Playboy August 1978

COVER STORY This white-hot office tryst was designed and photographed by Executive Art Director Tom Staebler. The man wearing the crisp pants is Bill Drendel, a stylist in our Photo Department. The lady wearing the very long legs is March 1977 Playmate Nicki Thomas. The Rabbit on the steno pad has the best view of the situation. 3 PLAYBILL 11 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY 17 DEAR PLAYBOY 25 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS 32 MUSIC 33 BOOKS 36 MOVIE ESSAY 38 MOVIES 44 ADVENTURES 46 COMING ATTRACTIONS 49 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 53 PLAYBOY SEX POLL HOWARD SMITH This month's questions: What is your best opening line? What kind of opening lines do you think would work best on you? 57 THE PLAYBOY FORUM 67 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: TED TURNER—candid conversation The irrepressible owner of the losing Atlanta Braves and the undauntable skipper of the winning America's Cup yacht steps on a whole lot of toes. 92 THE DEATH FREAK—fiction "JOHN LUCKLESS," also known as CLIFFORD IRVING and HERBERT BURKHOLZ Two retiring spies use every lethal trick they know to defend themselves against the CIA and the K.G.B. 96 "EYES" HAS IT—pictorial A preview of Faye Dunaway's latest movie, Eyes of Laura Mars, in which the high-fashion kink of Blow-Up is taken a step further. 100 THE RISE AND FALL AND RISE OF THE BROTHERS GIBB—personality MITCHELL GLAZER A decade after they released their first million seller in America, the Bee Gees have gone through assorted hells and come out indestructible. 102 FROZEN GUYS article BRUCE JAY FRIEDMAN General MacArthur wasn't the only one to say shall return." Now, through cryogenics, we all have a chance to be resurrected like frozen leftovers. 104 TAKING IT ON THE CHIN—modern living For some men, life is a close shave. You can be one of them with this new gear. 108 DARWIN AND THE DOUBLE STANDARD—article SCOT MORRIS Between feminism and the androgyny movement, a lot of men and women feel obligated to repress all behavior that smacks of sexism. Good luck, folks; you're fighting 6,000,000 years of sexual evolution. 110 THE GROWNUPS' BOOK OF BIRDS AND BEES—humor So you think you're kinky. If you knew what praying mantises consider good sex, you wouldn't feel so wild. And do you know what fish gives good head? 112 A NEW LEAF—playboy's playmate of the month Vicki Witt comes from Lansing, Michigan, where the nights get very cold and the women learn to appreciate body heat. 124 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humor 126 SUITABLE FOR FALL—attire A sneak peek at the way you should be decked out come autumn. 133 BEER PLUS—drink EMANUEL GREENBERG Some refreshing changes of pace from the straight brew. 134 PLAYBOY'S PRO FOOTBALL PREVIEW—sports ANSON MOUNT No need to be surprised when the play-offs roll around. You can find out who's going to be in them right now. 180 CHIEF RUNNING BEAR—personality ROBERT E. CARR Nobody knows just how good Chicago's Walter Payton will be, but it's generally conceded that he's already better at toting a football than anyone else. 185 PRO FOOTBALL CHEERLEADER PREVIEW—satire STANLEY MORRIS A tongue-in-cheek peek at what is rapidly becoming pro ball's chief attraction to TV viewers. 138 THE GIRLS IN THE OFFICE—pictorial Why undress the secretaries in your office with your eyes when we've gotten some of America's most beautiful office girls to take it off just for you? 149 AMBASSADOR AT LARGE—ribald classic 152 CARS WITH PULL—modern living BROCK YATES When it comes to drive, it's what's up front that counts these days. 161 GO JUMP IN THE LAKE!—modern living If your boat ever sinks, the latest in life jackets will give you that buoyant look while you're waiting for the Coast Guard. 162 PLAYBOY'S FIRST ANNUAL HUMOR COMPETITION So you think you're pretty funny, huh? Enter our contest and let seven top comics be the judge of that. 166 PLAYBOY FUNNIES—humor 171 PLAYBOY'S PIPELINE Job smarts, co-ops and condos, touring China and sports as an aphrodisiac. 200THINK TANK Poppers, women execs, psychic spies, guilty dieters. 214 PLAYBOY POTPOURRI 231 LITTLE ANNIE FANNY—satire HARVEY KURTZMAN and WILL ELDER 235 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE Attache cases, supercycles and nautical gear.