Talk:Penthouse (magazine)

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The girl mentioned as Michelle Ramos is actually Sunny Leone, penthouse pet of the year 2003

Didn't Penthouse start showing full penetration sometime around '96? I don't have one lying around now to check, but I remember being surprised at the time.
GTBacchus 11:38 Jan 8, 2003 (UTC)

Yep, full non-simulated penetration is now commonly shown, . . . but very tastefully, of course. When this began, Barnes & Noble, and many other non-adult bookstores that carried Penthouse, moved it back behind the counter, where all men's mags used to be. Playboy generally joined it in exile, for uniformity of policy. And the more respectable bookstores seldom carried Hustler to begin with. ---Michael K. Smith 21:35, 5 Sep 2003 (UTC)
The Penthouse I bought last week was more like a more explicit FHM. No Hardcore, no nothing. I bought it at Borders, but I've also seen it at Barnes & Noble.

Famous vs infamous - A recent edit changed the description of the September 1984 issue from being "the most infamous" to "the most famous". It's arguably both; but I think the former (which I admittedly wrote) is more true than the latter. The issue did, after all, feature nude pictures of a fifteen year old. MK 20:25, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)

  • I think "infamous" is too strong a word here -- I think of it being applied to Hitler, Pol Pot, etc. The Marquis de Sade's writings, perhaps, or even just one of his books, since they were all a little near the knuckle. But just one issue of Penthouse, out of many hundreds that weren't infamous, shouldn't be called that, or at least not to my way of thinking.... If you'd written "One issue of Penthouse has become infamous because of etc...." I'd probably go along with that. 22:01, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Is it verifiable that the Vanessa Williams issue (September 1984) was the largest-selling issue of any magazine ever? --15:23, 02 Jul 2005 (UTC)

And is it verifiable that the issue is illegal to own? I've never heard of anyone being prosecuted for possessing it. 68.101.162.92 07:54, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

"For example, although the September 2006 issue features fully nude models, they have been posed such that their pubic regions generally remain hidden from view." <-Predicting the future I see. Should be "will feature fully nude models" or not be there at all. 59.167.141.187 14:26, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Contents

[edit] Cite tags

I just added two more cite tags on the softcore ==> hardcore stuff. One question especially comes to mind - did the new format lead to the lower circulation or did the lower circulation lead to the new format? The section as currently written says both, and cites a source for neither. PurplePlatypus 07:17, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure that the answer is both. The "new format" was brought about because of lowered sales due to internet porn & the new format itself lead to a lower circulation, as some people were disgusted by the urination shots & hardcore photos and canceled their subscriptions. --Hndsmepete 21:06, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Penthouse Forum

Should mention the infamous "forum" letters section. AnonMoos 03:09, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Correct, that is not Michelle Ramos.

If you look at the actual issue, it is Sunny Leone, Penthouse Pet of the Year 2003 on the cover. Michelle was the Pet of the Month but the Pet of the Month is not always on the cover.

I know, because I work there.


[edit] The price of one cover and the circulation

What're the price of one cover and the circulation of Penthouse?

Thanks,

--Redflowers 08:22, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Financials

I think this should be a separate section on financials of the company, General Media Inc., and Guccione. This article needs to be filled out with more details of the magazine and culture: Letters, Caligula, style of the magizine, history, and Guccione's philosophy. It needs to be much more like the Playboy article.


Perseus109 (talk) 00:59, 1 March 2008 (UTC)