Playboy March 2004

COVER STORY Pay-per-view has never been so worthwhile. The WWE's sexiest wrestlers, Torrie Wilson and Sable, are sometimes enemies in the ring. But they were fun and frisky for Senior Contributing Photographer Arny Freytag. Both women have appeared separately in PLAYBOY, but this is their first clothes-barred match on our pages. Our Rabbit can be a real heel. FEATURES 64 A DOG'S TALE Having slapped handcuffs on more than 6,000 fugitives, Duane "Dog" Chapman is the world's greatest bounty hunter. So when Max Factor heir Andrew Luster fled the U.S. after being arraigned on rape charges, Dog followed his scent to Mexico and wound up tangling with the federales. An exclusive day-by-day account. BY KENT BLACK 80 THE AGONY AND ECSTASY OF ALEXANDER SHULGIN This secretive chemistry wizard and former professor is the most important counter-cultural figure you've never heard of. He brought ecstasy to America, and a government raid hasn't stopped him from inventing—and ingesting—hundreds of other serotonin-enhancing drugs. Now he finally goes public about his rabid inner circle, his love-hate relationship with the DEA and how the future of human evolution will come about through psychedelic drugs. BY MARK BOAL 86 LAST-DITCH STUNT POLITICS Nothing proved the power of the photo op better than W's aircraft carrier stunt complete with flight suit and MISSION ACCOMPLISHED banner Now down to the wire, Democratic candidates will have to stage some electrifying public events of their own. Here are a few suggestions, starting with a Dick "Britney" Gephardt and Joe "Madonna" Lieberman make-out session. 113 CENTERFOLDS ON SEX: CHRISTI SHAKE Kiss a woman right and you may win a trip to Fantasy Island. 114 MUD WARRIORS We test the best new off-road cars, bikes and motorcycles on the dirtiest trails in the country. You'll need to hose yourself down after this report. BY JAMES R. PETERSEN 120 THE HOLY GRAIL Some people collect baseball cards. Some people collect stamps. And some people fill their garages with the world's greatest collections of barf bags, empty beer cans and serial-killer artwork. Welcome to the world of the truly obsessed. BY DAVID PFISTER 138 20Q WILLIAM PETERSEN On CSI, Petersen stars as head of the Las Vegas police department's crime investigations unit, which studies rotting corpses the way other people study a menu. But our evidence suggests he's nothing like the just-the-facts scientist you see on the tube. He believes in reincarnation, once passed out at the sight of his own blood and has been on the wrong side of the law himself. BY STEPHEN REBELLO FICTION 76 GUTS This excruciatingly vivid story of one man's adventures in self-gratification makes the authors Fight Club look like Bambi. BY CHUCK PALAHNIUK INTERVIEW 59 JIM CARREY The comedian with 1,000 faces refuses to be Hollywood's clown. In the Playboy Interview he reveals the monk behind The Mask. Carrey talks about his asceticism, saYs The Truman Show turned out to be prophetic, explains his approach to sex and describes the message he'd inscribe on a bomb. BY MICHAEL FLEMING PICTORIALS 70 CYBER DREAMS Every week our website features a new naked beauty. Now we expose our bare-bottom favorites to another medium—the printed page. 90 PLAYMATE: SANDRA HUBBY Miss March rides tractors, helicopters and jets. Welcome aboard. 126 NO HOLDS BARRED And no clothes allowed. Get in the ring with the WWE's hottest stars, Torrie Wilson and Sable. NOTES AND NEWS 15 PLAYBOY'S CELEBRATION IN VEGAS Het Paris Hilton and Carmen Electra ante up and party down at the Palms Casino Resort. 51 THE PLAYBOY FORUM Jose Padilla's vanishing act, the spooky similarities between the invasions of Iraq by the British in 1920 and the U.S. in 2003, and oddball lobbyists. 163 PLAYMATE NEWS Cameron Diaz plays a Playmate, and Brande Roderick stars in Starsky & Hutch. DEPARTMENTS 3 PLAYBILL 19 DEAR PLAYBOY 23 AFTER HOURS 41 PLAYBOY TV 42 PLAYBOY.COM 45 MANTRACK 49 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR 102 PARTY JOKES 160 WHERE AND HOW TO BUY 167 ON THE SCENE 168 GRAPEVINE 170 POTPOURRI FASHION 104 STRONG SUITS Warm weather is no obstacle to looking cool—even when the occasion calls for dressing up. BY JOSEPH DE ACETIS REVIEWS 33 MOVIES Actors who make laughable porn stars; the kicking conclusion to Kill Bill. 36 DVDS Give a standing ovation to School of Rock; tolerate Intolerable Cruelty. 37 MUSIC Rock out to Incubus; run with the Walkmen. 39 GAMES Basketball's greatest take it to the hoop in NBA Ballers; Kristen Miller gives oral—to the first-ever voice-controlled action game. 40 BOOKS Kinky Friedman kinks up Hitchcock; a look at the regular guy behind a cult; the true tale of a Boy Scout who built a nuclear reactor.