2009 was the last year Playboy released a video calendar. A pull away from home video and a shift to the internet to get with the times. This final edition is YMMV much like any other based on the Playmates featured and your tastes. It's not a wall to wall classic, but there's definitely some choice moments which are worth checking out this title for all by themselves.
"January" is Tyran Richard - Mar 2007 - who gets into a bathtub. Followed by a brief interview & her pictorial gets highlighted. Then she slips out of lingerie on a lounger indoors (5.5 mins). This is the format all the ladies follow. "February" is Michelle McLaughlin - Feb 2008 - a lively blonde who gets naked on a bright stage with a crystal chandelier. Then she's in & out of her university jacket and naked on a bed (6 mins).
"March" is Sasckya Porto - Dec 2007 - who starts off in wintertime Christmas scene on a stage with a snowman. Then the tanned beauty strips in a fancy living room in front of a fireplace for a gentlemen in a chair watching (6.5 mins). "April" is blonde Spencer Scott - Oct 2007 - on a black stage with water falling. Then it's a romp on the beach getting out of a bikini (6 mins). "May" is AJ Alexander - May 2008 - stripping from a racecar driver uniform before it's time to get out of a see-thru bodysuit / lingerie inside (4.5 mins).
"June" is Juliette Frette - Jun 2008 - a blonde feminist who gets naked in a backyard complete with flowers and a fountain. Then inside a mansion in various states of undress (5.5 mins). "July" is Laura Croft - Jul 2008 - a pretty natural brunette in a bikini who soaps down a sportscar & herself. Then a slow ditching of her clothes at a beach house (6 mins). "August" is Sandra Nilsson - Jan 2008 - and she gets naked in the desert. Then sipping on a coke and naked at a diner (6 mins).
This is where the video picks up. "September" is Patrice Hollis - Sept 2007 - who disrobes outside a nice house. This lovely busty black lady has the right curves & is completely shaven. I wish her butt had been featured more often. Then a standard strip from lingerie on a bed. Her first segment was the stronger of the two (6 mins). "October" is Ida Ljungqvist - Mar 2008, PMOTY 2009 - and this petite mixed race beauty has all the right curves too. In & outside a house highlights her busty figure. Then it's a high energy number inside with an appropriate music track with female vocals. She has a great look (6.5 mins).
"November" is Lindsay Wagner - Nov 2007 - and the highlight of this year's video calendar. Her first segment has an appearance by UFC legend Frank Shamrock. A fighting concept continues with Lindsay hitting the bag or shadow boxing in the boxing ring. Then the actual scene takes off continuing the theme with Lindsay in various states of undress - dress, boxing robe, athletic wear, black panties only, etc. She continues working out / posing / stretching. It's accompanied by fine editing and a rap track that really fits the mood & energy the scene is going for. The follow-up scene naked on a couch can't compare naturally (6.5 mins).
This leaves "December" who's Jayde Nicole - Jan 2007, PMOTY 2008 - to wrap up the title. On a set, she gets naked in a patch of grass or on a park bench. Then it's a quick but stylish strip inside a house that underwhelmed for me as a closer and feels really short delivering minimal nudity (5.5 mins).
The trio of Playmates - Hollis, Ljungqvist & Wagner - back to back was this video's high point. That boxing segment with Lindsay has to be one the greatest Playmate profile segments ever made. 2009 isn't a bad year by any stretch and it marks the end of Playboy's high production value vintage years. After this it would be simpler low budget video affairs. A far cry from their heyday.
