Join Holly and Bridget as they take us back to the Playmate reunion of 2006 featuring the women of the 1970's . . . what can they relate to? Were there 70's "mean girls?" What was it like seeing these women return to the mansion? The girls get into what production spent money on, slobbing on knobs, a human centipede, breaking the 4th wall, breast implants, the clown playmate and pubic hair trends. For more content, check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/girlsnextlevel This episode is s...
Sep 25, 2023•59 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Holly and Bridget catch us up on what they've been up to over the summer, talk Marilyn Monroe's house, the LA hurricane/earthquake combo, Hef's hearing loss, more naked scenes and Casablanca Night. The girls get into other books written about the mansion, fake scenes, house hunting, how possessive we really were, the food shaming on the show and the pressures that went along with it. Join the girls and they go over everything The Girls Next Door Season 2, Episode 1, "Here's Looking at You, Hef!"...
Sep 18, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Holly and Bridget welcome listeners back for Season 2 to break down the highest rated episode of The Girls Next Door , "Here's Looking at You, Hef!" In this episode, our bodies are on the table in every way from nudity to body shaming. Join the girls as they discuss phantom cultural clichés, Bridget's burlesque performance, the Pussycat Dolls, Three 6 Mafia, who the producers were buying time for, whose nudes were used in the magazine against their wishes, the most disgusting thing on the show, ...
Sep 11, 2023•54 min•Season 2Ep. 1
The Girls Next Door producer Jen Colbert is back for round two, where she answers all our burning questions about Season 1! We discuss some listener questions, revealing camera angles, Barbi Benton, Sunset Tan, getting booted from the salon and underage drinking on the show. Holly and Bridget find out why Jen didn't return for Season 2, and get into what they were up to in between seasons. We get into Queen Mary drama, Bethenny's reality reckoning, and which celebrities were nice to us. For more...
Aug 28, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 52
The Girls Next Door producer Jen Colbert is back for round two, where she answers all our burning questions about Season 1! We discuss some listener questions, revealing camera angles, Barbi Benton, Sunset Tan, getting booted from the salon and underage drinking on the show. Holly and Bridget find out why Jen didn't return for Season 2, and get into what they were up to in between seasons. We get into Queen Mary drama, Bethenny's reality reckoning, and which celebrities were nice to us. For more...
Aug 28, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 52
This week, we finally get some answers! We are joined by a special guest, producer Jen Colbert who worked on the first eight episodes of The Girls Next Door Season 1, and she's dishing all the behind-the-scenes dirt! Jen gets into what she thought the girls were going to be like, her weirdest boss, nudity on camera, who they were NOT allowed to film, and more! We find out if anyone received favoritism, talk about what we absolutely didn't want to film and solve all our burning mysteries about Se...
Aug 21, 2023•58 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Bryant is back for another tea spill session, taking a walk down memory lane with Holly and Bridget. In this episode, Bryant talks mansion pranks, if there was any hazing, who was the most difficult guest to deal with, whether or not the mansion was bugged and how he felt about his Girls Next Door scenes. We get into why the pantry scenes were cut down, the prank calls the mansion would get and the weirdest requests from girlfriends. Bryant tells us about a midnight visit from Pamela Anderson, w...
Aug 14, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 50
We have your favorite Playboy mansion butler Bryant Horowitz here to catch up with Holly and Bridget on all the crazy times that they shared together! Get the behind the scenes scoop from Bryant, who worked at the mansion from 1997-2016 while earning his PhD in psychology at UCLA. The ultimate inside source, Bryant tells us what it was really like working at the mansion, the changes he saw over his 19 years working there, all the rules the staff had to follow and what he thought was the most sho...
Aug 07, 2023•58 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Join the girls as they dig into what didn't make the show: the Season 1 deleted scenes! Holly and Bridget get into instant karma, how to exit a limo without paparazzi getting a full view of your vagina, the drama of having to ask Hef for something, Holly's time working in a haunted house, and who came up with all the perv-y scene titles. The girls chat about the scene that was the most real AND the most fake, Hef's lost solo scene, whether or not All the Way Ray hooked up with Marilyn Monroe and...
Jul 31, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 48
The girls are back with one of their favorite Playmate friends, Carmella DeCesare, to discuss Season 2 of Secrets of Playboy . What do they dread most about this new season? Who's there to spill tea? Just how truthful is it? The trio get into all of it and more as they discuss Playboy 's first reality show, what it's like shooting nude videos, women's bodies getting critiqued on tv, what made Carmella leave the show and what life is like for her now in the world of high end San Diego real estate...
Jul 24, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 47
In this episode the girls discuss body dysmorphia, how Holly felt she suffered from it at the mansion and what types of pressures led to it. Bridget and Holly get into how they felt their actions were limited, walking in the Roberto Cavalli fashion show, the Olive Garden controversy and what happened the first night Bridget was "allowed" to stay out all night. Joint the girls as they laugh about ferret friends, guys catcalling Hef, fondling wax figures and Bridget's bridal moment. For more conte...
Jul 17, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 46
In this episode, Holly and Bridget get deep into the last episode of The Girls Next Door Season 1, and it's a doozy! The girls start out with the cold open from hell and get into why they hate it so much. On a more positive note, Holly talks about doing the Roberto Cavalli fashion show and how it felt to have a solo moment on the show. The girls discuss where they wish the show would have gone deeper, how Hef's ex-girlfriends were categorized, guest starring on CSI: Las Vegas , plastic butts, wh...
Jul 10, 2023•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 45
Join Holly and Bridget as they confess which mansion mysteries they would most like to solve and question the reasons the tension was thick in The Girls Next Door Season 1 Episode 14 "Clue- less ." The girls talk food trends, scene stealing and much more as they dive into Bridget's murder mystery birthday party. At the end of the episode, Holly and Bridget answer some of your burning questions, touching on a near-death moment, underground tunnels, a Laguna Beach apartment makeover and how they f...
Jun 26, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 44
This week Holly and Bridget get real about why the three Girls Next Door cast members didn't always get along. Competition and conflict brewed under the surface leading to scene stealing tactics and stifling resentment. The girls speculate on which personality traits were incompatible with the multi-girlfriend situation, why Bridget got blocked from the tennis tournament and what Holly feels bad about in this episode. Reminisce with the girls about learning to drive stick shift on a million doll...
Jun 19, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Come back to Chicago with Holly and Bridget as they discuss the word "bimbo" and how the meaning of the word has changed over the years, as well as how bimbo culture was at once fostered and rewarded at the mansion but also made fun of on the show. The girls get into the "backdoor pilot" that's hidden in the episode, who was thrown under the bus, performative sexuality, the football player who did NOT want to be on their show, an Al Capone Mandela effect, which of the mansion's dogs was the most...
Jun 12, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Take a nostalgic trip down memory lane with Holly and Bridget as they explore Hef's hometown, Chicago! As they dig into The Girls Next Door Season 1 Episode 13 "My Kind of Town," they discuss conformity, feeling like you are losing yourself to a group identity, striving to be more than a stereotype, and the balancing act between trying to stay true to yourself while becoming the person you always dreamed of being. The girls chat about Juicy Couture, high school reunions, human cloning, walking i...
Jun 05, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 41
This week, Holly and Bridget take us back to New York and the seventh circle of hell that was doing press as one of Hef's girlfriends. The girls get into what it was like selling out the magazine in Times Square, the nature of the jealousy between the three girlfriends, the questions the press asked them, the optics of being a "girlfriend," hotel room business meetings, their worst interviews ever, who made them feel appreciated and of course, their interview with the ladies of The View! Be sure...
May 29, 2023•59 min•Season 1Ep. 40
In this episode, the Girls are off to New York City! Holly and Bridget dive into The Girls Next Door Season 1 Episode 12 "I'll Take Manhattan," where the girls travel to New York to promote their first Playboy cover. They examine how they classify their memories and if they choose to remember the positive or the negative, who stole stuff from the mansion, an evening with Mike Tyson, the most embarrassing thing we had to pack for the trip, doomsday prepping at the mansion, all the weird quirks ab...
May 22, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Get back on the road with Holly and Bridget as they relive their road trip back to the mansion and the first time the broke curfew on The Girls Next Door Season 1 Episode 11 Grape Expectations . Were the girls ever afraid of Hef cheating while they were away? Are flutters real or a porn urban legend? Which of the girls loved drama? Find out as the Girls compare each of their hometown episodes, talk about sex noises at the mansion, the intricacies of "game night," Holly's favorite rumor about her...
May 15, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 38
What did the Girls' friends and family from their small, conservative hometowns think of their new, scandalous lifestyle? We're about to find out as we take a trip back to Bridget's hometown, Lodi, California. Join Holly and Bridget as they tear apart The Girls Next Door Season 1, Episode 11, Grape Expectations . They recount one of their favorite road trips, a failed wet t-shirt contest, who banned them from filming, how tight the filming schedule really was, running into exes and who was poppi...
May 08, 2023•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 37
Have you ever wondered what it was like working as one of the nude painted ladies at the Playboy mansion? Well wonder no more - we have special guest Tiffany Lang here to tell us all about it! The girls bond over a hilarious catch up session where Tiffany spills what it was like to work the parties, be painted, how she got into Playboy, how she met Kendra and more! Tiffany shares her perspective on what it was like going clubbing with Hef and the girls, being hand painted by Quentin Tarantino, w...
May 01, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 36
This week we discuss all the drama dealing with a significant other's exes . . . past and present. As Holly and Bridget dig up the ghosts of girlfriends past, we discover the ways their presences still lingered at the mansion and in which ways it may have been used as a manipulation tactic. The girls tackle their first on-camera ghost hunt, bad energy at the mansion, thinking their food was drugged, mean girl PTSD, weed parties, gold digger core, breaking the 4th wall, the worst seance ever, age...
Apr 24, 2023•1 hr 5 min
It's Halfway to Halloween with Holly and Bridget as they dive into The Girls Next Door Season 1 Episode 10 Ghostbusted ! They are taking it back to the infamous Playboy mansion Halloween parties, talking about when they were getting along and when they weren't, which celebrities misbehaved at the parties, the piece of press that Hef hated the most, sex in the haunted house, drug use at the mansion, setting off the smoke detectors, the stress of helping Hef with his costume, gatekeepers, hiding t...
Apr 17, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Join Holly and Bridget as they critique their first pictorial, photoshop, A.I., the lost videotapes, the explicitness level of their photos, and their thoughts on porn before sitting down with legendary Playboy photographer Arny Freytag. Arny worked at Playboy magazine for over 38 years, shooting some of the most famous celebrity covers, pictorials, and more centerfolds than any other photographer. Arny shares all the behind the scenes details on the famous Playboy nudes, shooting Pamela Anderso...
Apr 10, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 33
This week Holly and Bridget are answering all your burning questions, leading you down a rabbit hole and into an FBI investigation, their salaries, what they think of cancel culture, the wildest trip they ever took, what the producers said behind their backs, which episode they would delete off the face of the planet and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 03, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 32
This week, Holly and Bridget dive into the drama that happened off camera while filming The Girls Next Door Season 1, Episode 9 Under the Covers . The girls talk about throwing a disaster party and not knowing what to do in front of the cameras. They dive into the real drama that went down behind the scenes, why Holly really left the barbecue, retouching requests and how more unapproved nudity slipped through the cracks. For more content, including exclusive behind the scenes photos, video versi...
Mar 27, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Get under the covers with the girls as they dive into their very first Playboy cover shoot, what the meanest critics said about them when The Girls Next Door premiered, Hef's "lost" girlfriend, who we thought was going to get the cover instead of us, why people expect us to stay "loyal" to an ex, and who was lusting after our feet. For more content, including exclusive behind the scenes photos, video versions of Girls Next Level and a whole extra podcast ( Slumber Party with Holly and Bridget ),...
Mar 20, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 30
This week, we've got a new perspective . . . from a teenager who lived at the Playboy mansion. Bridget's sister Anastasia lived at the mansion during the summers from age 16 to age 21 and appeared on The Girls Next Door over five seasons. The girls get into how she felt about being part of the tv show, what she knew (or didn't know) about what went on behind closed doors, sneaking down to the parties, sneaking off the property, body image struggles, eating disorders and mental health. Anastasia ...
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 29
Join Holly and Bridget for the second half of what they thought would be the last episode of The Girls Next Door , A Midsummer Night's Dream . The girls talk painted ladies, Anastasia's makeover, creating drama, what they felt was missing from this episode and who blamed us for "ruining" the parties. Come along with the girls as they get prepped for the biggest party of the year and list off their life goals in what was supposed to be the season finale. For more content, including exclusive behi...
Mar 06, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Join Holly and Bridget as they take you back in time, on a trip to Trashy Lingerie in preparation for the legendary Midsummer NIght's Dream Party. The girls ask themselves everything you wanted to know about Bridget's little sister Anastasia's makeover, like is it even ethical to dress a teenager up as a Playboy party goer? They cover it all from getting a bikini wax on camera, getting naked at the spa, spray tan disasters, who didn't want to be on camera and how we think the show was trying to ...
Feb 27, 2023•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 27
