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1963-12 Playboy Magazine Contents

1963/12 — Vol. 10 No. 12. 278 pages.

Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • The Playboy Forum
  • The Playboy Philosophy Part 13 — editorial by Hugh M. Hefner
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • Playboy Interview: Albert Schweitzer
  • Getting the Girls by Robert L. Green

  • “The Vacation” — Fiction by Ray Bradbury
  • What a Night Before Christmas! – Humor
  • Holiday Spirits –Hot…and Cold — Drink by Thomas Mario
  • “Eyewitness” — Fiction by Alberto Moravia

  • How to Read a Book Superficially — Article by Mortimer Adler
  • Susan and Kim — Pictorial featuring Susan Strasberg and Kim Novak
  • Everybody Shinny on His Own Side — Opinion by Robert Paul Smith
  • The Morals of Money — Article by J. Paul Getty
  • To Paradise, By Ferry — Memoir by Arthur Kopit
  • Playboy’s Christmas Cards — Humor by Judith Wax and Larry Siegel
  • “Conversation Over Moo Goo Gai Pain” — Fiction by Anatole Broyard
  • The Holiday Roast — Food by Thomas Mario
  • Prima Donna — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Donna Michele
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes
  • Saltpeter and Wolf — Article by William Zinsser
  • “A Corking Evening” — Fiction by Lawrence Durrell
  • Symbolic Sex — Humor by Don Addis
  • “Beelzebub” — Ficiton by Robert Bloch
  • Editors’ Choice – Pictorial – A page each with three photos include Janet Pilgrim, Christa Speck, Connie Mason, and other favorites
  • The Lady and the Wench — Ribald Classic
  • Madison Square Garden – Man at His Leisure by Leroy Neiman

  • On the Scene – Personalities features brief biographies with black & white photos of three personalities of the time over two pages, this issue: Edwin H. Land, Jim Clark, Woody Allen
  • The “Noble” Experiment — Nostalgia by Ben Hecht
  • Choice Cartoons of Christmas Past – Humor
  • How to Talk Dirty and Influence People — Autobiography by Lenny Bruce
  • Merry Chrsitmas! — Gifts
  • The Teevee Jeebies Story — Satire
  • The Loan — Humor by Jules Feiffer
  • The Playboy Art Gallery — The Mona Lisa — Humor by Jim Beaman
  • Little Annie Fanny — Satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

    • 1965-06 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1965/06 — Vol. 12 No. 6. 228 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Forum
  • Playboy Interview: Melvin Belli
  • “Shiela” — Fiction by Robert Ruark
  • The Big Bunny Hop — Pictorial Essay

  • In Praise of Obesity — Humor by Robert Morley
  • “The Man With the Golden Gun” — Fiction by Ian Fleming (Part 3)
  • Stop the World, I Want to Get Salads — Food by Thomas Mario
  • “The Academy” — Fiction by David Ely
  • Word Play — Satire by Robert Carola
  • Brussels Sprite – Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Hedy Scott
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes – Humor
  • Portrait of the Machine as a Young Artist — Article by J.R Pierce
  • Summer Stripes for Urban Types — Fashion by Robert L. Green
  • The Overnight Guest — Memoir by Pietro Di Donato
  • She Is Ursula Andress — Pictorial
  • Keg O’ My Heart — Article by William Iversen
  • Cruising – Reportage by Paul Jacobs
  • The Tale of an Ass — Ribald Classic
  • Teevee Jeebies, Please Come Home — Satire by Shel Silverstein
  • Playboy’s Gifts for Dads and Grads — Gifts
  • The History of Sex in Cinema — Article by Arthur Knight and Hollis Alpert — Part 3: The Twenties — Hollywood’s Flaming Youth
  • Hostileman — Satire by Jule Feiffer

    • 1964-01 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1964/01 — Vol. 11 No. 1. 248 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • Playboy Interview: Vladimir Nabokov
  • The Playboy Forum
  • The Playboy Philosophy — editorial by Hugh M. Hefner
  • How to Talk Dirty and Influence People by Lenny Bruce
  • Silverstein’s History of Playboy — humor by Shel Silverstein
  • “An Actor’s Life for Me” — Fiction by Philip Roth

  • A Short History of Toasts and Toasting — Article by William Iversen
  • Here’s How — Toasts

  • …And Here’s How — Drinks by Thomas Mario
  • “The Property of a Lady” — Fiction by Ian Fleming
  • The Hosting Jacket — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • The Wisdom of Pablo Picasso — Credo by Pablo Picasso
  • MM Remembered — Pictorial Essay of Marilyn Monroe – 10 pages
  • The Boy Allies — Satire by Larry Siefel
  • The Festive Fondue — Food by Thomas Mario
  • On Being a Managerial Misfit — Article by Vance Packard
  • The Conflicting Ideologies of the East & West — Opinion by Bertrand Russell
  • Retroactive New Year’s Resolutions — Humor
  • Triple Treat — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Sharon Rogers
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes
  • The Uses of the Blues — Soliloquoy by James Baldwin
  • The Vargas Girl Circa 1920 – Nostalgia by Alberto Vargas – 9 pages including a 2-page spread for “Fleurs du Mal” from 1920
  • The Very Acme of Romantic Love — Allegory by Wolf Makowitz
  • Fun and Games — Entertainment
  • Fox Hunting, Who Needs It? – Humor by P.G. Wodehouse
  • The Death of Boxing — Article by Budd Schulberg
  • Advice to a Young Man – Aphorisms by Ernest Hemingway – Just 1 page
  • “The Homecoming” – Fiction by Frederic Morton
  • Word Play – Satire by Robert Carola
  • Playboy’s Playmate Review – Pictorial
  • The Most Remarkable Dream – Ribald Classic
  • Gidget Goes TeeVee Jeebies — Satire
  • The Eleventh-Hour Santa — Gifts
  • The Hanger-On — Satire by Jules Feiffer
  • The Playboy Art Gallery – American Gothic – Humor by Jim Beaman
  • Little Annie Fanny — Satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

    • 1965-07 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1965/07 — Vol. 12 No. 7. 162 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Forum
  • The Playboy Interview: Marcello Mastroianni
  • Look Away — Fiction by Hoke Norris
  • The West Coast Way — Attire by Robert L. Green
  • Sex and the Single Sherman — Humor by Allan Sherman
  • Summer Punch Bowl — Drink by Thomas Mario
  • Ludlow Kissel and the Dago Bomb — Memoir by Jean Shepherd
  • The Invasion — Fiction by Avram Davidson
  • Symbolic Sex — Humor by Don Addis
  • The Great American Build-Up — Article by Murray Teigh Bloom
  • Clown Princess — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Gay Collier
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — Humor
  • The Man With the Golden Gun — Fiction by Ian Fleming (Conclusion)
  • Fun For the Road — Sports by Charles Beaumont
  • The Game of Hide and Seek — Fiction by Herbert Gold
  • The Girls of the Riviera — Pictorial Essay
  • Vargas Girl — “Well, you’ve finally convinced me, Mr. Wyngate. I’m ready to throw in the towel.”
  • The Choice of Ilonka the Chaste — Ribald Classic
  • Little Annie Fanny — satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder

    • 1964-02 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1964/02 — Vol. 11 No. 2. 186 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Panel: Jazz — Today and Tomorrow — discussion
  • The Playboy Forum
  • The Playboy Philosophy — editorial by Hugh M. Hefner
  • Silverstein’s History of Playboy — humor by Shel Silverstein
  • The 1964 Playboy All-Stars — jazz by Nat Hentoff
  • The Playboy LP Library — modern living
  • “Biffen’s Millions” novel by P.G. Wodehouse
  • Joe Meets Sam — satire by James Ransom
  • In Bed With Becket — pictorial
  • “The Nightmare” fiction by Pat Frank
  • The Hide of Fashion — attire by Robert L. Green
  • “Where Does It Say in Freud?” fiction by Jack Raphael Guss
  • Georgia Peach — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Nancy Jo Hooper
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — humor
  • The Moneygrabbers — article by Murray Teigh Bloom
  • Sounds of ’64 — modern living
  • Symbolic Sex — humor by Don Addis
  • Mamie — Mamie Van Doren pictorial
  • Lady Luck and Lyricist — humor by Jack Sharkey
  • Angelique’s Delightful Deception — ribald classic
  • The Hippest of the Squares — attire by Robert L. Green
  • How to Talk Dirty and Influence People — autobiography by Lenny Bruce
  • Playmates Revisited — 1954 — Pictorial

    • 1959-01 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1959/01 — Vol. 6 No. 1. 80 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • “The Music of the Yellow Brass” — Fiction by Charles Beaumont

  • Party Games – Entertainment
  • Magnifique Mardi Gras – Food by Thomas Mario
  • Hollywood Horizontal — Humor by Marion Hargrove
  • The Yawn — Satire by Jules Feiffer
  • Far-East Fabric — Attire by Blake Rutherford
  • “The Right Approach” — Fiction by P.G. Wodehouse
  • Girl Who Wears Glasses — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Virginia Gordon
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — Humor
  • “A Dish of Desire” — Fiction by J.P. Donleavy
  • No Room for Vice — Nostalgia by Ben Hecht
  • Le Cafe Chambord — Man at His Leisure
  • Playboy’s Playmate Review – Pictorial
  • Cock of the Walk — Ribald Classic by Bonaventure Desperriers
  • Brisk-Weather Walk — Attire
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — Travel by Patrick Chase

    • 1964-03 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1964/03 — Vol. 11 No. 3. 182 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • Playboy Interview: Ayn Rand
  • The Playboy Forum
  • Silverstein’s History of Playboy — humor by Shel Silverstein
  • “A Bit of a Dreamer, A Bit of a Fool” fiction by Romain Gary
  • The Italian Line — modern living by Ken W. Purdy
  • “BIffen’s Millions” fiction by P.G. Wodehouse
  • The Mediterrean Way — attire by Robert L. Green
  • Living With Labor — article by J. Paul Getty
  • “The Delicate Operation” fiction by Jon Edward Manson
  • Diagnosis: Delightful — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Nancy Scott
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — humor
  • Global Linkage — food by Thomas Mario
  • Eeny, Meeny, Miny , Mot — quiz by Ralph Woods
  • The Meddlers — opinion by Arthur C. Clarke
  • The Girls of Russia — pictorial essay
  • HowDid It Ever Get on Television — humor by Rory Harrity
  • The Tale of a Welcoming Wife — ribald classic by Apuleius
  • How to Talk Dirty and Influence People — autobiography by Lenny Bruce
  • On the Scene — personalities — 3 brief bios w/photos spread over 2 pages, this issue is Stanley Kubrick, Jasper Johns, and Bob Dylan
  • Playmates Revisited — 1959 — Pictorial includes a shot each of Jayne Mansfield, Janet Pilgrim, Pat Lawler, Bettie Page and others

    • 1962-02 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1962/02 — Vol. 9 No. 2. 136 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • My Brother, Ernest Hemingway – biography by Leicester Hemingway
  • Anthony From Afar – fiction by Bernard Wolfe
  • Fitting Out for Twin-Eared Sounds – modern living
  • Comedy of Eros – humor by Larry Siegel
  • Silverstein’s Zoo – satire by Shel Silverstein
  • The Perils of Passion – quiz by Rolf Malcolm

    • Three Fashion Finds – attire by Robert L. Green

  • The Spanish Prisoner – fiction by Gerlad Kersh
  • Good Skate – Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Kari Knudsen
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes – humor
  • Bugatti – article by Ken W. Purdy
  • The 1962 Playboy All-Stars – jazz by Leonard Feather
  • The Investor fiction by Bruce Jay Friedman
  • Timely Revival – accouterments
  • The Girls of Rome – pictorial essay
  • Full-page Vargas girl color illustration
  • The Eunuch – ribald classic
  • Playboy’s International Datebook – travel by Patrick Chase

    • 1964-07 Playboy Magazine Contents

    1964/07 — Vol. 11 No. 7. 148 pages.

    Contents include:

  • Playbill
  • Dear Playboy
  • Playboy After Hours
  • The Playboy Advisor
  • Playboy’s International Datebook — travel by Patrick Chase
  • The Playboy Philosophy — editorial by Hugh M. Hefner
  • Playboy Interview: Salvador Dali
  • “John Grant’s Little Angel” fiction by Walt Grove
  • Beach Ball — modern living
  • “A New Chapter in the Human Comedy” fiction by William Saroyan
  • Snobs’ Guide to Status Cars — humor by Dan Greenburg
  • New Under the Sun — attire by Robert L. Green
  • A Toast to Melba — Playboy’s Playmate of the Month Melba Ogle
  • Playboy’s Party Jokes — humor
  • Sex and the Office — article by Helen Gurley Brown
  • BB: The Sex Kitten Grows Up — personality by Andre Maurois is about Brigitte Bardot with photos
  • Swimming in Red Ink — humor by Bernard Wolfe
  • High Spirits — drink by Thomas Mario
  • Playing the Fields — quiz by Norman Lobsenz
  • “A Tribute to Al Zack” fiction by Robert Cenedella
  • The Conquest of a Clever Clerk — ribald classic
  • Playmates Revisited — 1959 — Pictorial
  • Home — satire by Jules Feiffer
  • It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Teevee Jeebies — satire by Shel Silverstein
  • Little Annie Fanny — satire by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder