Northwest Missouri State University - Tower Yearbook (Maryville, MO)

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Adam Sandler docs his Cajun Man character during his act. Sandler also treated the nearly sold-out crowd to an enter- taining rendition of why he came to Northwest with his Opera Man voice. Photo by Jon Britton. Allen Covert jokes about unethical high school football coaching practices. Covert, a college buddy of Adam Sandler, ivas not scheduled to open for either show. Photo by Jason Clarke. Adam Sandler entertains a packed crowd with the musical comedy act. Lunch Lady Land. Sandler was a regular on Saturday Night Live and also starred in the movie, Airheads. Photo by Jon Britton. Adam Sandler •27

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Saturday Night Live comedian demonstrates off-color wit for Northwest audience. By Amanda McManigal and Mike Johnson Adults Only Humor A small, shyly unassuming man walked onto the stage as the crowd rose to its feet with a standing ovation. His first lines were greeted with wild cheers and whistles. Adam Sandler, star of television and screen, was the headline performer at Mary Linn Performing Arts Center and from the audience ' s reactions, they got what they came for: wry humor and silly songs. Before Sandler took the stage, two other comedians warmed up the audience. Speech professor Jeff Przybylo presented material concerning his brother ' s band and Scooby Doo. Shaggy and Scooby were obviously on marijuana, Przybylo said. They exhibited the two classic signs: always hungry and constantly paranoid. Allen Covert went on stage next. He entertained the audience with bits on Maryville ' s weather and a questionable football strategy. Our high school football team was doing real well, Covert said. Our coach got turned in because he was having his wife blow the players. What must he have said? ' Honey, I love you and you are beautiful. The team is doing poorly. Would you mind performing oral sex? ' Covert said he liked to toy with real estate agents. I liked to go in and ask them questions like, ' That was a nice wall, Covert said. I liked the paint color and everything. If I got blood on it, would it wash off? ' or ' If someone was screaming in the basement, could the neighbors hear it? ' and by the way, ' Was that your home number? ' Covert, who performed only for the 9 p.m. show, said he did not know until the last minute that he was performing. Adam said, ' Are you doing anything this week? ' and I said ' No. ' He said, ' Let ' s go do comedy, ' Covert said. I enjoyed it a lot and it was wonderful to be here. Then, the wait was over. The man that fans had paid $16 a ticket for took the stage with jokes ranging from dating to impressions of his family to obscene material. His material also included a poem about Northwest. Northwest Missouri State University-oh, you had to study for your test-oh, the library was the best place-oh, or go to Molly ' s and get shitfaced-oh, Sandler said. Although Sandler boasted a budding film career with roles in Airheads and Steve Martin ' s Lifesavers, he did not feel the pressure to be the next Eddie Murphy. It was a whole different generation, Sandler said. People didn ' t put pressure on me to live up to them. Students thought he connected with the youthful crowd. I thought the show was great, Mike Bowling said. Since he was from our generation, he knew exactly what we thought was funny. Sandler put in an appearance at Molly ' s after the perfor- mance. He was very nice and down to earth, Cami Opp said. His fame didn ' t seem to affect him much. A nearly sold-out crowd reinforced Sandler ' s popularity with the college crowd. Although his act may have been dirty, the applause proved the audience had good clean fun. 26 • Entertainment

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Lights, Camera, Action set tine ee c of celebration Although it rained on the parade. Homecoming reeled in crowds with the theme, Lights! Camera! Action! which paid full color homage to motion pic- tures. Everything from the house decorations to the skits in the Variety Show brought movie and television characters to life. Homecoming was an event which demonstrated the spirit and talent of Northwest students. Movies pro- vided a broad base in which to showcase this talent. The Variety Show got Homecoming off to a start with its first ever professional emcee. Although in past years. Northwest picked emcees from its own pool of talent, a professional was brought in. Comedian Buzz Sutherland kept things going with comedy bits taken from his marriage and his repertoire of six voices including Daffy Duck and a baby. A performer on such shows as Caroline ' s Comedy Hour and Comedy on the Road, Sutherland was use to working with audiences and handling heckling with comic put-downs. I tried to stay really hip and in touch since a majority of my dates were college shows, Sutherland said. It put a lot of weight on my shoulders, but it got easier with each performance. Kristi Hill believed that student emcees would have been a better choice than the professional emcee. I thought it would have personalized it more if students did it, Hill said. Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia ' s Fantasy Island was the big hit of the Variety Show, winning best independent skit, overall skit supremacy and the people ' s choice award. Combining singing with visual effects, the music fraternity staged a skit with the Bearcat football team sending Registrar Linda Girard to Fantasy Island. They did this so she could get a break from the pressures of college life and to find her a man. Winner of the previous year ' s award for best actor, Brian Bellof played Girard for the final year. He was unhappy about letting his character go, which he had played for four years, but was happy that it had gained such a huge following. I really enjoyed playing the character and the audience response was terrific, Bellof said. It was a great character and fun to play. I had great respect for Linda. Movie and television takeoffs ranged from older films like Wings of Victory to newer films such as Ace Ventura, Pet Detective. The skits had men playing women and women play- ing men. Best actor Ryan Stadlman won for his por- trayal of Victory in Tau Kappa Epsilon ' s Wings of Victory. Playing a stewardess who tried to calm pas- sengers of the Northwest airplane, Stadlman balanced feminity with physical dexterity. I couldn ' t believe it, Stadlman said. I was totally surprised. I thought Brian Bellof would win because he won last year and got the write up. I was in the Variety Show to have fun and make people laugh. Phi Sigma Kappa ' s Maryville, 64468, a takeoff of Beverly Hills 90210, won best fraternity skit and Delta Zeta ' s Northwest Story, a takeoff of West Side Story, won best sorority skit. Olio acts were interspersed throughout the program. Kip Mathew and Marc Jackson sang Worlds Apart. Distinguished Gentlemen, which consisted of Jack- — continued Phi Sigma Kappa ' s Jurassic Parl slowly rolls along Seventh Street dur- i n g the Homecom- ing parade. The float placed first in the highly competitive division. Photo by Chris Tucker. 28 • Student Life