Mr. Skin is a

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that specializes in locating, posting, and rating instances of female

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and

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. Founded in August 1999, Mr. Skin is also the nickname of the company's

chief executive A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

, Jim McBride. MrSkin.com attracted more than seven million visitors per month in 2007, going up to over ten million in 2014. , the site has more than nine million visitors per month.

History

In 1997, Jim McBride took his hobby of memorizing what movie actresses had performed nude scenes in Hollywood movies onto the radio. He was featured as a radio show personality "Mr. Skin" on Harry Teinowitz's

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/Chicago ''call in radio show''. In 1999 Jim McBride met with an attorney to map out a legal strategy for creating a website featuring nude video clips of famous Hollywood stars taken from movie scenes. The Mr. Skin website was created as an editorial site featuring complete biographies, reviews and news about movie celebrities, along with clips from their movies. The most popular scenes that drove web traffic happened to be the clips featuring partial or full nudity from the actresses' movie. After an appearance on ''

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'' in 2000, McBride became a regular guest, ultimately producing a "Mr. Skin Minute" that continues to air every Thursday as part of Stern's

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program, airing every other Wednesday at 9:40 am on ''

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'' on

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. Other radio shows that have featured Mr. Skin include ''

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'',''

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'', '' The Adam Carolla Show'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Kidd Chris'', ''

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'', Drew & Mike,

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'', ''

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'', ''The Regular Guys'', ''The Jeff O'Neil Show'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and a weekly call in to the BS on Real Radio 104.1 in Orlando, Florida and every Monday on The Paul Castronovo show. He also appeared numerous times on ''The Drew and Mike Show'' on WRIF radio in Detroit, and every Thursday on ''

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'' TV and Web Audio and video Streaming on Playboy TV. In 2002, he appeared on the comedy game show

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as the Nudity In Movies geek for 2 episodes. In 2007, MrSkin.com was referenced in

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's comedy, ''

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'', which was discussed in a ''

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'' Business section feature which detailed MrSkin.com's history, its prominence in ''Knocked Up'', and the site's positive relationship with

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companies as a marketing tool. In the article, interviewer Andrew Newman wrote that " e movie studios not only tolerate Mr. McBride but also court him by sending advance screeners of DVD releases." In 2020, Jim McBride produced and appeared in '' Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies'', a documentary on the history of nudity in feature films from the early silent days to the present.

Spin-offs

In October 2013, McBride introduced the spin-off site Mr. Man, devoted solely to male nudity. In March 2015 Mr. Skin, confirmed his collaboration with

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, for the column Flesh and Blood.

Books

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published the nudity guidebook ''Mr. Skin's Skincyclopedia: The A to Z Guide to Finding Your Favorite Actresses Naked'' in 2005. ''Mr. Skin's Skintastic Video Guide: The 501 Greatest Movies for Sex and Nudity on DVD'' was published in the fall of 2007. ''Being Mr. Skin: 20 Years of Nip Slips, Cheek Peeks, and Fast-Forwarding to the Good Parts'' was published in May 2019.

References

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