Playboy July 1983

COVER STORY Shades of National Velvet! Elizabeth Taylor, eat your heart (and half of the refrigerator) out. Playmate of the Month Ruth Guerri graces our cover in full riding regalia. For more of this heart-stopping horsewoman, turn to the gatefold. Stephen Wayda shot the cover in St. Louis, where Miss July trains race horses. That explains the riding crop, for those of you who were practicing your Mr. Ed impressions. 5 PLAYBILL 11 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY 13 DEAR PLAYBOY 21 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS Checking In with comic Michael Keaton; the hot scoop on the notorious pro golfers' strike. 25 TELEVISION TONY SCHWARTZ An innovative solution to the problem of censorship. 26 MUSIC A visit with David Bowie; no Churchill down for James Brown. 32 MOVIES BRUCE WILLIAMSON Bowie again, this time as an erotic vampire; Ingmar Bergman proves he hasn't lost it after all; Verdi benefits from a snazzy screen Traviata. 39 VIDEO Colonel Mustard did it in the study with the . . . oh, no, that's the pre-electronic version. Fun and games on loser discs. 40 BOOKS Scary stuff on the MX missile and Pentagon bearbaiting; a wonderful yarn told by Shakespeare's dog. 41 COMING ATTRACTIONS JOHN BLUMENTHAL Goldie set for a Rosie the Riveter role; Gere and Caine to pair in cinema version of Graham Greene's Honorary Consul. 43 MEN ASA BABER 45 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 51 DEAR PLAYMATES 53 THE PLAYBOY FORUM 61 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: EARL WEAVER—candid conversation Umpires call him "baseball's Son of Sam" and the "militant midget." He has been thrown out of 89 games. He is one of baseball's most successful managers, averaging 96.5 wins a year. The grand old man of the boys of summer reflects on the national game. 82 HEAVEN HELP US—fiction DONALD E. WESTLAKE Another exciting chapter from the adventures of the Galactic Patrol Interstellar Ship Hopeful, Captain Gregory Standforth commanding. 86 THE SPY THEY LOVE TO LOVE—pictorial Eight pages of the greatest ladies this side' of the centerfold, the lovelies who made Agent 007 a legend in his home movies. 94 THE 007 SEX QUIZ DANNY BIEDERMAN We know they were beautiful, but were you paying attention? The Kama Sutra according to M, or Bond's best bedroom scenes. 96 NORMAN'S DATE—fiction AMIRI BARAKA "And what is there to say about big thighs pulling open of their own accord?" Quite a bit. 99 THE TOYS OF SUMMER—modern living All things wet, wonderful and wheeled for fun in the sun. 104 THE C TEAM—article HESH KESTIN In 1925, the United States proposed a treaty banning the use of chemical weapons. Fifty years later, the U.S. signed the treaty. In 1981, President Reagan signed a bill to resume chemical-weapons production. We examine the boy chemists responsible. 106 THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS—playboy's playmate of the month Ruth Guerri: a warm, cheerful horsewoman from the Show Me state. 120 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humor 122 LETTERS FROM COMPUTER CAMP—article JOHN SACK Let's gather round the computer terminal and sing campfire songs, tell stories about the haunted cursor, the Hunt the Wumpus and Munch Man. Summer camp is not what it used to be. 124 GET OUT OF TOWN!—attire DAVID PLATT What to wear for the 48-hour fling: the weekend wordrobe. 130 THE PLAYBOY READERS' SEX SURVEY, PART IV—article Is the road to hell paved with vibrators? This month, we examine the world of experimental sex, the spice that makes loving nice. Who does it in groups? Who gets it on with gadgets? 134 OFF THE ROAD AGAIN!—article GARY WITZENBURG Jeeps in wolf's clothing: a look at the new generation of four-wheel-drive vehicles. 139 ALBERT BROOKS IS FUNNIER THAN YOU THINK—personality PAUL SLANSKY For those of us who took stand-up comedy seriously in the Seventies, there was only the holy trinity: Richard Pryor, Lily Tomlin and Albert Brooks. Where has Brooks been and what is he up to? The star of Real Life and Modern Romance takes on the oilmen, the real-estate tycoons and the soda bottlers who now run Hollywood. 140 EROGENOUS PARTS—pictorial FRANCIS GIACOBETTI France's foremost photographer takes us on a tour of his favorite places: world-class women in wonderful poses. A Berlitz course in the body beautiful. 151 BERNARD AND HUEY—satire JULES FEIFFER 152 20 QUESTIONS: CARRIE FISHER Let's face it: Princess Leia has been through a lot. She's had planets blown out from under her. She wonders whether or not Darth Vader is gay. She wishes George Lucas would give her something interesting to do, such as wrestle with a drug problem. All that and more. 156 PLAYBOY FUNNIES—humor 208 PLAYBOY POTPOURRI 227 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE Driving accessories; Roving Eye; wet suits; Grapevine; Sex News.