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Contents: Playbill; The World Of Playboy; Dear Playboy; Playboy After Hours – Books (Tantric sex; Crichton’s Africa; holiday books) – Music (Bob Marley on ganja; sound gift ideas) – Movies (Ordinary People‘s superb; Woody’s latest isn’t) – Coming Attractions (Shelley Duvall’s doing Cowgirls; Sheen’s back); Playboy‘s Travel Guide (More on the travel-agent controversy); The Playboy Advisor; The Playboy Forum; Playboy Interview: John Lennon and Yoko Ono (Candid conversation – After a five-year retreat from the press, the brilliant Beatle, and his inscrutable wife, Yoko, reveal the extraordinary details of their life, love and music in a remarkable intimate interview); The Astonishing Wrongs Of The New Moral Right (Article – Fanatical right-wing groups are getting spiritual – and financial – support from conservative evangelists. With God and technology on their side – they mean business); New Right And Old Paranoia ((Opinion – The right’s been after this liberal Senator for a long time); Barbara Bach (Pictorial Essay – Our favorite Bond beauty brings cheer to Caveman – and co-star Ringo Starr. Can Bach and a Beatle make beautiful music together?); God Emperor Of Dune (Fiction – In this special condensation of the long-awaited fourth Dune novel, God Emperor Leto II has metamorphosed into a giant sandworm. Meanwhile, his protégé, Siana, and Duncan Idaho plot to overthrow the tyrannical sovereign); The Eleventh-Hour Santa (Gifts – Put off gift buying too long? Don’t worry – here are last minute ideas); Prime Of Coach Bum Phillips (Personality – He loves his barbecue, his beer and his football. The Houston Oilers head honcho is so popular even the press likes him); The Tomorrow Show (Attire – Fabulous fashion for the Eighties by five famous designers); Heart Transplant (Fiction – Love never dies, it just takes breathers. In this down-to-earth story by a long-time Playboy contributor, breaking up has arterial motives); Cognac (drink – Welcome the new year epicurean style; our a snifter of nectar); Why We Crave Horror Movies (Article – What’s chilling onscreen, says the best-selling author of Carrie, Firestarter and The Shining, isn’t half as bad as our fantasies); Sexual Office Politics: A Guide For The Eighties (Article – If you compliment your boss on her red dress, will you get a pink slip? The author of Power! looks at corporate calisthenics – coed style. Here’s what business school didn’t teach you); Gym Dandy (Playboy‘s Playmate of the Month – Our bouncing January Playmate, Karen Price, will have you doing headstands. Looks like this Price is right); Playboy‘s Party Jokes (Humor); Cars ’81: Playboy‘s Pick Of The Pack (Modern Living – This year’s roadworthy innovations); All That Flash (Pictorial – Flash Gordon leaps from comic strip to filmstrip. A preview of Flash’s new flick – a dazzling cartoon for grownups, too); Inn Love In Mexico (Travel – These charming, historical hideaways are perfect winter escapes. Take along an adventurous companion for long nights of explorations); Le Roy Neiman Sketchbook (Pictorial); Honky-Tonk Angels (Pictorial – Our roving photographers canvassed country-and-western bars across the land to bring you the prettiest urban cowgirls either side of the Pecos); Stocks, Bonds, Rock’N’Roll (Article – The music business is pretty risky these days, so the stars are getting investment wise. Real estate’s a good bet – even if your records don’t sell, you’ve always got a place to hang your hat); That Was The Year That Was (Humor – Our annual missive to famous – and infamous – newsmakers); Playboy‘s Playmate Review (Pictorial – A loving look at the ladies who populated last year’s spectacular centerfolds); The Girl Who Gave Away Her Slipper (Ribald Classic); Playboy‘s Annual Awards (A tribute to our top writers, artists and photographers of 1980); Playboy Funnies (Humor); Playboy‘s Pipeline (Total separations); Playboy Potpourri; Playboy‘s Informed Source (Nordic skiing is a great workout; no lift lines, either. Hit the trails); Playboy Puzzle; Little Annie Fanny (Satire); Playboy On The Scene (Calendars you’ll want to keep track of; furs for guys; Marvin Hamlisch’s incredible media room; Grapevine; Sex News)
Issue: January 1981
Condition: Very Good