Playboy October 1979

COVER STORY Recognize the hand on the cottontail thief on the left? Right! It's Burt Bunny, a.k.a. Reynolds, the subject of this month's Playboy Interview. Mr. Bunny's detailed companion is Gig Gangel, a forthcoming Playmate of the Month. If you like our cover picture of Burt goofing off (photographed by Mario Casilli), you can see more on page 69. 5 PLAYBILL 13 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY 17 DEAR PLAYBOY 23 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS 28 MOVIES 32 BOOKS 36 TELEVISION 38 DINING & DRINKING 43 MUSIC 47 COMING ATTRACTIONS 51 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 59 THE PLAYBOY FORUM 67 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: BURT REYNOLDS—candid conversation In a very personal, and sometimes rocky, encounter with veteran PLAYBOY interviewer Lawrence Linderman, the man other men envy makes fun of his macho image, reviews the ups and downs of his career and talks frankly about his romances with Dinah Shore and Sally Field. 96 THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG—article NORMAN MAILER The first installment of a three-part excerpt from Mailer's new book, a gripping portrait of the late Gary Gilmore. In this segment, Mailer describes the transformation of Gilmore from a quiet, polite child into a paranoid ex-con with drug problems, sexual hang-ups and a psychopathic personality. 103 PLAYBOY'S FALL AND WINTER FASHION FORECAST—attire DAVID PLATT For the first time, we're forecasting in two parts. This month, we preview trends in suits, sports jackets and outerwear. Watch for part two next month to get a peek at the new looks in casualwear. 112 SNAKE HEAD—fiction LYNDA LEIDIGER Wearing a reptilian Halloween mask turned her into a woman of mystery, so she decided not to take it off. 114 "APOCALYPSE" FINALLY—pictorial A preview of Francis Ford Coppola's $30,500,000 (and long overdue) epic about the insanity of war and the girls who make it almost bearable. 123 AND THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS, 1980-1989—humor CHRISTOPHER CERF, TONY HENDRA and PETER ELBLING Move over, George Orwell. Here are three guys who've really got the line on the Eighties, and if only half of their advance nostalgia proves prescient, we're in for a humorously disastrous decade. 126 BEAR BRYANT'S MIRACLES—sports RICHARD PRICE There's something about the Alabama coach that makes even nonfootball players want to go out and kill just for his approval, which may explain why he's won 284 football games in his career. 128 DEUTSCH TREAT—playboy's playmate of the month First discovered by staffers from the German edition of PLAYBOY, Ursula Buchfellner used to work in a Munich pastry shop; this cupcake is obviously headed for bigger things now. 140 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humor 142 THE TOP OF THE HILL—fiction IRWIN SHAW In the conclusion of our excerpt of Shaw's latest novel, daredevil Michael meets his toughest challenge: coming to grips with himself and his marriage. 144 SAUCE FROM THE APPLE—drink EMANUEL GREENBERG Autumn is the season for apples—and the delicious hot and cold drinks made from their juice. 148 THE DIET—humor SHEL SILVERSTEIN Trying to lose weight is like being in a fight, and very few men can confidently predict (6 la Ali), "Fat will fall in four," when they face the bathroom scales each morning. 150 PINT-SIZED POWERHOUSES—modern living The Village People introduce you to the best of those new, powerful little hi-fi speakers. 154 THE MAN WHO DESTROYED TELEVISION—opinion GARY DEEB That's a tough rap to lay on one guy, but according to the author—the controversial TV columnist for the Chicago Tribune—NBC's Fred Silverman deserves it. 218 TUNING IN ON THE NEW TV TECHNOLOGY ....JIM HARWOOD 157 BUNNIES OF '79—pictorial Once again, we've brought those beautiful cottontails out of the Clubs into our magazine for a closer look. 167 THE FIERCE MACHINE—ribald classic JOHN CLELAND 171 PLAYBOY FUNNIES—humor 175 PLAYBOY'S PIPELINE Man & work, combating car thefts, charter yachting in the Caribbean. 225 HARE APPAREL—pictorial We asked eight top fashion designers to dream up new Bunny costumes and here are the results. 234 PLAYBOY POTPOURRI 263 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE Alarms, slacks, flasks.