 | Playmate of the Month: Gig Gangel, photographed by Ken Marcus Island Lady | Ever fantasize about finding the girl of your dreams on a deserted isle? Meet Gig Gangel |
 | The World Of Playboy (with Playmates, Gig Gangel, Henriette Allais, Michele Drake, Sondra Theodore and Victoria Cooke) |
| Dear Playboy | |
| Playboy After Hours | |
| Playboy Advisor | |
| Playboy Forum | |
 | Playboy Interview: Steve Martin | A candid conversation with the immensely popular comedian about life and laughter and arrows through a prematurely gray head |
 | Article: The San Francisco Experience | Here in what has been called the country’s gay mecca, the straight community finally lets its fear and loathing out of the closet, by Nora Gallagher |
 | Pictorial Essay: Playboy’s Pajama Parties | Hef’s invitations are in the mail, but you don’t have to wait — just turn the page and join the revelry, by Jim Harwood |
 | Fiction: My Uncle Oswald | From the moment he discovered the pill that rippled men’s loins, Uncle Oswald became a much-sought-after young man, by Roald Dahl, illustrated by Mel Odom |
 | Food And Drink: The Party’s Not Over! | New Year’s Eve may be a ring-a-ding night, but New Year’s Day is when the festivities really get rolling, by Emanuel Greenberg |
 | Pictorial: LeRoy Neiman Sketchbook |
 | Article: “Star Trek’s” Enterprising Return | After a decade in dry dock, TV’s most enduring flight crew invades the nation’s movie theaters determined to wage star wars — and reclaim some extraterrestrial turf, by Gretchen McNeese, illustrated by John Youssi |
 | Article: Tucking It Away | Here’s something you need but seldom receive this time of year — savvy advice on how to keep more of your nest egg inside your own nest, by Andrew Tobias, illustrated by Parviz Sadighian |
 | Article: The Third Wave | You shouldn’t be surprised to find that every rule you’ve ever lived by is changing. It always happens when one epoch gives way to another, by Alvin Toffler, illustrated by Seymour Chwast |
 | Article: 80 Ways The Eighties Will Change Your Life | Better living through chemistry — not to mention biology, electronics and other fields too weird to imagine, by Richard Rhodes, illustrated by Seymour Chwast |
 | Fiction: In Bed One Night | For those of you who don’t like to sleep alone, by Robert Coover, photographed by Suzanne Seed |
 | Gifts: The Eleventh-Hour Santa | Rest ye merry, gentlemen procrastinators. Playboy once again comes up with a sleighful of last-minute yuletide goodies, photographed by Don Azuma |
 | Humor: Playboy’s Party Jokes |
 | Attire: Birth Of A Notion | Just for us — five Manhattan designers interpret the Eighties, by David Platt, illustrated by Martin Hoffman |
 | Pictorial: Success And The Sis-Boom-Bah | When we unveiled some choice cheerleaders last year, the controversy threatened to end their high visibility, but, as you’ll see, you can’t keep a good cheerleader down |
 | Animation: Playboy’s Photo Flicks | Turn the tables to get a little action in your life, by Jay Lynch and Skip Williamson |
 | Sports: Shero’s System | The inscrutable force behind hockey’s New York Rangers moves men by moving them to move themselves, by Larry Sloman, illustrated by Eraldo Carugati |
 | Humor: The Deadly Weapon, by Shel Silverstein |
 | Fiction: Smiley’s People | A dead Russian forces Smiley out of retirement — in a game played by Moscow rules, by John Le Carre (first look at a new novel) |
 | Pictorial: Playboy’s Playmate Review | A roundup of the past delightful dozen (Missy Cleveland, Candy Loving, Louann Fernald, Michele Drake, Dorothy Stratton, Dorothy Mays, Candace Collins, Sylvie Garant, Lee Ann Michelle, Denise McConnell, Vicki McCarty, Ursula Buchfellner) |
 | Pictorial: Playmates’ Progress |
 | Ribald Classic: The Education Of A Guardsman | From the 13th Century Japanese Uji shui monogatari, retold by Ken Matsuda, illustrated by Brad Holland |
 | Humor: That Was The Year That Was | Tongue-in-cheek remembrances of sundry people and places that made the headlines in ’79, by Tom Koch, illustrated by Bill Utterback |
 | Playboy’s Annual Awards | Announcing the prize-winning authors, artists and photographers whose contributions were judged by our staff to be the past year’s most outstanding |
 | Humor: Playboy Funnies (Acid Fun!, Reg’lar Rabbit, Phonus Interruptus, Ariel, Neon Vincent’s Massage Parlor) |
 | Playboy’s Pipeline | Tips on keeping your lifestyle in high gear |
 | Playboy Potpourri | People, places, objects and events of interest or amusement |
 | Playboy’s New Age Primer | Useful information — from the interconnecting worlds of technology, parapsychology and social science — to help you enjoy the future |
 | Playboy’s Informed Source: What’s New in Skiing | The season is all downhill after you read this guide |
 | Playboy Puzzle, by Edith Rudy |
 | Satire: Little Annie Fanny, by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder |
 | Playboy On The Scene: Habitat | Light and bright, photographed by Don Azuma |
 | Playboy On The Scene: Fashion | Getting good style mileage, by David Platt, photographed by Paul Gremmler |
 | Playboy On The Scene: Wheels | The ultimate Alfa, by Gary Witzenburg |
 | Playboy On The Scene: Grapevine (Donny Most, Belinda Bauer and Jeff Bridges, Sean Connery, Salvador Dali and Alice Cooper, Charo, Milton Berle and Lisa Carieri, Mickey Rooney and Ann Miller) |
 | Playboy On The Scene: Playboy’s Roving Eye | The mystery of the forgotten photos |
 | Playboy On The Scene: Sex News |
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 Playmate Calendar ad |  Oui ad |  Subscription ad (with Playmate Michele Drake) |  Subscription ad (with Playmate Candy Loving) |
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