The Huron Expositor, 1985-07-17, Page 13A MEMORABLE OCCASION - Mike and Ursula McLaughlin of Dublin celebrated 55 years
of marriage on July 1. (Photo submitted)
FAMILY
THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JULY 17, 1985 - B5
Sounding the death knell
As a life-long tv watcher, P ve come to a few
conclusions.
For one thing, it stinks.
That may be a bit of an overstatement, but
I'll try to back it up.
I'mnot really old enough to remember
what everybody calls "The Golden Age of
Television ', except in reruns of some of the
classics, like the Honeymooners. But it seems
to me even some of the shows I remember
from my early life - like Dragnet, the Twilight
Zone, Batman and so forth - had a certain
quality lacking in today's programming.
As near as I can figure it, that quality is
imagination, spiced perhaps with a little risk.
In the early days of live tv, a show such as
Groucho Marx's, "You Bet Your life"
represented the zenith of what the medium
had to offer.
It gave people the chance to b,e on tv and do
and say some simply outragEebus things. It
also gave Groucho the chance to do what he
did best - zing them so hard and so fast they
didn't even know in many cases what
d
happened to them. in that way, hewas
something of a role model for today's
sarcastic tongue lashers, a la Johnny Carson,
David Letterman, Robin Williams, Don
Rickles et cetera.
TILL WEDNESDAY
by Larry Till
Today we're stuck with the pat drivvel of
shows like TV's Practical Jokes, Bloopers and
Blunders. Leaving aside the question of an
institution which considers its own mistakes
the freshest thing it has to offer, the patter on:
this show - and others like it, where the
humor is scripted and completely lacking in
spontaneity - is so contrived, it doesn't even
ring true.
You can always tell when somebody who
thinks they understand a performer's style
has written their lines for them, The
performers always have a look of anguish on
their face when delivering the lines, as if to
say, "What is this pathetic tripe they're
giving me to say?"
One of the few 'modern" shows which
approached the kind of vigor I'm talking
about was the original Saturday Night live.
There was alwsense when u
watched that pram the the wee
hole thing could
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burst at the seams at any minute. You always
got the feeling you were about to witness
spontaneous combustion.
Then the show got comfortable, and the
writers stopped stretching their imagina-
tions. The result was unmitigated boredom.
SNL lost a good number of' its viewers, and
rightly so. It was awful. In the past couple of
years (and especially this year, with the
addition of superb input from the likes of
Martin Short and Billy Crystal), the show is,
beginning to take some risks again. It doesn't
always go for the sure laugh, the way it did for
several years. For my money, it. borders on
funny most of the time.
I think a lot of the problem could be
attributed to the move away from live
' programming. Going to air live has always
meant• being willing to live with th'e
unplanned. You have to give people the
chance to shine, which live tv has always
done, often without intending it. As a sage
observer of humanity. once put it, "People do
the craziest things.:'
Junior: Farmers
celebrate 35th
1985 marks the 35th Anniversary of the
Seaforth Junior Farmers, which they're
celebrating with a homecoming. AU past club
members and the public are welcome to
attend.
The weekend's events include a ball
tournament, Friday night and all day
Saturday, with present members from
neighboring counties participating. There
will be a beef barbecue and a dance to follow,
with Mainstay at the Seaforth and District
Community Centres.
A display will be set up to show the club's
progression over the past 35 years. Special
guest speakers may include some of the
former club presidents.
The first Seaforth Junior Farmer club and
'junior institute was formed in t 919 by a group
of energetic young people. Under the motto
"Self help and community betterment," the
junior farmer club provides opportunities for
young people to meet others. accept
responsibilities and help to better the
community. The Seaforth club has over 70
members.
When fundraising for projects. junior
farmers hold dances, the occasional draw and
sometimes have food stands or game booths
at community, events such as the Van
Egmond Ciderfest.
The Junior Farmer club is known for its
community betterment projects They have
held senior citizens' card parties and slave
days, planted flowers at the Vanastra
Entrance, distributed "i)ange•rous gas
signs" to farms with silos, canvassed for the
heart fund and the Ronald McDonald house,
sold daffodils for the cancer society and
distributed "Save a Child" stickers within
the area.
When first hearing of the constnrction of
the new Community Centres, the club set a
goal for fundraising. After months of work
and fundraising, the junior fanners had
enough to pay for the dishwashing system in
the kitchen in the new arena Members were
pleased to be able to help make the arena a
reality.
The Junior Farmer organization promotes
strong leadership qualities and many past
Seaforth members are very much involved in
community projects Some good examples of
these former Junior Farmer M embers are Bill
Strong, Larry W heatley. M UIT2y Gaunt. Ken
Campbell, Bob Bmadfoot, Laverne tsmdkin
and Neil McGavin.
To help make their 35Th \fan\ersary a
success, the club wishes to imste all past
members to come back to Sea tot th and share
in some old memories
Anyone wishing further information is
welcome to contact Nancy Sehade, club
president. at 527.0327
Summer reading
is encouraged
BYHF.,ATIIF3i\ic1}:t\
Yes it's that time of year again school is
out, summer is here. and the hhrary is having
its annual summer reading program
In celebration of the centennial of the I st
Canadian National Park. the theme of the
summer reading program is "Parks ' All
children who are able to read m.'y register for
the program at the Seaforth Punic library It
will involve reading 10 hooks dealing with
parks and the outdoors such as `tones on
conservation, nature. camping. sailing, and
wildlife. The books will range from easy..read
picture books to non-fiction hooks so there
will be stories to suit all ages and all interests
For each book read, the druid will receive a
color or puzzle sheet, and for reading ten
gooks they will receive a certificate which
/gives them the title of 'Junior Park Warden'
The program will continue through the
summer with certificates being handed out
near the end of August
Also, don't forget to tell join- teddy bears
about the annual Teddy Rear': Picnic on
Thursday, August 22 at 2 p m The rain date
will be Friday, August 21 AU children are
invited to bring their teddies to the free
activity, and take part in the games. stories.
and refreshments There vnll he prizes
awarded for the largest.-n'ailest. and best
dressed teddy bears
Make your summer fun•filled by taking
part in these activities at the Seaforth Public
library.
PEOPLE
Mrs. Cameron Dennis. Mr and Mrs Paul
Ribout, Michael aid Michelle of North Bay
visited with Ethel and Elmer Dennis
Mrs. Michael Pemshaw, daughter Sam-
antha and son Jeremy. of Perth were visitors
the past two weeks with her grandmother.
)kr R.W. Kennedy Other visitors at the
same home were her granddaughter Deanna
Kennedy and grandson Robert t' Kennedy
and his wife Irene, of c'tttlw 4