6 Hyapatia Lee's Lip Service Porn star pagans and passionate powwows. 8 Sex International News
Horny happenings from around the globe.
12 Rusty Lee-Bikini-Free
Tiny two-piece must come off.
20 Pump It Up, Pump It In
Workout wench gets drilled on bench.
30 Miss Nude Galaxy Contest
Nudes were poppin' at the Ponderosa.
36 The Incredible Lure of T. T. Galore
Double-T means "Titanic Thingamajugs."
42 Slutty Tie Clip-Ons
Hate wearing ties? Try these on for size.
44 CHERI Tart of the Month
Kimberly Kupps-her cups runneth over and over.
52 The Adventures of Bunny Jo
Cartoon poon-nude gambling and raunchy roulette.
54 Homebodies
They love to be drooled over.
56 Jug Of War
Trinity Loren and Heidi Hooters butt boobs.
64 Dirty Dish
C'mon and lick her clean.
70 X-TV Video Reviews
Koop your dick on the pulse of hardcore.
98 Coming Next Month
More tits, more gazongas- all BIG, all next issue.
EDITORIAL NOTE
IT AIN'T EASY BEING SLEAZY
The CHERI staff sure was happy to see that Indiana law has finally let up some
and returned to the policy of allowing entertainers to perform in the nude. That's right, this year's Ponderosa Sun Club's Nudes-A-Poppin' festival-the highlight of which is the ever-popular Miss Nude Galaxy Contest-marked the first time in four years that the performers were permitted to do their acts all-nude.
Going back a-ways, the Ponderosa (located in Roselawn, Indiana) has been a quiet,
low-profile nudist colony, which, twice a year, hosts its Nudes-A-Poppin' festivals, which CHERI has traditionally covered. The girls-mostly strippers from the Midwest and sometimes Canada-appeared completely nude during their acts
and while wandering around between performances. There was never a problem and
these shows were extremely popular with audiences, who came from near and far,
armed with cameras. Visitors were even encouraged to photograph the contestants,
who, after their acts, would parade around and pose on wooden stands for the appreciative crowds.
A little ways down the road, the Ponderosa's Roselawn neighbor, Naked City, was
having "image problems." It was said that things were going on there
that the law didn't approve of. Naked City was harassed and forced to close down,
later going through a period of reopenings under different names and different
management. To help curb what they felt were "indiscretions," Indiana
lawmakers prohibited total nudity in clubs. Although the Ponderosa had never posed any problems whatsoever, for the sake of consistency under the law, it, too, could no longer permit total nudity during its festivals.
For about three summers, the Ponderosa contestants had to strut their stuff in
G-strings and-this is the ridiculous part-because the girls couldn't
completely expose their nipples, they had to wear clear-colored bandages wrapped
around their nipples. It was okay for their areolas (the areas around the nipple)
to be bare, but they had to cover the actual tittie-ball. Well, after a while,
the crowds that used to come to the festivals thinned out and things just weren't
the same.
Well, nudity's in again! We're happy to tell you that the Nudes-A-Poppin' festival of 1990 was the first show since '86 to allow total nudity-and my, are we glad of it! The results of the show can be seen in our pictorial, photographed
by Bob Ferguson, on page 30. Enjoy!
Features in This Issue
Covergirl T.T. Galore (Nude)
The Biggest Breasts Allowed By Law
G-Cup Gymnast Caught Giving Head Over Heels
Rusty Lee - Bikini-Free
The Adventures Of Bunny Jo
About Cheri
The adult magazine, Cheri started publishing in 1976.
Peter Wolff was the brains behind Cheri magazine. God knows, he had the experience and the track record. By 1976, he had already worked on magazines such as Rogue, Topper, Bachelor, Ace, Follies, Frolic, Gala, Tab, Vue, Jaguar, Duke, Stud, Escapade, Daily Girl, Caper, and Gallery, to name but a few. He’d even been the editor of rival magazine High Society.
As indicated in Taschen’s History of Men’s Magazines, “Publishers would hire Peter to start a magazine, and while his magazine would be incredibly innovative and profitable, he’d be partying and obviously having way too much fun. As part of his deal with any publisher, he always insisted on a tab at a convenient bar, with his own table. He was a compulsive gambler and four-pack-a-day smoker. His office was littered with betting stubs, cigarette butts, take-out food, random slides, and manuscripts. His t-shirts and jeans were stained, and his long gray hair was often unwashed: he was fat and not particularly handsome. And yet he managed to have sex with most of the models, through his immense charm and intelligence. He never believed a publisher could fire him, but eventually the drinking, the arrogance, plus spending tons and tons of money, would always be too much for them. So they’d dump him… and get his great ideas.”
But to view Wolff as purely an adult magazine veteran is to underestimate and undervalue him. His first experience as an editor was on a student newspaper at Queens College, when he was active in the Women’s Liberation and Civil Rights Movements, even risking his life in black voter registration drives in the South. He became involved in the world of counter-cultural publications in the late 1960s, before becoming involved in erotic magazines. But Wolff differed from the vision of porn magnates like Hugh Hefner and Bob Guccione in that he had little time for the fantasy world of the beautiful people. He was fascinated in the sexual interests of common men – and their wives. He wanted to democratize the content and involve the readers directly in the magazines he produced.
In early 1976, Carl Ruderman needed a figurehead to divert attention from his position as publisher. He hired Peter Wolff – but Wolff suggested he appoint a nominal female 'publisher' instead. And not just any female – he wanted a glamorous woman already associated with the New York sex scene. Wolff suggested adult film actress Bree Anthony, star of porno hits Oriental Blue, The Vixens of Kung Fu, Highway Hookers, and others. Appointing Bree Anthony proved a smart idea – and selecting her eventual successor, adult film actress Gloria Leonard, an even smarter one.
Wolff was fired by Ruderman after the first two issues, May and June 1976, but soon found a home at Cheri, the magazine that would prove to be his most lasting success.
About the Publisher, Cheri
Magna Publishing Group, Inc. is an American publishing company headquartered in Paramus, New Jersey. Founded in 1975, the company publishes a number of magazine titles and is one of the largest publishers of pornographic magazines in the United States with titles such as Cheri, Club, Swank, Genesis, Gallery, Gent, as well as "nearly 60 total adult titles". The company has only 1 to 10 employees. On December 22, 2015, Magna Publishing Group was purchased by 1-800-PHONESEX for an undisclosed amount.
