Playboy (USA) Magazine Back Issue, February 1981
Playboy February 1981 Magazine ISSN: 0032-1478
COVER STORY
Valentine greetings from Playmates Terri Welles, Candy Loving and Sondra Theodore,
three of the sweetest roommates you'll ever meet. Executive Art Director Tom Staebler
assembled some of the girls mementos and photographed the cover montage. Mario
Casilli takes honors for both the cover portrait and Playmate Roommates (page
132), featuring this terrific trio at work and play.
5 PLAYBILL
11 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY
13 DEAR PLAYBOY
21 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS
27 MUSIC
Here we go, folks: another nostalgia quiz, plus a talk with The Police.
32 BOOKS
The story behind Three Mile Island; Graham Greene pens a fascinatinc autobiography.
36 MOVIES
Sinatra comes back strong, but Bo returns in a banal farce.
44 TELEVISION
Due soon on the tube: Steinbeck, bomb squads and a terrific art course.
45 COMING ATTRACTIONS
Chuck Barris is at it again; Fondas, father and daughter, finally get together.
46 PLAYBOY'S TRAVEL GUIDE STEPHEN BIRNBAUM
How to holiday in style by renting a luxurious condo.
51 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR
55 THE PLAYBOY FORUM
63 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: TOM SNYDER—candid conversation
The irrepressible mouth that keeps millions awake is at the peak of his 25-year
career in broadcasting. The Tomorrow show's loquacious host unleashes his opinions
on the TV industry, on prime-time audiences' infatuation with T&A, pornography
and NBC boss man Fred Silverman (whose job Snyder wouldn't mind having).
84 THE TECHNOLOGY WAR: BEHIND JAPANESE LINES—article PETER ROSS RANGE
Pearl Harbor was only the beginning. The Japanese are winning the technology war
and showing no signs of battle fatigue. No wonder they're smiling all the way
to the bank. How do they do it and what does it mean to the West?
87 NOBODY KNOWS US BETTER
We love gadgets from Tokyo, and boy, do they know us over there.
195 DETROIT: BORN AGAIN
Motown's auto makers are singing hallelujah and gearing up.
196 DETROIT FIGHTS BACK
Madison Avenue spells r-e-l-i-e-f for the industry.
90 David BAILEY'S MODEL WIFE—pictorial
Delectable Marie Helvin is featured in a witty, erotic pictorial by world-famous
photographer Bailey, who knows a beauty when he sees one—especially when
she's his wife.
96 LIFE INSIDE THE CARTER STATE DEPARTMENT—memoir NODDING CARTER III
After November's Republican landslide, it's obvious the public has had enough
of the Democrats' inconsistent foreign policy. Who was to blame? The President
or a heated Vance/Brzezinski rivalry? Former State Department press spokesman
Hodding -Carter III reflects on the policies and personalities that were destined
to fail.
99 NO STRANGER IN PARADISE—attire David PLATT
A splendid array of casual but elegant resortwear guaranteed to send you—in
style.
104 ASK A SILLY QUESTION—fiction DONALD E. WESTLAKE
In this droll Mystery, a highly unlikely pair of accomplices team up for a weighty
caper: the theft of a 500-pound Rodin sculpture.
106 LONE STAR LADY—playboy's playmate of the month
Not all Texans are rhinestone cowboys or country-music -fans. Vicki Lasseter's
particular fondness is for contests. In our opinion, she's a real winner.
118 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humor
120 THE SKY'S THE MITI—article DANNY GOODMAN
Test your reflexes against one of these amazing new electronic games. Then say
toys are for kids.
124 DEEP IN WITH David CARRADINE—personality LAURENCE GONZALES
He was disarmingly tough in TV's Kung Fu and a cool hero in the film The Long
Riders. We went to Hollywood to see how Carradine handles himself in real life
and got treated to a rare performance; that is, if you call a serious car crash
a performance.
128 MIDDLE-SIZE SEXY—modern living
Sure, mid-size bikes are affordable and practical. But sexy, too? Take a look.
131 CRONKITE'S LAST STAND—humor RON POWERS
The most trusted man in America will soon sign off as TV's favorite news anchor.
A veteran news watcher and Pulitzer Prize winner envisions the scene as an old
Western movie, featuring an all-star CBS news team lined up to bid Walter farewell
as he rides off into the sunset.
132 PLAYMATE ROOMMATES—pictorial
Imagine: not one, not two, but three lovely Playmates living under the same roof.
Terri Welles, Candy Loving and Sondra Theodore are the sort of tenants that make
landlords favor rent control.
143 STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT—ribald classic
144 THE YEAR IN SEX—pictorial
It's been another remarkable year for observing sexual trends. Provocative blue-jeans
ads launched wash-and-wear eroticism while self-appointed moral cruSaders made
censorship a religious calling. What's really happening with sex this year, though,
is on your home screen.
157 PLAYBOY FUNNIES—humor
163 PLAYBOY'S PIPELINE
Man & Work: how to survive a business trip.
200 PLAYBOY POTPOURRI
209 PLAYBOY'S NEW AGE PRIMER
The new technologies offer investment opportunities galore.
217 PLAYBOY PUZZLE
221 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE
Khaki Goes Mufti; The Joy of Socks; gadgets; Grapevine and Sex News.
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