Playboy (USA) Magazine Back Issue, May 1980
Playboy May 1980 Magazine ISSN: 0032-1478
COVER STORY
The skies aren't just friendly, they're positively huggable when United Airlines'
Terri Knepper is your flight attendant. Contributing Photographer Arny Freytag
photographed Terri and pinned the emblem of our own Cottontail Airlines on her
lapel. Hmm. Could we say the Rabbit wings improve her looks by a hare?
5 PLAYBILL
13 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY
19 DEAR PLAYBOY
29 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS
34 TELEVISION
Henry Fonda scores in a change-of-pace role; Masterpiece Theatre continues its
Anglophile ways; Ann-Margret rises above her material.
37 MUSIC
A visit with J. D. Souther; psychedelic poster legend revealed.
43 MOVIES
In a so-so month for film, Cruising and American Gigolo disappoint our critic.
49 BOOKS
Everything you're going to need to know about computers; another Robert Ludlum
thriller.
50 COMING ATTRACTIONS
New films ahead for Mariette Hartley, Alan Arkin, William Holden and Ricky Schroder;
Lee Majors is looking to switch his image.
52 PLAYBOY'S TRAVEL GUIDE STEPHEN BIRNBAUM
Inns that provide the comforts of the old South in the new one.
56 A REVIEWER'S NOTEBOOK: "THY NEIGHBOR'S WIFE"—opinicn JOHN LEONARD
61 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR
65 THE PLAYBOY FORUM
75 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: Gay Talese—candid conversation
The author of the blockbuster new book (soon to be several movies) Thy Neighbor's
Wife tells veteran PLAYBOY interviewer Larry DuBois about his eight-year exploration
of America's sexual mores, the people he thinks are American sex pioneers and
the effects of his research on his personal life.
118 THE ISLAM CONNECTION—article.. BRUCE Michael GANS and WALTER L. LOWE
Imam Wallace D. Muhammad has transformed what was once the Black Muslim cult into
the largest orthodox Moslem community in America, and for that reason alone, you
ought to know about him. The Arabs certainly do.
122 ETIQUETTE FOR THE EIGHTIES—humor BRUCE FEIRSTEIN
This indispenSable guide to deportment answers such questions as Which drugs to
take with which foods? Is there a proper way to invite your friends to a V.D.
clinic? What does one wear to a nuclear meltdown? And so on.
125 THE (SUR)REAL MISS WORLD—pictorial
Silvana Suarez, former Miss Argentina, lends her statuesque form to our interpretations
of the works of painter Rene Magritte.
132 SEX IN AMERICA: BOSTON—article KEN BODE
Boston was hip-deep in the first American Revolution, but it barely has its toes
in the second—the sexual one. Still, repression can be fun.
138 POCKET PICKINGS—attire
Whether you're stowing a wallet or a passport folder, there's nothing like the
feel of good leather.
140 PAPAGENO—fiction ASA BABER
There were a lot of deadly creatures in the desert. He was one of them.
142 CELESTIAL BEAUTY—playboy's playmate of the month
In an issue chock-full of stewardesses, Martha Thomsen is our number-one highflying
bird. This is your boarding pass to the centerfold. Enjoy your trip.
154 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humor
156 SPORTING PROPOSITIONS—attire David PLATT
Sports coats are coming back strong, so get in on the action!
163 LE ROY NEIMAN SKETCHBOOK: FEMALE GROOMS
164 THE TOUGHEST JOB IN SPORTS—article JAY STULLER
Is it harder to be a catcher? A boxer? Goalie for a bad hockey team? Depends on
what you call cruel and unusual punishment.
166 PERFECT ATTENDANTS—pictorial
When it comes to moving our tail or doing what we do best, we're ready when you
are, transporting nearly two dozen airborne ladies (and a couple of guys) from
the friendly skies to 12 of our excitingly down-to-earth pages.
179 CHLOE'S CANDLE—ribald classic
181 OPENING GAMBITS—drink EMANUEL GREENBERG
Aperitifs can be great preludes to spring—and to a good meal.
184 THE YEAR IN MOVIES
Who needs the Oscars? Here's our pick of 1979's cinematic highs and lows.
192 MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE DUDE RANCH—travel STEPHEN BIRNBAUM
For a romantic, folksy, down-home vacation, there's nothing better (or more relaxing)
than these getaway spreads for urban cowboys and cowgirls.
196 PLAYBOY FUNNIES—humor
207 PLAYBOY'S PIPELINE
Man & Work, stock-market newsletters, the best ways to learn a second language.
244 PLAYBOY POTPOURRI
263 KAPLAN'S PHALLUSIES—humor Ervin L. Kaplan
265 PLAYBOY'S NEW AGE PRIMER
The missing half of the universe, psychic archaeology goes pro, putting the '
lacu)pressure on herpes.
284 PLAYBOY PUZZLE
289 LITTLE Annie FANNYsatire. .. HARVEY KURTZMAN and WILL ELDER
293 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE
Traveling timepieces, brief summer attire, an office racquetball court, Grapevine
and Sex News.
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