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That's coffee that Nanci Roberts very likely would have drunk. The former model and actress - who went on to be a successful Hollywood art director and production designer on shows like Arrested Development and films including the Taken series - was 18 when she was hired as an extra for Playboy After Dark and wound up appearing on all 52 episodes. A number of Los Angeles models circulated among the party guests on the show; one of them, Barbi Benton, would go on to be one of the most important women in Hefner's life.
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The show also drew from the folk explosion, with sets from the likes of Pete Seeger and Joan Baez. One of the most unexpected bookings was singing family the Cowsills for which Roberts takes responsibility: She was engaged to lead singer Bob Cowsill.
"That was a surprise for me. At the end of the show, they brought out the Cowsills, who would never have been on the show otherwise," she says. "We weren't really married yet, but we preteneded to be. Our wedding was the week after the show ended."
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