The Life of Barbi Benton: Hugh Hefner’s One That Got Away

It’s Sugar Time!

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Sugar Time! isn’t exactly one of those iconic 1970s series that people remember fondly. It wasn’t The Brady Bunch or Love Boat. In fact, despite its moderate ratings (6.1 out of 10 on IMDb) it would appear that hardly anyone watched the show at all.

Sugar Time followed the story of all-female rock trio and enlisted Barbi Benton as its lead, a hatcheck girl named Maxx Douglas. The actress got to show off her singing chops alongside Marianne Black and Didi Carr, who played Benton’s bandmates in Sugar. Unfortunately, two seasons and 13 episodes later, the series was cancelled.