Playboy August 1979

COVER STORY Yes, folks, that's our delectable 25th-anniversary Playmate, Candy Loving (photographed by Executive Art Director Tom Staebler), wearing a satin disco jacket with our 25th-anniversary logo hand-stitched on the back. If you'd like to see more of Candy, turn to page 140. If you'd like to have your very own Playboy disco jacket, send your shirt size and a check for $98 made out to Playboy Enterprises, Inc., to: Disco Jacket, c/o Playboy Enterprises, Inc., 747 Third Ave., New York, N. Y. 10017. And when you boogie, think of us. 11 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY 17 DEAR PLAYBOY 23 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS 29 BOOKS 30 DINING & DRINKING 32 ADVENTURES 34 MUSIC 38 MOVIES 44 COMING ATTRACTIONS 47 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 51 THE PLAYBOY FORUM 59 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: EDWARD TELLER—candid conversation Despite the near disaster at Three Mile Island, the controversial "father of the hydrogen bomb" pooh-poohs the dangers of radiation. What we should be worrying about, Teller maintains, is Soviet superiority—in armaments and in civil defense. We don't have to tell you what he thinks of Jane Fonda. 92 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE ROLLING STONES. . . .—memoir TONY SANCHEZ The author spent seven years in the entourage of the world's most ferocious rock-'n'-roll band. Among his functions: supplier of exotic substances. In an excerpt from his forthcoming book, he tells how women and dope nearly destroyed the band in the late Sixties. 99 "STAY AS YOU ARE"—pictorial A hot first look at the new Italian movie starring Marcello Mastroianni and the luminous Nastassja Kinski, Germany's answer to—almost everything. 106 GOING FOR THE GOLD—sports PETER ROSS RANGE You'd think thai after Bill Rodgers' third triumph in the Boston Marathon, he'd be happy. He isn't. He wants to demolish the wall between amateur and professional status, so that American world-class athletes can afford to train for the Olympics without going broke. 109 TURN ON YOUR BRIGHTS—attire DAVID PLATT Inspired by disco, designers have put the accent on flashy colors for this year's summer wear. 116 SHE'LL TAKE ROMANCE—playboy's playmate of the month Judging from our mail, Vancouver-born Dorothy Stratten was one of your favorite finalists in last year's Great Playmate Hunt. Now she's the centerfold. Who says we don't listen to our readers? 128 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humor 130 WASTE OF THE PECOS—article RICHARD RHODES What dying town wouldn't be glad to have an economic shot in the arm as long as it came from a legitimate source? Well, in Carlsbad, New Mexico, the shot is nuclear waste, the Government is the legitimate source and the choice isn't that simple. 133 VIVA VINO BIANCO!—drink EMANUEL GREENBERG Summer is the perfect time to try those amiable, inexpensive Italian white wines. 134 THE TOP OF THE HILL—fiction IRWIN SHAW The first of a three-part excerpt from the latest novel by one of America's top storytellers: a tale of a man at the pinnacle of success who feels fully alive only when he's challenging death. 136 GOOD SKATES—modern living If you haven't gotten things rolling yet, maybe it's because you don't have the right attitude. We do. Look and see. 140 ANOTHER LOVING LOOK—pictorial While our 25th-anniversary Playmate was taking a grand tour of the Chicago Playboy Mansion, we were taking another photographic grand tour of Candy. 153 PHYLLIS—ribald classic JONATHAN SWIFT 156 20 QUESTIONS: FRANK LANGELLA Dracula said he never drank wine. But he never said he didn't drink Tab. And Frank Langella drinks Tab. And no one has ever seen Langella and Dracula together. Could it be ... ? 160 PLAYBOY'S PRO FOOTBALL PREVIEW—sports ANSON MOUNT Once again, our peerless prognosticator gives you an early line on teams and players in both conferences of the N.F.L. 168 PLAYBOY FUNNIES—humor 187 PLAYBOY'S PIPELINE Man & work, country real estate and sperm banks. 220 PLAYBOY POTPOURRI 237 LITTLE ANNIE FANNY—satire .. HARVEY KURTZMAN and WILL ELDER 241 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE Ice-cream makers, four lives of a shirt, TR-7 ragtop.