Penthouse December 1978

COVER Photo by Earl Miller 8 HOUSECALL Introduction 12 FORUM Correspondence 48 FEEDBACK Opinion 55 CALL ME MADAM Counsel by Xaviera Hollander 65 VIEW FROM THE TOP Comment by Marilyn Stasio 66 SCENES Emily Prager 68 FILMS Roger Greenspun 70 WORDS Nick Tosches 71 SOUNDS Robert Palmer 74 CHRIST IN PLASTIC Article by Pietro Di Donato 84 A TOUCH AT CLASS Pictorial by Earl Miller 96 FIDEL CASTRO Interview by Fernando Morais 100 MOOD DRUGS Article by David Rorvik 104 GUARDING THE BODY OF THE KING Fiction by Philip Ciottari 108 EARL OWENSBY Profile by Tom Buckley 111 FOREVER AMBER Pet of the Month, Amber Ramsey, Photos by John Copeland 123 THE PENTHOUSE 1979 DESK CALENDAR 140 VIETNAM VETERANS ADVISER Service 142 SPEND CHRISTMAS WITH YOUR CONGRESSMAN Essay by Karl Hess 144 STICK IT UP YOUR STOCKING Humor by Bill Lee 152 DRENCHED IN SEXUAL SHAME Humor by Robert S. Wieder 156 SILVA MIRRORS. A DISCO DISASTER Satire by Tom Eyen 160 THE NEW FORMAL WEAR Fashion by Ed Emmerling 164 I REMEMBER CHRISTMAS Satire by Jeff Greenfield 166 DESERT FOX Pictorial by Carl Wachter 189 ME JANE, YOU TARZAN Article by Carl O. Jones 193 ARE YOU CHRISTMAS PRONE? Quiz by Frank Donegan 208 HI TECH HI FI Service by Peter Dobbin 220 FERRARI: 190 MPH IN A 55-MPH ZONE Service by Wade Hoyt 234 OH, WICKED WANDA! Satire by Frederic Mullally/Ron Embleton