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Page fj Entertainment Thursday, April 23, 1981 DISCO Summer Movie Releases 'Nobody's Perfekt' Not Dead - Yet Columbia Pictures’ “ Nobody’s Perfekt” is a lunatic comedy about by CHUCK ANDERSON believe. This rumor comes mainly three wronged little guys who Staff Writer from the “ Betty Buckhead’s” that decide to get even by holding up Contrary to popular belief, wanted to get rid of the place the Mayor of Miami. They’re not Disco is not dead - yet. The recently. There’s really more of a criminals; they’re crusaders. And glazed-eyed disco twinkies—those mixture of people there than you’ll “ Nobody's Perfekt” is their story: people in the three-piece white find in most places in Atlanta. an outrageous mixture of farce, suits with bands of gold serpen Young, old, black, white, gay, and slapstick, romance, car chases, tine chains, IQ’s dangerously straight all seem to have pretty ferryboat hijackings, stripteases, close to their shoe sizes, and every good time here. The price of armored car robberies and all the hair in place (thanks to a good drinks is a real eye opener though! other things you might expect to shellacking of hair spray)—have Limelight is opened from 9 p.m. occur when your car hits a all but disappeared. Actually, till 4 a.m. everyday except Satur pothole. many of them are now sporting day when they close at 3 a.m. Starring Gabe Kaplan, Alex clothes like painters pants in fire It is opened from 9 p.m. till 4 a.m. Karras, Rovert Klein and Susan engine red or day glow yellow or everyday except Saturday when Clark, the film is being produced some other hideous color not they close at 3 a.m. The cover by Mort Engelberg and directed found in nature. The prepy look is charge is three dollars weekdays by Peter Bonerz. real big now also. In a typical and four dollars on weekends. A Atlanta disco on a weekend night, disco that’s closer to the college is 'Cheech & Chong's you can see more alligators than Harlow’s on Memorial Drive in there are in the Everglades. Stone Mountain. The dance floor The music has evolved since the is a bit small though. There is a Nice Dreams' days when Donna Summer and two-dollar cover charge. Cheech and Chong are in the others were grinding out songs Mr. V’s on Campbellton Road chips. The lively Latino with the like grinding sausage. Today’s has a nice setup. There’s no cover lopsided mustache and the sham songs at least vary in beat, and a charge till 9 p.m. and then the bling Canadian with the intro lot of new wave is played side by cover is three dollars. They're spective spectacles have found side with disco. We still have open from 4 p.m. till 4 a.m. their true calling...as ice cream supersensitive, intellectual songs Packets (formerly Pogo’s) on vendors. coming out like “ Funky Town” (a Buford Highway is big with the “ Cheech & Chong’s Nice real classic). But even this one Gabe Kaplan, Alex Karras, Robert Klein and Susan Clark are tne under-18 crowd trying to get in Dreams” is the third outrageous has new wave mixed in. Blondie’s with fake l.D.s. It is open from 5 stars of Columbia Pictures’ "Nobody's Perfekt. outing for the duo who’ve em “ Rapture” and Kelley Marie’s p.m. to 3 a.m. on Fridays but from erged as the screen’s most release. The military comedy also the Prairie” ) in her feature debut, “ Feels Like I’m In Love” are two 8:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. every other popular comedy team in a quarter stars Warren Oates, Harold Glenn Ford, Lawrence Dane, examples of a new wave and a day (except Sunday). There is a of a century, the successors to the Ramis, John Candy and Sean Sharon Acker and Lisa Langlois, disco song that are both popular two-dollar cover charge. tradition of Laurel and Hardy, Young. and introduces Tracy Bregman. right now. One of the best discos in Atlanta Abbott and Costell, and Martin It seems that every other The John Dunning and Andre With the closing of Krazz, is Backstreet—if you’re mature and Lewis. Their first two movies summer Ivan Reitman delivers a Link Production, written by John where the snobs out-snobbed the enough not to be taken agag with grossed over $160 million at the comedy hit; his summer ‘81 Saxton, Peter Jobin and Timothy other snobs, and the conversion of gays. You are required to be box office, and “ Cheech and offering will be “Stripes,” a Bond from a story by John Saxton, Jeryl’s to country western, many accompanied by a member, and Chong’s Nice Dreams” looms as further evolution of his comic is a Columbia Pictures release. people are under the delusion that the cover charge is three dollars the film that will bring still more vision presented in “ National Limelight is the only disco left in on weekends and two dollars fans to movie theatres every Lampoon’s Animal House” which the "Big A" and that it’s a weeknights. Sundays is free and where. he produced for the summer of hangout for freaks. Wrong platter it is opened at 10 p.m. On Directed by Tommy Chong from 1977, and “ Meatballs” which he face! There are quite a few discos Sundays it closes at 3 a.m., on ' Heavy Metal' a screenplay he wrote with partner directed for the summer of 1979. left in the Atlanta area. Limelight Saturdays it closes at 3:30 a.m., Richard “ Cheech” Marin, “ Nice Appropriately, he is both pro Heavy Metal takes you beyond the is not a hangout for freaks like a and on weekdays it closes at 4:30 Dreams” (it rhymes with ice ducing and directing “Stripes.” lot of people would have you creams) was produced by Howard future to a universe you’ve never Brown. seen before . a universe of 'Happy Birthday mystery. A universe of magic. A ip ■ _ i universe of sexual fantasies. A Stillwater Lacks Variety 'Stripes To M e" universe of decay and destruction. by SALLY HIRSCH sive AGORA audience. And yes All is fair in love, war and A psychological mystery-shoc A universe of awesome good. A Staff Writer this was Stillwater. Playing some comedy as Bill Murray squares off ker set on the campus of an universe of terrifying evil. The old song the no one could with lovely co-star P. J. Soles in exclusive prep school, “ Happv Ivan Reitman-Leonard Mogel Pro “ O.K. Georgia, Stillwater,” remember, this band's first im director Ivan Reitman’s “ Stripes” Birthday To Me” stars Melissa duction will be a Columbia yells a rather large roadie (with pression was bleak. for Columbia Pictures’ summer Sue Anderson (of “ Little House on Pictures summer release. little excitement) to an unrespon- For a band that's been around as long as Stillwater, the show was motheaten. Although the music was clean and well-rehearsed, the All students are invited to express their basic beat of the band lacked variety and creativity. feelings and ideas about the Tech school Join The result was an audience who’s reactions were limited to scattered claps and a slow trickle & Student Government of dancing during one or ' vo songs. The highest point of the e< *. ning The was the opening band, Easy at Street. An Ohio based club band, made up of nine members, they performed an impressive second set including an original tune, On The Air Club “ Fly Away,” which showed hit possibilities. Tech Rap Perhaps it is unfair to say that Stillwater has lost it’s spark, but, For more Information Contact when the lead singer of any band must preach to the audience Wed. April 29 screaming, “O.K., let’s clap” or The Student ac Activities Office force an answer to “ Are you ready?” - Sorry, the audiences 11:00 in TA 110 answer was “ Hell no.” So let’s get some quality bands in the Agora and turn down the between set screaming amps..