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Hold CDC Forum
Tuesday Nights
By Jeanette Gorham
College of the Canyons has
·scheduled a three-part Tuesday
Evening Forum featuring films and
guest speakers for this school year.
The theme is ''This Is Our Land" in
keeping with the American Bi-
centennial Year.
Chades Champlin, film critic and
entertainment editor of the Los
Angeles Times opened the series on
October 7 in the Lecture Hall (Room
L-105).
Champlin, co-host of the Emmy
award-winning "Citywatchers" on
Channel 28, discussed "The Holly-
wood Revolution".
The series will also present Dr.
David Goodman, psychobiologist,
on Nov. 4. Dr. Goodman is the
founder of the Newport Neuro-
science Center. 00
Art Seidenbaum, Los Angeles
Times'columnist, will speak on Jan.
6, followed by Joe Jares, Sports
Illustrated associate editor, Feb. 3;
Robert Balzar, wine expert, March
2; C.M. Deasy, architect, April 6,
and Ellen Stern Harris, Los Angeles
Times Woman-of-the-Year, May 4.
·The first film series is Fox
Movietone News' "The Way It Was:
1927-1964", all in complete original
newsreel form.
The- series, beginning Oct. 14
with "The End of the Era ....:...
1927-1930", will continue with
"F.D.R.-The First Term", Oct. 14,
"The Storm Clouds Gather", · Oct.
28; "A World In Flame", Nov. 18;
"The Atomic Age Begins", Nov. 25;
and "The Eisenhowe'r-Kennedy
Years", Dec. 9.
This series will be followed by
David Wolper's Journal, an award-
winning dramatization of American
history. This program consists of 13
films starting Jan. 13 and ending
May 25.
Subjects covered include George
Washington, Abraham Lincoln,
Civil war, assassination of President
Lincoln, the story of immigration,
elections, World War I, post World
War I, World War II and post World
War II.
Tickets for single programs and
for series may · be obtained at the
Community Services office. Single
ticket prices for students with ASB
cards are $1.50 for the Fox Movie-
tone series, 50ct for the Wolper
series and $1 for the Forum series.
Series prices for ASB students
are Fox Movietone, $7.50; Wolper,
$4.75, and Forum, $5.25.
PATIO BUILDERS
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ever, he did not take that road, no
matter what his personal feelings.
were about ·either war, particularly
the Vietnam war, . in which it was
more popular not to serve. Grimes, will be shown at 2 and 4
Who knows? He may fall into the p.m., Thursday, Oct. 23, in the
clutches of an inspired teacher who
wjil ·force an e~ucation on him - the first of a series of selected
even if he returns to school only to
acquire money with which to build a this school year. Joe Allen- is
patio. chairman of the film committee.
OPINION
By Suzie Kassir
.
,/ The "ugly American" exists. I've
/ ~
. . ;/ ,., .,-::1/' seen him. The term has nothing to
/~~--;,,--/ do with physical features. It is an
JP· attitude.
Unfortunately, the "ugly Ameri-
can" travels abroad in great
..._ ___ _ I numbers each year. He can be found
in the Notre Dame Cathedral in
----......___"- Paris, complaining about the draft,
' -......_ or at Humpe]meier's restaurant in
Munich, harassing the waiter about
the far better service he receives in
Chicago.
I sat near him at the Lido in Paris.
He was complaining about every-
thing - the service, the wine, the
show - in a pompous, booming
voice. I pulled away from him as far
as possible, embarrassed that he
0 was my countryman. I imagined
0 that people who saw him thought,
"Aren't Americans terrible!"
Manners and customs of countries
0 differ. Does it really matter that
there is no ice in your water?
0 • Perhaps only wine is served with
the meal. Unless it is against your
principies, why not try it?
0 .-... Is the elevator in your hotel
broken down? Remember, this mis-
~ fortune occurs in the good old
U.S.A. also. And don't complain too
(c loudly. The name on the elevator
may be "Otis"!
(
It may surprise some, but English
is not the most spoken language in
the world. It is hardly fair to go to a
foreign country and expect the
people there to speak your lan-
guage. If you plan a trip to a
non-English-speaking country, why
Film Review not make · at least a small effort to
learn some of its language? Have
you noticed how a travelling digni-
By Mark R. Guy tary can win the local people's
sympathy by simply saying "Hello"
A comic masterpiece! Monty in the native tongue? Try it.
Python and the Holy Grail is a laugh Many American travelers return
riot. Somehow a group of English- with stories of unfriendly countries
men '.destroy the traditional legend and tales of rudeness abroad. I often
King Arthur and the Knights of the wonder where the fault lies.
Round Table, and make it better. If you go abroad expecting to be
Animation is used with great suc- cow-towed to and put on a pedestal,
cess throughout the film. But, st~,y home. Go with an open mind
perhaps best of all, is the brilliantly and a smile on your face. You will
written screenplay. Even the probably not only have a great time,
credits are a great piece of comic but will make soine new friends.
work. The "ugly American" is not just
The story, slightly wrinkled, encountered abroad. He has been
opens with King Arthur in search of known to stand at the edge of the
brave- knights to accompany him in Grand Canyon and say, "So what?"
his search for the Holy Grail. This Although we are no more pleased to
goblet is shown to the men in a admit that he is our countryman in
vision, another example of comic Arizona than in Paris, we at least
animation, and off they go into the know that he is not in the majority,
countryside. and can only hope that he will stay
Because they lack horses, serv- home.
ants follow the knights, hitting Remember the joke about the
cocoanut shells to simulate hoof Martian who landed on Earth and
beats. On the · journey they meet asked the gas pump to "Take me to
some of the strangest creatures you you leader"? He went back to Mars
can imagine, including an evil three- and reported that all Earthlings
headed monster, a weird giant, and were square and dumb, and stood
Jennifer O'N eal stars in "Summer of a vampire bunny. around with their finger in their
'42", first of this year's feature films ear.
presented free on campus by the If these don't sound funny, how
ASB. Feature, co-starring Gary about a trojan rabbit they forget to
get into, a castle filled with lovelorn talents. Although PG rated, this
women, and from which Sir Robin is film is not for everybody. Its humor
Lecture hall (Lab building). This is rescued against his will, and cata- is absurd to say the least.
pulted cows. All in all it is an entertaining
movies to be shown free on campus Monty Python•~ Flying Circus to comedy, with a bright new group of
perhaps the top comic group around comedians that I'm sure will be
today,. This film does justice to their talked about for some time.