Playboy and mother. However, the publisher of an unrelated men's adventure magazine, "Stag," contacted Hefner and informed him it would file suit to protect their trademark if he were to launch his magazine with that name. Hefner, his wife Millie, and Sellers met to seek a new name, considering "Top Hat", "Gentleman", "Sir'", "Satyr", "Pan" and "Bachelor" before Sellers suggested "Playboy". The first issue, in December 1953, was undated, as Hefner was unsure there would be a second. He produced it in his Hyde Park kitchen. The first centerfold was Marilyn Monroe, although the picture used originally was taken for a
The Playboy Club said the series evoked the 1960s era well, but not as well as "Pan Am" and "Mad Men". He felt the Playboy Club setting itself was too claustrophobic and that Cibrian was not strong enough for his part. In an article for the LGBT website AfterElton.com, writer Lesley Goldberg said the Mattachine Society subplot was a "surprising and welcome twist, and indicates "Playboy" has more on its mind than just women in skimpy outfits". Marilyn Miller, who spent six years working in as a Playboy Bunny in real-life clubs, told "Vanity Fair" that the series was unrealistic, particularly in its