Nope, he let it all hang out, resting on the edge of a grand piano, inexplicably standing on a spiral staircase, looking thoughtfully out a bay window, jauntily leaning on a candelabra, and posing on the obligatory animal-skin rug. Jim didn't do the normal celebrity Playgirl cover up. I think you stumble upon things in life that are meant to be, Pineda says. After a brief pause, he adds, Playgirl was our definition of beauty. Yes, the Knots Landing look, Cruz admires. The September 1974 issue of Playgirl featured a four-page foldout of the former Cleveland Browns football player-turned-actor Jim Brown. Pineda finds one of his favorites, a strong-jawed quintessential 1980s hunk in red topsiders named Rob Monroe. Sure, he could have tried to top himself in Playgirl, but really, why mess with perfection? He already had - not for Playgirl, but for the famous 1972 Cosmopolitan shoot, which featured a hirsute Reynolds naked (his left arm strategically placed), reclining on a bear-skin rug, a cigarette dangling from his mouth.
In 1981, everyone's main mustachioed stud Burt Reynolds appeared on the cover of Playgirl and gave an interview, which included the topic: 'His Love Affair With Sally Is Not Over.' It would be one year later.
