Penthouse December 1978

COVER
Photo by Earl Miller

8 HOUSECALL
Introduction
12 FORUM
Correspondence
48 FEEDBACK
Opinion
55 CALL ME MADAM
Counsel by Xaviera Hollander
65 VIEW FROM THE TOP
Comment by Marilyn Stasio
66 SCENES
Emily Prager
68 FILMS
Roger Greenspun
70 WORDS
Nick Tosches
71 SOUNDS
Robert Palmer
74 CHRIST IN PLASTIC
Article by Pietro Di Donato
84 A TOUCH AT CLASS
Pictorial by Earl Miller
96 FIDEL CASTRO
Interview by Fernando Morais
100 MOOD DRUGS
Article by David Rorvik
104 GUARDING THE BODY OF THE KING
Fiction by Philip Ciottari
108 EARL OWENSBY
Profile by Tom Buckley
111 FOREVER AMBER
Pet of the Month, Photos by John Copeland
123 THE PENTHOUSE 1979 DESK CALENDAR
140 VIETNAM VETERANS ADVISER
Service
142 SPEND CHRISTMAS WITH YOUR CONGRESSMAN
Essay by Karl Hess
144 STICK IT UP YOUR STOCKING
Humor by Bill Lee
152 DRENCHED IN SEXUAL SHAME
Humor by Robert S. Wieder
156 SILVA MIRRORS. A DISCO DISASTER
Satire by Tom Eyen
160 THE NEW FORMAL WEAR
Fashion by Ed Emmerling
164 I REMEMBER CHRISTMAS
Satire by Jeff Greenfield
166 DESERT FOX
Pictorial by Carl Wachter
189 ME JANE, YOU TARZAN
Article by Carl O. Jones
193 ARE YOU CHRISTMAS PRONE?
Quiz by Frank Donegan
208 HI TECH HI FI
Service by Peter Dobbin
220 FERRARI: 190 MPH IN A 55-MPH ZONE
Service by Wade Hoyt
234 OH, WICKED WANDA!
Satire by Frederic Mullally/Ron Embleton