Alta High School - Accipitor Yearbook (Sandy, UT)

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In Tune With ’81 - Movies And T.V Superman. Christopher Reeve. R.E.O. Speedwagon s Kevin Cronin. Most of the movies that we paid $4 to see were mostly the same big money makers of the year: Raiders of the Lost Arc (of course). For Your Eyes Only, Stripes Nine to Five. Es- cape from New York, and Su- perman II. Fantasy movies (Ex calibur and Dragonslayer) cap- tured movie audiences as well as the old standby horror vio- lence flicks (Halloween II. Fri- day the 13th. Scanners). This was also the year of big budget movies that lost mil lions of bucks because people just didn’t go see them. Did you see — Legend of the Lone Ranger. Heaven's Gate, Zorro, Wolfen. Under the Rainbow. Blow Out, The Fan, The Post- man Always Rings Twice? Well neither did anyone else. And who could forget 1981's experiement with the 50’s fad — 3D in the movie. Cornin’ At Ya. A movie so bad that one cheered the shooting of the hero. TOP GROSSING MOVIES OF 1981 1. Raiders of the Lost Ark Spiders, corpses, and snakes, oh my!. Harrison Ford created a thoroughly modern hero in a late 1930’s setting. 2. 9 to 5 Fonda, Tomlin, and Par- ton plot against their chauvinistic boss. Par- ton’s hit single ’’9 to 5’’ was also second on the pop chart for 81. 3. Superman II Highflying action and ro- mance compliment the se- quel about the ’’man of steel”. 4. Stir Crazy - Back togetl. . again, Rich- ard Pryor and Gene Wilder go cuckoo in a prison. 5. The Cannonball Run Burt Reynolds leads a star-studded cast on a wild coast-to-coast race. 6. Stripes If you don’t like the Army, form your own. Bill Mur- ray did so in his box-office smash of the summer. 7. Any Which Way You Can Clint Eastwood returns with his co-star Clyde, or is it the other way around. 8. Arthur Trying to stay drunk the rest of his life, Dudley Moore stumbles his way into our hearts. 9. The Four Seasons Multi-talented Alan Alda sheds his Hawkeye role to become part of one of three married couples. 10. Popeye The famous comic strip comes to life when Robin Williams and Shelly Du- Vall team up. DuVall, Hurl, and Williams in Popeye. 42 • Movies And T.V.

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It’s Friday night and you're hungry The first food that comes to mind is pizza. You are not alone. Pizza parlors such as Godfathers are crowded every weekend with hungry Alta students. Good standbys for a fast food bite. Big Macs at Mcdonalds. Pizza Hut pizza or other numerous places on Seventh East. u. Community • 41

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Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. The cast of M'A'S'H. THE MOST WATCHED T.V. SHOWS OF 1981 ACCORDING TO THE NIEL SEN RATINGS 1 M A S H (CBS) Still 1 after all of these years, and no one needs to ask why. 2 THE DUKES OF HAZZARD (CBS) Good ol’ boys Bo and Luke try to stay out of trouble in Hazzard County. 3 60 MINUTES (CBS) The first of the news magazine programs still holds a curious au dience of Sunday night viewers. 4 THREE S COMPANY (ABC) New addition Priscilla Barnes adds spice to the comedy trio. 5 THE JEFFERSONS (CBS) The movin’on-up couple still make jabs at everyone's preju dices. 6. DALLAS (CBS) J.R. lives on but Jock is dead, and the series still finds entangle ments to keep night time soapers hooked. 7. THE LOVE BOAT (ABC) Sailing into their fifth successful season. Doc. Julie. Isaac, and Go- pher struggle to keep a tight ship under Captain Stubing's com- mand. 8 DIFF’RENT STROKES (CBS) Gary Coleman, an adult in a child's body stars in the most popular black and white show on color t.v. 9 TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT (ABC) Imagine having an apartment of your very own — right beneath your parents. 10 THE FACTS OF LIFE (NBS) Charlotte Rae moves from Dif f'rent Strokes to a job as a house mother at a girls academy, where the girls teach her as much about life as she teaches them. And what were Alta students watching on ''boob tube during 1981? Well Well M’A’S'H was the runaway favorite just as it was na tion wide, and if you were a real Hawkeye addict one could even supplement the weekly new epi- sodes with reruns shown twice a day — and many people did. Chan- nel 20 s offering of Benny Hill drew a large percentage of viewers from the ten o’clock news on the net work stations. Daytime viewers (what are you doing out of school?) favored the soap opera prob lems of General Hospital. Series not appearing in national ratings, but among the most popular among students were Magnum P.I., WKRP. Mr. Merlin. Happy Days, and the Greatest American Hero. General Hospital's Luke and Laura. Wilder and Pryor in Stir Crazy. Movies And T.V. • 43