Yeah, until Hefner dumped her, which he eventually did with all his girlfriends when he was tired of them. Then no more limos, rich lifestyle for Benton. She was apparently embittered about it, and got back at Hefner by writing a mediocre country music song called, "Brass Buttons" in which she called Hefner "The Devil." Nothing like a woman scorned....
@@normanmeharry58 I don’t think it was alright, I think it is quite gross and objectifying. Just wanted to point out that the sister wasn’t saying this at her own will.
I thought the same as you do. I believe it to be an age of innocence. No harm intended, with some sense of modestly there out of the Host. Thats our culture.
I’ve always liked this performance by the cowsills Talented family Barry was fantastic on 2 by 2 John on the drums was always outstanding to me Bill was the musical genius
Don't read about how their father/ manger treated them all. Best to remember them like this.. Their dad was horrible..sigh..Susan was a few yrs older than me. They refused the Partridge family roles because the Executives wanted Shirley Jones..Good for them!!
@@cowsills.enthusiast Also I want to mention this vocal performance of 2X 2 by Barry for me was his crowning achievement to his career in terms of live performances.., given both his young age and quality of his singing here.. though not sure your prepared to go that far ?
@@brian4605 For sure! My favourite performance by the Cowsills ever. If I could find more live footage of them rocking out like they are here, that would be great!
Bob Cowsill Born: 1949 (age 75 years), Portsmouth, VA Spouse: Mary Jo Ferr (m. 1978), Nanci Roberts (m. 1970-1976) [ Had Tiffany Cowsill together] Children: Tiffany Cowsill, Ryan Michael Cowsill, Marissa Kathleen Cowsill, Courtney Marie Cowsill Bob's and Nanci's daughter Tiffany Cowsill is a successful Hollywood set decorator, and has been married since 1996 to Tim Scheu, who has had a steady career in the in the art department on Hollywood sets from '96 to present. I see he is also featured as "self" in the 2011 feature *Family Band: The Cowsills Story*
Dad didn’t want one son in the band. Kicked out one son, never remitted owed taxes, left the children short of cash and owing a lot of money to their government. Regretfully two have passed away. One passed in Canada 🇨🇦 and the other one in the US’s New England states during a hurricane.
There is supposed to be some performance of barry singing "honky tonk woman" , dressed up like mick jagger , but does not seem to be even a trace or hint of that ever existing when i do some searches ...I get a lot of interesting info listening to these " cowsills podcasts" 😆
Yes! He did his Mick Jagger impressions a few times, dressed in red. Check my newest video though - he does his Mick Jagger impression but not in red lol
I remember in one episode of “Playboy After Dark,” when Professor Irwin Corey, The World’s Greatest Expert, was chasing all of the beautiful young women around on the set, much to Hugh Hefner’s great amusement. It WAS very funny!
How cute of Susan to have responded the way she did to the question Heffner asked. This is when children were children. I am sure she had no real idea what she was saying. Too young. They are singing about God on the Playboy after dark show.
Great performance. Don't care for the "Playboy" association and that line they gave Susan about being Ms February chilled me. Kinda creepy overtone and out of character for the Cowsill vibe imo.
What? You might want to check out the family story if you’re talking about creepy. Bud Cowsill tried to molest his daughter, as well as his wife’s sisters.
Miss February. WOW. Lol WHere is Bill he must be in Queens where I met him and he sang Indian Lake and HAIR for me and my little Brother at Woodside apt. Laundrymat😮
yes it was 1970 when I met him by chance and he sang for us! Such a gracious kind person just as his Brothers and Sister described him!!@@cowsills.enthusiast
@@paultynan8705 That sounds so very sweet! What did he sing for you? If you ever see the Cowsills in concert, you should tell them your story at a meet and greet!
@@cowsills.enthusiast live to do just that. Be a thrill to meet them! He sang Indian Lake and even mentioned he wasn't a fan. And also sang HAIR! The nicest guy a 10 yr old could meet! Any info on meet and greet
The Cowsills were uber talented but as music styles changed and they aged the family angle did not work as well. Some of the older Cowslips wanted to be Jefferson Airplane hip but that was never going to happen. The Cowsills wound up ok doing packaged tours with The Turtles and Gary Puckett and that is a good deal.
@@cowsills.enthusiast Speculating here a bit, But always felt he did it , just to help susan break the ice, get over here nerves about dancing in front of a bunch of people she does not know to enable her to dance freely and get over her apprehension about doing so.. Quite 'thoughtful " of him , if you agree im correct about all this ..
@@brian4605 I just kind of thought that he liked the music and being that he’s into dancing, was excited to see Susan dance and wanted to display his excitement towards that.
I think it was more of their father’s fault. He was managing the band and forced their mother into being in it, so I don’t think she had a big say in where they performed.
@@glennday7802 Their messed up father, that’s who. I highly recommend the “Family Band: The Cowsills Story” documentary. It highlights the unfortunate upbringing that the Cowsills faced due to their father. The siblings are very sweet people despite what they went through.
@glenn It’s not a stretch to presume that people who would support Joe Biden, or the installed candidacy of Harris/Walz, wouldn’t blush to do, if only they were capable of having children to offer-up and sacrifice as such…
@@jeffkaufman9875 Oh brother! Shut up! Not only are you absolutely out of your mind to think such blather, perhaps the "offer up" may be something that you think about often???
This song was made for Mrs. Cowsills voice and when both Susan and mom sang together it was amazing.
Barbie Benton back there looking beautiful.
Barbi Benton: A Ten!!!
Agreed...the ultimate playmate ❤
Yeah, until Hefner dumped her, which he eventually did with all his girlfriends when he was tired of them. Then no more limos, rich lifestyle for Benton. She was apparently embittered about it, and got back at Hefner by writing a mediocre country music song called, "Brass Buttons" in which she called Hefner "The Devil." Nothing like a woman scorned....
This was a lot of fun.
Love Susan’s dancing.
The Cowsills are touring with the Happy Together Tour a retro concert.
Saying she wanted to be Miss February?!?!?!
Mick Jagger's influence.
love how the little sis was in the Playboy mansion and nobody cared. Awesome find
well they cared when she annouced that she wanted to be a future nude model !
@@ignorecorporatenews It was a scripted line
It was filmed at CBS Television City on a set.
@@normanmeharry58 I don’t think it was alright, I think it is quite gross and objectifying. Just wanted to point out that the sister wasn’t saying this at her own will.
I thought the same as you do. I believe it to be an age of innocence. No harm intended, with some sense of modestly there out of the Host. Thats our culture.
I’ve always liked this performance by the cowsills
Talented family
Barry was fantastic on 2 by 2
John on the drums was always outstanding to me
Bill was the musical genius
I didn't see Bill in the video.
@@linsioux217He left the band shortly before.
Amazing that Susan at 67 is still adorable, and still with lots of energy. Shame their dad was such a controlling jerk.
65
Dad was also incestuous.
8:33 a pre-Playboy 1971 centerfold, and 1972 Original Price is Right model (Barker's Beauty) Janice Pennington.
Hef was a cool cat with this show And Barbie was smokin 🔥
The Miss February line was pretty creepy, but totally on-brand for Hef.
yeah who thought this was a good idea ??
Hey, the "Chosen Ones" have no boundaries.
Barry rocked on this song!!! His voice was wonderful ❤
Great to see this in better quality 👏🏻 crazy a bunch of kids got the playboy mansion moving like they did 👌🏻
So true! Talented beyond belief!!
Filmed at CBS Television City bin Los Angeles.
It was the 70s. Kids sat in cars with windows rolled up while their parents smoked cigs. True.
It was the 70s. Kids sat in cars with windows rolled up while their parents smoked cigs. True.
Don't read about how their father/ manger treated them all. Best to remember them like this.. Their dad was horrible..sigh..Susan was a few yrs older than me. They refused the Partridge family roles because the Executives wanted Shirley Jones..Good for them!!
MY GOD ALL BROTHERS WERE TEN TIMES HANSESOME THEN PARTRIDGE FAMILY SHOULD HAD MUCH MORE. ❤❤
Poor Baby is my fave Cowsills song! 10 year old Susan can really dance and Mom being there somehow makes it all okay.
This Live version of " Poor baby" has so much more "soul", than the studio version !!
I agree! I prefer this version to the studio version
@@cowsills.enthusiast Also I want to mention this vocal performance of 2X 2 by Barry for me was his crowning achievement to his career in terms of live
performances.., given both his young age and quality of his singing here.. though not sure your prepared to go that far ?
@@brian4605 For sure! My favourite performance by the Cowsills ever. If I could find more live footage of them rocking out like they are here, that would be great!
Bob Cowsill
Born: 1949 (age 75 years), Portsmouth, VA
Spouse: Mary Jo Ferr (m. 1978), Nanci Roberts (m. 1970-1976) [ Had Tiffany Cowsill together]
Children: Tiffany Cowsill, Ryan Michael Cowsill, Marissa Kathleen Cowsill, Courtney Marie Cowsill
Bob's and Nanci's daughter Tiffany Cowsill is a successful Hollywood set decorator, and has been married since 1996 to Tim Scheu, who has had a steady career in the in the art department on Hollywood sets from '96 to present. I see he is also featured as "self" in the 2011 feature *Family Band: The Cowsills Story*
Dad didn’t want one son in the band. Kicked out one son, never remitted owed taxes, left the children short of cash and owing a lot of money to their government. Regretfully two have passed away. One passed in Canada 🇨🇦 and the other one in the US’s New England states during a hurricane.
@@geoffreylee5199 The second one, Barry, died in New Orleans during hurricane Katrina
Barry died in Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana in 2005...far from the New England states.
Wonderful to see this in prestine quality! Thank you!! 💜
No problem!! 😃👍🏻
There is supposed to be some performance of barry singing "honky tonk woman" , dressed up like mick jagger , but does not seem to be even a trace or hint of that ever existing when
i do some searches ...I get a lot of interesting info listening to these " cowsills podcasts" 😆
Yes! He did his Mick Jagger impressions a few times, dressed in red. Check my newest video though - he does his Mick Jagger impression but not in red lol
Thought bubble above Hef's head: "Hmmm...where *did* I leave my Quaalude stash...??"
Had to BEG my parents to let me watch this. I mean, it was The Playboy Mansion after all
I bet it was worth it though!! 😉
@@cowsills.enthusiast Absolutely it was
I remember in one episode of “Playboy After Dark,” when Professor Irwin Corey, The World’s Greatest Expert, was chasing all of the beautiful young women around on the set, much to Hugh Hefner’s great amusement. It WAS very funny!
It was a set at CBS Television City in L.A.
"Milkshakes for everybody!"
And the "hits" just keep on coming.
Very cool 😎🎉
So much talent, but dad ruined it all. They are still touring (Bob, Paul, Susan, and occasionally, John) and still sound great!
The blond was hammered
6:43 Wow it's the *Windows Logo* 25 years early!
How cute of Susan to have responded the way she did to the question Heffner asked. This is when children were children. I am sure she had no real idea what she was saying. Too young. They are singing about God on the Playboy after dark show.
She couldn't be that dumb.
Barry stepped up when Billy was wrongly removed!
I agree! He rocked “II x II”!
wow this is a shocker
Great performance. Don't care for the "Playboy" association and that line they gave Susan about being Ms February chilled me. Kinda creepy overtone and out of character for the Cowsill vibe imo.
Totally agree. Not a fan of Hefner and his gang but love the music they played.
Agreed...Barbara and Susan really Shine on this tune👍❤️
Susan's a great songwriter. Check out Spring Day In Ohio.
I agree also !!
What? You might want to check out the family story if you’re talking about creepy. Bud Cowsill tried to molest his daughter, as well as his wife’s sisters.
I was 14 at the time. Had a crush on young Susan but fantasized about Barbie Benton !
Miss February. WOW. Lol WHere is Bill he must be in Queens where I met him and he sang Indian Lake and HAIR for me and my little Brother at Woodside apt. Laundrymat😮
Bill was unfortunately out of the band at this time, as he left in 1969 and this performance was in 1970.
yes it was 1970 when I met him by chance and he sang for us! Such a gracious kind person just as his Brothers and Sister described him!!@@cowsills.enthusiast
I want so much to tell his Family my experience with Bill. May he rest in Peace! @@cowsills.enthusiast
@@paultynan8705 That sounds so very sweet! What did he sing for you? If you ever see the Cowsills in concert, you should tell them your story at a meet and greet!
@@cowsills.enthusiast live to do just that. Be a thrill to meet them! He sang Indian Lake and even mentioned he wasn't a fan. And also sang HAIR! The nicest guy a 10 yr old could meet! Any info on meet and greet
1970 in the USA was Thee Best
Barbi had such a way with words 🤣
@4:21 - Hugh and his "daughter."
What happened in the Mansion stayed in the Mansion.
The Partridge Family would never play Playboy After Dark! Scandalous! Wonder if the older Cowsills got any bunny 🐰 hopping in.
They weren't the same without Bill.
Odd song choices for the Playboy Mansion.
It wasn’t the mansion. It was CBS Television City on a set.
They performed pretty well but were derailed from great achievement after Bill got fired from the band by his a-hole father. Pity.
Hey, The Price is Right!🤷
IS that Barbie Benton to the left of Heff at 1:00???? she looks 15! Oh, my Gosh weird!
Yes, that’s her in the video. Given that she was born in 1950 and this was filmed in 1970, she would have been 20 here.
Hef was chief creep back in the days when creeps were considered cool and celebrated as pioneering leaders of other aspiring creeps…
@@jeffkaufman9875 I know right. Never thought Playboy was anything but gross.
The Cowsills were uber talented but as music styles changed and they aged the family angle did not work as well. Some of the older Cowslips wanted to be Jefferson Airplane hip but that was never going to happen. The Cowsills wound up ok doing packaged tours with The Turtles and Gary Puckett and that is a good deal.
Did Bob marry her on a drunken whim I wonder?? I see the marriage lasted 6 yrs.
I think they were just too young
I'd love to know who the guy was who was dancing with Susan. How adorable!
I believe that would be Byron Gilliam! He was a choreographer!
@@cowsills.enthusiast Speculating here a bit, But always felt he did it , just to help susan break the ice, get over here nerves about dancing in front of a bunch of people she does not know to enable her to dance freely and get over her apprehension about doing so.. Quite 'thoughtful " of him , if you agree im correct about all this ..
@@brian4605 I just kind of thought that he liked the music and being that he’s into dancing, was excited to see Susan dance and wanted to display his excitement towards that.
@@cowsills.enthusiast ya, i think I over did my analysis a bit again ! , LOL
I'm guessing the coffee pot was NOT dosed this time?
Barbi,was the first moo pie!
Strange place for the Cowsills to be??
Wasn't Sue Cowsill a bit too young for Playboy?
@@rainbowranddy Definitely.
Creepy mother bringing a kid like Susie in there.
I think it was more of their father’s fault. He was managing the band and forced their mother into being in it, so I don’t think she had a big say in where they performed.
That was awful hearing the little girl say that.
What parent would bring their 14-year old daughter to perform at the Playboy Mansion? Sick, warped and cringe.
@@glennday7802 Their messed up father, that’s who. I highly recommend the “Family Band: The Cowsills Story” documentary. It highlights the unfortunate upbringing that the Cowsills faced due to their father. The siblings are very sweet people despite what they went through.
@glenn It’s not a stretch to presume that people who would support Joe Biden, or the installed candidacy of Harris/Walz, wouldn’t blush to do, if only they were capable of having children to offer-up and sacrifice as such…
@@jeffkaufman9875 Oh brother! Shut up! Not only are you absolutely out of your mind to think such blather, perhaps the "offer up" may be something that you think about often???
@@jeffkaufman9875 The morons are out again!
One of my fave songs.
Thanks for finding such a clear video.
You are welcome!