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Mid-term energy shortage h its Hall's Jack the Wonder Toad Tuesday. October 11, 1977 The Daily Tar Heel 3 By LOU HARNED Staff Writer Jack is not nimble; he is not even quick beciuse Jick is itoid-shaped candlestick. Jack the Wonder Toad usually jumps through a perilous "ring of death," but lately he has become despondent. Upon taking numerous orders and an amphibious amphetamine, the wonder toad remains mysteriously silent and still. Perhaps the stunt appears , too intimidating. Jack's trainer. Rich Hall, has become quite distraught about Jack's lack of energy, whatever the reason for the passive performance. The fearful "ring of death" at first appears to be a tricycle wheel with protruding nails. H owever, it is indeed a treacherous challenge to Jack's veritable toadhood, and he must attempt his perilous jump every leap year no simple task. Hall describes Jack's condition after the toad's unsuccessful journey through the pronged ring: "He was not only irritable but unable to hold large amounts of water. "Oh well, stick around and I'll rub some Compound-W on him and we can watch him freak out," ah embarrassed Hall says when Jack refuses to perform. Then for 30 minutes. Hall extricates minds from academic chaos by telling jokes and stories and performing impersonations to cover up Jack's lack of toadhood. Despite the toad's poor performances. Hall has kept Jack in his traveling street show for about a year. The 23-year-old comedian worked for clubs this summer in New York and Philadephia. The Alexandria, Va., native resides in Philadelphia when he and Jack are not on the road. Hall has performed in towns and on campuses in Florida. Louisiana, Texas, Arizona and California. Sometimes universities offer housing and Hall occasionally stays with friends. Hall says he likes performing for Southern crowds better than for New York crowds because New Yorkers tend to clap fists in hand. 5 A m nesty International wins Nobel Peace Prize 4 Cvf' 1 sl 11 inn the WITH SPECIAL GUESTS JESSI COLTER & HANK WILLIAMS, JR. Wednesday, Oct. 19th, 8 p.m TICKET PRICES $g50 $750 ALL SEATS RESERVED TICKETS ON SALE AT THE GREENSBORO COLISEUM BOX OFFICE OR BELK'S IN CHAPEL HILL "SnEEWssonT COLISEUM 1 oaa. it tne irog proves immo Staff photo by Mike Sneed. During the performances. Hall disguises himself as Buddy R. Pindergraph, a hick with inch-thick glasses and a Midwestern accent. Pindergraph tells a peculiar story: "I was putterin' around in my cucumber patch ENGRAVED BUTTONS vun rus lazy iriena, jac ine vvunaer in the aaps with his comical stories. Richard Hall entertains UNC students in the Pit with his lazv friend. Jack the Wonder Toad. If the frog proves immobile, Hall gladly fills in the gaps with his comical stories. Gold or silver-plated blazer buttons - 3 large, 4 small; with script or block initials (allow 2 weeks for delivery) $17.50. 7 Jl' DOWNTOWN A e ' FRANKLIN (A 1 .... V I JJ litany- sihkki Juji '. fM. when strange cigar-shaped objects with out-of-state license tags fell right in my radishes over yonder.. .and I hollered to my wife. 'Thelma! Company!' "They were shaped just like magic markers. In fact, it was hard to tell them apart. But these things had arms... I caught me one before they got away... I he only way to kill them is to snap their heads off. that way they dry up in about an hour." Hall says his practice of setting up his street show without permission has resulted in quick rejection in some areas. At a craft fair in New York, a police officer slopped the performance alter five minutes and told Hall to leave. "I found it's best to do it without permission because most people find soliciting rules," Hall says. "I'm watching out of the corner of my eye for police." Hall graduated from hih school in Charlotte and majored in creative writing at Western Washington State College. He says he hopes to appear on television in two years. Eventually, Hall would like to produce a comedy movie. And Jack? Well, his situation looks hopless. from I 'PI W ire Kqxirh OSLO. Norway Amnesty International, the worldwide organization which fights man's inhumanity to man, Monday won the 1977 Nobel Peace I'rie. and the delaved 1976 prize was given to Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan. leaders of the Northern Ireland Peace Movement. In its citation, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. "Amneslj International has given practical humanitarian and impartial support to people who have been imprisoned because ol their race, religion or political views." The two Beltast women were cited lor the peace movement they formed in an effort to end the sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. Dayan no PLO UNTIL l) NATIONS Israeli foreign Minister Moshe Dayan Monday restated Israel's opposition to letting the "terrorist" Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) take part in Middle Fast peace talks, but minutes later left the door ajar for diplomatic maneuvering that might admit the PLO. Dayan told reporters, and repeated to the full U.N. General Assembly six hours later, that Israel has no intention of agreeing to an independent state of Palestine a "PI O ministate"that "w ould be a base lor attempts to destroy Israel." I hat position again appeared to put him in a position directly opposite his Syrian and I'gvptian counterparts, who insist on PLO participation in Geneva. But Dayan left open w hat appeared to be room for maneuvering. Asked whether credentials of Palestinians at peace talks would be closely for PLO membership, he replied, " don't think so." Syria not without PLO BEIRUT. Lebanon - Syria said Monday it w ill boycott Middle last peace talks if the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is not represented, rejecting a U.S -Israeli proposal for a new Geneva conference. "Syria absolutely refuses to attend the Geneva peace conference if the PLO is excluded from it," f oreign Minister Abdel Halim Khaddam said in an interview with the Catari newspaper .-1 Arab. Tax cuts on the way WASHING! ON President Carter, w ho spent the weekend studying tax reform, returned to Washington Monday and indicated that legislation proposing S22 billion in cuts will be ready soon. The President has said his proposals will mean substantial reductions for taxpayers. I rcasurv Secretary Michael Blumenthal said I riday chances of a tax cut next year are more possible now than they were a few months ago. news briefs AMA refuses to testify W ASHING I ON The American Medical Association (AMA), on advice of its legal counsel, relused to appear Monday at Sen. Edward Kennedy's scheduled hearings on competition in the health care industry. Neither Kennedy nor the AMA, sometimes antagonists over national health care issues, were saying much about the latest clash. Kennedy, l)-Mass., scheduled joint hearings, beginning Monday, of Senate subcommittees on health, antitrust and monopoly, and invited the AMA to appear on the opening day. Kennedy is chairperson of both panels. "It seems clear that the health care industry is not like those other industries whore an open and competitive market serves the best interests of the consumer," Kennedy told AMA's Dr. James Sammons in a Sept. 19 letter. Correction The Daily Tar Heel incorrectly reported Monday that the fifth-leading vote-getter in the Carrboro alderman's race will assume Robert Drakeford's seat on the board if he is successful in his mayoral campaign against John Boone. Drakeford's scat will be filled by board appointment if necessary. 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Naval Officer Qualification Exam (Two Hours) Oct. 12 and 13 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. UNC Seniors and Juniors Eligible Carolina Union Room 213 Details and Sign-up at Placement Office or Call toll-free 800-662-7568. I'VE PECIDEP BECOME A VEGETARIAN! J LI A 1 DJASONlV KIPPINS...MERE'S UOUR REAL SUPPER.. WHAT A ROTTEN JOKE! MY HEART 15 f $ I I ; Xharlie and 1 first met when ' he made a pass tRIEORFALSETA I I YrLLSW'TCUE' I WAS RIGHT? I ( WHEN WRE HOT. ) (E ly VHOTT i i i i i i i WOO, 1UU NOXjliHici n r-'otw. i uuirormurp- me urstl USH DID -1 wutMX peace w faiss mi.RRSTOFALL, GIVEN AtuPowcFm.ONAsas's STAWR5, Tt ORIGINAL WILL UlAS CLEAR1X BOTH INADE QUATE: AND fwmopmz! MOPSM, MPS. 0HASS6I5 BUR- mwum the FtspoN5iBiLny 0F msiH6 AND SCHOOLING WO CHILPH5N ON HER OUJN! OUR REQUEST MAS CALCULATED STRICTLY ON A BASIS OF NEED!- 11 rSs) SOITUIASNT ANYTHING AS UNINTERESTING AS GREW.. ABSOUIJELi NOT! IN FACT, THEY UJANTWDGNZ US 30 MILLION, BUT I PUT W FOOT DOWN! 8 O z m c CO c -,v I , F There I was sitting in the library cramming for my mid-term in Psych 101. At about 11:30 1 hear this guy across the table whisper. I dig your squlggles. Now I've heard lines, but that one took the cake. "Till I realized he was talking about my Bass shoes. "What kind of shoes are they?" he asked. Fiqured I'd Dlav alona "They're mv Bass Squeeiuns. Those squlggles are natural, genuine rubber soles. They give me the bouncy kind of walk I like." Then he wants to know how bng me and my Bass have been together, and I tell him I switched my major three times but I'm still wearing the same pair of Bass. I thought he must have some kind of thing for feet. So I tell him I really like the way Bass Squeejuns go with my whole wardrobe. And how they give me lots of support, and how comfortable they are and stuff. To make the long story short, I aced my mid-term and tnartie ana i have been going out for a year now. Vwuld you bt'Iieve it.' I m stul wearing my same pair of Bass Squeejuns. Ehosmekart to Anw lea for hundred )' a h b 4 coip.r,r , m. mm
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