Patrick Henry High School - Encounter Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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Th ut- ide A gle Reaching out and touching: Elliott, played by Henry Thomas, and his alien companion bid each other farewell in the forest. One of the actors who wore the E.T. costume died not long after the movie was out. Who's Callin Please? E.T. phone home was probably the most popular phrase of the year. The box of- fice smash of the year was a movie for all ages. Steven Spiel- berg, the mastermind behind the movie, had several other popular films to his credit but none so big as E.T. The three foot tall extraterrestrial that be- friended a young boy, Elliott, became the most talked about movie character in quite some time. He was even on the list of f'Time magazine's runner-ups for The Man of the Year . The character lived through such antics as being dressed up by Elliott's sister played by Drew Barrymore and getting drunk while being emotionally attached to Elliott. Ml liked the simplistic story behind the movie, said one student. lt was simple indeed. A being landed on the Earth and was befriended by a young boy who must hide him while he tried to contact his home. When numerous scientists found out it was the kids against adults. Besides having the entire world fall in love with E.T., in- cluding Prince Charles and Lady Di, the creature made quite a fortune for those in- volved. E.T. toys were plentiful and ranged from wind-up dolls that walked to E.T. fingers. There were also E.T. board games, a video game, posters, key chains, jewelry, pens, eras- ers, and, of course, clothing. And those were only a few. All together there were over 250 E.T. items on the market that would supposedly mean S10 million in royalties. The com- pany in charge of the products reported S51 million to S2 mil- lion a day in orders. The actual movie sold over 33.4 billion worth of tickets. The director under the gentle scrutiny of his extraterrestrial friend. Flipping Channels 'iThe most awesome achieve- ment in television history. At least that's what ABC said about its 18 hour S40 million epic, The Winds of War. Based of the book by Herman Wouk the week long series followed the lives of a family, the Henrys, during World War Il up to Pearl Harbor. The show was tops in the ratings with at least 50070 each night. Movie theaters lost a lot of business. Students enjoyed the show also. Although most weren't thrilled with Ali McGrawis acting as Nat- alie, the Jewish wife of Byron Appearing as Natalie Jastro Henry, Ali McGraw fails to captivate the audi- ence. Henry, girls fell in love with her husband played by Jan-Michael Vincent. As for the rest of television, the scene wasn't much different than in past years. 60 Minutes was usually in the top ten along with MASH and Three's Com- pany. Two prime-time soap op- eras, ABC's Dynasty and CBS's Dallas were also very popular. Dynasty was often discussed during classes on Thursday morning. There were of course, several new shows but they had a hard time hitting the charts. NBC held onto Cheers even though the ratings were low. The com- edy was centered around a Bos- ton bar with a set of mixed char- acters. Entertainment 223

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Tli ut ide Angle Farewell Variety on the Scree to Who? Why, The Who, of course. The Who's farewell concert was held at San Diego Jack Murphy Stadi- um before 50,000 fans in the middle of October. The daylong event with John Cougar and Lo- verboy caused a great number of absences from school because of the festival style seating. Overall the concert was a huge success with few mishaps. Although some students were disappoint- ed that The Clash did not play beforehand as they did in Los Angeles, it didn't affect the over- whelming positive response. Men dressing as women. Strange little creatures from out- er space. Good old love stories. History. lf there was one word to describe the many movies of the year, it was variety. E.T. was by far the most popular movie of the year. The story of a small, lov- able extraterrestrial creature that befriends a young boy, Elliot captivated millions. It made the audience laugh and cry. The show also made millions. Direc- tor Steven Spielberg didn't ex- pect the response that it re- ceived. He was satisfied, to say the least, especially considering n' M Alfa V ' Thel5W3mP. '5 Dram-ed .There would be no' more brewinggin in the swamp. we I i it wouldrft see Hawkeye but of uniform. -Klinger woulclnit wear l dressesreither. Why? The cast of MASH shotthe final scenes of ' the Korean- War on -January -14,-bringing the award winning, -series to anfend after more than a decade. V T ' A . r A Bymixing laugher with antiwar messages, MAS!-lbecam'e a fixture in the top-ten Nielsen ratings for in and a halfjyears. The show garnered 99 Emmy Award rmrriinations and 14 a Emmys. lt also won the coveted GQCFQG Foster Peabody award, T A - the-only comecly.show-se honored., f if - i --q .V -1 yy -- , Last year the cast voted to discontinue the'series, ,alter 260 ,'gy L epieoclesgrin' belief they had exhaustedythe possibilitiesot their l characters alndt-story iineslf . . 'Alan .-Alcla, not, wicielyl known.. V Piercegfernerged as a respected write? and ditectorioflthe-shunt : t and, largely-on th strength of these perforiitanriesirstarred in it --several movies since theyseriesabegarp f W l tir. . The last-.primetime telecast of MASlvlgRbnelfni12Me rlrr lengestf running situations comedies, aid on -February 28-front-,Blfiilite ' 11530 PM. The finale brought the Koreanrlgegnflictftugargileaelarid' sent the doctors, nurses, and support personnel ofttheir4EiI!?th back to their ,homes in thefllnited States-:Q .lfl ,,, , t y if A There was same talk of a new series- with Father-Mulcahy, played by William Christopher and Max Klinger, Janrieliarit, as their usual characters but back horney For Maxithat'fnteant'l 'ToledG,,0l'rio. ' - 4 . i ' Several characters came and went. during,-tii,e'tenf,,yearsQ - MacLean Stevenson played Colonel Henry1Blake whofalwaysiy - were-his fishing hat- and avoided anything-toe tlrderlyl -Radar .1 , T D'-Reilly, played by Gary Burghoif had a- knack for fknowingl things ahead of time. Trapper John -Mgn. was Hawkeyefs first ,1'- roornmate,,before lB.J. V 222 The Outside Angle the fact that he had another hit movie out at the same time. Pol- tergiest was a thriller about a spirit that enters a young girl's life through the family television. The movie ended up number five on the list of top ten horror mov- ies when it came to sales. If you didnit want little or spir- ited creatures there were several alternatives. 48 Hours starred Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy in a mix of comedy and hard dra- ma. And for those in the mood for a classic romance there was An Officer and a Gentleman. Richard Gere captivated the hearts of many women by star- ring in that movie but the men weren't left with much when it came to one of most popular movies of the year. Tootsie put actor Dustin Hoffman in drag as he posed as a female soap opera actress, Dorothy Michaels, just to get a job. The show was hilarious to most and also became the ba- sis of many jokes throughout the nth So what did people listen to, musicwise? A mixture of old and new was heard over the air- waves. Some of the top new acts were, the Stray Cats, Asia, A Flock of Seagulls and Men at Work. That Australian group The Stray Cats had a hard time finding someone to record their music in the U.S. When they did it paid off. year. When it came to great acting, there were a few standouts. Ghandi had several excellent performances while Meryl Streep kept up her strong repu- tation as an actress in Sophie's Choice. Paul Newman put on what was called, uhis best perfor- mance since Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in The Verdict, the story of a lawyer displeased with the system. Some of the other popular movies included First Blood with Sylvester Stalone, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Dark Crystal, an animat- ed film, The Toy with Richard Pryor and a film from The Rolling Stones Let's Spend the Night Together.BlondielDebraHarryl came out with the bizarre Vi- deodrome and Linda Ronstadt starred in The Pirates of Pen- zance which was released to pay t.v. at the same time as the the- aters. Radio had their album at the top of the charts for a record 14 weeks. The Stray Cats' album, Built for Speed, went platinum with tune such as Built for Speed and L'Rock this Town. The Clash fi- nally hit the top ten after several years and was actually played on AM radio. Their album was Combat Rockv with the popu- lar single, Should I Stay or Should I Go?'l The ever popular Who came out with 'llt's Hardfl Another name that's been around, Paul McCartney, teamed up with Michael Jackson to record the hit, The Girl is Mine. Toni Basil's single Mick- ey was popular with its cheer- leader beat. Missing Persons cap- tured the synthopop sounds with several tunes such as L'What are Words For?

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Th ut ide Angle just for the Taste of It The real thing, but with only one calorie. The emergence of yet another diet soft drink meant a flood of ads, billboards and catchy slogans. But this time it was different. The All-American soft drink, Coke, would now have a partner, Diet-Coke. Many stu- dents wondered why there was Diet Coke when Coca-Cola al- ready produced the popular diet cola, Tab. Coca-Cola manufac- turers felt that the diet soft drink market was large enough for one more and Diet-Coke was to ap- peal more to men than Tab. The fact that Tab had become a bev- erage that women enjoyed more than men was evident on cam- pus. A guy drinking Tab was a rare sight indeed. Coca-Cola pushed its product with plenty 'of ads featuring the debut of Diet-Coke with celebri- ties including Bob Hope, Susan Anton, Telly Sevalas, and a dancing Diet-Coke can. Whether this appealed to students was questionable. Other soft drink companies also pushed caffeine free drinks. These included Like Cola, Pepsi Free and Pepper Free. Of course, 7-Up and Can- ada Dry Ginger Ale claimed to be the original caffeine free soft drinks. .J fun. . .,.,. ai i. its ! McDonald's is the victim of a massive Burger War launched by Jack-in-the-Box and Burger King. This McDonald's on Mission Gorge tries to boost business by selling thirty-cent hamburgers. Hold th Burgers Extra ammunition was brought in to fight the war. A new enemy appeared. No nuclear weapons here, just pickles and buns. The burger war developed into quite a battle. The declara' tion of war was waged by Jack-in- the-Box, who had dumped the good ole Jack some years earlier, opting for a sidewalk cafe look. They introduced a series of Su- preme Sandwiches, including ba- con-and-cheese, chicken and more. Next came Salad Su- premes, not to mention Nachos and occasionally beer and wine. In order to publicize the new line of food, Jack-in-the-Box began a new advertising campaign that involved comparisons to McDon- ald's. A spokesman appeared frequently on commercials com- paring the Supreme food with McDonald's. Many students de- cided to boycott Jack-in-the-Box, either because the ads annoyed them or they felt sorry for McDonald's. Others admitted to liking the new products. For those who hadn't decided whether to boycott Jack-in-the- Box and stick with the traditional Big Mac, or try the new HSu- preme food, a new face in the burger war emerged. Burger King had been around a while witn its Hold the pickles . . . , but a new campaign appeared. Burger King attacked McDon- ald's and Wendys' methods oi cooking hamburgers and asked the question, Aren't you hungry? Well, weren't you? I1 became easy to see why many werenlt. The flood of ads and slo- gans drove many students to abandon the fast food burger al together. They often opted for bagels, frozen yogurt, or Mexi can food. For lunch durin school, the fast-food-type outsid cafeteria lines remained populai and many praised the frencl' fries. 112 One hundred and twelve. That's the number of pages youfve got left. This is not the end. True, an end is a final point, finish or conclusion. However, it is also an aim, object, or intention. lt is definitely not our intention that you stop reading here. The purpose of The Outside Angle was to show you the world outside of school. It was to add to the entire book, not to end it. It was never intended to be the be'all and end-all. lf you were to stop here, you would leave 112 pages unread. Now you wouldn't want to do that, would you? There is so much more to read, 988 sophomore faces, all the dedicated teachers, and what you have all been waiting for, senior write-ups. Consequently, this is 'ian end but not the endf' ls there no end to this? READ ON! 224 Outside Angle