Playboy February 1979

COVER STORY Candy Collins, a former Chicago Bunny of the Year, stars in an update of a July 1964 cover designed by former Associate Art Director Reid Austin. In 1964, Austin drew the lipstick Rabbit on cover girl Cynthia Maddox' tummy (a historic moment pictured in last month's 25th Anniversary Issue), and this year Executive Art Director Tom Staebler did the honors to Collins' anatomy—obviously a return navel engagement. 3 PLAYBILL 9 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY 19 DEAR PLAYBOY 27 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS 32 BOOKS 33 MUSIC 36 TELEVISION 38 MOVIES 42 RADIO 43 COMING ATTRACTIONS 45 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 49 THE PLAYBOY FORUM 57 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: NEIL SIMON—candid conversation America's most popular playwright talks about why some of his plays now bore him, how he wrote The Goodbye Girl and the problem with critics. 80 THE GRAPES OF ROTHSCHILD—article G BARRY GOLSON As Baron Philippe de Rothschild's guest at Chateau Mouton, the author finds that fine old wine goes well with fine old money. 84 FATHER KNOWS BEST—pictorial Would you let your daughter pose nude for PLAYBOY? Not only has photographer Ron Vogel done just that, he's taken the pictures himself! 90 STRIKE TEAMS—article DAVID B. TINNIN with DAVID HALEVY If you're ever in a terrorist-hijacked airliner, these are the guys who'll probably get you out of it alive. Plus a hard look at the equipment used by both sides. 95 NEON TURN-ON—modern living EAT-AT-JOE's has found a new home in the living room. 98 CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING—sports CRAIG VETTER An answer to the burning question: What can joggers do when there's snow on the ground? And the gear with which to do it. 102 OUR FAIR LADY—playboy's playmate of the month British transplant Lee Ann Michelle has a fascinating accent to go with her royal attributes. 114 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humor 116 THE FOUNTAINS OF PARADISE: PART TWO—fiction ARTHUR C. CLARKE In the gripping conclusion of what the sci-fi master has called his last novel, the completion of the -stairway to heaven" brings that veteran space traveler death into the picture. 119 THE WINNING OF THE VEST—attire DAVID PLATT Seems like old times, what with short collars, thin ties and, especially, vests returning to the fashion scene. 125 TEN HISTORICAL SEX HANG-UPS—article MORTON M. HUNT If you think they had better sex in the good old days, read this and you'll realize that our ancestors were lucky to be doing it at all. 129 DIARY OF A MAD JOGGER—humor RICHARD LIEBMANN-SMITH The inspiring story of one man's struggle for physical fitness. 131 THE GIRLS OF LAS VEGAS—photo essay JOHN SACK In the Land of Odds, even a tin woodman's heart would skip a beat at the sight of these ladies. 141 A WARNING TO VIRGINS AND YOUNG MEN ABOUT A CERTAIN VILE PRACTICE—ribald classic 146 THE YEAR IN SEX—pictorial Disco madness was the keynote, public nudity was big, and when we published our pro-football-cheerleaders pictorial, some of the team owners yelled -Four 158 RUDOLF DIESEL, WHAT YOU'RE MISSING!—modern living BROCK YATES From the truck stop to suburban garages, the sturdy, miserly diesel engine has come a long way. 162 REMEMBER YOUR RUBBERS—nostalgia There was a time when a condom container was a work of art. 166 PLAYBOY FUNNIES—humor 171 PLAYBOY'S PIPELINE Man & work, auto clubs, clothes care, small-claims court. 188 PLAYBOY POTPOURRI 213 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE Nifty gadgets, warm blankets, sharp knives.