Thursday, October 21st 2010

R.I.P. Bob Guccione

Long before the days of cum and lube crusted computer mouses, the sound of man chowder plopping onto a paper page was not a rare one and we have Bob Guccione, the founder of Penthouse and the first to show coochie in a magazine, to thank for that. For those that have a peen, you might have wondered why it was at half-mast yesterday. That's because Bob passed away at a hospital in Plano, Texas at the age of 79. Bob's wife April Dawn Warren Guccione (that's a really hot name) said that he died of cancer.

Even though Penthouse was Bob's crowning achievement, he also responsible for bringing us Caligula the movie, Omni Magazine, Spin and Anna Wintour.

No word on funeral arrangements, but I will be highly disappointed if Bob's final resting place is not the epitome of gaudy decadence. I'm thinking a marble mausoleum with gold plated statues of nekkid woman and onyx panthers draped in silk leopard robes. The mahogany coffin will be shaped like a giant vulva and lined with burgundy velvet. Basically, it will look like Teresa Giudice's laundry room.

R.I.P. Bob. We'll all pour one out for you today (NOT LIKE THAT, SUCIO!!!).

via New York Post

Posted by: Michael K


nclgemini's picture

oh I love Malcom McDowell! He was so damn hot back in the day! boob goochy-oni not so much (lol u see what i did there)

Fuck Bob Guccione. He was such an ass to all of his kids and was said to have cut them all out of their inheritence even though they were incredibly loyal to him. Just hope he didn't leave all of his money to his new hot piece to run off with now that he's dead..

QueenOfTrashin's picture

As a young woman, I read Omni even though I knew his rep. Omni Magazine was like no other magazine of its time. I purchased many issues. I think he was trying to transition, but it failed.

Yes, he peddled smut, but he died broke, in spite of the temporary, outrageous wealth that he achieved, and many participated in the peddling of that smut, most likely, broke, too.

"Google me, you dumb fuck!", said some punk bitch rookie cop.

z-listed's picture

Good riddance, smut peddler!

AitchCS's picture

wow! Hef outlived him. Hef's gonna outlive everybody.

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DR.FUNK's picture

Submitted by Wood Dragon on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 12:09pm.

Omni Magazine was the coolest thing he ever accomplished. It was Wired before Wired knew what it was. Th SciFi short stories were the best anywhere. Never cared for his titty mag though.
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Yeah...Omni was different from any science / tech mag before it.Set a template that was followed by Mondo 2000 & then Wired. Thanx for that too GOOCH.(R.I.P)

Caligula was nothing more than a bunch of bitches sucking dick, big dick at that.

Wood Dragon's picture

Omni Magazine was the coolest thing he ever accomplished. It was Wired before Wired knew what it was. Th SciFi short stories were the best anywhere. Never cared for his titty mag though.

"man chowder plopping onto a paper page"

I just sprayed coffee (not tadpoles) all over the screen.

Mrs Patrick Campbell's picture

Was it "AID$"-related?

letinstar's picture

oh yeah...i remember seeing caligula back in the day...i blocked that out of my mind until now...
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QueenieBK's picture

I'd love it if his funeral was as over-the-top as Malcolm McLaren's.

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justincase's picture

GOOD RIDDANCE.

CarmenElectrical's picture

I thought he died years ago.

DR.FUNK's picture

Penthouse Forum letters gave me the "filler material" for the fabrications of that wild sex life I was alleging to others.The fellas thought I was a scoring machine.The ladies were intrigued.Soon enough...reality came to resemble fiction.THANX GOOCH.(R.I.P)

Paint beautiful ceiling frescoes at one of Gods' vacation palazzos.

kacky's picture

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JoJo's picture

I thought this was that odd guy from "Lost in Space"....Jonathan Harris.

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Madam Pince's picture

I saw Caligula at a midnight movie fest in the mid-80s and couldn't eat the next day.

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SpiceDong's picture

yes, Helen Mirren was in Caligula and other assorted soft core porn flicks of the skinemax variety ...back then dear Hellen loved to show her titties and kitty in name of her "art".

And Caligula was released in '79...and it looked no different than Roman night at Studio 54 when I finally saw it.

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I remember seeing copies of Caligula back in the day at all my friends parents houses but it sounded boring to us...little did I know...It is a horrible movie though. It either needed more sex or more plot...I love Malcom Macdowell though.

and I was helping children in Morocco, it wasn't like a vacation...

TheBreakdown's picture

Because of Bob, Vanessa Williams was the first nekkid ass nekkid woman I have ever seen.

And I want to thank him from the bottom of my nether-region for it!

R.I.P.

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Athina's picture

Holy shit, I rented and watched Caligula with a group of casual friends, girls and guys, not realizing that it was so graphic. It was pretty much hard core porn. I worked with the people who were watching it with me...uncomfortable!

*sniff, sniff* I loved those letters!!! AND THEY WERE ALL TRUE!!!

So many adventures, so many crunchy socks...

Now I have to check out "Caligula." I understand that Helen Mirren and Marina Sirtis were in it. Those chickies make it mandatory to see it.

Old Bob did make a difference in this world.

jack-n-the-hat's picture

LMAO verrrrn!!!

DWM - I'm getting slow in my old age.
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Submitted by jack-n-the-hat on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 8:59am.

*BOING*
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Took longer than I expected to get a response from you Jack! :)
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Vern's picture

mlenni-

Jay Mohr!!!!! Ewww yes!

and, would not hit it wif Jack's boinger.

*chanting as always*

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Submitted by DirtyWhoreMouth on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 8:54am.
psh PTB -- I've dabbled
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*BOING*
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"poor jacko, trying to struggle thru this world with one eye and the womenz just keep fucking his shit UP!" snowpiece 11/25/09

"Your appalling choice in women is well-known to us dlisters." Momus

christine the hoff's picture

well, even dead he's eeuuuwwww.

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DirtyWhoreMouth's picture

HA Jill. I think they may be frozen and thawed out for appearances.

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mlenni's picture

Does anyone else think this guy looks like Jay Mohr in twenty years?

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Jill-The-Ripper's picture

The only thing I can think of is death comes in 3s.
First this guy, then Hef, then Flint.
The latter two may be dead already, it's hard to tell.
Used to love to sneak and read my brother's Playboys & Penthouses but Hustler was terrifying.

DirtyWhoreMouth's picture

psh PTB -- I've dabbled.. that. is. not. hot.

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P.T.Bull's picture

To some gay women, that is hot looking--I learned to my surprise from a lesbian.

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Submitted by DirtyWhoreMouth on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 8:40am.
How come when men are ghey they are pretty but when women gots "that gay" they look like lumberjacks?

P.T.Bull's picture

Dear Penthouse, I never thought I would be writing a letter like this, but I work as a teller in a bank, and my girlfriend and I like to sneak into the vault before the bank opens. There are all these rolls of quarters, dimes, and nickles, and my girlfriend likes it when I....

tinkuy's picture

True story. Back in 1980, Bob Guccione screened Caligula at Yale before its public premiere because he wanted the erudite responses of hundreds of Elis to back up his conviction that his movie was a work of art. The local movie theatre was rented, we streamed in, listened to a film studies prof pump up the flick, and were asked to hand in critiques afterwards. You would have thought we were being primed to watch a masterpiece. Then the lights went down, and our commentary began. The place was jam-packed with proto-DListers yelling out sheer snark, hissing & booing. Guccione never got his essays. We trashed the flick to pieces as the reels rolled.

snowpiece's picture

here's a pic of his wife, IDK what she is doing with Columbo! :p

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Hey Sucky. http://thechive.com/2010/10/20/captions-making-funny-photos-hilarious-29... *********************************************************************************** Kenny Powers: There’s one image in my life that consistently makes me happy, no matter when I think about it, and that image, that one image is your big tits.

letinstar's picture

i can hear the sounds of disco and the snorting of coke when i look at this picture...
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snowpiece's picture

was Helen Mirren in Caligula?

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DirtyWhoreMouth's picture

How come when men are ghey they are pretty but when women gots "that gay" they look like lumberjacks?

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jack-n-the-hat's picture

snowy - lmao btw at "that ghey" hahahahaha idiot!
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Mrs Patrick Campbell's picture

Because most men (aka "str9 guys" or "fishlovers") look rather icky.

All of the hot ones are queens.

Mrs Patrick Campbell's picture

Bob looked icky.

(You can save the nude photos of Bob)

jack-n-the-hat's picture

yea and if you saw him you'd be like "youz fawkin fagz you... cum ear, Imma slapya in duh mouf"
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"poor jacko, trying to struggle thru this world with one eye and the womenz just keep fucking his shit UP!" snowpiece 11/25/09

"Your appalling choice in women is well-known to us dlisters." Momus

Whamo's picture

Gotta love those gold chains, now that's a classic look.

Pamela's picture

Tom Jones/Gene Wilder high bred!

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Submitted by Pamela on Sun, 06/27/2010 - 6:51pm

damn girl, you tell it like it is!!!

snowpiece's picture

Jack, if you saw him in the street you would be like, "Y'all, he dun got that ghey!"

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DirtyWhoreMouth's picture

Is tomorrow ghey Friday? I need to go get a phone clip and some Chacos to participate.

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jack-n-the-hat's picture

snowy this is NOT ghey Friday hush your mouth... yes, Gene could play him or that one dude from Monty Python the name escapes me...

RIP Mr. Paper Pussy Peddler... thanks for making my treehouse days a little brighter!!
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"poor jacko, trying to struggle thru this world with one eye and the womenz just keep fucking his shit UP!" snowpiece 11/25/09

"Your appalling choice in women is well-known to us dlisters." Momus