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Friday, January 21, 1983
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Jim Henson's muppets will
get into the Texas spirit at the
Sesame Jamboree Feb. 9-11, at
the Summit in Houston.
This year, Bert, Ernie and
Big Bird will be presenting the
country cowboy through the
eyes ot a muppet.
The annual muppet show
will feature a new musical
score, energetic choreogra
phy and a cast of 20 singers
and dancers.
The show will have a foot-
stompin' hoe-down, jug
bands and down-home coun
try singing. And the Cookie
Monster will even set out on a
cookie roundup to lasso his
favorite food.
For more information, call
The Summit at (713) 627-9452.
Top ten for 1982
And now it's time for some
1982 trivia!
The most popular prog
rams on television for 1982
according to the Nielsen rat
ings are:
1. 60 Minutes
2. Three's Company
3. Too Close For Comfort
4. M*A*S*H
5. Dallas
6. The Jeffersons
7. Hart to Hart
8. Alice
9. Magnum, P.I.
10. Trapper John, M.D.
The following 5 albums
had platinum sales in 1982.
Listed in alphabetical order
they are:
1. Asia
2. American Fool, John
Cougar
3. Mirage, Fleetwood Mac
4. Freeze-Frame, j. Ceils Band
5. I Love Rock 'n' Roll, Joan
Jett
The pet in question
For college students, a new
semester means new classes,
sometimes a new place to
live, and maybe even getting
a pet. Unlike a textbook,
however, a pet cannot be
shelved or discarded at the
end of the term.
''Getting a new pet is not
like getting a stuffed animal
that you can toss into the
closet when you get tired of
it," says Phyllis Wright, Dire
ctor of Animal Sheltering and
Control for the Humane Soci
ety of the United States.
While most students focus
on the enjoyment of having a
dog or cat, many learn the
hard way that pet ownership
can be expensive and time-
consuming. A pet has con
stant needs which must be
met regardless of your study
or social schedule.
If you are considering get
ting a pet while at school, you
should consider a few ques
tions^
— Where will it live? Few
dormitories of apartments
permit pets.
— Do you really have time
for a pet? Both dogs and cats
require a lot of attention and
excerise.
— Can you afford a pet? It
costs about 50c a day to feed
an average size dog. Yearly
vaccinations can run from $30
to $50.
— Who will care for the
animal during semester
breaks? Boarding fees can run
up to $100 for a two-week
stay.
— What will happen to the
pet when you graduate? The
average pet will outlive the
length of your education and
most students have no idea
where thay will end up.
Be sure you can handle the
responsibility of a pet before
you get one. If you're not sure
how much time you have,
you're probably better with
out one.
Do alligators
live in B/CS
sewers?
Do you believe that an abnor
mally high number of babies
are born nine months after a
blackout? Do you think is it
illegal for a consumer to re
move those little tags on sofa
pillows? Do you really think
that there are alligators in the
sewer systems of major cities
in the United States. Well,
you're wrong. But you're not
alone. These tidbits, or "cre
dos” have been around so
long that most people have to
think twice before disbeliev
ing them.
"There Are Alligators In
Our Sewers and Other Amer
ican Credos" is the book that
will finally put our doubts to
rest. Authors Paul Dickson
and Joseph C. Goulden will be
releasing their book in Febru
ary, simultaneously with their
tour of the talk show circuit.
— "There Are Alligators In
Our Sewers and Other Amer
ican Credos," Delacorte
Press, $11.95
Ticket sales made easy
The Frank Erwin Center in
Austin has come up with a
new way to handle the long
lines at concerts. No more will
people have to push and
shove to get a good seat at the
Center. Visa Bands provide
the solution.
A Visa Bands is a slender
snap-on wrist band similar to
hospital bands. They have a
series of numbers that will
correspond to a name list at
the Erwin Center. These num
bers will indicate a person's
place in line for ticket pur
chase.
Visa Bands will be made
available following specified
live radio announcements. At
the time that the bands are
made available for a certain
show, partrons should go to
the Red River doors of The
Erwin Center with a picture
ID. The bands will be distri
buted on a first come-first
serve basis. As the band is
placed on a person's wrist, his
name will be recorded on a
master list that will hold
places in line until the tickets
can be purchased.
The band is non-
transferable and if it is torn off
it becomes void.
People who do not have
Visa Bands on the first day of
ticket sales will be sent to the
end of the line.
Video games;
love'em or leave'em
The hottest games in town are
video games, a craze that
started in the bars, pool halls
and pizza parlors and has
now invaded the home.
Pocket Books, the pub
lishers of "How to Win at Pac-
BY THE EDITORS OF CONSUMER GUIDE
HOW TO WIN AT
whose child spends their
lunch money at the conveni
ence store... tor everyone who
has been shot down by aliens,
stomped by gorillas or eaten
by centipedes and just can't
handle it anymore...Pocket
Book presents "The Official I-
Hate-Video Games Hand
book"
This book features a list of
"the 15 most insidious video
games," case histories of
video game addicts and a
short history of video games
— from primitive aborigine
games through early Egyptian
games righ up to the Russian
microchip threat.
Man," have now released two
additional books to fan and
fuel the computer craze.
"How to Win at Donkey
Kong" provides instructions
on how to consistently score
more than 100,000 points per
game. Donkey Kong, with its
frisky ape, flirty heroine and
determined hero has become
the number one video game,
according to "Playmeter," the
magazine of the arcade in
dustry.
And for every person
whose girlfriend or boyfriend
can't be torn away from the
local arcade.. .for every parent
— "How to Win at Donkev
Kong," $1.95; "The Official I-
Hate-Video Games Hand
book," $2.95; Pocket Books