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Cannonball Run lust more chases
By Cathy Saathoff
Battalion Staff
"Smokey and the Bandit" was
a good movie, but it can only be
remade so many times. Some
one should tell Burt Reynolds
that.
"Cannonball Run" is one too
many remakes. _
The plot of "Cannonball Run"
is different than that of "Smokey
and the Bandit;" the action is the
same.
Cars, cops, female anatomical
parts, cars, Reynolds, cars,
speeding. More cars. It all looks
vaguely familiar ....
But with a different cast this
time, a cast that brings its own
special touch (audience-drawing
names) to the movie.
After seeing the previews,
who wouldn't rush in to watch
Dean Martin and Sammy Davis
Jr. play characters (themselves)
who pretend to be priests? Just
imagine Martin and Davis tak
ing the vows in real life — it's
sort of like that.
Roger Moore plays himself (or
is it James Bond?) in the movie.
MOVIES
He has to be acting, because no
body is that spy-ish in real life,
not even 007 himself.
"Cannonball Run" also stars a
big bunch of pseudo-actors with
names people have heard of be
fore. Like Mel Tillis (is the stutter
real?), Terry Bradshaw (should
stick to playing football), Bert Con-
vy (born to be a game-show host),
Adrienne Barbeau (gives Dolly
Parton a run for her money), Jamie
Farr (remember the M*A*S*H
where he pretended he was a shiek?)
and others, I think. None of
them were memorable charac
ters.
The whole crew are partici
pants in a cross-country, no-
holds-barred race. Along the
way, they encounter basically
the same people encountered in
"Smokey and the Bandit," play
ed by different actors this time.
(Or were they?)
Reynold's team consists of
himself, Dom DeLouise, Jack
Elam and Farrah Fawcett.
Elam must do a good acting
job, because nobody can be as
disgusting in real life as he is in
the movie. He portrays a wild
eyed proctologist (pervert) who
wants to examine everyone.
Especially Farrah, who plays
a kidnapped tree-lover. She's
just along for the ride (cheesecake!
female diversion for DeLoise,
Reynolds and Elam).
The movie rolls along across
the country. Prime fare for the
Dukes of Hazzard crowd, of
which I am not a member. I
wasn't j^ad when it was over; I
just wanted to get up and move
on to other (moreexciting) things.
But wait, there's more. Re
member the outtakes at the end
of "Smokey and the Bandit II"?
The flubbed up parts, that were
really funny, and some people
said they were the best part of
the movie (still not saying much
...)?
Yes, they made a few boo-
boos while making "Cannonball
Run." Somehow, I didn't expect
them to be funny. I was right.
The whole movie was a boo-
boo.
Record prices
City pools available
for private parties
By Denise Richter
Battalion Staff
The temperature is hovering
around 100 degrees. You decide
that a quick dip in the swimming
pool is the only thing that will
cool you off. You head for Cain
Pool, only to find that a couple
of hundred of your fellow stu
dents had the same idea.
If this sounds familiar, don't
despair. Swimmers and sun-
bathers alike can head for one of
the six public pools in the Bryan-
College Station area.
These pools are managed by
the city parks and recreation de
partments and can be rented for
private parties.
COLLEGE
STATION POOLS
ADAMSON POOL
Bee Creek Park on Anderson
Street, 693-2311.
Weekday hours: noon — 1 p.m.,
adults only
Monday and Wednesday: 1 p.m. —
8:45 p.m.
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 1
p.m. — 7:45 p.m.
Weekend hours: 11 a.m. — 1 p.m.,
adults only; 1 p.m. — 7:45 p.m,
general public.
Admission: 50c for children
under 12, 75<t for everyone else.
THOMAS POOL
Thomas Park, 696-0021.
Weekday hours: 11 a.m. — 1 p.m.,
lap lanes open for adults only.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 1
p.m. — 7:45 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday: 1 p.m. —
8:45 p.m.
Weekend hours: 11 a.m. — 1 p.m.,
lap lanes open for adults only. 1
P-nr. — 7:45, general public.
Admission: free for children 2
and under, 50c for children
under 12 and 75c for everyone
else.
Thomas Pool is open year-
round. In the winter, the pool is
heated and a plastic bubble is
placed over the pool and the sur
rounding area.
It is possible to purchase passes
that can be used at both College
Station pools:
Monthly pass — $30 (can be
used by all family members).
Yearly pass — $150.
Discount pass — $7.50. Good
for 14 swims for an adult and 21
swims for a child.
Passes may be purchased at
either pool.
Private parties may be held at
either pool after it closes, from 9
p.m. to 11 p.m. Mondays and
Wednesdays and from 8 p.m. to
10 p.m. other nights. Pool rental
rates are $35 for the first 35
guests and 50c a person after the
first 35. Lifeguards are provided
by the pool. Leases must be
signed at least three to five days
in advance at the pool that is to
be rented. No liquor or rough
play is allowed.
BRYAN POOLS
The four pools in Bryan have
the same hours and admission
charges. Each pool has two life
guards, a roped-off diving area,
and a 3-meter and a 1-meter di
ving board.
Admission prices for all pools:
free for children under 5, 50c for
children 12 and under and 75c
for everyone else.
HASWELL POOL
Sue Has well Park, 779-0568.
Closed Mondays and
Wednesdays for cleaning.
HENDERSON POOL
Henderson Park, 775-1513.
Closed Mondays and
Wednesdays.
MUNICIPAL POOL
West Villa Maria Road, 779-
0578.
Closed Tuesdays and Thurs
days.
THOMAS POOL
Off of 19th Street, 779-0568.
Closed Tuesdays and Thurs
days.
Swim passes may be purch
ased and used at any of the
Bryan pools:
Child's pass — $10.
Adult pass — $15.
Family pass — $30.
The Bryan Parks and Recrea
tion Department is responsible
for renting the pools for private
parties. The pool can be used for
a private party only on days the
pool is closed for cleaning.
A lease must be signed at the
Bryan Parks and Recreation
office at least three days in adv
ance. There is a $20 pool rental
fee, a $6 clean-up charge and
two lifeguards, at $6 an hour
apiece, must be hired for the
party.
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"It saves everybody some
money," he commented.
But Pudlewski says Hasting's
has had problems with custom
ers trying to get album music for
practically nothing. Someone
will buy an album, she says,
tape it and then try to return it.
The store will listen the album
on its sound system and if the
record's fine, the customer is out
of luck.
"If they (the albums) don't
have a scratch, we have to say
we're sorry, but we can't take it
back," she said.
"We have to protect
ourselves."
If customers did actually have
to pay list price of about $10,
would they?
"It's kind of high," Burner
said, "But Steely Dan is a good
group. A lot of people may
pay."
Eventually all customers will,
Pudlewski warns.
"I think that in two years they
(consumers) will pay that much
as long as prices rise," she con
tinues. "Prices have kept up
with inflation."
All record buyers can hope is
that album costs don't someday
reach over the rainbow and out
of everyone's price range.
Drugs, alcohol boost death rate of
young
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The death rate among American
youth took a significant jump in the past two decades, primarily
because of an increase in drug and alcohol use and in mental
problems, according to a report on health trends by Dr Julius B
Richmond, surgeon general of the United States.
The report shows that while the overall death rate for Amer
icans dropped by 20 percent between 1960 and 1978, the death
rate for people 15 to 24 years old grew by 11 percent during that
time. It jumped by 3 percent between 1977 and 1978 alone.
Most of those deaths were violent ones — caused by motor
vehicle accidents, other accidents, suicide or murder. The latter
was by far the chief cause of death among black youth, while
automobile accidents ranked first in killing white young people.
Drug and alcohol use were linked to many of these deaths,
Richmond said, making the reduction of the death rate among
young people a thorny problem.
— Collegiate Hedlines
A street by any other name ...
EUFALA, Okla. In the history books, Andrew Johnson is
overshadowed by his predecessor, Abraham Lincoln. But in
Eufala, Okla., Johnson is overshadowed by J.C Watts the
University of Oklahoma football star.
Watts, a native of Eufala, was honored recently for his suc
cessful career and for leading the Sooners to an Orange Bowl
victory. That honor came at Johnson's expense, however, as the
Eufala city council voted unanimously to turn Andrew Johnson
Street into J.C. Watts Street.
Lest Johnson feel singled out for shame, however, it should be
pointed out that the choice of a street to rename was an obvious
one: J.C. Watts' parents now live on J.C. Watts Street.
— Collegiate Hedlines