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daily nebraskan
frlday, September 1, 1978
arts and entertainment
'Animal House' fun appeals to irreverence in audience
By L. Kent Wolgamott
In the inner reaches of every ail-American
boy lies the seed of a possible rule
breaking, irreverent hell raiser.
It is this seed in all of us that is reached
by National Lampoon's Animal House,
now showing at Cinema 1 , as we identify
with the Delta house and mentally join in
their riotous efforts.
Director John Landis and writers Harold
Ramis, Douglas Kenney and Chris Miller
have managed to transfer the humor of
National Lampoon magazine and its parod
ies of high school yearbooks and Sunday
newspapers to the screen in this hilarious
satire of fraternity life in the '60s.
movie review
The simple plot of the movie takes us
onto the campus of Faber College in 1962
and directly into the outcast fraternity, the
Deltas.
Fun without fines
The remainder of the movie deals with
the struggles and antics of the members of
the fraternity as they attempt to disrupt
school without being expelled.
Led by man-on-the-make Otter, played
by Tim Matheson; Boon, (Peter Reigert);
mad man mechanic D-Day (Bruce McGill);
and Bluto, (John Blushi), the Deltas
terrorize the campus, administration, and
city, trash the cafeteria and throw out
rageous parties.
The show is stolen by Belushi who
creates the most havoc and laughter with
a minimum of dialogue, relying on his
famous sense of comedic movement and
timing to carry the part.
Matheson gives a strong performance as
Otter, the smart-mouthed fast mover who
has an answer for every question and a plan
British artist's
return effort
is uninspired'
By Jeff Taebel
Colin Blunstone has been singing rock
n' roll for a long time. He began his mucial
career in 1965 with the Zombies. Their
first single, "She's Not There," was
released that year and became a big U.S.
hit. The Zombies enjoyed reasonable suc
cess in touring this country in the wake of
the first "British invasion" of the American
music scene.
album review
The Zombies broke up in 1968 and
Blunstone went into a four year period of
semi-retirement before releasing his first
solo album, called One Year. He released
a second album in 1973, entitled Journey,
and once again went into a four year
withdrawal from the music scene.
New album
Now Blunstone is back again with his
latest record, Never Even Thought, on
Rocket Records. Blunstone has assembled
a competent back-up group for tMs effort
which features James Newton Howard
on keyboards, Davey Johnstone on guitar,
Jeff Porcaro on drums, Ray Cooper on
percussion, with David Hungate and
Cooker Lo Presti splitting bass chores.
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for every situation.
Dopey professor
Donald Sutherland makes an all too
brief appearance at Jennings, the dope
smoking professor who introduces students
to the heathen devil weed.
The movie is a National Lampoon pro
duct and conveys the same type of hit and
miss humor as its parent magazine, offend
ing some and entertaining others.
It is good fun and has been drawing
some large crowds, leading one to suspect
our own Deltas are attending for training
purposes.
Animal House is not a great film and
never will be regarded as a classic, except
by some fraternities, but it is the season's
best and most original comedy.
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Things at Faber College are fun and frantic for John Belushi and friends in Animal House.
KFOR format changed to draw listeners
By Mike Schmoidt
Radio station KFOR-FM has made some
big changes recently and may make more
in the near future. On Saturday, August
19th, KFOR-FM changed its format from
easy-listening, or "beautifulmusic" to a
rock or contemporary music format simi
lar to that of KGOR-FM.
Also, according to KFOR station mana
ger Dave Poison, the station may soon be
changing its call letters from KFOR to
KFRX.
He said the station wanted an "X" in
its name in order to popularize itself with
an on-the-air nickname such as "X-l-0-3."
Poison said the nickname is easy to remem
ber and would indicate where listeners can
find his station on their dials.
The Federal Communications Commis
sion is expected to decide on the applica
tion for a call4etter change in 45 to 60
days.
The recent change to contemporary
music was made in order to draw a larger
audience for KFOR-FM, Poison said.
"More people like this type of music,"
he said, and market research done by a
team of national program specialists
showed that more people would tune in if
contemporary music were played on
KFOR. Poison linked a larger audience
with the ability to draw a larger amount of
advertising revenue for the station.
Poison said there was little negative
reaction to the formal change "from the
old beautiful music listeners, but that's to
be expected. We researched it. We knew
what we were doing and that's why we did
it."
A former competitor of KFOR-FM is
delighted about the format change, accord
ing to KLIN-FM's station manager Tom
Range.
"I believe we are now the only station
in the whole area with a beautiful music
format," Range said. "We have the market
all to ourselves."
He said people at KLIN-FM expect a
substantial increase in audience size because
people who used to listen to KFOR will
switch to KLIN.
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Variety, the spice of Kimball
Courtesy of Kazuko Hittyer Internet ton si.
inc.
Kimball Recital Hall's new Perform
ing Arts Series will feature Paula
Robtson on the flute, Feb. 22.
Ron Bowlin, manager of the Kimball
concert and theater program, describes the
new Performing Art Series at Kimball as
"offering something for everyone".
The season opens with "Pilobolus Dance
Theatre" on Sept. 15. The other dance
events of this year are the "Martha Graham
Dance Company" on Oct. 31 and Nov.
1, and the "Joffrey II Ballet" on March
9 and 10.
Three soloists will perform this year.
Andre-Michel Schub, and exciting young
pianist will perform Oct. 8. An internation
ally known cellist, Janos Starker will bring
his art to the Kimball stage on Nov. 30.
Febr. 22 will bring Paula Robison playing
the flute.
A special program by the "Aeolian
Chamber Players" will be played with
awakening insight to the music of the
twentieth century.
There are two symphonies to treat the
Lincoln audiences this year. The "Leipzig
Gewandhaus Orchestra" of East Germany
will perform Nov. 9 and 10, and there will
be a seventh return of the 5 Louis Sym
phony" April 3 and 4.
"The Acting Company" performs
"Romeo and Juliet' on Feb. 8 and 9, and
"Antigone" on Feb. 10. "Mummen
schanz", a delightful mime troupe will
display their skill on Feb. 25.
The real highlights of the season,"
according to Bowlin, "are the Martha
Graham Dance Company, The Leipzig
Orchestra, and Janos Starker. Those three
things are probably the standouts."
"Pick your own series" is the motto
used by Bowlin to give the patrons a better
way to buy the shows they are most inter
ested in.
"Altogether we have eleven events this
year and two of those are orchestras, so of
the remaining nine events one picks four
programs to get an additional 20 percent
discount," Bowlin said. "Tickets also
are available now for the orchestra concerts
so people can get the best seats, but those
don't count into the series discount."
Bowlin stressed the key words used in
the advertising, "Step into Kimball's World
of Live Entertainment."
"That pretty well says it for us. We are
looking forward to a great series here at
Kimball Hall."
