Playboy November 1977

COVER STORY One morning, PLAYBOY Editorial Director Arthur Kretchmer pulled the pop top off a can of soda, and a little light (possibly the one in the refrigerator) flashed before his eyes. "I've got a cover ideal- he exclaimed. Senior Art Director Tom Staebler took over from there, cut out the Rabbit pop top by hand (he sustained only minor lacerations) and photographed Playmate Susan Kiger almost in her T-shirt. 3 PLAYBILL 11 DEAR PLAYBOY 21 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS 26 BOOKS Peter Tauber scavenges the Sixties; Robert Coover blows your mind and Peter DeVries creates a wonderful, albeit ersatz, Groucho Marx. 34 MUSIC A visit with The Amazing Rhythm Aces; the latest from Winwood and James. 41 TELEVISION The Second City gang takes to the tube; Visions, reprised, falters. 42 MOVIES Bobby Deerfield, a three-handkerchief winner; Shenanigans, a contemporary satire; The Sensual Man and La Grande Bourgeoise, two for Giannini. 51 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 55 PLAYBOY SEX POLL HOWARD SMITH This months question: Where do you most like to make love outside of bed? 59 THE PLAYBOY FORUM 77 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: HENRY KYEMBA—candid conversation Idi Amin's ex—minister of health sheds fresh light on the bizarre and bloodthirsty actions of the world's most notorious head of state. 112 CHAIRMAN BILLY—article ROY BLOUNT JR. Some have fame thr 1st upon them, and the President's brother will make a cool half mil this yel:r for being the icon of iconoclasm. 117 BUNNIES OF '77—pictorial Our annual photographic salute to those spectacular cottontails. Toni Larkin, Barby Acker, Ruby Walker, Cathy Gobel, Hope Olson, Janet Carnell, Dana Valentien, Shannon Starling, Janis Schmitt, Cindy Brown, Candace Collins, and Sarita Butterfield. 129 ROOTS—food EMANUEL GREENBERG Lots of the best things to eat grow under your feet. 130 IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST—fiction.. MARVIN KALB and TED KOPPEL A tension-filled tale of Israeli raids and a Secretary of State's desperate attempts to avert a Middle East war. 132 GROWING UP—playboy's playmate of the month Rita Lee had the woman-child blues until she found out that Momma was right—a pretty girl has to be careful. 144 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humor 146 FIGHTING THE DEEP FREEZE—attire DAVID PLATT The way winter has been the past couple of years, this is no time for halfway measures. 151 NICE GUYS FINISH FIRST—personality MARTY BELL How faultless Frank Gifford climbed the ladder of success to media stardom with nary a false step (well, almost). 152 RINGING SUCCESS—modern living Bob Newhart's Marcia Wallace stars in a roundup of the latest electronic wonders that will do everything with your telephone but pay the bill. 156 SEX IN CINEMA-1977—article ARTHUR KNIGHT The silver screen continues to have a decidedly blue streak. Our 12-page pictorial provides graphic uncoverage. 168 JAILING—article CLIFFORD IRVING When the greatest literary hoaxer of our time was sent to the slammer, he took notes on what he saw. It wasn't pretty. 173 PLAYBOY'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL PREVIEW—sports ANSON MOUNT For the first time, our nonpareil football prognosticator crystal-balls the collegiate hoopsters. 177 THE SO-YOU-THINK-YOU'RE-CREATIVE QUIZ by EUGENE RAUDSEPP with GEORGE P. HOUGH, JR. Creative geniuses don't think like everyone else. Find out if you're one of them. No fair peeking at the answers. 179 ITALIAN TALES—ribald classic POGGIO BRACCIOLINI 182 PLAYBOY FUNNIES—humor 204 THINK TANK Photography and the law, natural medicine, SWAT overkill, eye-color clues. 226 PLAYBOY POTPOURRI 245 PLAYBOY'S PIPELINE Credit ratings, bottled water, cold-weather grooming. 275 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE Ice buckets, Castelbajac's fashions, games and gadgets.