November 1977

Cover: Susan Lynn Kiger (Playmate of the Month, January 1977), photographed by Tom Staebler

Playmate of the Month: Rita Lee, photographed by Richard Fegley Growing Up | It took November’s Rita Lee a while, but she things she’s finally learned something about men

	Dear Playboy
	Playboy After Hours
	The Playboy Advisor
	Playboy Sex Poll | An informal survey of current sexual attitudes, behavior and insights, by Howard Smith
	The Playboy Forum
	Playboy Interview: Henry Kyemba | A candid conversation with Uganda’s exiled minister of health, the first cabinet officer to tell the full story behind the atrocities of Idi Amin
	Article: Chairman Billy | Original quotations from the First Redneck — on beer, blacks, women, once-a-week sex and his brother, the president, by Roy Blount Jr., illustrated by Judith Jampel, photographed by Tom Zuk
	Pictorial: Bunnies of ’77 | Growing by leaps and bounds, our beautiful cottontail contingent now graces such exotic places as Japan and Texas (with Playmates Hope Olson, Sheila Mullen, Janis Schmitt and Candace Collins)
	Food: Roots | Dig these — a report on the edible underworld, by Emanuel Greenberg, photographed by Don Azuma
	Fiction: In the National Interest | It took just 60 seconds of efficient slaughter for the Israeli commandos to kill nearly all in the room — a tale of suspense and intrigue in high places by the well-known to correspondents, by Marvin Kalb and Ted Koppel, illustrated by Kunio Hagio
	Humor: Playboy’s Party Jokes
	Attire: Fighting the Deep Freeze | Everybody remembers — ugh — how cold it was last winter. Here’s some heavy outerwear artillery to keep those chill winds at bay, by David Platt, photographed by Bruce Laurance
	Personality: Nice Guys Finish First | Faultless Frank Gifford’s climb to media stardom was an (almost) unbroken series of successful gestures, by Marty Bell, illustrated by Jerry Podwil
	Modern Living: Ringing Success | Why isn’t Marcia Wallace answering Bob Newhart’s phone? Because she has all kinds of terrific machines to do it for her, photographed by Mario Casilli
	Article: Sex in Cinema — 1977 | Major studios may be putting most of their action on the sound track, but the porno films are looking better than ever, by Arthur Knight (with Playmates Cyndi Wood and Lillian Müller)
	Article: Jailing | The man who tried to hustle a fake bio of Howard Hughes did some heavy time that was all too real, by Clifford Irving, photographed by Ron Seymour
	Sports: Playboy’s College Basketball Preview, by Anson Mount, photographed by Gregg Anton
	Quiz: The So-You-Think-You’re-Creative Quiz | Just how bound by rules are you? These puzzles will test your capacity to break out of old patterns to find new solutions, by Eugene Raudsepp with George P. Hough Jr., illustrated by Ron Rae
	Ribald Classic: Italian Tales | From the Facetiae of Poggio Bracciolini, retold by Carlos Matteo, illustrated by Brad Holland
	Humor: Playboy Funnies (Neon Vincent’s Massage Parlor, The Insult, The Kinky Report, Dirty Duck, Give ‘Em an Inch…, Teasers)
	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 Kinuko Y. Craft
	Playboy Potpourri | People, places, objects and events of interest or amusement
	Playboy’s Pipeline | Tips on keeping your lifestyle in high gear
	Playboy on the Scene: Habitat | Icing up, by Robert L. Green, photographed by Tom Zuk
	Playboy on the Scene: Fashion | Moving into menswear, by David Platt
	Playboy on the Scene: Games & Gadgets | Paddles, partners & parlays, photographed by Richard Izui and Bill Frantz
	Playboy on the Scene: Grapevine (Gilbert Shelton, Martin Charnin, Stan Mack, Warner Leroy and Mitzi Shore)
	Playboy on the Scene: Sexcetera

Alden Erikson	Bernard Kliban	Buck Brown	Edmond Kiraz
Francis Wilford Smith	Gahan Wilson	John Dempsey	Michael Ffolkes
Phil Interlandi	Mike Williams	Eldon Dedini

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