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Page 6 Portland Observar M ay 21, 1981 HAPPENINGS entertainment entertainment Grassroot News, N .W - Last Thursday, Portland was host to comedian/ businessman, Bill C osby. B ill retains an unique position in the entertainment industry and the business world. In I97K, Advertising Aye voted him ‘ ‘ Star Presenter o f the Year,” due to the C'o’ s ability to mix light humor with product sell. He’ s quoted as saying, “ No. I is to make the product name heard and remem bered No. 2 is to make the commerical pay a table and my way is with humor. My approach from the beginning has been, I want to make the program interrupt this commerical I mean, you can do a lot o f good in 30 seconds, or you can do a lot o f harm by grating the nervous system o f the viewer.” William Henery C osby, Jr., is a three dimensional character with an ex clusive place for his family, Camille and five children. The Cos’ s Cosbys’ tri lives are his business, entertainment, and education. In the field o f education, Cosby feels that he’s made his proudest achievements. In his beginnings he le*l high school and joined the Navy where he obtained his high school STAR PRESENTER tty l umili Duke diploma He received a Bachelor's degree from Temple University School o f C om m unication and a M aster’ s and D octor o f Education from the University ol Massachusetts. His educational achievements look seven years to ccomplete. And his dissertation, “ An Integration o f the Visual Media via I at Albert and the Cosby kids into the Elementary school curriculum as a leaching aid and vehicle to achieve increase learning.” This examined the failure ol urban schools to meet educational requirements o f m inority children, and the grow th o f television in its development as a tool for educational channge. P e rfo rm e rs fro m th e P o rtla n d Opera G u ild 's reh earsal c o m p a n y of s in g e rs fro m th e Ita lia n o p e ra " D o n P a s q u a le " g a v e a fre e p e r fo r m a n c e o f th e c o m ic o p e r a 's h ig h lig h ts a t P o r tla n d C o m m u n ity C olleg e's S ylvan ia cam pus. The singers (fro m le ft to right): Larry Fee, te n o r; N a n c y E m ric k , s o p ra n o , and R oland H a rris , bass. T h e o pera w ill be p e rfo rm e d at th e Civic A u d ito riu m , M a y 23rd, M a y 27th and M a y 30th a t 8:00 p.m . A W /r B AR RY W H IT E the in v e n to r of w h a t has b e c o m e k n o w n as "C o cert S o u l/' w a rm s up on a C a s ito n e K eyb o ard B arry has te a m e d i w ith his w ife and released a n ew alb u m e n title d "B arry and G lodean It includes th e hit single "Didn't w e m a k e it happ en . B a b y ." X D p m -Llpin Ilion-Tn. STARS IN YOUR EYES Live P T Open pcHkc B eer 5p.cial Öiviradt Prias-' T ill J?ar dnii\A par «?*><.'1 Warm Atuk^plw and Taz£ ca5i| liôTunnd fimk alet nïcre- ,x. lAwiiid i D. C iaudette Sm ith \ n m dix hIu.11 h o i n m u lc t I la sign »»I I .m t us .1 h it iiih h o in w ill n c x c u lic k s s m a ke .1 a .m m Pow er Day I 2 9 th " . l l l x s h o u ld 11.1lut.1llx he icsi io n max h.ix c d ii I k uh x I V « »»I h.tx c I.m ils , m ', .,|so d o I 1.1 M ini »»I la 1 m 1 sc 1 he o p p o t 1 un it \ w 1,1ne\ e 1 v «»me .ig.iin in 11 ' B ill C o s b y s ig n s a u to g r a p h , w h ile N ia D u k e (r ig h t ) a n d G a b e (rig h t) beam w ith jo y They w e re guests of C osby b a c k s ta g e d urinq his M a y 14 concert at the Civic A ud ito riu m . (Photo: R ichard J. B row n) »•is Saturday morning series, ” la t Albert and the ( osbv kids” have dealt with shoplifting, pm smoking and pre udice. I he senes won the ( Inldren's I heater Association seal ol excellence in I973. ( osbv is also a regular guest on Sesame Street and the I'leetrieC ouipany. ( osbv came to the forefront in the series ’ ’ I Spy” ( I96< 6Hj with Hubert ( ulp. which was the lust regular Black character m a major dramatic senes I l l s Him credits include Mother, lugs and Speed; Uptown Saturday Night ( ahlorma Suite; I cl’s Do It Again; and A Piece ol the Action. In between having his own I \ . show son NIK and (. BS, occasionally von w,|| |,„d him a s a guest on Ihe Tonight Show, to provide,, little color and variety to one-liners and empty questions. As tar reaching as his career is his humor is as light as a leather He takes verv lew things seriously. In retrospect ol the senseless minders in Altaula and New York, the resurgent o fih e K K K whb now feel that tl.ev have friends m high places, and the decay m quality ol life lor people who are dar ker than blue and poorer than poverty, our only wish is that hie was as t,..i.i .i,„ .. butch cnorc ......................... « d i t i o i , " u i. iiit x \ HI / . I I I H IV h te III In n P o w e r Day 24th .11 h l y 11,11 I s ill , , I K K , | | | pC f l i d x i X \ n i II .• M l U . llh M I I I I . I l \« U I d«> (U H ( | „ , h p«'ili P o w e r D ny 27th Be seen m I lie n g lil p l.h e p iil.inix u s o , iu h clboxvx P o w e r D ay 28th y ' 'I I I H i i l i l l e . I l l o l l s . 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