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Contents: The Resurrection Of Tony Montana (“Say hello to my little frien'” When Scarface premiered on December 1, 1983 it captured the essence of the cocaine cowboy era. Stephen Rebello talks to Al Pacino, Oliver Stone and others behind the pop culture juggernaut); Dead Letter File (We’ve heard from some big thinkers over the years, from Ayn Rand to Hunter S. Thompson); The Original Blonde (Neal Gabler on our Jean Harlow obsession); The Fighter (Heisman winner Herschel Walker makes a comeback – as a professional MMA fighter. Steve Oney tags along); Playboy‘s Tip-Off 2012 (The next best thing to a sure thing is asking John Gasaway to help with our college hoops picks); How To Build A Time Machine (Brian Clegg reveals the missing ingredient necessary for the old back-and-forth); Krassner vs. Breitbart (Liberal satirist Paul Krassner and conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart take off the gloves); The Playboy Holiday Gift Guide (For the man who has almost everything); The Ancient And Unspeakable Ones (John Hodgman has a vision of a drug-addled reality that isn’t pretty. But it is pretty funny) Interview – Craig Ferguson (The Late Late Show host tells Eric Spitznagel how he came back from the dead) 20Q – Kaley Cuoco (The star of The Big Bang Theory confesses to Stephen Rebello her love of funny nerds) Fiction – Dark Was The Night (A retired aerospace engineer risks everything to go back in time) Pictorials – Sex In Cinema 2011 (Has Hollywood finally grown up?); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Our compendium of blonde beauty); Playmate: Rainy Day Jordan (She’s from dry Texas, and her mom, Windi, thought her name would bring good luck. She was right. When Rainy’s around, the forecast is always sunny); The Queen Of Hearts (Speaking of luck, can you believe ours? Leeann Tweeden, host of NBC’s Poker After Dark, goes all in – and all off) Columns – The Friends You Can’t See (Even adults are entitled to invisible friends. Jonathan Ames has Parker, a free and feral professional criminal); Alone Again, Naturally (How much togetherness can two people take? Lisa Lampanelli and Jimmy are in love, most of the time) Cartoons – Classic Cartoons Of Christmas Past (It’s hard not to laugh at reindeer, mistletoe and a fat guy in a red suit) Fashion – Mood Indigo (The actor Anthony Mackie, son of New Orleans, channels Duke Ellington and the Big Easy. His motto? “Crisp, fresh, ironed?) News And Notes – The World Of Playboy (The Blonds put the Bunny back on the runway; Fight Night and Rock the Mansion join forces, with boxing, MMA and the glam metal act Steel Panther; Kendra’s second book is a hit); Hangin’ With Hef (Buns in the oven for Anna Sophia Berglund and Shera Bechard; Billy Bush talks to Hef for Access Hollywood; bowling for Playmates); Playmate News (Playmates help deliver a punch to Charlie Sheen; Pam in nylon; channel your wild side at Night School 4 Girls; guess who finally got married) Departments – Playbill; Dear Playboy; After Hours; Reviews; Mantrack; Playboy Advisor; Party Jokes; Grapevine Playboy Forum – To Protect And Observe (Squad cars are so 1980s, Police departments now covet drones to patrol without endangering officers. But, Spencer Ackerman asks, when do flying spybots endanger our rights?)
Issue: December 2011
Condition: Very Good