you walk away from paul and feel like you need to take a shower. >> paul snider had apparently seen aing for other men and suggested that steve try out something like that for women. >> and paul said there was one condition, he had to be the mc. >> and banerjee thought, wow, i could do male strippers. if it's bringing women in, it doesn't matter to me. >> and i said, "what?" what a stupid, stupid idea. i said, this thing won't last a night. >> paul and steve would go to the gyms, to the beaches, and see guys who they thought looked the part, and asked them, hey, want to take your clothes off tonight at a club for women? ♪ ♪ >> this is chippendales, a nightclub exclusively for women. the only men allowed in the club are the waiters, bartenders and the male dancers. >> the boys were wearing jockstraps, and the women were left aghast at men dancing around, bouncing around. >> the first night that the show opened, steve told a local paper that 600 women showed up. [ cheers and applause ] >> are you excited about the idea of men taking their clothes off? >> excited! oh! and hot! i think it