UPCOMING
EVENTS
movies *****
"Twins" March 2
"Ferris Bueller’s Day Off" March 23
"Project X" March 31
That’s Entertainment
Tidal Waves
By Noel T. Manning, II
Entertainment Editor
Question: Dear Mr. Entertainment Guy,
Last week someone called me a "Block
head." I later found out that meant I was
stupid! and I was not a very happy person,
to say the least. While drowning myself in
anger I started wondering...where this term
"Blockhead" came from? So, I thought you
might be of some help! "Whv is a stupid
person called blockhead?" ThanK "Chip
Off the Old Blockhead"
Answer; Well, Chip,
A blockhead is not only stupid, but slow
and unexciting as well (Hey, I’m sorry Pal).
An idiot, for example, might be an aggres
sive person who feels he is a genius. For
long-standing etymological reasons, a
blockhead is likely to be a schlemiel. (Get
a dictionary. It’ll be useful.)
Blockhead was first recorded in 1549, an
it referred to wooded heads (or blocks) that
were used by wig-makers to display or store
their wigs. Usually made of yew or oak,
most blockheads were in the shape of the
human skull, but...some were rectangular.
The most famous contemporary block
head, of course, is Charlie Brown, The Phil
Collins look-a-like from "Peanuts," and be
cause his head is disproportionately large,
some assume that "blockhead" refers to the
size of his head. But wouldn’t "fat head"
serve that function better that "blockhead"?
I’ve found that Lucy isn’t criticizing him for
the size of his head (after all, studies have
shown that powerful people tend to have
extremely large heads...Albert Einstein,
Thomas Edison, Humpty Dumpty, Mr.
Potato Head), but Lucy is maintaining that
poor Charlie has the I.Q. and charisma of
a...wooden block!
—^0, there’s your answer, Chip!! Thanks!
—Thanks also to D. Feldman for the re
search!
—Until our next surfin’ safari...I’m Noel T.
Manning, II asking this "Why is it that in 7-
Eleven stores, they’ve got $10,000 worth of
cameras watching 50 cents worth of
Twinkies??"
**Off-The-Wall Questions**
GWC Box 408
Blizzard of Bucks
By Noel T. Manning
Entertainment Editor
March 6th is the date, 8 p.m. is the time,
Dover Campus Center Lounge is the
place...when "Blizzard of Bucks Crazy
Game Show" comes to Gardner-Webb.
This is a 90 minute game show in which
three groups of four contestants are
selected by random drawing throughout the
show. Each group is brought up on stage in
dividually and guided through some of the
wackiest games ever.
By the process of elimination, there is
one finalist remaining from each group.
Each finalist is immediately awarded $25 in
cash. The three finalists then compete in
even wilder games, trying for maximum
time in 'The Incredible Money Machine"!
The fun is just beginning as the winners
grab for cash-up to $500. The S.E.A. in
vites you to take part in this pre-spring
break jam!
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Lighter
Just a reminder to the readers of The
Pilot: "The Lighter Side" is a satirical
column... the stories you are about to
read are NOT true!
Boiling Springs has been chosen as the
on-location site for 'Texas Chainsaw Mas
sacre XXI: A Day in the Life." Sources at
Chainsaw Productions exclaimed, "Boiling
Springs- where have you been all our
lives?! You’re our kind of town." Michael J.
Fox appears to have the inside lane to the
title role, with Noel T. Manning, II running
a close second.
Bands for the upcoming Webb Jam II
have been announced. The opening act will
be M.C. Hammer with Young M.C. The
headliner will be the Rolling Stones. A
spokesperson with the Stones said, "You
guys just made an offer that we couldn’t
refuse- lunch at the Snack Shop." Neither
Young M.C. or M.C. Hammer could be
reached for comment.
GWC student Joe Hough was chosen out
of a field of 1,367 young men to play Rock-
ette, Rocky Balboa’s son for the upcoming
fliqk, "Rocky 73: He Has a Son?"
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