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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Richard Roeper

‘Secrets of Penthouse’ revisits a man who prospered by making erotica more explicit

Bob Guccione (pictured in 1975) built an empire on erotic content but squandered his wealth on bad investments. (Stuart Goodman/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

On the heels of A&E’s hit documentary series “Secrets of Playboy,” now comes the four-part docuseries “Secrets of Penthouse.” My first reaction was to wonder if this was really necessary, as we know Penthouse was the racier, more graphic competitor to Playboy, with the gravel-voiced, cartoonishly lascivious Bob Guccione often coming across as a sleazier version of Hugh Hefner. What more is there to tell?

 As it turns out: a LOT.

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