Penthouse magazine November 1972

Penthouse magazine
November 1972

It's November, 1972, and the top single in the United States is 'I Can See Clearly Now' by Johnny Nash.

Why not take a gander at the latest issue of Penthouse magazine ? 

The Letters pages offer some eccentric observations from readers, observations centered on the eroticism of amputees (?!). The missive below from 'H.M.S.' in Germany, would go on to be serve as an epigraph in K. W. Jeter's 1984 novel 'Dr. Adder'. How cool is that ?!

The Editorial page showcases the contributors to this issue. 

One of them is a groupie named Francie Schwartz, who traveled to England in 1968 and had a brief dalliance with none other than Paul McCartney:

Back in '72, the magazine was drawing in the kind of advertising that was to make it an enormous financial success during the decade of the seventies. Stereo equipment, cameras, and even pipes ! And if one advertisement for Akai brand stereo equipment happened to feature a nude blonde, well, so much the better !

There is much attention paid to actor and 'Superstud' Burt Reynolds, and the new film Deliverance, in which he starred.

The Pet for this month is the U.K.'s Angela Adams.

A feature article in this November issue showcases the newly published book, 'Gentleman of Leisure: A Year in the Life of a Pimp' (New American Library, 1972), about a New York City player named 'Silky' ! 

Authored by Bob Adelman and Susan Hall, 'Gentleman of Leisure' remains the quintessential treatment of the Game, and the pimping lifestyle. My review of the book is here.

There is a cartoon that I think is pretty funny..........

Another Pictorial, 'Watchbird', highlights a fetching young woman named Carrie Shusmith, who epitomizes the California Blonde look of the early 1970s.

And that's how it was in the pages of Penthouse, 51 years ago..........