Playboy July 1983

COVER STORY
Shades of National Velvet! Elizabeth Taylor, eat your heart (and half of the refrigerator) out. Playmate of the Month Ruth Guerri graces our cover in full riding regalia. For more of this heart-stopping horsewoman, turn to the gatefold. Stephen Wayda shot the cover in St. Louis, where Miss July trains race horses. That explains the riding crop, for those of you who were practicing your Mr. Ed impressions.

5 PLAYBILL
11 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY
13 DEAR PLAYBOY
21 PLAYBOY AFTER HOURS
Checking In with comic Michael Keaton; the hot scoop on the notorious pro golfers' strike.
25 TELEVISION TONY SCHWARTZ
An innovative solution to the problem of censorship.
26 MUSIC
A visit with David Bowie; no Churchill down for James Brown.
32 MOVIES BRUCE WILLIAMSON
Bowie again, this time as an erotic vampire; Ingmar Bergman proves he hasn't lost it after all; Verdi benefits from a snazzy screen Traviata.
39 VIDEO
Colonel Mustard did it in the study with the . . . oh, no, that's the pre-electronic version. Fun and games on loser discs.
40 BOOKS
Scary stuff on the MX missile and Pentagon bearbaiting; a wonderful yarn told by Shakespeare's dog.
41 COMING ATTRACTIONS JOHN BLUMENTHAL
Goldie set for a Rosie the Riveter role; Gere and Caine to pair in cinema version of Graham Greene's Honorary Consul.
43 MEN ASA BABER
45 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR
51 DEAR PLAYMATES
53 THE PLAYBOY FORUM
61 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: EARL WEAVER—candid conversation
Umpires call him "baseball's Son of Sam" and the "militant midget." He has been thrown out of 89 games. He is one of baseball's most successful managers, averaging 96.5 wins a year. The grand old man of the boys of summer reflects on the national game.
82 HEAVEN HELP US—fiction DONALD E. WESTLAKE
Another exciting chapter from the adventures of the Galactic Patrol Interstellar Ship Hopeful, Captain Gregory Standforth commanding.
86 THE SPY THEY LOVE TO LOVE—pictorial
Eight pages of the greatest ladies this side' of the centerfold, the lovelies who made Agent 007 a legend in his home movies.
94 THE 007 SEX QUIZ DANNY BIEDERMAN
We know they were beautiful, but were you paying attention? The Kama Sutra according to M, or Bond's best bedroom scenes.
96 NORMAN'S DATE—fiction AMIRI BARAKA
"And what is there to say about big thighs pulling open of their own accord?" Quite a bit.
99 THE TOYS OF SUMMER—modern living
All things wet, wonderful and wheeled for fun in the sun.
104 THE C TEAM—article HESH KESTIN
In 1925, the United States proposed a treaty banning the use of chemical weapons. Fifty years later, the U.S. signed the treaty. In 1981, President Reagan signed a bill to resume chemical-weapons production. We examine the boy chemists responsible.
106 THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS—playboy's playmate of the month
Ruth Guerri: a warm, cheerful horsewoman from the Show Me state.
120 PLAYBOY'S PARTY JOKES—humor
122 LETTERS FROM COMPUTER CAMP—article JOHN SACK
Let's gather round the computer terminal and sing campfire songs, tell stories about the haunted cursor, the Hunt the Wumpus and Munch Man. Summer camp is not what it used to be.
124 GET OUT OF TOWN!—attire DAVID PLATT
What to wear for the 48-hour fling: the weekend wordrobe.
130 THE PLAYBOY READERS' SEX SURVEY, PART IV—article
Is the road to hell paved with vibrators? This month, we examine the world of experimental sex, the spice that makes loving nice. Who does it in groups? Who gets it on with gadgets?
134 OFF THE ROAD AGAIN!—article GARY WITZENBURG
Jeeps in wolf's clothing: a look at the new generation of four-wheel-drive vehicles.
139 ALBERT BROOKS IS FUNNIER THAN YOU THINK—personality PAUL SLANSKY
For those of us who took stand-up comedy seriously in the Seventies, there was only the holy trinity: Richard Pryor, Lily Tomlin and Albert Brooks. Where has Brooks been and what is he up to? The star of Real Life and Modern Romance takes on the oilmen, the real-estate tycoons and the soda bottlers who now run Hollywood.
140 EROGENOUS PARTS—pictorial FRANCIS GIACOBETTI
France's foremost photographer takes us on a tour of his favorite places: world-class women in wonderful poses. A Berlitz course in the body beautiful.
151 BERNARD AND HUEY—satire JULES FEIFFER
152 20 QUESTIONS: CARRIE FISHER
Let's face it: Princess Leia has been through a lot. She's had planets blown out from under her. She wonders whether or not Darth Vader is gay. She wishes George Lucas would give her something interesting to do, such as wrestle with a drug problem. All that and more.
156 PLAYBOY FUNNIES—humor
208 PLAYBOY POTPOURRI
227 PLAYBOY ON THE SCENE
Driving accessories; Roving Eye; wet suits; Grapevine; Sex News.