Playboy December 1986

COVER STORY Brooke Shields isn't just ornamental; she's warm, funny and unaffected, as Contributing Photographer Stephen Wayda discovered while shooting this month's cover. Produced by Art Director Tom Staebler, the cover design is by Managing Art Director Kerig Pope. Lee Ann Perry was the stytist and Ruthie Savin did Brooke's hair and make-up. 7 PLAYBILL 15 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY 19 DEAR PLAYBOY 23 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS 36 SPORTS BY DAN JENKINS 38 MEN BY ASA BABER 41 WOMEN BY CYNTHIA HEIMEL 43 AGAINST THE WIND CRAIG VETTER 45 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 49 DEAR PLAYMATES: WHAT ARE THE BEST AND THE WORST PARTS OF SEX? 53 THE PLAYBOY FORUM 61 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: BRYANT GUMBEL—candid conversation 78 CIVILIZATION REVISITED—compendium 82 CHAMPAGNE 84 WHAT THE GREAT CHEFS ARE FIXING AT HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS 86 TANGO AMERICANO—article JORGE LUIS BORGES 88 PARTNERS—fiction THOMAS MC GUANE 92 PATRICK DEMARCHELIER'S GORGEOUS GIRLS... text by BRUCE JAY FRIEDMAN 100 BLINDSIGHT—fiction ROBERT SILVERBERG 103 CHRISTMAS 1986—humor BOB BOZE BELL 110 HAITI AFTER BABY DOC—article HERBERT GOLD 112 WOMEN OF 7-ELEVEN—pictorial 122 EARTH STATION CHARLEY—fiction BILLY CRYSTAL 124 ROCK BRATS compiled by JEAN PENN 126 KEYS—playboy's playmate of the month 138 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humor 140 BANDITS—fiction ELMORE LEONARD 142 THE 12 STORES OF CHRISTMAS—modern living 148 BEATING WALL STREET—article JOHN D. SPOONER 151 HARING HANG-UP 154 SEX STARS OF 1986—pictorial text by JIM HARWOOD 165 THE PLAYBOY GALLERY 170 COURTING DISASTER—article RAMSEY CLARK 174 SIMPLY BEASTLY—pictorial 182 20 QUESTIONS: KOKO 188 FAST FORWARD 249 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE