I know it is no longer in print, but Playgirl magazine was were I first saw pictures of a naked man. I used to walk into Waldenbooks or another bookstore and sneak looks at it. I would have it hidden between another magazine. I would stand there for hours on end looking at it. I even tried to buy one under age. I told the lady my Mom wanted a copy. She said my Mom would have to come in herself and buy it. (Damn!)
I just recently stumbled across Blackdogue's Male Nudes once again. He has cataloged some amazing pics of the guys throughout the years.
Below are some of my all-time favorites. These are some of the first pics of the guys I remember seeing. This is also one of the reasons why I started hitting the gym as hard as I did. And hence why I became a Personal Trainer.
Enjoy my trip down memory lane.
Max Werner
Jim Waldrop
Jeff Wintemute
And two of my all-time Favorite studs:
Jim Davis
Steve Rally
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Jim Waldrop went on to do porn for William Higgins. Lots of porn.
Jim Waldrop doesn't look like J.W. King. He was Doug Weston in Williams films.
actually, it's back in print again!
" I would have it hidden between another magazine. "
I thought I was the only person who did this back in the day. :)
I used to buy Playgirl at the local news stand. After cruising the racks I soon discovered in the 70's gay mags like Honcho, Inches, Blueboy, Jock etc. There was an older man and sometimes a younger man behind the counter and they could care less what you were buying but you would get looks. Man I would get home and jack off like nobody's business. My stash of porn grew so much it was ridiculous. You have to realize too this was way before the internet.
To Breeding Jock: Well, this is right up my street! You know how much I'm into vintage Playgirl!!! Unfortunately, PG, like COLT, does not live up to its - great! - history as their more recent models are almost exclusively twinks!!!
I wouldn't say all of Playgirl's recent stuff is twinks. But it is NOT what it used to be.
I couldn't believe what I was reading. I did the same exact thing when I was 16 to look at Playgirl Magazines at the Waldenbooks. I was caught by a college guy who worked there and he took me into the backroom after closing the store and I had my first male to male sexual experience. All thanks to Playgirl and Waldenbooks.
so, it seems many of us have done this. i actually stole some centerfolds back when i was 13 or so. i think i looked at my first PG when i was 10, and the model looked a lot like Mark Spitz, if it wasn't him.
i did buy an issue the summer between my junior and senior year of HS, because i told the two girls at the bookstore, both friends of mine, that i wanted to buy it to play a prank on a girl that lived on my street. i guess they fell for it, but maybe not. my first actual gay porn purchase was an issue of Blueboy, which i bought in 8th grade from some old man who had a magazine stand at a gas station.
when i could drive, i'd go up to atlanta and would look at magazines in various stores there, as well as buy those hardcover books that had male nudes.
i recognize a lot of these guys. thanks for the memories!
I'm glad to see some many of us have fond memories of Playgirl magazine! And so funny that everyone used to sneak peeks at the cock the same way!!
Many, many stroke sessions were devoted to those pages of HOT MEN!
Keep those comments going guys. Let's hear them!
I did the same thing as Joseph. Once I had a car and driver's license, I would drive to Atlanta, which in the 70s and early 80s had some many porn outlets. There was a gay porn cinema, which was my first experience with gay porn other than photographs. It was as big as most multiplex screens. When I looked up there was a 10' dick going in and out of a guy's butthole. I almost came in my jeans.
Then I noticed all these guys sitting around either jerking off or trading blowjobs. I wouldn't let any of the guys touch me. Then I watched the movie and saw some guy getting fisted, which was a concept that had never occurred to this farm boy and former altar boy (who was never touched by my priest). I am sure my mouth must have been hanging open.
When I got home and took out one of my stash of Playgirls, it just seemed so tame. Within two years, I had moved to Atlanta and was a bona fide slut. It still amazes me that I survived the 80s.
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