Playboy March 1978

COVER STORY Art Director Arthur Paul designed this month's high-powered cover and Phillip Dixon photographed it. Readers with even the shortest memories should remember the lady idling in the Ferrari. She's January Playmate Debra Jensen. The Ferrari belongs to Bob Topaz, who fills his Auto Expo shows in New York (March 24–April 2) and Los Angeles (April 28–May 7) with similar exotic machinery. Miss Jensen is unique. 3 PLAYBILL 10 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY 13 DEAR PLAYBOY 21 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS 24 MUSIC 32 BOOKS 33 MOVIES 40 TELEVISION 41 COMING ATTRACTIONS 42 CONVERSATION WITH A NEWSMAKER ISRAEL'S GENERAL SHARON: AS TOUGH AS EVER—interview RANAN R. LURIE The new Likud government's most controversial cabinet member offers a radical solution to the Palestinian problem. 45 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 49 PLAYBOY SEX POLL HOWARD SMITH and LESLIE HARLIB The question: When you have fantastic sex, what's the special ingredient? 55 THE PLAYBOY FORUM 61 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: BOB DYLAN—candid conversation Its been 12 years since we last talked with the reclusive one, and the times have been a-changin'. Now, after fame, fortune, marriage, parenthood, a brush with death and divorce, the Meistersinger-prophet of the Sixties is all right, Ma. 94 KALKI—fiction GORE VIDAL Never ashamed of being outrageous, the author of Myra Breckinridge brings the world to an exotic end. 98 FANS: THE SORRY MAJORITY—article RALPH NADER and PETER GRUENSTEIN The consumer crusader explains why it's getting to be that the only people who can afford to take their families to pro sports events are the team owners. 101 "PRETTY BABY"—pictorial Text and pictures tell the story of Louis Malle's controversial movie and one of its even-more-controversial stars-12-year-old Brooke Shields. 108 PUSHED TO THE EDGE: PART TWO JUMPI—article CRAIG VETTER Our intrepid take-a-dare writer risks at least his limbs in a free-style ski jump. 110 DON'T SLEEP ON IT—attire DAVID PLATT Bed-inspired fashions so hip you'll want to stay awake in them. 116 THE DEVIL IN MISS SMITH—playboy's playmate of the month March's Christina Smith is a sensualist and very much her own woman. 128 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humor 130 PROFESSIONAL COURTESY—humor BURY ST. EDMUND You've heard of the frog that turns into a prince? Now read about an out-ofthis-world prince who turns into a frog for a passionate night with his bedmate. 132 THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SEX GIZMOS TOM SWIFT IS ALIVE AND WELL AND MAKING DILDOS—article D KEITH MANO Contrary to what you might think, the folks who make those bright-orange things that whir, buzz and go bump in the night are just like us. Well, almost. 135 THE GREAT PLAYBOY SEX-AIDS ROAD TEST "Try 'em, you'll like 'ern,- the manufacturers told us. We had our troops try 'em. Here are the survivors' reports. 140 WHAT'S NEW IN THE UNIVERSE?—article RICHARD RHODES It seems God put a few quirks and quasars out there just to keep modern science on its toes. 143 GET RICH IN YOUR SPARE TIME WHILE DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING (ALMOST)—article ROBERT BILLINGS One man's search for the best get-rich-quick formula. 144 SEX ON WHEELS—pictorial You can get more mileage in the seat of a car than you can under the hood. 153 THE BLACK CAT—ribald classic 161 PLAYBOY PREVIEWS "FOOD & WINE" In a special 15-page section, we offer an advance look at an exciting new magazine that approaches good living as an art, with a unique blend of international cuisine, travel and culture. 184 THINK TANK Log-cabin homes, in-flight exercise, biofeedback, job neuroses. 206 PLAYBOY POTPOURRI 221 PLAYBOY'S PIPELINE Tape, collectibles, medical self-care and food capital Bologna. 239 LITTLE ANNIE FANNY—satire. . HARVEY KURTZMAN and WILL ELDER 243 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE Unusual calculators, wine racks and pens.