Bob Guccione
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Oct 16, 2026
Jesse RomeroHOST
Son of the devil.
Jesse RomeroHOST
In 1965, Bob Guccione starts Penthouse.
Jesse RomeroHOST
Son of the devil.
Jesse RomeroHOST
In 1974, Larry Flynt starts Hustler.
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Jesse RomeroHOST
In 1953, Hugh Hefner started Playboy Enterprises.
Jesse RomeroHOST
Son of the devil.
Jesse RomeroHOST
In 1965, Bob Guccione starts Penthouse.
Jesse RomeroHOST
Son of the devil.
Alec BaldwinHOST
If you did do it.
Patricia BosworthGUEST
I think I would like to write about [laughs] actually I'd like to write about the next 10 years, meaning the six- the '60s and the '70s, where I get into feminism and I work in pornography, which I did for a while with Bob Guccione, and I-
Alec BaldwinHOST
What did you do in pornography?
Patricia BosworthGUEST
I, I, I edited a female porn magazine called Viva for two years.
Mark ThompsonHOST
I'm very nervous.
Mark ThompsonHOST
And I go into the studio, and the entire studio is really dark except for the area with the two chairs and the host, you know? And, uh, in the primary chair as guest is Bob Guccione, who is the owner-
Tim Conway Jr.HOST
Oh, wow
Mark ThompsonHOST
... of Penthouse magazine.
Mark ThompsonHOST
So I bring it back.
Mark ThompsonHOST
I'm, my, I'm practically, my hand is shaking, I'm so nervous.
Mark ThompsonHOST
I'm giving it to Bob Guccione, and this is my first day as the PA on this show.
Mark ThompsonHOST
And I hand it directly to him, and then I walk back into the shadows, and he takes a sip of the coffee.
Mark ThompsonHOST
And I go into the studio, and the entire studio is really dark, except for the area with the two chairs and the host, you know.
Mark ThompsonHOST
And in the primary chair as guest is Bob Guccione, who is the owner of Penthouse Magazine.
Mark ThompsonHOST
Oh, wow.
Mark ThompsonHOST
so and at that time he was kind of at the height of his powers with like his shirt was open with that medallion like whatever he was like very you know very 70s or you know whatever and uh and he talked like this he talked exactly like this and so uh one of the hosts asked would you like a coffee or water or something and he said i'd love a cup of coffee And they said, Mark, you know, Mr. Guccione would like a cup of coffee.
Mark ThompsonHOST
My hand is shaking.
Mark ThompsonHOST
I'm so nervous.
Mark ThompsonHOST
I'm giving it to Bob Guccione.
Mark ThompsonHOST
This is my first day as the PA on this show.
Andrew TiGUEST
Right.
Molly LambertHOST
Uh, and Larry Flynt also began facing legal battles over Hustler Magazine's obscene content across the country, being sued for obscenity a lot of times, and for libel by Bob Guccione's business partner and girlfriend Kathy Keaton after Hustler published a derogatory cartoon about her.
Andrew TiGUEST
[laughs]
Molly LambertHOST
Hustler continually courted controversy-
Frank BongiornoHOST
Yeah.
Frank BongiornoHOST
Now, I know you didn't wanna dwell, as you say early in the book, too long over Matthew's sex life, for fear of lapsing, and I quote from page 79 here, "into the unseemliness of your Bob Guccione's," that's the founder of Penthouse, in case you're wondering, "and your Frank Bongiorno's, and your Marcus Clarke's." Um, but as it happens, you don't really refrain.
Frank BongiornoHOST
Uh, would you like to give our audience a bit of a preview? You know, like those movie trailers that have, you know, just enough glimpses of flesh and, and, and sort of You know, sort of low lighting and that sort of stuff to, to, to just sort of, you know, attract one's interest.
Frank BongiornoHOST
Um-
Frank SantopadreHOST
Great turn of the phrase.
Josh KarpGUEST
And, and I, I, I [laughs] it was just, you know, uh, Gore Vidal writing it and then getting in fights with Bob Guccione over-
Frank SantopadreHOST
Just think of him as one of the Warner Brothers, as he told Malcolm-
Josh KarpGUEST
Right, just think of him as one of the Warner Brothers
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Josh KarpGUEST
Um-
Frank SantopadreHOST
Yeah, I don't think he was putting up too much of a protest.
Josh KarpGUEST
But when he showed up, he was like, he was like, "Oh, my," and P- [laughs] Peter O'Toole was like, he's like, "Johnny, didn't you know you were signing on to be in a porno?" I'm not doing Peter O'Toole, but he was like [laughs] he's li- he's like, "It's produced by Bob Guccione, for Christ's sake."
Frank SantopadreHOST
Gore Vidal's line to McDowell, "Just think of Bob Guccione as one of the Warner Brothers."
Kim MastersHOST
McDowell joins us to talk about his incredible career and the three-decade journey to get his latest film, a Western called Last Train to Fortune, to the finish line.
Kim MastersHOST
He also shares stories from the set of A Clockwork Orange and the chaotic history of the 1979 film Caligula, including how Penthouse founder Bob Guccione took control of the film and added unsimulated material in post-production.
Kim MastersHOST
But first we banter.
Kim MastersHOST
Stick around.
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Kim MastersHOST
So you go from this to Caligula, which is, I mean, maybe there was other stuff in between.
Kim MastersHOST
Lots of stuff.
Kim MastersHOST
But that's another like completely loony Bob Guccione penthouse, actual penthouse pets shooting.
Kim MastersHOST
Well, let me just, let's go back.
Mark Terry-LushGUEST
And, and I used to market everything from Vogue and House & Garden to Viz, and all the Paul Raymond pornography titles.
Mark Terry-LushGUEST
Uh, like, and, and Bob Guccione's Penthouse, and God knows what else.
Mark Terry-LushGUEST
So I had one of the most popular desks in the office.
Mark Terry-LushGUEST
It's the sort of thing that you wouldn't get away with now, and these offices would clearly be raided now, and so they should be.
Brett KennedyGUEST
In the past, I, I mean, you could argue that there were more social safeguards in place, um, and, and social norms and mores that, that actually created barriers that aren't in place today, and that's what makes the risk greater For children and teens.
Brett KennedyGUEST
You know, even content creation is no longer limited to the likes of, like, Hugh Hefner or Bob Guccione or their studio system.
Brett KennedyGUEST
I mean, basically pornography today can be a community of regular people.
Brett KennedyGUEST
There's, there's film actors.
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