Playboy December 1991

COVER STORY
Playboy readers, come on down! This month's showcase features Dian Parkinson, the blonde beauty who some hail as the queen of daytime TV. The red-hot hostess of The Price Is Right graces our prizeworthy cover, produced by West Coast Photo Editor Marilyn Grabowski, styled by Francesca Passeri and shot by Contributing Photographer Stephen Wayda, with hair and make-up by Alexis Vogel. Our Rabbit never feels strapped in.

7 PLAYBILL
17 DEAR PLAYBOY
27 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS
48 MEN by ASA BABER
51 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR
57 THE PLAYBOY FORUM
67 REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: EXPECTATIONS—opinion ROBERT SCHEER
69 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: CARL SAGAN—candid conversation
90 MY JERUSALEM—article BRUCE JAY FRIEDMAN
94 DIAN PARKINSON, COME ON DOWN!—pictorial
102 FAHRVERGNUGEN—fiction JANE SMILEY
106 PLAYBOY'S CHRISTMAS GIFT COLLECTION
114 WOMEN IN UNDERWEAR—fiction STEPHEN WOLF
118 HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS—fashion HOLLIS WAYNE
124 LET'S HEAR IT FOR WOODY—playboy profile MORDECAI RICHLER
128 HOW TO ARGUE—article MICHAEL CRICHTON
130 FAIR AND WENDY—playboy's playmate of the month
142 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humor
144 THE GENIUS WAITRESS TOM ROBBINS
146 A SINGLE GUY'S GUIDE TO SKIING
152 WHAT WE GET BY GIVING—article WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY, JR.
156 ISABELLE—pictorial
163 GOOD KING WENCESLAUS—humor J B. HANDELSMAN
164 KWOON—fiction CHARLES JOHNSON
166 20 QUESTIONS: JOE PESCI
170 PLAYBOY'S GUIDE TO HOLIDAY DEPORTMENT—article GLENN O'BRIEN
172 THE CHRISTMAS HIT LIST
174 A ROSE BY ANOTHER NAME—article ROGER KAHN
178 SEX STARS 1991—pictorial text by JIM HARWOOD
190 PLAYBOY JAll & ROCK POLL
241 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE