Playboy December 1998

COVER STORY Katarina Witt doesn't need to be on ice skates to score a perfect 10. For a holiday treat, the Olympic gold medal winner steps off the ice and communes with mother nature. She didn't melt—but you might. Our cover was produced by West Coast Photo Editor Marilyn Grabowski, photographed by Stephen Wayda and styled by Jennifer Tutor. Katarina's hair and makeup were styled by Alexis Vogel for the Fred Segal Agency. Our Rabbit can't resist a winner. 7 PLAYBILL 15 DEAR PLAYBOY 19 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS 21 MOVIES by LEONARD MALTIN 24 VIDEO 28 MUSIC 32 WIRED 36 BOOKS 37 MEN by ASA BABER 45 MANTRACK 49 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 53 THE PLAYBOY FORUM 63 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: DAVID DUCHOVNY—candid conversation 82 THE LAST MAN OF LETTERS—fiction JOYCE CAROL OATES 89 INSIDE THE PLAYBOY MANSION—article BILL ZEHME 100 THE SECRETS WE KEEP—article BRUCE JAY FRIEDMAN 104 WORK OUT LIKE MIKE—fitness BOB CONDOR 106 PHIL HARTMAN'S GUIDE TO THE HOLIDAY OFFICE PARTY—humor PHIL HARTMAN with ROBERT CRANE 109 PLAYBOY'S CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE 114 RACING THE SAVAGE ATLANTIC—adventure REG POTTERTON 118 METEOROLOGICAL MAYHEM!—article MICHAEL PARRISH 124 THREE'S COMPANY—playboy's playmates of the month, Dahm Triplets 138 PARTY JOKES—humor 140 IT IS AN ANCIENT MARINER—fiction ETHAN COEN 142 PLAYBOY'S TEN BEST DRESSED MEN FOR 1998—fashion HOLLIS WAYNE 149 IN THE COMPANY OF MEN: THE LOST SCENE NEIL LABUTE 150 THE CLERK, THE GIRL AND THE HAND JOB—profile STEPHAN TALTY 154 SEX STARS 1988—pictorial text by GRETCHEN EDGREN 164 CELEBRITY CHRISTMAS CAROLS—humor ROBERT S. WIEDER 167 LITTLE ANNIE FANNY—cartoon RAY LAGO and BILL SCHORR 170 20 QUESTIONS: GORE VIDAL 173 USING THE WEB—money CHRISTOPHER BYRON 174 FIRE & ICE—pictorial text by KATARINA WITT 184 ARE YOU TIRED OF YOUR GIRLFRIEND?—quiz GAVIN EDWARDS 195 WHERE & HOW TO BUY 227 PLAYMATE NEWS 231 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE