University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Top Left: Tim Daggett, a member of the award-winning 1984 Olympic Gymnastics Team, shows tils flexibility and endurance on the floor exercises during the Vidal Sassoon Perfect Ten Tour. Top Right: Bert, Ernie. Prairie Dawn and the Honkers salute their friends south of the border during Sesame Street Live at the Erwin Center Feb. 20. Bottom Left- Olympic medalist Mary Lou Retton performs In the Erwin Center as part of the Vldal Sassoon Perfect Ten Tour. Bottom Right: Lynette Woodard is the first female member of the traditionally all-male Harlem Globetrotters. y I 78 Gallagher

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dazzl by Sujata Mui Sept. 22 v mystical sui| : for those who came Copperfield at the Performing Arts Center. From the woman i in half to his psychic, mind-reading duck, Webster, Copperfield took a t. big enough to zap the Statui ty and brought it to Austin. A major part of Copperfield ' s ap- peal was his ability to integrate the audience into the show during crucial steps of his illusions. One (JT student was chosen for a levitation illusion. Copperfield let her carefully examine the levitation board and gained her approval. As the subject slowly rose how Co| chair and srv :king doors and nlU-r to sH the mood. These ex ' Torn just At! how, Co( his t tographs most oti How did you do that? With a slight pause, and a gleam in I Copp ' Miss Piggy beloved of Hermit the Frog and star of the Muppef Show tour. ro M ouf At the Erwin Cenln tymbol of liberty in the Moppets ' talute to America. Thr patriotic grand finale had the Muppetn on roller fkmtea to the delight of the younger audit David Copr

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asma by Sujata K. Muilhy During Gallagher ' s early days on the television show M, his aim was to make a contestant laugh within a minute. After 10 years, his goal of making people laugh re- mained the same. Personal touches and personality were the keystones of Gallagher ' s success, and he brought those traits to the Performing Arts Center March 9. His wiry frame clad in a tight T- shirt sported looK poke of the dumbfounded innocent, or glowed with of a Cheshire grin He seemed to continually scurry around the stage like a mouse while making preparations for the next part of his act. The twinkle in his eyes was the greatest when he came out from the wings with his famous Sledge-o- matic. The Sledge-o-matic con- sisted of two pie plates and a burgeoning mallet with which he sliced, diced, mashed, crushed and ground anything, all for a mere $19.95. This parody of those annoy- ing Ronco commercials had people who knew the barrage was coming a bit uneasy on the first few rows. Gallagher first slammed an alarm clock, then came the heavy artillery large, ripe melons. The safer back rows squealed with delight as cantaloupes, honeydews and watermelons spewed into the arena. As the smell of melons lingered, Gallagher moved to more at-home subjects such as back-yard barbecues. After imitations of the typical cook and tablesetter, he ques- tioned the validity of commercials about how one cigarette caused a forest fire when a gallon of gasoline and a blowtorch can ' t get my hibachi started. The Wizard of Odd. smas ling hit at it March 9 Atou in the Performing Art Cent