Hamilton High School - Agi H Eco Yearbook (Hamilton, AL)

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3555525 Before planning pilgramages To isTanT TheaTres and audiToriums, TudenTs aTTempTed To ToTally drain amilTon of iTs naTive enTerTainmenT. he firsT opporTuniTy was usually a 'Tearby Television seT. The disTance peTween home and The nearesT heaTre encouraged many families To subscribe To Showfime, The newesT hing ThaT cable Television had To offer HamilTon's populaTion. For Those who preferred To mainTain The usual programs, There was sTill plenTy To see. Perhaps The mosT well known Television drama was CBS's l'Dallas . Even Those who had never seen an episode readily relaTed Who shoT J.R.'? To The series. For Those who preferred Television of a less serious naTure There was The Dukes of Hazzard , a prime-Time series seT in The SouTh. Hazzard depicfed The common sTory of Two young men in a fasT car againsT The evils of an ignoranT sysTem. NighT owls had The ever- presenT 'Johnny Carson Show . There were Those who faiThfully waTched Johnny five nighTs a week. And of course when There was noThing beTTer To do afTer school, The afTernoon favoriTe was The classic Tom and Jerry carToons, enjoyed by all ages. Though l-lamilfon lacked in oTher local enerTainmenT, iTs residenTs .. 4. ...4 . .. 4. 44 .4 4 4. 44 4. .4 4. . .. .4 .4 .. 4 .. 44 44 .4 . ...4.. 4. .4 4 44 .4 .4 4. . 4. 4. .4 4. 4 .4 44 44 .4 4. 4. .. .4 4. .. .4 .4 .. 4. .. 4. .44. .4.....4 managed To find addiTional supplies elsewhere. Long drives and scheduled planning meanT liTTle To pairons, mosT of whom were sTudenTs. When The weekends in HamilTon finally rolled around iT was easy To Tell who had plans for The movies. When a carload of eager faces lined The gas pumps, dishing ouT The lasT week's lunch money To finance an excursion, They were in for a 420 mile round Trip. Even Though The price of gas was more Than The price of Tickeis, someone was always going somewhere. The mosT successful movies were seen by many of l-lamilTon's residenTs, regardless of disTance. Some of The longesT running films were Those wiTh early publiciTy ThaT began monThs before Their premieres. Two such films were Xanadu , sTarring Olivia Newfon-John and Gene Kelley and The Empire STrikes Back was The long awaiTed sequel To STar Wars , The record breaker of 4977. A movie wiTh mixed reacTion was l'The Blue Lagoon sTarring Brooke Shields and Chrisfopher ATkins. Many who saw The remake of The 4939 original called iT a fanTasy love sTory beTween a boy and girl who grew up TogeTher afTer being shipwrecked on an island. Comedies reTurned during The year A story of natural love. Two children, a boy and a girl, are shipwrecked on a lost tropical island. . . they must survive, somehow alone. But nature is kind to them. The boy grows tall. The girl beautiful, They swim naked over coral reefs. They run in a w cn t eir ove a ens, it is as cathedral of trees. And h h l h pp natural as the sea itself, and as powerful. Love as nature intended it to be. fifiilifri- lil-lllg l CopyrighT 1980 by 2OTh CenTury Fox CopyrighT T980 by Columbia PicTures 4. .. .. 4. 4. .. .. .. .4 . 4... .. ., ..... ..... .4.. ..... ,, ,, .. ,. ,, ,, .. .. .4 .4 .4 .. .. .. 4. .. .. 44 .. .. 44 .. .. .. .. .. -4 4. .4 .4 ,, ,, .. , .. ,, .. .4 4. 4. ...4.. 4..44 .. .. 4- .. .. .4 .4 .4 .. 4. 4. .4 .4 4. ,, .. .4 44 .. .. .4 .. ...... ,, .. .. ff .. 4. .. 4. 4' .. .4 4. 4. .. .4 .. 4. .. 4- .4 .4 .. .. .4 .. .4 .... -4 4. ..... wiTh Caddyshack , sTarring Bill Murray as a golf course gardener and Airplane , a spoof on The mosT popular disasTer movies, sTarring RoberT Hayes. For Those daring few who had long since preferred radio To T.V. and concerTs To movies, There were chances for Them also. lT was The devoTed fan who was no longer saiisfie wiTh his sTereo and record collecfion who saved allowances for a monTh in order To finance The 220 mile Trip ThaT was necessary in order To see Their idols. And HamilTon sTudenTs did Their parT To help The sellouTs of major concerTs in The area beTween HunTsville, STarkville, Mississippi, and Birmingham. HamilTon was represenTed concerTs as Van Halen's T' Invasion , AC fDC's Tour, and Kansas's sTop in OTher popular concerT included Kenny Rogers, Gees, Sryx, Ted Neugeni, Cooper. Though school and acTiviTies Took up mosT of sTudenTs' Time, enTerTainmen a necessify. Whefher iT came Television, TheaTres or The pleasanT diversion ThaT enTerTainmenT provided was a welcome release To everyone. CopyrighT 1980 by Universal PicTures siudeni Lifeknrerminmenr 25

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Who shot J,l?,? was popular throughout the halls of HHS as well as in the nation as fans of CBS's Dallas waited weeks to find out that Christen shot teIevision's most hated character. Shown below in concert in Birmingham, Styx even more popularity after the group released their Paradise Theater album, The album was one of the most popular records at local stores. Talk show host Johnny Carson, a well known fi- gure in the entertainment world, was viewed by many faithful fans nightly because of his stage presence and humor. Nationally, The Tonight Show was one of the highest rated late night shows. 24 Student Llfeflintertainment

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