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June 1983

Cover: Marianne Gravatte (Playmate of the Month, October 1982, and Playmate of the Year, 1983), photographed by Richard Fegley
Playmate of the Month:
Jolanda Egger, photographed by Pompeo Posar

Poet in Motion | Jolanda Egger — actress, model, even poet leads a bicontinental life
Dear Playboy
Playboy After Hours
Men | In praise of women, by Asa Baber
The Playboy Advisor
Dear Playmates (Linda Rhys Vaughn, Lorraine Michaels, Cathy St. George, Karen Price, Missy Cleveland and Lynda Wiesmeier)
The Playboy Forum
Opinion: A Reporter’s Notebook: The President as Comic-Kaze | After two years of watching Reagan sabotage the dignity of his office, a former White House correspondent delivers some punch lines of his own, by Curtis Wilkie
Playboy Interview: Stephen King | A candid conversation with the author of “Carrie” and “The Shining” about ghosts, vampires, big bucks and other gruesome tales of horror
Article: The Pulitzers of Palm Beach | Take this for what it’s worth: When our reporter sat in on the celebrated divorce trial, the most rational thing he saw and heard was Hunter S. Thompson, by Reg Potterton, illustrated by Kathy Calderwood
Pictorial: Diamonds are the Girl’s Best Friend | Morganna, the Kissing Bandit, gets our vote for M.V.P., photographed by Arny Freytag
Humor: Beyond the Jedi: The Saga Continues | Long, long ago, George Lucas took us to a galaxy, far, far away — and some of us are wondering if we’ll ever get back, by Dennis Snee, illustrated by Kunio Hagio
Merchandise: Playboy’s Gifts for Dads & Grads, photographed by Don Azuma
Humor: Sex and the Mature Man | The world’s oldest sex symbol says that sex can be fun after 80, after 90, after 100 — and after lunch, by George Burns, illustrated by Herb Davidson
Humor: Playboy’s Party Jokes
Fiction: Needle in a Timestack | Mikkelsen was going to find Janine again, even if he had to move heaven and earth to do it, by Robert Silverberg, illustrated by Pater Sato
20 Questions: Debra Winger | The woman who inspires officers and gentlemen gives her tips on kissing, explains why some fantasies should remain secret and defends her taste in coffee-table books, photographed by Helmut Newton
Merchandise: Ace of Clubs | Stay the course with a mixed bag of duffer’s delights, illustrated by Will Nelson
Personality: The Second Coming of Nolan Bushnell | After seven years of exile, the man who created the video-game boom is back with a new bag of tricks. Can he make lightning strike twice?, by David Owen, illustrated by Kunio Hagio
Attire: Muscling into Summer | The top and bottom line on beachwear for ’83, by David Platt, photographed by Bruce Ayres
Article: Quarterly Reports: Inside Information | It’s easy to beat the market when you’re the only one who knows what’s going on — but the hottest tips can also get you burned, by Andrew Tobias
Pictorial: Playmate of the Year | Marianne Gravatte takes top honors for 1983, photographed by Richard Fegley
Ribald Classic: The Two Mistresses | From La vie du Roi Louis XV, by Henri Mercat, retold by Robert Mahieu, illustrated by Brad Holland
Humor: Playboy Funnies (Holistic Harry, 5 Cent Mary, Moonshine McJugs, Through Space and Time with Schwimmer and Jones, Reg’lar Rabbit, The Loner, Saturday Nite Jive)
Satire: Bernard and Huey, by Jules Feiffer
Playboy PotpourriPeople, places, objects and events of interest or amusement
Playboy on the Scene: Gear | The ongoing attache
Playboy on the Scene: Gadgets | More powers to you
Playboy on the Scene: Playboy’s Roving Eye
Playboy on the Scene: Grapevine (Lindsay Bloom, Rick Nielsen, Mel Gilson and Sigourney Weaver, Divine, Tina Turner, Patti Davis, Clio Goldsmith)
Playboy on the Scene: Sex News

Alden Erikson

Bernard Kliban

Buck Brown

Doug Sneyd

Gahan Wilson

Phil Interlandi

Rowland Wilson

Francis Wilford Smith

Promo ad (with Playmate Candy Loving)

Playboy Club ad

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