Fouke High School - Panther Yearbook (Fouke, AR)

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THEME 9 Entertainment Entertainment, perhaps one of the greatest influences on high school students. has tremendously changed just within the relatively short time the children of 1967 have grown to become the Seniors of 1985. Only eighteen years ago, the popular movies to see were The Sound of Music, True Grit, The Godfather, and The Way We Were Ask anyone around what the three main changes entertain- ment has made within the last twenty years, and 90% would say something like “more sex. violence, and the focus of typical teenage lifestyles . This seems to be the case if you compare the box-office hits of the '80's like An Officer and a Gentleman, Porky’s, Footloose. Flashdance, Hot Dog. Spring Break, and Police Academy. Ironically though, sex. violence, and teenage issues did not play a part in the biggest hit of the '80's and all time — E.T. In the mid and late '60's, the Beatles, one of the most well-known groups ever, were making rock a cultural as well as a musical event. The music of America was being revolutionized by songs like I Want to Hold Your Hand, A Hard Day's Night, and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds No popular music superstar in the '70's equaled to the Beatles in the '60’s or Elvis in the ‘50’s. Instead, popular music became fragmented into different types, each with its own brand of devotees Perhaps the most significant of the new forms of popular music was disco It was meant to be danced to, and it spawned the flashing lights and the emphasized beat of music in countless discotheques across the nation. Donna Summer with Bad Girls, and the BEE GEES with Stayin' Alive were among the most popular of the disco artists Movies like JAWS, Rocky. Grease, Saturday Night Fever, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and the unforgettable Star Wars started lines of movie-goers that were astronomically long In television programming, the most significant development was the introduc tion of realistic sit-coms. They took current events as topics for their programs All In the Family was the most popular program of the '70's. Crime and police stories were also very popular, with the twist being that several featured women as the main characters. Charlie’s Angels happens to fit the description well with its three attractive female detec- tives Nostalgia found a place in TV with the series of Happy Days and The Walton ’». The greatest change in television of the '80’s was the viewing of popular prime-time soaps Dallas had America standing on end waiting to know to know Who Shot J. R.?” Other popular prime-time soaps were Falcon Crest, Dynasty, and Knott’s Landing Soaps were by no means the only popular shows though which proved to be true by the popular viewing of shows like The A Team, Magnum P. I., The Duke s of Hazzard, Knight Rider, The Bill Cosby Show, and Hill Street Blues. The 80's could definitely not be stereotyped by any one particular type of music. In only five years, the “in” music evolved from the rock of Shaun Cassidy and Leif Garrett to the country music of Alabama. The Oak Ridge Boys. Kenny Rogers, John Anderson, Barbara Mandrell. and Hank Williams Jr Songs like Lady, Old Flame. Bobby Sue, Elvira, Family Tradition. Swinging’, If Heaven Ain’t a Lot Like Dixie, and Sleeping Single in a Double Bed dominated the music charts everywhere. Along with the country music came the rock of REO Speed wagon. Cheap Trick, and Chicago. As things changed, both hard and punk rock became quite popular With this, you began to see groups like the the Go Go's. Joan Jet and The Blackhearts, Van Halen, Motley Crue, Duran Duran, The Police, and Twisted Sister Popular singers were Cyndi Lauper, Rick Springfield. Boy George. Prince, Sheena Easton, and of course, the biggest recording star of all time — Michael Jackson. Even though entertainment and music are constantly changing with the times, the beat goes on. Changing With The Times

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THEME 11 Changing With The Times If you were to drive down State Line Avenue twenty years ago the sights you would have seen are quite different from what you would see today. Today you see fast food restaurants everywhere you look. The Seniors of ’85 probably ate their first McDonalds hamburger at the age of three or four. They probably paid around 19c for it. Today we have the Big Mac” which costs about $1.35. WE also have the “Whopper , Big Mac’s famous competitor. We've heard slogans and jingles trying to convince us of the best burger such as Aren’t you hungry for Burger King now or “It’s a good time for the great taste of McDonald’s and let’s not forget Where’s the Beef? Which do you prefer? The latest fad in fast food is Chicken Nuggets They come in a variety of names We have the McNuggets and the Kentucky Nuggets You have your choice of a six pack, nine pack, and the twenty pack. Do you know your Nuggets? Today’s family also has the choice of pizza when they are on the go. Families can stay at home and have fresh hot pizza delivered to their door in thirty minutes or less because Domino’s Pizza Delivers Twenty years ago there were no Nacho Cheese Flavored Doritos or Tositos. There were only Lay’s Potato Chips and Frttos. The average party consisted of Lay's Potato Chips. Fritos and onion dip. Today's party has Dortltos, Tositos and Rotel dip, Picente sauce, and bean dip. Junk food what would we do with out it? Coca Cola is still the Real Thing and Pepsi and Dr. Pepper have Become Free. We have gone from saccarin sweetened diet colas to nutrasweet Nehi and R.C.. what were they?! Dr. Pepper, Pepsi, and Coca Cola have taken their place All three of these soft drinks give you the choice of caffeine free, diet or a combination of both. You can no longer say. I want a coke. You have to go into detail!! The primary cause of food changing from eating at restaurants and cafes to McDonald's, Wendy's and Burger King is that the family has changed. The average family eats no more than one meal a day together Each person in the famiy has their own obligations and priorites. This accounts for the fact of a teenager saying. Going out, see you later Mom, and the mother saying. What about supper? and the teenager says, I'll grab something later. Grabbing something later usually refers to getting something at a fast food restaurant. Food has changed with the times to suit the modem family life of today. Food