All right, I'll lay off all this Doug and Augie stuff for a while after this, but this video is one you've got to see. Doug/Augie/Johnny Perez play "Mendocino" on Hugh Hefner's show "Playboy after Dark". Hefner dances with Barbi Benton (one of the most beautiful Playmates ever...) to Doug's tune. Also dancing in the dancing crowd is Sharon Tate (RIP). Look around 3:03-3:05 or so in the video--dancing with another similar-looking girl wearing white, and also around 1:48-1:50, and again at 2:21--sitting down wearing white. This video was shot January 25, 1969. She was killed by the Manson Family the night of August 8, 1969. Michael Caine was also in this video. This footage is pure gold.
When you search "Groovy" on Google, this video is the first thing that should pop up.
As for Barbi Benton:
"Hefner asked the young co-ed for a date. Upon being asked, she reportedly demurred to the then-42-year-old Hefner: "I don't know, I've never dated anyone over 24 before." To which Hefner replied, "That's all right, neither have I.""
She later appeared on Hee Haw for 4 years.
Barbi Benton - Wikipedia
I might get in trouble with Dion if I posted the photo(s) of her I actually wanted to, so this one will have to do:
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