 | Playmate of the Month: Ann Pennington, photographed by Pompeo Posar and Phillip Dixon Sister Act | Playmates obviously run in the Pennington family — first Janice and now Ann. Sorry, guys, but when Miss March was born, they broke the mold |
| Dear Playboy | |
| Playboy After Hours | |
| Selected Shorts: The Middle-Class Squeeze, by Craig Karpel and Help! Pleh!, by L. Rust Hills | |
| The Playboy Advisor | |
| The Playboy Forum | |
 | Playboy Interview: Norman Lear | A candid conversation about television (not intended for the “family hour”) with the creator of Archie Bunker, Maude Findlay, Fred Sanford and the rest |
 | Article: How to Do Everything | The co-author of “The Best” comes up with the best — and the brightest — guide to making you the Einstein of eclecticism, by Peter Passell, illustrated by Melinda Bordelon |
 | Pictorial: Encore Emmanuelle! | Further observations on the outer-fringe benefits of life in the French foreign service, photographed by Jean-Louis Atlan |
 | Personality: The Ascension of Bruce Springsteen | From zero to sixty in five weeks flat with rock’s newest superstar, by James R. Peterson, illustrated by John Youssi |
 | Article: Jogging Can Kill You! | … and that’s not the half of it, by J.E. Schmidt M.D., photographed by David Chan |
 | Survey: Playboy’s Guide to the Rites of Spring | For itchy libidos east and west … a look at where the girls really are, illustrated by Fred Nelson |
 | Humor: Playboy’s Party Jokes |
 | Article: Who Can Arrest You? | … in America, almost anybody, by Laurence Gonzales, illustrated by Dennis Michael Magdich |
 | Modern Living: String Fever | Six guitars you’d give a couple of fingers to own, photographed by Don Azuma |
 | Fiction: The Autumn Dog | The author of the best-selling “The Great Railway Bazaar” takes note of an exotic little Chinese sex position, by Paul Theroux, illustrated by Fred Meyer |
 | Attire: The Pullover: Get it On! | Versatile performer Clifton Davis takes a walk on the wet side sporting the latest look in an old fashioned favorite, photographed by Ohta |
 | Article: The 1976 Democratic Handicap | The nation’s foremost political prankster turns pundit to help you sort out this year’s complicated election rules, the primaries and candidates — God, all those candidates!, by Dick Tuck |
 | Pictorial: Fire Belle | Last April’s Playmate, Victoria Cunningham, has this fantasy about being a fireman (fireperson?) and for someone who looks like Vicki, it’s no sooner wished than done, photographed by Paul Gremmler |
 | Ribald Classic: The Contract | From Jataka Tales, retold by John G. Dickson, illustrated by Brad Holland |
 | Attire: Spring Tone-Up | All mixed up? Let us find the perfect match for you, by Robert L. Green, illustrated by Dickran Palulian |
 | Fiction: The Golden Whatever | American industrial know-how discovers the final solution to the violin problem, by Jordan Crittenden, illustrated by Gary Overacre |
 | Article: Playboy’s History of Assassination — Part 3: The End of the Kingfish | In 1935, Huey Long was the strongest threat to both the re-election of Roosevelt and the interests of the very rich. Almost inevitably he was shot and killed — under circumstances that remain mysterious, by James McKinley |
 | Humor: Ffolkes’s Sci-Ffi Sex | A cosmic caper in which our spaced-out cartoonist conducts and erotic tour of the future, by Michael Ffolkes |
 | Think Tank | An insider’s look at everything you need to know to keep up with, and flourish in, the latter part of the 20th century, illustrated by Mel Furukawa |
 | Playboy Potpourri |
 Alden Erikson |  Bernard Kliban |  Bernard Kliban |  Buck Brown |
 Eldon Dedini |  Francis Wilford Smith |  Gahan Wilson |  John Dempsey |
 Michael Ffolkes |  Mike Williams |  Roy Raymonde |  John Dempsey |
 Buck Brown |
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