The dysfunctional state of the mainstream magazine industry is apparently not enough to dissuade the purveyors of the Girls Gone Wild video franchise from flashing the newsstand. According to Nate Ives of Advertising Age, Girls Gone Wild magazine will soon hit the streets with $9.99 worth of exuberant exhibitionism. Should Playboy (NYSE: PLA) worry?
I'm not particularly savvy on the magazine business, but I think I have the profit model here figured out. Girls Gone Wild haunts the spring break spots, enticing drunken college girls to bare their breasts and more for the camera, and hawks the videos on late night television.
Now, thousands of parents each year are suckered into buying those high school Who's Who books for the pleasure of proving to their relatives that their sons are not losers after all. Is it so hard to believe that the same parent wouldn't pony up a sawbuck for a picture of their daughter at her youthful peak of ripeness? I can imagine the magazine being proudly passed around at the family reunion, after the macaroni salad, before the softball game. "Gosh, is that really Nellie Sue?" says Aunt Jean. "That must have hurt," opines cousin Delores. "Let me borrow that for a minute," says young cousin Carl. "I'll bring it right back."
Yeah, parental pride is sure to lead to the success of the Girls Gone Wild magazine. For many parents, it will be a choice between that or her mug shot for the family Christmas card.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 7)
2-15-2008 @ 9:19AM
wayne said...
I think it is sad how people use young girls who have not matured enough to know what they are really doing. We all wish we had not done certain things when we were young and these young girls will feel the same way. What ever happen to MORALS in this country. The Far Left Wing of both political parties are going to be the down fall of this country. We all need to stop this type of use of our children before it is to late.
2-17-2008 @ 9:20PM
sophie said...
I AGREE 100%, THE MORALE IN THIS COUNTRY SUCKS!
2-18-2008 @ 6:00AM
Lilly said...
It's sick, the morals of this country... makeup being pushed on elementary school girls, skirts so short you think on sitting and you see more than you bargained for... "role models" like britney spears and her pregnant little sister, miley cyrus and her peep-show pictures. Little girls see girls on TV constantly done up with more makeup than a cheap whore, and very scantily clad. They see this even on Disney. Girls (and boys!) are told not to have sex, but aren't told why or other options, because we all know kids will have sex whether we tell them to or not, and not giving them the information needed to be safe is causing a higher rate of teen pregnancy. Our country focuses on so many of the wrong things, I'm not sure i know what's right anymore!! :(
2-18-2008 @ 7:25PM
Jeffrey said...
A couple Quotes from Lilly,
"we all know kids will have sex whether we tell them to or not,"
i've never heard of any responsible adult telling kids to have sex! This randing define this group of girls, oh by the way, this group is about 1-2% of all the girls out there at that age.
"I'm not sure i know what's right anymore!! :("
Truly, that's sad, perhaps if you let go of everyone else's focus.
2-15-2008 @ 9:30PM
mike said...
CHEAP THRILLS FOR LITTLE BOYS PEEP SHOW
2-17-2008 @ 8:34PM
tom canavan said...
shame and guilt, shame and guilt. Doesn't work anymore. Without sex appeal you complaining little whiners wouldn't even be here so grow up and deal with it. Women, flash your boobs and make someone happy.
2-18-2008 @ 4:27PM
radman said...
Let me know if you feel the same way when you have a teenage girl in college and her face gets plastered on a GGW mag or video with her shirt around her neck.
2-18-2008 @ 6:53PM
shannon said...
maybe the reason people are trying to inflict shame and guilt is because stupid little pricks like you are writing and producing stuff like this. if you ever have a little girl, let me know. because i think if you knew what the hell you were talking about you wouldnt suggest that its okay for women to act like whores, as long as people are happy.
2-19-2008 @ 1:28AM
Galant Warrior said...
It is concerning and depressing to see that we have a lot of perverts out there that need to be
locked up and the keys thrown away for good.
Or event perhaps place all of the perverts in a uninhabited island and nuke them all would be a better solution. And all of us good tax payers would not have spend our hard erned money feeding the perverted creeps in the already over crowed prisons of the U.S.
2-17-2008 @ 8:42PM
thocott said...
If you have a problem, don't buy it or even look at it..... Boycotts work!! When does it hit the shelves? Can't wait!
2-17-2008 @ 9:09PM
cupdizzle fo shizzle said...
I think this world is sick! And I do not feel sorry for these girls, they know EXACTLY what they are doing. They are smuts. That is what young American girls are turning into. No pride, shame or morals. Say goodbye to wholesome girls!
2-17-2008 @ 9:26PM
rich said...
The wholesome girls (and there are many) don't seek the lights and drinks. We don't hear about them because nobody advirtizes them. I would think the wholesome girls far outnumber the limelite seekers
2-17-2008 @ 9:10PM
harv29 said...
all i want to know when's the first issue coming out? so i can subscribe!!
2-17-2008 @ 9:29PM
jim said...
Just another slut magazine. Oh, my daughter wouldn't do that. Don't spend your money on drunken broads. Get yourself a real live woman. Screw that magazine.
2-18-2008 @ 6:33PM
Tina said...
I agree 100% -- that magazine makes all women look bad! Get it off the shelf!
2-19-2008 @ 1:49AM
Jayhawk said...
I hope your daughter does get in there. There is nothing wrong with this or any other mag. The women that says it's bad is just the one's that could never show themselves. People that don't like nude pics does not have to look at them. Mind your own business and stay out of mine. This goes for sex, drinking, smoking and everything else. Do what you do and forget about other people. Your daughters time is coming. God bless you, Just a waiting to see.
2-17-2008 @ 9:37PM
Lori said...
Are they going to start proving the ages of these girls. The ones in the commercials don't even look old enough to be out of school.
2-17-2008 @ 9:40PM
teresa said...
does any woman have any respect for her body anymore? any modesty anymore? you can be sexy without showing all your goodies...sh*t i don't know how i will ever get better with my loss of confidence and esteem as a woman when these girls are just trashing the name of women and women's body respect everywhere..this coming from a good looking, well liked 22 yr old who has not flashed her tits out in public no matter how drunk or blacked out i have been...look for my art out there some day..women need to rise instead of bringing themselves down as men's sex toys...speaking of growing up...grow up and respect us for once for being a human being
2-17-2008 @ 10:06PM
Monica said...
I"ll say a prayer for all the girls (who truley dont understand the reprocutions) who are ultimately selling their "souls to the devil", and I'll say a prayer for all those that will spend their money to look at these drunk girls demoralizing themselves. May God one day wake all you people up.Peace and wisdom to all.
2-18-2008 @ 1:30AM
mark said...
WOW...say it load and say it proud