula I wanted to replicate in our clubs.
Hef decides Aretha Franklin is talented
when no one knew who Aretha Franklin was.
Today, she'll say that the first time she performed
for a white audience and didn't have to enter
through the kitchen was a Playboy Club.
And that was just how Hef thought.
I don't care what the rest of the world thinks.
I think this is good and therefore it's worthy
of exploring and exposing our audience to, that was it.
Along with Aretha Franklin,
our club featured many musicians on the rise,
like Ray Charles...
Sam Cooke...
and Bette Midler.
The best of entertainment,
black and white, went to the Playboy Club.
And it really became a social landmark.
It was a place to be seen.
Our Penthouse stage featured top comedians
like Milton Berle,
edgy up-and-comers like Steve Martin,
George Carlin,
and an unknown young comedian named Dick Gregory,
who we discovered at one of the city's black nightclubs.
'Cause everybody I meet in the nightclub
after they get drunk, they all tell me the same thing.
Greg, some of my best friends are colored.
And Mike, you know and I know
there's not that many of us to go around.
At that time, black comics had not been permitted
to stand flat-footed in a white nightclub and talk.
Hefner brought me in from there
to Time magazine, to the Jack Paar Show.
When you look and see the role that black comics played
and the influence that the Richard Pryors have had
on white comics, all that started because of Hefner.
Thirty years from this year, a Negro can become president.
So treat me right, I'll get in there and raise taxes on you.
With the entertainment,
Bunnies and ambiance,
we were finally giving our readers
the full Playboy experience.
The food was good and the drink was stiff.
And the entertainment was nice.
That's what made people keep coming back.
And the Bunnies were part of the show.
The Bunnies were an undeniable hit.
And though we knew they would earn big money in tips,
our customers' generosity
exceeded our wildest expectations.
Many of the customers are aware that the girls
are oft times making more money than they are.
That's interesting, more money than the fellas
who can afford the $50 for the key?
Oh, yes.
Even Mike Wallace had to admit
that the opportunity we were giving our Bunnies
was something special.
What we did was we stuffed our costumes,
and at the end of the night when you unzipped it
and you dropped it to the floor, all the money was there
so you wouldn't lose it or forget it.
Do, uh, the girls date club members?
Definitely not, you cannot date members of the club.
Our Bunnies were our most valued employees,
and we made protecting them a top priority.
From the beginning, the personnel head
of every Playboy Club was a woman.
That was the Bunny Mother.
And there was a very, very strong and strict culture
around protecting and respecting the women.
So, at a time in which it was very common for women
to get hit on because they were waitresses or working in a bar
or for that matter working in an office,
let's think of Mad Men,
this was an environment in which women felt safe.
Any hint of impropriety between members and Bunnies
would give ammunition to our critics.
So I made sure that the no-dating rule
was strictly enforced.
At least, for most of my guests.
We did make exceptions for a select group,
a few friends and trusted VIPs.
Well, what can I say?
Sometimes being the owner has its perks.
Can you shut the door, Vic?
By the end of the club's first year,
we had over 100,000 key holders.
And we were pulling in
the modern equivalent of $33 million,
doing higher volume in food and drink
than any other night spot in the city.
And there was something about a Playboy Club
that put it in a class by itself.
The Bunnies were the stars of the club.
And we treated them that way.
And they loved it.
And many of them were Bunnies for many, many years.
It was just a special place.
The instant success of our club made our next move obvious.
We needed to go national.
And there was no better place to start...
... than New York.
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