Penthouse November 1979

COVER Pet of the Year Photo by Bob Guccione 6 HOUSECALL Introduction 10 FORUM Correspondence 52 FEEDBACK Opinion 58 CALL ME MADAM Counsel by Xaviera Hollander 67 VIEW FROM THE TOP Comment by Marilyn Stasio 68 SCENES Bill Steigerwald 70 FILMS Roger Greenspun 72 WORDS Emily Prager 73 SOUNDS Robert Palmer 76 THE PANAMA CANAL SELLOUT Article by Edward Rasen 84 THE UNMAKING OF A SITCOM Article by Ben Stein 92 SIGMUND FREUD Humor by Ralph Steadman 106 ALTERNATIVE CANCER THERAPIES Article by Gary Null with Anne Pitrone 113 DANIELLE GINIBRE Pet of the Month, Photos by Malinowski 132 VIETNAM VETERANS ADVISER Service 134 THE 55-MPH SPEED LIMIT IS A COLOSSAL FARCE Essay by Patrick Bedard 136 RUDE FOOD Pictorial by David Thorpe 142 THE ZEBRA MURDERS Article by Clark Howard 146 THROUGH A LENS SHARPLY Service by Ivan Berger 150 THE ALBATROSS Fiction by Stanislaw Lem 158 PET OF THE YEAR: Cheryl Rixon Pictorial by Bob Guccione 176 EDWARD KUZNETSOV Interview by Craig S. Karpel 182 OVERTURE FOR OVERCOATS Fashion by Ed Emmerling 187 THREE-WAY ISLAND Humor by Robert S. Wieder 192 ARE YOU A GAMBLER? Quiz by Frank Donegan 214 PET OF THE YEAR GIFTS Service 233 A CONVERSATION WITH MAX Interview by David Rorvik 234 SENSUOUS SAAB Service by Wade Hoyt 236 OH, WICKED WANDA! Satire by Frederic Mullally/Ron Embleton