Maxium Magazine "prank" -- Bush Twins in Sexy Lingerie!

[pbartch]

March 22, 2005, 8:16PM

Men's magazine plays a photo prank on the Bush twins
By EYDER PERALTA
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle

Courtesy photo
The bodies may not be familiar, but the faces sure are. That's Jenna and Barbara Bush — or is it Barbara and Jenna? — supposedly sporting sexy lingerie in Maxim magazine. As an April fool's joke, Maxim is taking on the Bush twins.


The April issue of the men's magazine, which hit newsstands Tuesday, has a photo illustration of Jenna and Barbara Bush, plumage in the air and sporting lingerie in what is meant to be the aftermath of a pillow fight.

"Born November 25, 1981, this Texas twosome burst into the public eye and our dirtiest dreams — right after Daddy moved into the Oval Office," reads the first paragraph.

As the magazine worked on introducing a new "girl page," said Maxim's executive editor James Heindery, "we thought, 'Who should we prank?' How do you make a girl page and make it a prank? We had to watch our p's and q's. We certainly don't want to step on some people's toes, but it seemed like the Bush twins was the first suggestion that everybody threw out. And we thought there was little chance that we would get in too much trouble because I don't think their father would ever want to talk about this."

It took 25 models and more than 75 paparazzi shots to come up with the concoction, Heindery explained. "We definitely tried to be realistic and not put stick figures on them."

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Whether it was for underage drinking or making strange faces at the press, the Bush daughters have made news throughout their dad's tenure.

Overall, however, the news media have restrained their coverage, possibly due to a stern warning by the president.

But now, Heindery said, the twins are fair game.


http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/features/3098036

[fryguy]

1. funny funny funny

great picture. sure poppa is steming and its only a matter of time now before the FCC slaps Maxim with a fine for that....

[pbartch]

2. you mean CENSOR the magazine? It certainly is not pornography.

I wonder......what would be the grounds for a fine???

[fryguy]

5. whatever its called

chimp calls the fcc and they level a fine, like they did to stern, abc, et al....

[dweller]

3. they take after their dad...

:puke:

dp

[Bark Bark Bark]

8. Oh Dear God No

...thanks a lot. I'll never have an erection again. My scrotum just shriveled up and ran out the door crying.

[demwing]

10. No, thank YOU! Damn it.

You just made me snort my gum onto my keyboard.

Now my fingers stick to the space bar, and everything smells like Dentyne Ice.

[dweller]

12. google image : bush girls

if you can stomach it...

:evilgrin:

dp

[demwing]

11. Wow. Bush looks like Jennifer Aniston.

If she were an ugly, ugly man.

[Toby109]

4. The good folks at Maxim might want to be real

careful when opening their mail in the coming weeks. I suggest Haz-Mat suits.

[rkc3]

6. The girls probably wish they could look so good.

[MADem]

7. Several years ago, Vanity Fair (I think) did a fashion spread

...with two girls who looked a bit like the twins, being bailed out of jail (wearing charming fashions) by a model who looked an awful lot like the chimp. It happened after one of the many underaged drinking incidents, and it was lighthearted, and amusing, and done with MODELS, not cut out heads.

It was pure theatre, but the White House got all pissy about it--demanding "privacy" and so on--my personal opinion is that when your name is on the damn court docket, your right to privacy is out the window!

Wonder if they will get as pissy this time, or are they too busy with feeding tubes and whatnot....

In the meantime, there's a helluva refinery fire in Texas--AGAIN! Too much news, only 24 hours to cover it...there's no more room in the day for anything other than Terri and Michael Jackson!

[DemoTex]

9. And then there was the birthday party pic ... by far my favorite!

[Al-CIAda]

13. No doubt anthrax mail is on the way.. -eom