The Bunny Years
The Surprising Inside Story of the Playboy Clubs: The Women Who Worked as Bunnies, and Where They Are Now
Published on 27. September 2011
304 pages
978-1-4516-6328-0 (ISBN)
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A PROVOCATIVE AND INSIGHTFUL PORTRAIT OF THE BEAUTIFUL, FREE-SPIRITED, AND SURPRISINGLY INDEPENDENT WOMEN OF THE ICONIC PLAYBOY CLUBS
The 1960s were a time of change in America, an era when safely guarded innocence gave way to explosive social revolution. For Kathryn Leigh Scott, or Bunny Kay as she was known in the New York City Playboy Club, and the more than 250 former Bunnies she interviewed for this book, donning satin ears and a fuzzy cottontail was an act of liberation?a chance to bridge the gap between being girls and becoming women, to earn more money than their own mothers ever fathomed, and to find their way in a world that would never be the same. Lauren Hutton was a Bunny. Deborah Harry was too. Bunnies went on to become doctors, lawyers, stockbrokers, real estate tycoons, nurses, scientists, entrepreneurs, and teachers.
Called ?a smart oral history? by Esquire and ?entertaining? by Entertainment Weekly, The Bunny Years goes beyond Gloria Steinem's infamous magazine exposé, ?A Bunny's Tale,? beyond detailed instructions for perfecting the ?Bunny Dip? and providing Keyholders with ?efficient, friendly, personalized service,? to explore, in the words of the remarkable women themselves, what it really meant to be a Bunny.
The 1960s were a time of change in America, an era when safely guarded innocence gave way to explosive social revolution. For Kathryn Leigh Scott, or Bunny Kay as she was known in the New York City Playboy Club, and the more than 250 former Bunnies she interviewed for this book, donning satin ears and a fuzzy cottontail was an act of liberation?a chance to bridge the gap between being girls and becoming women, to earn more money than their own mothers ever fathomed, and to find their way in a world that would never be the same. Lauren Hutton was a Bunny. Deborah Harry was too. Bunnies went on to become doctors, lawyers, stockbrokers, real estate tycoons, nurses, scientists, entrepreneurs, and teachers.
Called ?a smart oral history? by Esquire and ?entertaining? by Entertainment Weekly, The Bunny Years goes beyond Gloria Steinem's infamous magazine exposé, ?A Bunny's Tale,? beyond detailed instructions for perfecting the ?Bunny Dip? and providing Keyholders with ?efficient, friendly, personalized service,? to explore, in the words of the remarkable women themselves, what it really meant to be a Bunny.
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Bunny Years
The Surprising Inside Story of the Playboy Clubs: The Women Who Worked as Bunnies, and Where They Are Now
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Kathryn Leigh Scott grew up on a farm in Robbinsdale, Minnesota. Upon graduation from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Kathryn landed the ingénue lead in the classic Gothic daytime drama Dark Shadows, and starred in the 1971 MGM feature, House of Dark Shadows. Kathryn maintains homes in Los Angeles, London, and New York.
Content
- Intro
- Back Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Contents
- Introduction: The Steinem Connection
- With Love, Bunny Kay
- Chicago: Three Men and a Bunny
- Miami: A Bunny Hop to Miami
- New Orleans: Bunnies in the Vieux Carré
- New York: The Bunny Bites the Big Apple
- A Club of Their Own
- A Bunny Mother's Tale
- Celebrity Bunnies
- Los Angeles: Bunnies on the Sunset Strip
- London: Bunnies for Britain
- Tokyo: Bunnies on the Ginza
- Will The Last Bunny Out the Door, Please Turn Out the Lights?
- Epilogue: Yes, Gloria, There is Life After Bunnydom
- Appendix: The Bunnies and the Clubs Multiply
- Bunny Manual
- Index
