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Reasons to Party
Returns
by Bret Hodgert
Entertainment Editor
Welcome once again to
“Reasons to Party.” Due to the
fact that this schedule of events is
supposed to cover the next two
weeks, I will be covering only the
major celebrations. If I happen to
miss a day or two, that’s okay;
you don’t always need an excuse
to party. In fact, you could use
that as an excuse in itself, “I’m
partying today because I have no
excuse!”
April 15
It’s National Gripers Day! Do
you have problems or complaints
but no one will listen to you ? To
day’s the day to spit it all out. I
wonder if the I.R.S. had anything
to do with this?
April 16
Stick oh your mustaches and
throw your hands in the air! Pop
a brew, wash down the aftertaste
of tax forms and celebrate the
birthday of silver screen star,
Charlie Chaplin. You may as well
sit back and relax, returns are go
ing to be awhile.
April 17
Carumba! Fiesta ’87 is under
way. Today is the start of ten
days ^of pure party in San Ant
onio, Texas. But don’t let that
stop you. Just because it’s in'
Texas doesn’t mean we can’t help
them celebrate up here. (Fiesta is
not to be confused with siesta.)
April 18
It’s the anniversary of the ride of
Paul Revere. If that’s not reason
enough, it’s Saturday. Come up
with something on your own.
April 20
I am going to contradict myself.
Today is not a good day to party.
First of all it’s Monday, a day of
rest for those of us who caroused
all weekend. Second of all, today
is the birthday of Germany’s ex
dictator, Adolf Hitler. Take two
asprin and go back to bed.
April 22
Nebraska first began celebrating
Arbor Day over 115 years ago. It
is now celebrated all over the
world.
April 23
It’s Lover’s Day today in
Barcelona, Spain. Lover’s Day
was created to celebrate the
works of romantic writer, Miguel
de Cervantes. Make of it what
you will. Today is also the birth
day of famed playwright,
William Shakespeare.
April 24
Gimme a break, it’s Friday. You
think of something.
April 25
It’s Saturday, - refer to excuse
stated for April 24.
April 26
Here it is folks, the event of the
year, the World Cow Chip
Throwing Championship! This
gathering has been labeled as “A
highly specialized athletic event”
which draws dung flingers from
around the world. A special divi
sion of this competition is held
for politicians, who are known to
be highly practiced in this area. If
you can’t make it to Beaver, OK.
this year, feel free to visit our
local pasture to practice for next
years event.
America * television =
a hopelessly sick society
by Bret Hodgert
April 27
Jamestown, S.C. lets all hell
break loose for this one. It’s the
South Carolina Hell Hole
Swamp Festival, practiced to
highlight history and customs of
the south. One of the featured
events of this celebration is the
home made whiskey competi
tion.
Well, that rounds out another
edition of “Reasons to Party.”
Remember, if a day isn’t listed
don’t panic, I’m more than sure
that you can come up with a
reason on your own.
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Entertainment Editor
Could it be that our nation is
becoming mentally and socially
warped? American’s strange
sense of entertainment seems to
be slipping to an all time-high.
Television viewers of today
are becoming increasingly
picky. They are becoming
satisfied less and less with the
network’s conventional pro
gramming. The 80’s are becom
ing the dawn of a new age, the
age of off-beat T.V.
The Monkees pioneered the
original concept when they
combined television, anti-logic
and music. It was another 13
years before the idea actually
caught on.
M.T.V. re-introduced us to it
all with the music video. It com
bined today’s music with special
effects and surrealistic imagery.
America was now exposed to
the concept of watching so
meone else’s acid trip on big
screen T.V. We could ex
perience hundreds of five
minute mind melts a day and
never even have to touch a
single chemical.
Then the comedians stepped
into the act. Forced by competi
tion to come up with material
that was more and more
diverse, they began looking and
acting more like circus side
show attractions than profes
sional entertainers.
When faced with a choice of
“I love Lucy” or a show featur
ing a mature adult acting like a
mentally mutilated six year old,
T. V. viewers of today wouldn’t
even give it a second thought.
What sort of self respecting
human would change . their
name from Paul Reubens to Pee
Wee Herman? All across
America people of all ages are
getting up early on Saturday
mornings to watch “Pee Wee’s
Playhouse.” We are sick.
_ Now the computers are star
ting to put their foot into the
ring. Let’s step twenty minutes
into the future and into the
world of the latest off beat T.V.
craze, Max Headroom. H
computer with the mind oi
world’s greatest investig
reporter, a name provided
warning sign and a
courtesy of IBM Compu-te
Where did the likes of “I
sky and Hutch” and “Ba
Miller” disappear to? 1
happened? Will convent
programming ever be the si
Tell us Max, you know a 1
American idealism beginni
look like a record left in th
or what? I really want to k
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