San Dimas High School - El Santo Yearbook (San Dimas, CA)

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1. Sugar Ray Leonard expresses his happiness after win- ning the World Welterweight Championship. 2. As the coach pulls away from St. Paul ' s Cathedral, Lady Diana gives her new husband. Prince Charles, a smile. 3. Two heroes, Christopher Reeve and Harrison Ford at- tracted many moviegoers to their action-packed mov- ies. 4. Although John McEnroe is an excellent tennis player, he ' s known for poor sportsmanship on the court. 5. Attracting thousands of fans, Fernando Valei«uela shows his pitching ability. 6. The Co-Go ' s, an all-girl band, brings a new sound and style to the music scene. History 95

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Precious Times At the movies, action prevailed in exciting boxoffice hits like Raiders of the Lost Ark and Superman II. We were left screaming on the edge of our seats with thrillers like Halloween 11 and American Werewolf in London, while we found ourselves in tears over such comedies as Ar thur and Stripes. On the more serious side Taps was popular with kids while On Golden Pond, Atlantic City, Chariots of Fire, and Reds were nominated for the academy award for best picture of the year. On TV, the most-talked about show was the highest ranked soap opera, General Hospital. It had one of the two most-watched scenes on television, Luke and Laura ' s wedding which was viewed by over sixteen million people. Another wedding to get a lot of attention was the marriage of Prince Charles of England to Lady Diana Spencer of Wales. Lady Di made the news and magazines with her shyness, beauty, arid designer clothes. The newest nightime television hits were Hill Street Blues, Fame, and Magnum, P.I., the show that made the hearts of young and old skip a beat over Tom Selleck. Dalias, 60 Minutes, Three ' s Company, and Bosom Buddies, remained popular, while Saturday Night Live quickly found its way to the bottom of the pile. The diet craze continued and Richard Simmons exercise show in- spired many to lose weight. Unfortunate deaths occurred during 1981. Comedian, Paul Lynde had a stroke, Lee Strasberg suffered a heart attack, and Natalie Wood drowned. America lost the great talents of actors Jack Alberlson and William Holden. The music industry also went through major changes. Old artists Simon and Garfunkel ' s reunion in Central Park drew a record crowd estimated at half a million. New artists Rick Springfield and Sheena Easton ap- peared and REO Speedwagon, a group with many years experience, was finally recognized with their album Hi Infidelity. Hall and Oates had many hits in pop while Kim Games ' , Bette Davis Eyes, Christopher Cross ' s, Ar- thur ' s Theme, and Lionel Ritchie ' s and Diana Ross ' , Endless Love were number one single hits. Other favor- ite albums were Styx ' s Paradise Theatre, Journey ' s Es- cape, Rush ' s Moving Pictures, Foreigne r ' s 4, the Cars ' Shake it Up, Pat Benatar ' s Precious Time, and the big selling Rolling Stone ' s Tattoo You. Many focused their attention on New Wave and bought the Kinks ' Give the People What They Want, and the GoCo ' s Beauty and the Beat. Barbara Mandrell, Eddie Rabitt, Ronnie Milsap, and Alabama did well in country, while the Dodgers ' Ron Cey, Steve Yeager, Jay Johnstone, and Rick Monday recorded We are the Champions. Baseball was remarkable for its split season — due to a player strike which altered statistics and division contests. The Cincinnati Reds had the best overall record but failed to make it to one playoff under the guidelines from com- missioner Kuhn. The Dodgers proved that sometimes the good guys win by winning the world series against the Yankees in Yankee Stadium. They took four straight after losing the first two. Fernandomania swept Los Angeles as the young Mexican pitcher. Fernendo Valenzuela earned both the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year Awards. Cincinnati lost out again as the bengals were defeated by the 49er ' s in the Superbowl. The Superbowl was played by two unexpected teams as Quarterback Joe Montana led the San Francisco 49er ' s to a win over the Cincinnati Bengals. The recognition of tennis was due to the publicity over its top player John McEnroe, who wA known for his desire to show bad sportsmanship during tennis matches. McEn- roe won the U.S. Open, first in singles and doubles, and honors at Wimbledon, only to be denied $5,000 and not to be invited to join the club due to his public outbursts toward officials and the press. Ice Hockey continued to be a tough sport as shown by the fact Paul Mulvey was traded off by the Kings because of his refusal to fight during a game. In The Showdown Sugar Ray Leonard defeated Thom- as Hearns in the 14th round by a knock out. 94 History

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From Dungeons And Dragons Probably the biggest fad of the year was the Rubik ' s cube — though it had been sold for over a year before. The six-sided, six-col- ored puzzle amused, confused, and aggravated enough people that 6.68 million copies of The Simple Solu- tion To Rubik ' s Cube were printed. It also led to the development of the snake — by the same designer — and the pyramid, the missing link and other variations on the tneme. Dungeons and Dragons and oth- er role-playing games were popular at luncn and after school. After school video games con- sumed electricity at home and quarters in arcades. Atari and Intel- livision were the top-selling home games. They sold versions of the most popular arcade games, such as Pac-Man, Asteroids and Space In- vaders, as well as sports and field games, racing, poker, and battles on sea and in the air. Some people had so many key chains you could hear them com- ing. On them were Rubik ' s Cubes and other games, pictures, sports and hobby items, food, cute sayings, advertisements, including minature Tupperware and even a few keys. Rainbows, hearts, Hello Kitty and Little Twin Stars, alligators and unicorns were on barretts, pins and other trinkets. Shoelaces, too, were decorated with stars, stripes, rainbows, ice cream cones and nearly anything else kids wanted. Group names were on KLOS and album-cover buttons and on con- cert shirts. Old favorites included the Stones and inspired Beatle- mania — a play on stage and a real interest on campus. 96 Fads