COVER STORY
This month's angel got her wings clipped with the fall of Charlie's Angels, but that's nothing to harp about for sexy tigress Tanya Roberts; the TV screen was too small to frame her symmetry. Now she burns bright in the forests of a film called The Beastmaster and throws down her spears for our portfolio unfolding on page 150. Contributing Photographer Richard Fegley caught the beastmistress in his sights for our cover. Tanya says she's more involved with her body than with her face, but both drew roars from us.
5 PLAYBILL
13 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY
15 DEAR PLAYBOY
25 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS
Giving good headlines; Checking In with TRON's Master Control Program.
30 BOOKS
Fall reading to fall for; new looks at two kings; and a new Book Bag.
34 MOVIES
The writhing Pythons; a ton of bricks in The Wall; and more.
40 MUSIC
Taking stock of Gary U.S. Bonds; post-Eagles Glenn Frey.
42 BOOK ESSAY
An intimate interview with the very visible Ralph Ellison.
44 COMING ATTRACTIONS
Will Superman dump Lois for auld Lang syne? Can Benny Hill replace Brooke Shields?
47 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR
53 DEAR PLAYMATES
55 THE PLAYBOY FORUM
63 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: Robin Williams—candid conversation
Bruised by Popeye, alienated from Mork & Mindy, he's hoping to bring the
world a-pouring to Garp. In a discussion spanning hyperspace and hypoglyceMia,
twilight and erogenous zones, the never-exterminated Orkan man shows why he's
a great white comedian.
88 SPACE—fiction JAMES MICHENER
Two explorers, the Stars and Stripes on their shoulders, labor on the far side
of the moon, under the furnace in the sky. They know its rays can bleach bones
like no desert sun's. Will they live to fly another day?
94 THE GIRLS OF JAPAN—pictorial essay
Go East, young man—or at least orient yourself in that direction. That's
where you'll find some of the most celestial bodies on earth.
102 FEAR OF FAGGOTRY: GROWING UP IN THE SEMINARY—memoir PAUL HENDRICKSON
The priestly vow of celibacy can turn a young man's confusion into pure agony.
A courageous, personal account of emerging sexuality.
106 SOUND JUDGMENT—THE SECOND TIME AROUND—article NORMAN EISENBERG
Here's a sonic boon for anybody who's highly faithful to high fidelity.
108 MODEL CITIZEN—playboy's playmate of the month
She's so shy, but Marianne-gravatte-porn-st">Marianne Gravatte's the kind who's sure to catch—and
hold—your eye.
120 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humor
122 MURDER IN MARIN COUNTY—article RICHARD LEVINE
Blood is thicker than water; that makes it harder to wash from the walls. A
chilling story of addled adolescents and preoccupied adults—how they lived
and how they died.
125 PLAYBOY'S FALL AND WINTER FASHION FORECAST—attire David PLATT
Punctuate that cold-weather period with a little contemporary dash—just
enough to lead the ladies to the exclamation point.
132 20 QUESTIONS: JOHN LE BOUTILLIER
After calling Charles Percy a wimp and Pat Moynihan a drunk, he figured it was
time to stop beating around the bush. The most outspoken member of Congress
tells us about the bugs in his office, the sex around the House and the lust
(for power) in his heart.
134 FIRST SONGS—parody SCOTT FIVELSON
Songwriters have to start small, as anyone who's heard Burp Me Tender or I Wanna
Hold Your Pacifier will tell you. Phonohistorian Fivelson cooks up a rasher
of diaper ditties from the wee Wonder, the just-sprung Springsteen and even
the cribbed Kristofferson.
137 PLAYING DOCTOR—humor
Many of our memorable medicine men majored in comparative anatomy. Now you can
check in on their most sensational checkups.
142 DAPHNE'S TUNE—fiction FRANCOIS CAMOIN
Eli and Marty, just a couple of buddies in a bar, find that when life gets you
by the short hairs, it doesn't let go without twisting things a little.
144 SEX ON CAMPUS 1982—article
Neocollegians may be neoconservative, but they check their conservatism at the
bedroom door. Here's an exclusive—and surprising—look at all the
students still taking positions.
150 TANYA—personality BRUCE WILLIAMSON
Tawny Tanya Roberts took TV by storm as Charlie's most heavenly Angel, but then
the show went into limbo and its stars fell from sight. Not Tanya.
161 THE SWORD POLISHER'S SECRET—ribald classic
164 PLAYBOY FUNNIES—humor
198 PLAYBOY POTPOURRI
225 LITTLE Annie FANNY—satire . . HARVEY KURTZMAN and WILL ELDER
229 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE
Magnificent binoculars; keyboards to blow your fuse; Grapevine; Sex News.
