Playboy December 1991

COVER STORY Playboy readers, come on down! This month's showcase features Dian Parkinson, the blonde beauty who some hail as the queen of daytime TV. The red-hot hostess of The Price Is Right graces our prizeworthy cover, produced by West Coast Photo Editor Marilyn Grabowski, styled by Francesca Passeri and shot by Contributing Photographer Stephen Wayda, with hair and make-up by Alexis Vogel. Our Rabbit never feels strapped in. 7 PLAYBILL 17 DEAR PLAYBOY 27 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS 48 MEN by ASA BABER 51 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 57 THE PLAYBOY FORUM 67 REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: EXPECTATIONS—opinion ROBERT SCHEER 69 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: CARL SAGAN—candid conversation 90 MY JERUSALEM—article BRUCE JAY FRIEDMAN 94 DIAN PARKINSON, COME ON DOWN!—pictorial 102 FAHRVERGNUGEN—fiction JANE SMILEY 106 PLAYBOY'S CHRISTMAS GIFT COLLECTION 114 WOMEN IN UNDERWEAR—fiction STEPHEN WOLF 118 HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS—fashion HOLLIS WAYNE 124 LET'S HEAR IT FOR WOODY—playboy profile MORDECAI RICHLER 128 HOW TO ARGUE—article MICHAEL CRICHTON 130 FAIR AND WENDY—playboy's playmate of the month 142 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humor 144 THE GENIUS WAITRESS TOM ROBBINS 146 A SINGLE GUY'S GUIDE TO SKIING 152 WHAT WE GET BY GIVING—article WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY, JR. 156 ISABELLE—pictorial 163 GOOD KING WENCESLAUS—humor J B. HANDELSMAN 164 KWOON—fiction CHARLES JOHNSON 166 20 QUESTIONS: JOE PESCI 170 PLAYBOY'S GUIDE TO HOLIDAY DEPORTMENT—article GLENN O'BRIEN 172 THE CHRISTMAS HIT LIST 174 A ROSE BY ANOTHER NAME—article ROGER KAHN 178 SEX STARS 1991—pictorial text by JIM HARWOOD 190 PLAYBOY JAll & ROCK POLL 241 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE