Henderson State University - Star Yearbook (Arkadelphia, AR)

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-E03 KAN Qi Chico and the Man was very popular with students. Freddie Prinze was the star. style, language, and characters in the show. Across the campus, one could hear imitated cries of DYNOMlTE! patterned after J. J., the tall, lanky, wide-mouthed star of the half-hour program. Geraldo Rivera, in special late- night programs, brought to HSU students ninety minutes of current controversial material in Good Night, America . His shows relayed through film and guest stars all about abortion, homosexuality, prostitution, Fanne Foxe, Sly Stone's wedding, drug addiction, politics, and unemployment. And, of course, no evening was com- plete without the familiar call of Here's Johnny! . At twelve o'clock p.m. on Satur- day nights, the halls were filled with the driving beat of Carl Doug- las, Gladys Knight, Isaac Hayes, and Kung Fu Fighting, all being poured out from Soul Train . Wolfman Jack introduced to America new talent and current hits during Friday night's Mid- night Special . Perhaps more entertaining than the programs were the thirty, forty-five and sixty second com- mercial spots. For instance, when was the last time a freckled-faced, red-haired tot looked you in the eye and asked, Who's got my pickle? And who can resist the beautiful sheepdog blinded by his fur who speaks for dog food, quipping, Tastes great! What's it look like? Although NBC could broadcast Chico and the Man, a show about a mis-used Chicano, Purina Dog Chow had to remove their Mexican-accented speaking Chihuahua from the commercial spot. Ewell Gibbons gave students a snicker when he announced that he discovered the taste of wild hickory nuts and told of how to eat bark and pine cones. Cigarette advertisements were entirely banned from the Boob Tube, but beer commercials sprang up simultaneously, telling students to grab for all the gusto they could. The number one chal- lenge of the spring semester was to rattle off in less than four seconds, Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, on- ions, on a sesame-seed bun. Television turned to the daring this season with the running of several Fl rated films. A two-nig ht run of The Godfather had stu- dents neglecting their studies for an intense study of a Mafia-ori- ented family, and for weeks people tried to talk like Marlon Brando. Love Story again tore the hearts of the more sentimental and easy- to-please viewers, and Streisand's who s Gm My P ck: 27

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Who's Got My PiCkle?-continued Funny Girl gave old-fashioned musical lovers a hope for the film industry. The brutally violent Walking Tall , after being cut and edited for T.V. was no different than watching an episode of Dragnet . Twenty years ago television couIdn't even have Lucy and Ricky Ricardo sleep in the same bed, but in February the showing of Sum- mer of 42 broke all censure bar- riers, as HSU students witnessed a young boy emerge into manhood. The dorm lounges were filled with couples sympathizing with Liza Minelli throughout The Sterile Cookoo, and television took a turn for the tasteless through the showing of That Certain Sum- mer , a film about a homosexual. Students took full advantage of the telecasting of these current motion pictures, and it saved the men hundreds of dollars in theatre tickets. A familiar question around the dorms and union at mid-day has been, Did they win the 310,000 Pyramid ? . Game shows have pro- it LDS li fi X X NN Qs T My ff Valerie Harper portrayed Rhoda in this season's smash TV hit. vided students with as varied an education as they can get in the classroom. Questions on these program dealt with everything from the date of the French Revolu- tion tothe number of quills on a porcupine. Students have been noted for dashing back to their room after a class to catch the final ten minutes of a show or the big deal . ' Another interesting observation was the addiction to popular soap operas. At registration many of the serial fans purposely arranged their classes to where they could either be in their dorm or the Union to watch the daily escapades of their favorite troublemakers. And with a few shows switching to sixty minutes, it brought more problems for the townspeople of the imagi- nary social circles. Everyday for two weeks in De- cember, students cut classes and skipped lunch to see if Erika was going to have a miscarriage. And after she did lose her baby, all had to worry whether Phil would find out he was the father of theilligiti- mate child of his highschool sweet- heart. . As Another World moved to one hour, it gave Rachel Matthews Clark Frame more time to catch yet a fourth husband, to the amaze- ment of her HSU viewers. And stu- dents skipped to 2:00 classes in bliss after the wedding between the ill-fated lovers on Days of our Lives , Bill and Laura Horton. Of course, the entire year was highlighted any time of day or night by Watergate and impeach- ment hearings, political cam- paigns, special news reports, and inaugurations. It was a good year for television - open, educational, and provoca- tive. It provided students with a lit- tle entertainment and escape from reality, and maybe answered that 310,000 question, t'Who's got my pickle? Who's Got My P kl 'P 29