Arts ©Entertainment
Tuesday, February 21,1995 Page 9
“Knight Rider”
NBC
David Hasselhoff hasn’t aged a day
in the last 10 years. And it serves him
well.
As the star of the most popular tele
vision show in the world, Hasselhoff
has buried his Michael Knight days
deep in the past.
But make no bones about it, “Knight
Rider’7 was good television.
Despite the enjoyment I derive from
Hasselhoff s 1990s beach drama with
pneumatic babes C.J. and Summer, I
can’t help but wax nostalgic about Devin
and K.I.T.T.
Introduced to Michael Knight and
company at a sleep over at a friend’s
house, I followed the show as faithfully
as I could for as long as I could.
Even now, between videotaped
viewings of Hasselhoff s pay-per-view
concert, I tune in to the USA network to
watch; reruns of the man’s first star
vehicle, whose 80-some episodes all
went something like this:
Michael Knight is just cruising down
the highway in K.I.T.T. and reading a
book while his automated buddy drives.
Needing to refuel, they stop in some
small town, where Michael Knight dis
covers a ring of corruption run by a
group of Playboy bunnies who end-up
chasing him with guns blazing and short
shorts creeping.
Running into a dead end, Knight
speaks into his wristwatch, “K.I.T.T.,
I’m in trouble.” Instantly the Knight
Industries Two-Thousand (that’s
K.I.T.T. to you and me) rolls into ac
tion.
All of a sudden, we hear K.I.T.T.’s
turbo sound effect, and the car jumps off
of a three- or four-story building, land
ing just between Michael and the ©vil
babes. Bullets bounce off the car as that
red light on the front bumper moves
back and forth with a cool swooshing
sound, and Michael jumps in. He and
K.I.T.T. drive away as the cops arrive
on the scene.
I suppose “Knight Rider” is gone for
good, as are K.A.R.R and Garth, the evil
twins of the show’s two main charac
ters.
At least there’s still “Baywatch.”
—Matt Woody is a senior news-editorial and
English major and the Dally Nebraskan Opinion
Page Editor.
Travis Hey ing/DN
Alex Proctor, 4, works on a mask with the help of Shelley Wallace, a senior art education major, and Mike
Anderson, a senior elementary education major. The masks were part of the Lincoln Children Museum’s
celebration Monday of Black History Month.
Masks transform tikes into turtles
By Gerry Beltz
Senior Reporter
Paper was cut and glued, ribbons and
strings were attached, bongos were banged,
and kids were everywhere.
UNL students helped the Lincoln
Children’s Museum celebrate Black His
tory Month by teaching mask-making to
children Monday.
Jo Brown, who teaches Art Methods for
Elementary Classroom Teachers, said help
ing at the museum, 121 S. 13th St., was a
great experience for future teachers.
“I think it’s really important for anyone
who wants to work effectively with kids to
have as many meaningful opportunities to
work with kids as they can,” Brown said.
“The more opportunities they have to
work with kids, the more comfortable they
will be with kids.”
In addition to a mask table, the museum
also featured a performance from Luigi
Waites, an Omaha jazz musician and artist,
and recitations of African poetry and
folktales by various grade school students.
Christy Aggens, an art education gradu
ate student, said her experience with the
mask-making kids Monday reinforced what
she had learned in class.
“We’ve been talking about all the differ
ent ways to use paper. It’s a way to translate
things into a very young age,” Aggens said.
“It’s an exercise in different ways to use
material.”
Mike Anderson, a senior elementary
education major, said kids enjoyed making
things like masks because it altered who
they were.
“It makes them feel that they can change
their identity,” Anderson said, “so they can
become a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle or a
butterfly.”
Aggens said children also enjoyed work
ing with arts and crafts materials.
“I think that they like to work with things
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that are bright colors and different tex
tures,” he said, “and just to work with their
hands.”
Anderson and Aggens both said a child’s
enthusiasm could be his or her greatest
strength.
“They’re willing to do anything,” Ander
son said, “There are not really any borders.
They’re not afraid to try something new.”
Aggens agreed.
“They don’t have any preconceived ideas
of the way things should be done,” Aggens
said, “They just experiment.”
Anderson said that effort was all that a
child needed.
“Just to make something is always good.”
Madison Hascall, 9, said that Monday
wasn’t the first day she had made a mask.
“Sometimes I make masks at home, but
not very often.”
Madison said she preferred folding pa
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‘Just Cause’ just plain good
By Joel Strauch
Film Critic
Go see this movie, “Just Cause”
it’s a pretty good flick.
Although it explores some of
film’s currently popular issues —
death row, serial killers and racial
injustice — “Just Cause” does not
try to make a social statement. It’s
an exciting thriller that keeps the
audience hanging on until the end.
There are a few plot holes that
let some of the steam out of the
building pressure, but the movie
holds together well and tries very
hard to remain unpredictable.
Paul Armstrong (Sean Connery)
is a respected Harvard law profes
sor who is staunchly opposed to
the death penalty.
Movie: “Just Cause”
Rating: R
Grade: B+
Stars: Sean Connery,
Laurence Fishbume
i Director: Arne Glimcher
Five Words: Death penalty
flick comes alive.
He receives a desperate request
from Bobby Earl Ferguson (Blair
Underwood), a convict sitting on
Death Row for a crime he claims
he did not commit.
Armstrong investigates a grue
some murder that occurred more
than eight years before. He quickly
runs into small-town resistance
when he journeys to the Florida
bayou to uncover the real story.
He finds himself in constant
conflict with detective Tanny
Brown (Laurence Fishbume), the
arresting officer on the case. Brown
is convinced beyond a doubt that
Ferguson is guilty.
With a cast like this, the acting
is inevitably superb.
Connery is godlike as always,
making his presence known
onscreen with as little as a facial
expression or a minute gesture.
If you want to see a great new
Connery flick, “Just Cause” is rea
son enough.
Mysterious countdown
puzzles 101.9 listeners
By Jeff Randall _
Staff Reporter
When Brian Drake woke up
Monday to the usual 8 a.m. clock
radio blare, he thought he was
still dreaming.
“All I heard was this com
puter voice counting down,”
Drake said, “no country music,
like it usually has.
“It was really weird.”
Drake is only one of many
local residents who are wonder
ing just what the mysterious
countdown on local radio station
KYNN (101.9) means.
For the past few days, the
station’s regular programming
has been replaced with a mo
notonous computerized voice that
counts down the days, hours,
minutes and seconds nonstop.
The countdown, which ends
at 6 p.m. today, is also inter
spersed with seemingly random
catch phrases such as “What the
people need is something to make
them smile” and “All my rowdy
friends are coming over tonight.”
The enigma of the countdown
sounds more like a publicity stunt
than a serious puzzle, Drake said,
but he admitted he would prob
ably be among those sitting by
the radio when 6 o’clock rolled
around tonight.
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