Maxim # 60, December 2002, Carmen Electra Cover

<b>FEATURES</b><br> 118 WE WANT ANSWERS!<br>
JOE PANTOLIANO<br>
Who would&#39;ve guessed the scrappy little kid from Hoboken would grow up to be the
loosest Sopranos cannon? Now he&#39;s Mr. Hollywood and smokes cigars that cost more
than your best suit. So beat it, punk&#8212;before ya get whacked.<br>
120 COVER GIRLS<br>
THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS<br>
Carmen Electra! Christina Aguilera and Christina Applegate! They sing, they dance, they
strip ...and they&#39;re shimmying onto a stage near you! Why, look...here they are
now!<br>
142 TRAVEL<br>
&iexcl;VIVA MEXICO!<br>
From Chihuahua to Cabo Wabo, Mexico comes alive in our loco travel guide.<br>
152 AM I BLUE?<br>
JENNIFER SKY<br>
The inspiration for 1,000 mile-high-club fantasies, Fastlane&#39;s bad girl Jennifer
Sky has no idea what you see in her. But we do...<br>
160 LEAGUE OF JUST US<br>
SUPERFRIENDS: THE NEXT GENERATION<br>
Yeah, being superheroes can really be a drag, saving the world from evildoers
and all that junk. But if you think they&#39;re a big joke, wait till you meet their
slacker kids.<br>
166 PENISES &#39;N&#39; STUFF<br>
MASTER YOUR JOHNSON<br>
Failure to rise at reveille. Failure to lie down at taps. Conduct unbecoming a
sex organ. Does somebody&#39;s pink soldier need a little basic training? Does it?
We can&#39;t hear you!<br>
174 GIRL GONE WILD<br>
CINDY TAYLOR<br>
What happens when a nice, quiet gal starts crashing the world&#39;s hottest parties?
New Wild On host Cindy Taylor can&#39;t wait to find out.<br>
<b>CHRISTMAS SPECIAL</b><br>
182 NORTH POLE INQUIRER<br>
GIFT IDE SPECIAL!<br>
You knew Fat Boys going down sooner or later. Fortunately, cops busted him before
he made off with all 14 pages of our holiday gift guide.<br>
186 WACKO SANTA SHOCKER!<br>
Lardass blames plunging album sales on racism, lashes out at Sony Music execs.
Tommy Mottola to get a lump of coal in his stocking, insiders predict.<br>
188 PAGE 188<br>
Developed at great expense over a period of weeks in a Swiss laboratory, this
page&#8212;positioned cunningly between pages 187 and 189&#8212;is crafted of
the finest paper and marked with ink.<br>
191 PYRO ELF IGNITES BLAZE!<br>
Big things come in small packages. And so does homicidal rage, as some North Pole
residents discovered shortly before becoming Piles of crispy meat.<br>
<b>REGULARS</b><br>
38 READERS&#39; LETTERS<br>
True story:One reader thought we said,&quot;Send us your litters,&quot; and sent
a real basket of puppies right to our doorstep! And, yes, they were delicious&#8212;thanks!<br>
46 JOKES<br>
These zingers will have you giggling like a bicycling nun on a cobblestone street.<br>
50 CIRCUS MAXIMUS<br>
This month the mighty Maximoscope turns its bleary gaze upon movie prequels, a
mini-battleship, the lighter side of riot violence, a partridge in a pear tree,
and more.<br>
74 HOW TO<br>
Just a few points shy of a GED, eh, Skeezix? We&#39;ll learn ya up right with lessons
in holiday decoration, shooting craps, cheerleading, and self-amputation.<br>
82 SAYS HER<br>
YOUR PARTY PLAYBOOK<br>
You wore your Santa hat and &quot;wacky&quot;tie.You popped a Tic Tac.You even
did a nose-hair check in the can. But you&#39;re still slouching by the punch bowl,
hoping a hottie will take pity? Maxim to the rescue! Our gals show you how to
score at the company holiday party.<br>
88 SPORTS<br>
THE DUMB-ASS DOZEN<br>
Not all jox is dum&#8212;summa demz real smot. But not this microcephalic menagerie.These
cockamamie calls and wrong-way runs will make your brain hurt.<br>
92 ASK DR. MAXIM<br>
Bad teeth, bad skin, permanent boners. Whee! VROOM! VROOM! !<br>
96 PICKUP ARTISTRY<br>
Kent Black went out into the desert with a GMC Sierra Denali and an envelope from.a
&quot;friend&quot; in Denmark. Here&#39;s his semicogent report.<br>
102 HOT ZONE<br>
Another Ring to rule them all. Plus, new music from Justin Timberlake, the Pretenders,
and David Gray.<br>
205 MAXIM-WEAR<br>
Get your heathen ass off the couch and shrug yourself into some cool new Sunday
duds. Then build yourself a fine, disaster-proof shaving kit.<br>
235 TOP GEAR<br>
We torture-test TV&#39;s most popular infomercial products, as recommended by fiveout
of four top hospitals and this or that celebrity spokesperson! Operators are standing
by!<br>
244 BAR EXAM<br>
Go easy on the fat jokes around editor James Heidenry, OK? He&#39;s sensitive about
his wide, womanish hips, and we can&#39;t bear to see him cry.