FEATURES 86 WE LIKE TO WATCH BEAT TO-A-PULP FICTION
Pro wrestling used to be good guys versus bad guys. Now it's bad guys versus demonic psycho maniacs. Bless this blood sport's evil little 350-pound soul.
96 COVER GIRL Lucy Lawless
We go one-on-one with Lucy Flawless...er, Lucy Bra-less... uh, you know, Xena.
104 AUTO FOCUS
CLEAN YOUR MACHINE!
There's a science to car detailing that's as sophisticated as particle physics.
Apply it and your ride will look fresh off the lot.
108 PLEASURE AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS
PRANKS FOR THE MEMORIES
We salute our favorite holiday, April 1—the one day that comes with a license
to be stupid. Sixteen fast ones to pull on your friends, loved ones, and pets.
114 FALLING PIANOS
HE GAVE DEATH THE FINGER
Bill Goss has had 21 documented brushes with death. Fun guy!
120 MAXIM MINX Alison Eastwood
Clint's darling daughter makes our pistols hang any which way but loose.
128 PROS AND CONS
PEN PALS
Now you don't have to go to prison to see what it's like: real letters, real violence,
real Dad food, and other jailhouse fun—all straight from the mouths of inmates
themselves.
136 COME HERE OFTEN?
DON'T SAY THAT!
Every guy has made an ass of himself attempting to pick up women. Three gorgeous
girls tell us the worst lines they've heard. Any sound familiar?
140 MUSIC APPRECIATION
WILD COUNTRY
Nashville's newest crop of cowgirls sing like angels—and look like Charlie's
Angels.
146 FASHION
.. INTO THE BLUES
Wear these great new jeans and...you'll have pants on. COLUMNS
62 GRIND
DON'T BLOW IT, BIG SHOT
There are seven things a manager should never do. Learn what they are and give
us a full report by 5 P.M. tomorrow or you're fired.
64 SPORTS
"I RAN ONTO THE FIELD"
Ever sit in the stands at a ball game and dream of running onto the diamond? Josh
Dixon actually did it, and more than 30,000 fans approved. Park security didn't.
68 SAYS HER
GOING DOWNTOWN
Double agent Ruby Winston gives us the It down on the go-down. Adopt her techniqc.
and you'll have to install handgrips on you lady's thighs.
154 GET DRESSED
SHIRTING THE ISSUES
What's the difference between a killer business shirt and the ones most of us
deskbound schleps wear? Our anatomical chart explains all.
156 STUFF
THE GAG REFLEX
Did you honestly think we'd send you out
unarmed on the first of April? If it's obnoxious, smells bad, goes pop, or makes
people feel like gullible dopes, it's in here.
192 SPECIAL SECTION
APRIL FOOLS' PUZZLE PAGE
We received more than 2,300 letters asking for an April Fools' Day puzzle page.
Here it is: Play "Find the Hidden Meat Loaf," "What's Wrong with
This Midget?" and other brainteasers. DEPARTMENTS
30 CIRCUS MAXIMUS
Ugly critters you can eat, a babe who draws babes, and how to pose as a magazine
editor (as if we knew). Maxim also answers the age-old questions "If he wanted,
could Bill Gates buy a battleship?" "And could we sink it?"
58 TOY CHEST
Gadgets no grown-up three-year-old should be without
72 HANG TIME
Our cut-through-the-crap guide to the latest movies, music, television, video
games, and books
160 INSERT CAPTION HERE
A contest to see if you're as sick and twisted as our editors
