COVER STORY
Recognize the hand on the cottontail thief on the left? Right! It's Burt Bunny,
a.k.a. Reynolds, the subject of this month's Playboy Interview. Mr. Bunny's detailed
companion is Gig Gangel, a forthcoming Playmate of the Month. If you like our
cover picture of Burt goofing off (photographed by Mario Casilli), you can see
more on page 69.
5 PLAYBILL
13 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY
17 DEAR PLAYBOY
23 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS
28 MOVIES
32 BOOKS
36 TELEVISION
38 DINING & DRINKING
43 MUSIC
47 COMING ATTRACTIONS
51 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR
59 THE PLAYBOY FORUM
67 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: Burt Reynolds—candid conversation
In a very personal, and sometimes rocky, encounter with veteran PLAYBOY interviewer
Lawrence Linderman, the man other men envy makes fun of his macho image, reviews
the ups and downs of his career and talks frankly about his romances with Dinah
Shore and Sally Field.
96 THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG—article Norman Mailer
The first installment of a three-part excerpt from Mailer's new book, a gripping
portrait of the late Gary Gilmore. In this segment, Mailer describes the transformation
of Gilmore from a quiet, polite child into a paranoid ex-con with drug problems,
sexual hang-ups and a psychopathic personality.
103 PLAYBOY'S FALL AND WINTER FASHION FORECAST—attire David PLATT
For the first time, we're forecasting in two parts. This month, we preview trends
in suits, sports jackets and outerwear. Watch for part two next month to get a
peek at the new looks in casualwear.
112 SNAKE HEAD—fiction LYNDA LEIDIGER
Wearing a reptilian Halloween mask turned her into a woman of Mystery, so she
decided not to take it off.
114 "APOCALYPSE" FINALLY—pictorial
A preview of Francis Ford Coppola's $30,500,000 (and long overdue) epic about
the insanity of war and the girls who make it almost bearable.
123 AND THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS, 1980-1989—humor CHRISTOPHER CERF, TONY HENDRA
and PETER ELBLING
Move over, George Orwell. Here are three guys who've really got the line on the
Eighties, and if only half of their advance nostalgia proves prescient, we're
in for a humorously disastrous decade.
126 BEAR BRYANT'S MIRACLES—sports Richard Price
There's something about the Alabama coach that makes even nonfootball players
want to go out and kill just for his approval, which may explain why he's won
284 football games in his career.
128 DEUTSCH TREAT—playboy's playmate of the month
First discovered by staffers from the German edition of PLAYBOY, Ursula Buchfellner
used to work in a Munich pastry shop; this cupcake is obviously headed for bigger
things now.
140 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humor
142 THE TOP OF THE HILL—fiction IRWIN SHAW
In the conclusion of our excerpt of Shaw's latest novel, daredevil Michael meets
his toughest challenge: coming to grips with himself and his marriage.
144 SAUCE FROM THE APPLE—drink EMANUEL GREENBERG
Autumn is the season for apples—and the delicious hot and cold drinks made
from their juice.
148 THE DIET—humor Shel Silverstein
Trying to lose weight is like being in a fight, and very few men can confidently
predict (6 la Ali), "Fat will fall in four," when they face the bathroom
scales each morning.
150 PINT-SIZED POWERHOUSES—modern living
The Village People introduce you to the best of those new, powerful little hi-fi
speakers.
154 THE MAN WHO DESTROYED TELEVISION—opinion GARY DEEB
That's a tough rap to lay on one guy, but according to the author—the controversial
TV columnist for the Chicago Tribune—NBC's Fred Silverman deserves it.
218 TUNING IN ON THE NEW TV TECHNOLOGY ....JIM HARWOOD
157 BUNNIES OF '79—pictorial
Once again, we've brought those beautiful cottontails out of the Clubs into our
magazine for a closer look.
167 THE FIERCE MACHINE—ribald classic JOHN CLELAND
171 PLAYBOY FUNNIES—humor
175 PLAYBOY'S PIPELINE
Man & work, combating car thefts, charter yachting in the Caribbean.
225 HARE APPAREL—pictorial
We asked eight top fashion designers to dream up new Bunny costumes and here are
the results.
234 PLAYBOY POTPOURRI
263 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE
Alarms, slacks, flasks.
