Playboy Puts Double-Ds in 3D

Hef promises it'll be hotter than blue aliens
By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff
Posted May 11, 2010 9:55 AM CDT
Playboy Puts Double-Ds in 3D
In this photo taken Monday, May 10, 2010, a pair of 3-D glasses are seen across the cover of the June 2010 edition of Playboy magazine.   (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Hugh Hefner has no use for dragons, flying meatballs or Na'vi. “What would people most like to see in 3D?” he muses. “Probably a naked lady.” That's why an upcoming issue of Playboy comes with those distinctive red-and-blue glasses, so its readers can get a more, shall we say, well-rounded view of the June centerfold, the AP reports.

That may not sound like Playboy 's typical brand of classy smut, but then, neither did the Marge Simpson centerfold from a few months ago. “In today's print environment, you have to create newsstand events,” explains the editorial director. Playboy needs to create something; circulation has fallen from 3.5 million in 2006 to just 1.5 million today. Event issues remind people of the value of printed porn, Hefner says. "You can hold it in your hands, save them, and as dad used to, put them under the mattress." (More Playboy stories.)

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