Penthouse April 1979

COVER Jeannie Butler, Photo by John Copeland 8 HOUSECALL Introduction 10 FORUM Correspondence 36 FEEDBACK Opinion 42 CALL ME MADAM Counsel by Xaviera Hollander 51 VIEW FROM THE TOP Comment by Emily Prager 52 SCENES Marilyn Stasio 54 FILMS Roger Greenspun 56 WORDS Nick Tosches 57 SOUNDS Robert Palmer 60 STOP THIEF! Article by James Davidson 68 EASY RIDER Pictorial by Malirowski 74 PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC WHITE BOY Article by Albert Goldman 78 DEFENSE OF THE REDNECK Article by Edward Abbey 84 STEPHAN JONES Interview by Gregory Rose and John H. Jacobs 90 TAKE ME TO THE WATER Fiction by James Baldwin 97 BELLA DONNA Pet of the Month, Concetta Ardigo, Photos by Albert Bricco 110 VIETNAM VETERANS ADVISER Service 112 YOU ARE WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE Essay by Ben Stein 114 WORKING HARD Satire by Robert S. Weder 118 BRUTE FORCE Service by Gene O'Rourke 126 THE FUTURE OF SPECIAL EFFECTS Article by James Delson 135 FLYING HIGH Pictorial by John Copeland 159 OUR LADY OF CARNAL DESIRE Fiction by Bernard Evslin 163 IS CHIVALRY DEAD? Quiz by Frank Donegan 172 WHEN APRIL SHOWERS COME ALONG Fashion by Ed Emmerling 184 EXCALIBUR Service by Wade Hoyt 191 GROOM AT THE TOP Service 192 OH, WICKED WANDA! Satire by Frederic Mullally/Ron Embleton