Editing Playboy (section)

===The ''Playboy'' Interview===
{{hatnote|For a full listing of interview subjects, see [[List of Playboy interviews]].}}
Besides its centerfold, a major part of ''Playboy'' for much of its existence has been the ''Playboy'' Interview, an extensive (usually several-thousand-word) discussion between a publicly known individual and an interviewer. Writer [[Alex Haley]] served as a ''Playboy'' interviewer on a few occasions; one of his interviews was with [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]; he also interviewed [[Malcolm X]] and [[American Nazi Party]] founder [[George Lincoln Rockwell]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Hearn|first=Michael Patrick|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/17/books/review/alex-haley-hamilton-college-autobiography-of-malcolm-x-roots.html|title=Alex Haley Taught America About Race — and a Young Man How to Write|work=The New York Times|date=December 17, 2021|access-date=January 25, 2022}}</ref> The magazine interviewed then-presidential candidate [[Jimmy Carter]] in the November 1976 issue, in which he stated "I've committed [[adultery]] in my heart many times."<ref>Playboy Interview with Jimmy Carter, ''Playboy'', November 1976</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/history/faculty/TROYWEB/Courseweb/JimmyCarterThePlayboyInterview.htm|title=McGill University website excerpt}}</ref> [[David Sheff]]'s interview with [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]] appeared in the January 1981 issue, which was on newsstands at the time of Lennon's murder; the interview was later published in book format.

Another interview-type section, entitled "20Q" (a play on the game of [[Twenty Questions]]), was added in October 1978. [[Cheryl Tiegs]] was the first interviewee for the section.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playboy.com/worldofplayboy/faq/trivia.html#5|title=playboy.com / world of playboy / events|access-date=December 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607094500/http://www.playboy.com/worldofplayboy/faq/trivia.html#5|archive-date=June 7, 2011}}</ref>