Barbi Benton

And side note, I'm also not just trying to be a bitch about Hugh Hefner's intentions because he also tried to kind of hang the whole brand on another woman star before that.

In 1975, just after Bobby Arnstein's death, Hefner's wife, Barbie Benton, released her first single, Brass Buckles.

That was her country pop breakout hit.

The thing is, Hefner was banking on her getting success, and then that would bolster his brand and cachet.

yes she does who writes a role for her in a script that didn't initially have a role for her and i mean this is also a director who has a history of falling in love with women who star in his movies so you know

i mean that's an archetype in and of itself

I know he like left his first wife for, I forget the name of the actor that starred in one of his movies.

Um, he did paper moon and, uh, and a bunch of other ones, but the thing is, uh, he like leaves his wife for this actor and then is like, I'm going to get your career popping and creates like a bunch of star vehicles for her that go nowhere.

See how she handles that one.

You remember Barbie Benton? No, who's this? Oh, my God.

Okay, somebody pull up a picture of

Barbie Benton.

Okay.

Jesus.

Washington do about

inflation this year? Who gives a shit? Look at the tits on Barbie Benton.

Well, the cartoon would be like some guy in front of a Christmas tree saying, I'm really glad that we invested in some...

Oh, it doesn't make sense.

Yes.

Like an avant-garde film starring Barbie Benton, like in a dream state.

It's just perfection.

It is.

He is the original Deathstalker, and he returned for Deathstalker 4 in 1991.

Also on the cast we have Playboy cover girl Barbi Benton as Cordele, and she gets the top female billing for this.

She was quite well known for being, uh, Hugh Hefner's girlfriend for a long time, and, uh, she appeared on the cover of Playboy many times.

She was never actually...

So true.

[laughs]

Um, [laughs] um, so yeah, Barbi Benton was the big draw card on this one, but said lady in cloak with no top, Lana Clarkson, who played, uh, Kera, uh, I think she really kinda steals this film.

I, I love her in this.