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Beatle Misbehaved at Playboy Mansion

Submitted by erin_broadley

Edited by erin_broadley



Despite his post-mortem ascention to god-like status, peace lovin' John Lennon was a dick. During a 1974 visit to the Playboy Mansion, the former Beatle almost got his ass kicked by some partygoers after he put out his cigarette on one of Hef's priceless Matisse paintings. At the time, Lennon was going through one of his prolonged separations from estranged wife Yoko Ono and blamed the incident on his being completely fucking wasted. Imagine that...

Hefner, now 80, says, "(Lennon) misbehaved a little bit and a couple of my friends took exception to it. I didn't witness it. I was elsewhere in the mansion. He put a cigarette out on a Matisse and one of my friends was gonna... But he had been drinking. I was a huge fan. He was under a tremendous amount of pressure, you know, from the government. They were strange times. And Lennon was one of my heroes."

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Prophecusp

Prophecusp

Los Angeles, CA
October 2003

MAR 29, 2007 04:06 PM

i'd let one icon destroy the painting of another....hey there's that matisse that lennon put his cigarette out on...awesome...

redmess

redmess

Albuquerque, NM
August 2004

MAR 29, 2007 04:13 PM

^^^hah. i agree. i think the worth of the painting doubled after that. surreal

AndersWolleck

AndersWolleck

Astoria, NY
February 2003

MAR 29, 2007 04:18 PM

i'd smack his face

Roethke

Roethke

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

MAR 29, 2007 04:19 PM

AndersWolleck said:
i'd smack his face



Me too. I hope Matisse gave him a good haunting for it.

Charm

Charm

SUICIDEGIRL

Washington, USA

MAR 29, 2007 04:50 PM

AndersWolleck said:
i'd smack his face



+1

elysianfielder

elysianfielder

Los Angeles, CA
March 2003

MAR 29, 2007 04:54 PM

Anyone who knows anything about John Lennon knows that he was always a total hell-raiser. By his own admission, he was cruel, jealous, egotistical, and all the rest. But even when he was being a dick, he did it brilliantly. What better gesture than putting out your cigarette on an expensive status-symbol/investment owned by some old fuck?

Roethke

Roethke

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

MAR 29, 2007 04:59 PM

elysianfielder said:
Anyone who knows anything about John Lennon knows that he was always a total hell-raiser. By his own admission, he was cruel, jealous, egotistical, and all the rest. But even when he was being a dick, he did it brilliantly. What better gesture than putting out your cigarette on an expensive status-symbol/investment owned by some old fuck?



When someone lets me into their house, and offers me hospitality, I do my best not to abuse it, and part of that is not destroying their property. Lennon was himself a rich fuck, and I doubt he'd have been pleased about the same sort of gesture directed at his possessions. Even a brilliant dick, is still just a dick.

Lennon is not one of my heros.

saltonsea

saltonsea

Toronto, ON
July 2004

MAR 29, 2007 05:01 PM


i think it would only increase in value as a pop culture piece

Salome

Salome

SUICIDEGIRL

Illinois, USA

MAR 29, 2007 05:01 PM

I can't begin to imagine. I would absolutely shit myself if I saw the desecration of such a work of art. I don't care if it's Lennon

bean

bean

STAFF

Los Angeles, CA

MAR 29, 2007 05:08 PM

Salome said:
I can't begin to imagine. I would absolutely shit myself if I imagined the desecration of such a work of art. I don't care if it's Lennon


OctEgon

OctEgon

Tustin, CA
July 2005

MAR 29, 2007 05:09 PM

Wow, I've never seen so much John Lennon bashing. Usually everybody kisses his ass.

I'm sure Hef isn't bitter over it.

nobodaddy

nobodaddy

Burlington, VT
August 2003

MAR 29, 2007 05:10 PM

O Noes?!?

I found some good Lennon You Tubeness of something I've never seen. Surprisingly good quality for a You Tube upload. The making of the Imagine album:



Six more parts:

SPOILERS! (Click to view)




SPOILERS! (Click to view)




SPOILERS! (Click to view)




SPOILERS! (Click to view)




SPOILERS! (Click to view)




SPOILERS! (Click to view)



baudot

baudot

Oakland, CA
February 2004

MAR 29, 2007 05:10 PM

elysianfielder said:
Anyone who knows anything about John Lennon knows that he was always a total hell-raiser. By his own admission, he was cruel, jealous, egotistical, and all the rest.


By his own admission, he was also Jesus.

Wren

Wren

SUICIDEGIRL

Minnesota, USA

MAR 29, 2007 05:15 PM

John Lennon was a HUMAN BEING? You're lying.

NinjaTech

NinjaTech

Minneapolis, MN
November 2003

MAR 29, 2007 05:20 PM

One of his heroes, huh? I always knew Hef was a pinko.

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