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Hugh Downs

Hugh Downs on interviewing a young Hugh Hefner

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Whoopi Goldberg on Hugh Hefner allowing her to use footage of Moms Mabley singing "Abraham, Martin and John" on Playboy After Dark for free for the HBO documentary Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

01:09

Dick Gregory with Emerson College

Dick Gregory on Hugh Hefner hiring him to perform at the Playboy Club, and on Hefner's impact on comedy

02:17

Valerie Harper

Valerie Harper on doing sketches on Hugh Hefner's Playboy After Dark

00:19

Rita Lakin

Rita Lakin on writing A Summer without Boys, and on working with Hugh Hefner on that show

07:45

Hugh O'Brian

Hugh O'Brian on playing Hugh Hefner on an episode of Charlie's Angels

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Link to Interview

Hugh Hefner with Emerson College

In his forty-five minute interview for the American Comedy Archives at Emerson College, Hugh Hefner talks about his connection to humor, and his friendships with comedians like Lenny Bruce and All views expressed by interviewees are theirs alone and not necessarily those of the Television Academy.

Hugh Hefner