Playboy November 1981

COVER STORY There's nothing like a warm, appropriately attired woman to keep a man home on cold November nights. Particularly if she looks like Teri Peterson, our July 1980 Playmate. With those exotic brown eyes, Teri radiates romance. Is it any wonder we had to bring her back? Executive Art Director Tom Staebler designed and photographed the cover. In the fabric of his imagination, our loyal Rabbit Head is ever-present. 5 PLAYBILL 11 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY 15 DEAR PLAYBOY 21 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS 30 BOOKS Baja Oklahoma: a ten-gallon tale of winning, Texas style; De Vries's take-off on corporate women. 32 MUSIC Alabama's surge in appeal is rocking the world of country; Miles Davis is back—once again at the top. 36 MOVIES Finney is supersleuth of horror in Wolfen; Kasdan's Body Heat: fiery and melodramatic; D. H. Lawrence's years as Priest of Love—a titillating re-creation of the man behind the fiction; personal queries against war in Gallipoli. 48 COMING ATTRACTIONS Gregory Peck makes his TV-drama debut in Dodsworth; Fonda and Kristofferson have you on the edge of your seat in Rollover. 53 PLAYBOY'S TRAVEL GUIDE STEPHEN BIRNBAUM How to demand and get help in a travel crisis. 55 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 63 DEAR PLAYMATES 65 THE PLAYBOY FORUM 77 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: ORIANA FALLACI—candid conversation Her compulsive curiosity and driving determination have made her almost as famous as the world leaders she interviews. Here, the tables are turned and she's grilled on her opinions. 110 TUNING IN TO CHANNEL SEX—article DAVID RENSIN Today's erotica industry has come home, via video cassette. But can the people who produce adult films upgrade their act enough to satisfy a whole new audience? 215 BLUE NIGHTS AND HAPPY DAYS Can there be still more sexual positions? Will censors monitor your viewing? Predictions from a panel of experts including author Gay Talese, pollster Daniel Yankelovich and editor Helen Gurley Brown. 222 A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO ADULT VIDEO CASSETTES Building up your home library? Here's a selection to get you started. 115 RAGING BEAUTY—pictorial essay JEAN VALLELY With her perfect body and contagious zest for living, Vikki La Motto is timelessly alluring. 124 THE STAKES OF THE GAME—article DAVID HALBERSTAM The Pulitzer Prize—winning author spent a year with the N.B.A.'s Portland Trail Blazers, during which time he came to see pro basketball in a different light: no longer a sport but just another product. 127 NEW MAGAZINES FOR THE EIGHTIES—humor .. DAVID STANDISH and JERRY SULLIVAN These comic manuals show you how to get the most out of your diminished expectations. 130 THE PROBLEM WITH CRYSTAL—personality CHET FLIPPO She's not exactly country and she's not exactly pop. But whatever her style, Crystal Gayle mesmerizes us all. 134 WE'LL TAKE MANHATTANS—drink EMANUEL GREENBERG An update on a favorite American cocktail: how to make it and serve it. 136 BOSS TWEED—playboy's playmate of the month Miss November is our new-found beauty from Canada. She has enough glamor to command attention from coast to coast. 148 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humor 151 PICK OF THE KNITS—attire DAVID PLATT This year, you can choose a sweater for every mood, every occasion. 158 THE 1982 PLAYBOY MUSIC POLL Who are your favorite musicians of the year? Cast your vote. 162 HEAT—fiction ED MC BAIN In this excerpt from the latest 87th Precinct novel, a young detective named Kling is obsessed with checking up on his wife. The chase is frenetic, fueled by steamy anger and a web of lies. 164 SEX IN CINEMA-1981—article ARTHUR KNIGHT It was a year in which films ranged from the romantic to the grisly—with heavy-handed emphasis on the latter. 178 PLAYBOY'S AUDIO UPDATE—article NORMAN EISENBERG Electronics today means more equipment than ever to choose from. This description of the best systems around offers you enough information to meet your needs. 183 WHO'S WHO?—ribald classic 186 PLAYBOY'S ROVING EYE—pictorial Photos from the book New York Nude. 189 GENUINE RISK—essay JAMES R. PETERSEN A humorous look at the everyday dangers of life. 192 PLAYBOY FUNNIES—humor 248 PLAYBOY POTPOURRI 279 PLAYBOY PUZZLE NICOLE GREGORY 283 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE High Tech cookware; winter's dashing warm-ups—the newest gloves and scarves; Grapevine; Sex News.