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by the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. CLICK FOR NEWSPAPER DELIVERY
Thursday, November 1, 2001
Roast of Hugh Hefner is Sunday on Comedy Central
By Christy Lemire
Associated Press
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NEW YORK - When comedians feel uncomfortable telling raunchy sexual jokes, the terrorists have won. So "The New York Friars Club Roast of Hugh M. Hefner" went on as scheduled.
The New York Friars - a members-only group of entertainers who've poked fun at each other at formal dinners for nearly a century - turned their barbs on Sept. 29 to the Playboy magazine founder, who was an easy target for his libido and his luxurious lifestyle.
An edited version is scheduled to air at 9 p.m. Sunday on Comedy Central. Hef is 75 now, so there were the obligatory jokes about Viagra and aging. And he has seven blond, buxom girlfriends, who sat around a table at the front, so of course, there were plenty of jokes about them.
"How does it work - you put, like, the dye in one big bathtub and stick your heads in?" master of ceremonies Jimmy Kimmel asked them.
Hefner said he never thought of canceling the evening, but called the organizers a few days after Sept. 11 to suggest rescheduling it.
"I'm glad they didn't postpone it," he said in a recent phone interview. "I think the need for a reconfirmation, a reaffirmation of our lives is one of the ways in which we fight back."
Comedy Central executives re-evaluated the roast and all other programming after the attacks, said Bill Hilary, the cable channel's executive vice president and general manager.
Comedian Rob Schneider said, "If it were up to them, women couldn't read, couldn't work, get fake (breasts), go to school, pose nude to 'help their career,'" he said. "Hugh Hefner believes women should be able to do all those things - except read."
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