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Daily Ncbraskan
Thursday, December 15, 1933
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Well, the votes are in and it is time to announce
the big winners (and losers) for the first Clyde
Bruckman Awards. Votes were accepted from Nov.
17 through Dec. 9 and less than 100 responses were
received. However, that is not bad considering this
was the first time out.
Without any further ado, here are the winners
and runners-up for the coveted award named for
the director of many Buster Keaton silent movies.
Best Performance by an Actor or Actress:
Runners-up: A three-way tie between William
Hurt in "The Big Chill," Jessica Lunge in Trances"
and Mel Gibson in "A Year of Living Dangerously."
Winner: Shirley MacLaine in "Terms of Endear
ment." Worst performance by an actor or actress
Runner-up: John Travolta in "Staying Alive."
Winner: Christie Brinkley in "Vacation."
Best Movie in 18S3
Runner-up: "The Year of Living Dangerously."
Winner: "The BigChilL"
Worst Movie
Runner-up: "Staying Alive." Winner. "Flashdance."
Best Television Show
Runner-up: "Cheers." Winner: "Hill Street Blues."
Worst Television Series
Runner-up: "Square Pegs." Winner: "Dukes of
Hazzard."
Best Album
Runner-up: Michael Jackson, Thriller. Winner: The
Police, Synchonicity.
Worst Album
Runner-up: Styx, Kilroy Was Here. Winner: Def
Lepperd, Pyromania.
Best Pop Group or Singer
Runner-up: The Police. Winner: Spandau Ballet.
Worst Group or Singer
Runner-up: Bonnie Tyler. Winner: Quiet Riot.
Best Black Performer.
Runners-up: A tie between Lionel Richie and
Michael Jackson. Winner: Prince.
Best Jazz Performance
Runner-up: Chuck Mangione. Winner: Miles Davis.
Best Country Music Performer
Runner-up: Emmylou Harris. Winner: Willie Nelson.
Local Band
Runner-up: A three-way tie between The Click, Cost
of Living and Justin Morgan. Winner: Charlie Burton
and the CutOuts.
Best Concert in an Auditorium
Runners-up: A tie between Lionel Richie in the Bob
Devaney Sports Center, and Tom Petty in Omaha's
Civic Auditorium. Winner: Stray Cats in Omaha's
Civic Auditorium.
Best Concert in a club or bar
Runner-up: The Romantics at the Royal Grove.
Winner: Johnny Reno and the Sax Maniacs at the
Zoo Bar.
After any good awards show comes the analysis.
Here, then, are some observations on how the voting
went.
Perhaps most striking was the number of "worsts"
the Clydes electorate came up with, as opposed to
the "bests." For example, 15 nominations were
received for best movie. There were 25 nominations
for the worst one. There were 20 nominations for
best television series, but the worst series category
received 30 nominations. 12 individuals were
nominated for best actor or actress, 27 received
citations for worst acting.
By far, "The Big Chill" was the most popular
winner. Most category champions won by a handful
of votes, yet "The Big Chill" received three times the
number of votes as its nearest competitor, "The Year
of Living Dangeroush."
The closest competition was the best pop group or
singer. Spandau Ballet won that category by a mere
half a vote. The Police came in second place, just a
half a vote ahead of David Bowie.
Nearly 20 groups received nominations for best
local band. What's interesting here is the most
popular local group, Charlie Burton and the
CutOuts, was a distant fourth for best performance
in a nightclub or bar.
In the nobodys-perfect category, best movie "The
Big Chill" received two votes for worst movie. "Hill
Street Blues," the most popular television series,
also received two votes for worst series.
And, in the "It's Never Too Late for A Comeback"
department, Ronald Reagan received two votes as
best performance by an actor. Clyde Bruckman
would have been proud.
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Some of the Clyde Awards winners (Counter-clockwise from upper left): Shirley MacLaine (with
Danny DeVito), Charlie Burton, the cast of "The Big CLiH," Willie Nelson and The Policed
Synchronicity.
The Clydes
brazen review
Today will go down in history as the day the Clyde
Bruckman Awards brazenly proclaimed the winners
and losers in the entertainment world of 1983. Here
is our commentary on some of the winners (Jeff in
italicized, Chris in plain and peanut):
Chris Welsch
Jeff Goodwin
Best movie "The Big ChilL"
An alright movie, intellectually stimulating, but
tketitlewasmisteading.Itnevergotcold. .
I agree. ;
Worst movie "Flashdance."
It wasn 't a great movie; not even a good one, but it
was far from the worst I voted for "Tough Enough"
as worst and I stand by that.
Ugh. ;:. V'
Worst TV program.
his afar greater honor to be named worst televi
sion program that it is to be named best, because
there is such a wide and eoctensive field of bad
programs. The "Dukes of Hazzard " must really be
bad to have won.
I agree.
Best Actress Shirley MacLaine.
' - She's a locaXfavorite. -ChwckJagoda voted twenty
times for her. Bob Kerrey voted 15 times for Deb
Winger. This was a set up. Shirley Booth easily
should win for her performances in the reruns of
"Hazel"
I havent seen it.
Worst Actress Christie Brinkley.
This woman is beautiful, but terrible. She cant
dance, shecantsing, and she can Y act Zcave Chris
tie for the Cover Girl ads. It's all a misnomer.
Brinkley isnt an actress, she's a looker.
Grunt
Best Album Synchronicity.
I'll never forget the first time I heard "Every
Breath You Take. " was riding along the ocean
near Huntington Beach, Calif. It was a beautiful
day. I was speechless, just like I am now.
1 Yes.
Worst Album Pyromania.
I haven 't heard this album, but some of the tracks
sound laud, boring and uninventive, like our column
today. After listening to this album you '11 probably
turn into a pyromaniac, and start with the album.
(Or the column!!)
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Best Group Spandau Ballet.
Sorry folks, this is a bad choice. This is just
another one of those nambie pambie, ernis and
andy groups that no one will hear from again.
They Ye The Carpenters of the '80s.
A very merry holiday season to all of you out there
in entertainment land. Well be back next semester
and better than ever. Please send story ideas. Please!
