Have you ever been in a restaurant or a retail store and seen a beautiful female clerk servicing customers? The attractive blonde cashier? The gorgeous apparel girl who accidentally brushed up too close to you? The woman's smile behind the counter left you speechless? Have you then ever fantasized what it would be like if her clothes were to come off and she did a striptease to some cheesy Playboy music and told you about her turn-on's and turn-off's? If you have ever had the former (or something similar) happen to you and found yourself thinking about the latter, you are in luck.

Playboy Video packs together four of their video compilations from some of America's favorite places in Playboy: Women of Retail collection, complete with four different video releases: Playboy: Girls of Hooters, Playboy: Women of Wal-Mart, Playboy: Women of Starbuck's, and Playboy: Girls of McDonald's. Although in fairness, the collection should be titled something more like "Women of the Service Industry", as McDonald's and Starbuck's are more or less quick-serve restaurants and Hooters is a full serve restaurant. Only Wal-Mart counts as an actual retail establishment. But I digress. You might be more interested in the beautiful naked women than my thoughts about the title of the collection.

Here is an overview of what you can expect from the four videos.

Playboy's Girls of Hooters

Part of the fascination of eating at Hooters is the scenery and by scenery, I mean the girls working. Hooters is known for their female servers wearing short shorts and white cotton shirts that point out the fact they have supple breasts. While eating at the restaurant, the girls will flirt with you and cater to your whim. And when you're done, you'll leave a huge tip and come back soon. In Girls of Hooters, eleven different girls bare all. They include Bonnita McCourt, Renata Brazil, Kimberly Hall, Lauren Brehm, Le Toia Francis & Tanya Deshields, Jennifer Hurley, Sheila Davis, Casey Gray, Kim Williams, and Maria Bologna.

Each scene features the girls giving a narrative about themselves, answering questions, and taking off clothes. Bonnita strips off her clothes to a motorcycle theme, Renata on the beaches of Florida, Kimberly works on a hot little red car, Lauren in an old southern home, Le Toia & Tanya in a modern and nude fashion show, Jennifer in a diner, Sheila in a bull fighter theme, Casey in a lighthouse, Kim in a movie theater, and Maria gives a tease to some lucky guy with telescope.

The full review can be accessed here: Girls of Hooters.

Playboy's Women of Wal-Mart

I don't know about you, but when I go into a Wal-Mart store I am not there to meet the ladies. I am usually thinking about getting laundry detergent or this week's new DVD releases. I don't think of beautiful, glamorous women abound, but Playboy did and they managed to find seven lovely ladies who were more than excited to bare it all. I suppose with well over a million employees, there were bound to be some great candidates for this feature. Regardless, in Women of Wal-Mart, you will see seven different girls get naked and do it with a smile. They include Beth Beanblossom (customer service), Tesha Mullen (photo technician), Deborah Moss (overnight stocker), Suzan Battaglia (cashier), Katie McKee (department manager), Tiffany Stephens (grocery), and Kristi Jones (sales assocaite).

Each scene features the girls going through a rather in-depth interview and providing narration. The content focuses on their lifestyles and gives you a chance to get to know them. There are even up close and personal interviews included as an extra for more details. The girls also talk about their experience posing for Playboy and what it was like, etc. There is also behind the scenes footage preparing for the photo shoots and such. But of course, the focus is on their nude bodies. And nude do they get.

The full review can be accessed here: Women of Wal-Mart.

Playboy's Women of Starbucks

Women of Starbucks takes us on an adventure into a fantasy that probably has been in your mind at one time or another. You go in for a latte and the girl behind the counter happens to be the most gorgeous woman for miles around. And if your dream, fantasy, or desire has been to see her tastefully take off her clothes while providing a narration about herself. You are in luck. Women of Starbucks provides just that. Ten different beauties bare all. They include Sheri Horner, Elizabeth Dindial, Kimberly Frazier, Heather Salsbery, Penny Lynn, Elizabeth Paradise, Erica Loveless, Kattie Bruce, Marcia Lee, and Signe Nordii.

Each scene features the girls giving a narrative about themselves, answering questions, candid interviews with friends, and taking off clothes. Specifically, Sheri gets buck naked on a bed and has a sexy bubble bath, Elizabeth D. does some naked cleaning in a Starbucks like setting with soapy suds and visits the beach, Kimberly talks on a cell phone and poses next to a Volkswagen convertible bug, Heather poses in a windowsill and takes a soapy showers, Penny poses on a bed and enjoys the exotic outdoors, Elizabeth P. shows off her "muffins" in a coffee shop setting, Erica has a very tasteful outdoor photo shoot with a waterfall and swims topless in a pool, Kattie poses in a bathroom and sits on a toilet in the buff, Marcia tries on several different outfits at a trashy lingerie store and poses naked on some bean bags, and Signe attends a topless girl only pool party with alcohol and poses on a red couch.

The full review can be accessed here: Women of Starbucks.

Playboy's Girls of McDonald's

While I can imagine having a fantasy about customer service gals "helping" you out more than they are expected to, I can't possible think about McDonald's or any of its crew that way, no matter how attractive. When I think about McDonald's, I can't stop thinking about the grease, fat, and painful gut rot that may follow after consumption. Fantasies about girls who work there? Not going to happen. But despite my distaste for the fast food chain, Girls of McDonald's is here to cater to your fast food needs and you will be able to order (get ready, cheesy line coming up) a little something else besides fries with that shake.

The feature has six different McDonald's employees in the buff, talking about their lives, and why they want to be in Playboy. The girls include Cristy Creighton, a twenty year old shift manager, Amanda Bell, nineteen year old drive-thru captain, Jennifer Takach, twenty-two year old assistant manager, Sawnna Getzinger, twenty year old shift manager, Wanda Coallier, nineteen year old team leader, and Randy Occhialini, twenty-one year old manager. The girl's photo shoots have them posing in attire similar McDonald's posing with props like fast food French fries and drink cups that have the Playboy logo. Besides photo shoot and interviews, you'll be able to see the girls get a Playboy tattoo, guest star on a radio talk show, go bowling naked, and other such things.

The full review can be accessed here: Girls of McDonald's.

The DVD
Women of Retail comes with four DVDs (same discs as their individual retail packaging). The four DVDs are housed in an alpha double DVD case that holds all four discs.

Video:
The picture quality various for the features vary, but for the most part they are relatively clean pictures. Girls of Hooters is the worst of the bunch. It is a 1.33:1 full frame transfer with a heavy grain and a noticeable amount of ghosting, as well as the colors are not very rich. Girls of McDonald's is the nicest looking transfer of them all. It is given in 1.85:1 ratio anamorphic widescreen color. The quality is pretty good with a clean picture and rich colors. Women of Wal-Mart and Women of Starbucks look pretty good pretty good with a clean picture and rich colors. However, there are portions with slight grain and noticeable ghosting.

Audio:
The audio is given in all the features in 2.0 Dolby digital stereo sound. The sound quality is good, except it offers very little distinction in separation between channels. There is a lot of spoken dialogue, most of which occurs concurrently with background music. Both are quite easy to hear.

Extras:
Girls of Hooters does not have much in the way of extras. There is a slide show and trailers for Girls of the Internet, Girls of Radio, Hard Bodies, International Playmates, Girls of South Beach, Strip, Playmates in Paradise, Sisters, Hot Latin Ladies, Twins and Sisters Too, Wet & Wild The Locker Room, Wet & Wild VII Hot Holidays, Celebrities, and Rising Stars & Sexy Starlets.

Women of Wal-Mart has a decent line-up for special features. First is "Playboy Music Clips", which looks great. The feature is presented in an anamorphic widescreen color. It runs for approximately nineteen minutes and has footage of Deborah, Katie, Suzan, Beth, Kristi, Tiffany, and Tesha in a photo shoot. They can be watched individually or all at once via the play all option. Next is "Candid Interviews" with the same seven girls. It features up close and personal interviews to give you an idea who they are. You can watch the interviews individually or all at once. It runs for fifteen minutes. Finally, there is a photo gallery and trailers for Inside The Sexy Girls Next Door House Not-So Private, The Ultimate Playmate Search, 2004 Video Playmate Calendar, Women Of Starbucks, and Playboy Celebrity Photographers.

Women of Starbucks has a decent line-up for special features. First "Candid Interviews" with Sheri, Kimberly, Penny, Erica, Marcia, Elizabeth D., Heather, Elizabeth P., Kattie, and Signe. It features up close and personal interviews to give you an idea who they are. You can only watch the interviews one at a time; there is no play all option. Each interview runs for two or three minutes. Next is "Playboy Music Clips". The music clips are segments from the girl's photo shoots with background music. Like the interviews, there is a clip for each girl, they run two or three minutes, and can only be watched one at a time. Finally, there is a photo gallery and trailers for Playboy Celebrity Photographers, Girls Of Reality TV, Sex At 24 Frames Per Second, More Sexy Girls Next Door, and Video Centerfold: 2003 Playmate Of The Year Christina Santiago.

Girls of McDonald's does not have many extras. The first extra and only item really worth noting is "Best of Playboy's Women/Girls Of Series". It features three bonus video profiles with Tesha Mullen, Women of Wal-Mart, Signe Nordli, Women of Starbucks, and Sarah Jones, Girls of Reality TV. The other extras include a photo gallery and trailers for Sexiest Amateur Home Videos, Women of Fear Factor, America's Sexiest Bartenders, 2005 Video Playmate Calendar, and 50 Years of Playmates.

Final Thoughts:
Playboy's Women of Retail is a collection of four videos: Girls of Hooters, Women of Wal-Mart, Women of Starbucks, and Girls of McDonald's. The special interest documentaries focus on the idea of working girls in the customer service industries who cater to your every need while a patron at their respective establishments who are attractive and you have (or will after watching the videos) fantasized about in some capacity or another. The girls get undressed and reveal their "goods", as well as provide narrations and interviews to get to know more about the girl underneath the clothes. Viewers who enjoy tasteful nudity and hearing about girls from the blue collar work force should appreciate. For those interested in Playboy's Girls of... and Playboy's Women of..., this set makes a nice introduction.