Playboy USA Nr.1 / Januar 1984 - Penny Baker & Rabbit

Original Inhaltsbeschreibung:

• COVER STORY We organized a yearlong search party to find the apple of our dapper Rabbit's eye, and we're pleased to report that Penny Baker turned up. Shot by Contributing Pho-tographer Arny Freytag, this month's cover opens the door to one of our most exciting issues ever. Whatever you flip for, it's probably here. And whether you prefer heads or tails, you're sure to come up a winner with Penny just by turning to page 138
• PLAYBILL
• THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY
• DEAR PLAYBOY
• PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS Reach out and zap somebody, and other miracles of telecommunications
• BOOKS Gifts to put under the tree; the latest from Philip Roth
• MUSIC Holiday hits for would-be Santas.
• TELEVISION TONY SCHWARTZ
  Our reporter penetrates the inner sanctum of an Arbitron home.
• MOVIES BRUCE WILLIAMSON
  The Right Stuff is on target; finally, a fairly decent movie of a Stephen King novel.
• COMING ATTRACTIONS JOHN BLUMENTHAL
  Shirley Maclaine as a hitchhiking nun? Read all about it.
• MEN ASA BABER
• WOMEN CYNTHIA HEIMEL
• THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR
• DEAR PLAYMATES
• THE PLAYBOY FORUM
• PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: DAN RATHER—candid conversation
  Broadcast journalism's number-one gun takes a few shots at local news and national news, defends 60 Minutes and describes the Machiavellian machinery behind the scramble for Walter Cronkite's throne
• THE TRAIL OF YOUR BLOOD
• ON THE SNOW—fiction GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ
  A young bride pricks her finger on a rose Her young husband, unable to stop the trickle of blond, finds himself face to face with inexorable fate. A winner of the Nobel Prize for literature weaves a new web of horror and love.
• HOW I INVENTED PLAYBOY—humor BUCK HENRY
  We've kept the secret for 30 years, but now, for the first time anywhere, our illegitimate father reveals how he gave Hef the keys to the empire.
• MEMORABLE YEARS—pictorial
  From Marilyn Monroe right up to the present—from 1953 to 1983—we've been uncovering the best shapes of three decades. Here's a reprise of some of our greatest hits.
• REMEMBERING TENNESSEE—memoir TRUMAN CAPOTE
  Like his character Blanche DuBois, Tennessee Williams depended on the kindness of strangers and seldom received it. Now comes a kind reminiscence from one of the playwright's few genuine friends.
• PROVOCATIVE PERIOD PIECES—pictorial
  Another class in erotic-art appreciation, taught by Charles Martignette, one of its foremost authorities. No leering, please.
• PLAYBOY MAGIC FOR THE HOLIDAYS JOHN RAILING
  Tired of frittering away valuable party time watching the old folks wear lamp shades and the young folks do the pogo? We have four special tricks, courtesy of a certified magic man, that will turn those yawns into applause.
• THE IDEA KILLERS—essay KURT VONNEGUT, JR.
  In which one of America's most censored writers strikes back with his most powerful weapons: sweet reason and the faith that—in this country, anyway-it prevails.
• THE TODAY SHOW—attire HOLLIS WAYNE
  Four top-drawer designers offer the best of their spring lines so that you can make the best of yours.
• THE GREAT 30TH ANNIVERSARY PLAYMATE SEARCH—pictorial
  Penny Baker became our 30th Anniversary Pkiymate by acclamation, but we think you'll agree that the runners-up deserve just as much acclaim
• LUCKY PENNY—playboy's 30th anniversary playmate
  There's really not much point in saying anything about Penny here, since you've already looked at the centerfold. The Young lady defies description but, fortunately, does not defy photography.
• PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humor
• THE TOYNBEE CONVECTOR—fiction RAY BRADBURY
  The great time traveler has granted an interview at last, but it turns out the future may not be what it once seemed
• WHAT ARE FRIENDS FOR?—humor ART BUCHWALD
  One thing friends are for, apparently, is to help you bounce back when your marriage hits the rocks. Some of those bounces are bound to be untrue
• THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS—humor TOM KOCH
  You wouldn't play footsie with Tootsie in 1983? Well, all your heroes and villains get even verse in our annual one-finger salute to the year gone by
• THE ELEVENTH-HOUR SANTA—gifts
  At least an hour's worth of great ideas for the last-minute shopper
• CUNTS—poetry JOHN UPDIKE
  One of our greatest men of letters puts five of them together in a compelling configuration.
• STAR 80—pictorial
  An attempt to bring the story of star-crossed Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratten to the screen, with a new and improved Mariel Hemingway.
• DARE TO BE WRONG—article ROY BLOUNT JR.
  Everyone's too cautious these days, says the uncautious author, yearning for the really good fuck-ups of yesterday. But perhaps it's not too late to learn
• SHADOWBOXER—article MARK KRAM
  Kram once compared the still-active Muhammad Ali to a cat trying to hold on to a windowpane. Now he finds the former champ almost fresh out of lives.
• THE LAST NUDE PHOTO OF MARILYN MONROE—pictorial
  Thirty years ago, she was the Sweetheart of the Month in the very first issue of PLAYBOY. This month, the greatest sex symbol of all makes a final appearance in a never-before-seen photo
• WHAT I'VE LEARNED ABOUT BEING A MAN—memoir IRWIN SHAW
  The author of Rich Man, Poor Man looks back over an eventful career, realizing that he has been both
• COCKTAIL CONSTRUCTION—drink EMANUEL GREENBERG
  An on-site inspection of all the best blueprints, by our Pooh-Bah of potables
• PLAYBOY'S PLAYMATE REVIEW—pictorial
  A loving look over 24 of the best shoulders of 1983.
• WHAT FATHERS KNOW BEST—compendium
  Advice handed down to their famous children from some of the most notable fathers of this or any other generation.
• A GUIDE FOR PROSPECTIVE HUSBANDS—fiction ANTON CHEKHOV
  Just-translated wisdom for the ages for those who don't want to repeat all the mistakes of the post.
• BERNARD AND HUEY—satire JULES FEIFFER
• PLAYBOY FUNNIES— humor LITTLE ANNIE FANNY—satire HARVEY KURTZMAN and WILL ELDER
• PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE
  Say "Rowdy" to the new Audi; Personal Best; Potpourri; Grapevine; Sex News.

Seitenanzahl: 292 Seiten

Sprache: Englisch

Centerfold / Poster USA: Miss Januar von 1984: Penny Baker