Comor
On May 7 at 8 p.m. the
students, faculty and staff 6f
the Hazleton Campus presented
"Comoriety 1975" in the High
acres Commons. It was only
fitting that emcee Ricky Nork
would wish the audience, in
stead of the.performers, good
luck before the program began.
The first act of the
evening was a mystifying mag
ic performance given by
Richard Paul, billed as "Mr.
Magic: The World's Worst
Magician." Although the act
was lengthy, Paul succeeded
in holding the audience's at
tention.
The next spot was entitled
"Hazlenak," or the attempts of
Bill Finerfrock to imitate
Johnny Carson's "Camac." Like
Mr. Magic, Hazlenak was lengthy
unlike Mr. Magic, it failed
to hold the audience's atten
tion. This act, which consis
ted of a constant flow of sick
one-liners, would have made Ed
McMahon reach for the Pepto-
Bismol.
Those who have lived
through Hazlenak found that
all of their suffering was not
in vain, for the next skit was
worth the previous endurance.
A mock beauty pageant, "Pretty
Boy, 1975," featured all of
our campus male "beauties":
Elliot Eisenberg, Jesse Pollard,
Ev Binns, Carl Frankel, and
Dave Orbin. The contest in
cluded a talent hour and a
question-answer session (and
after seeing the contestants,
it was easily understood why
the traditional swim suit com
petition was omitted). "And
now, the contestants will step
into a sound-proof booth do
nated especially for the oc
casion by 5.G.A.," announced
emcee Chris Slivka, whereupon
the voluptuous five stuck
their fingers in their ears
(except Jesse Pollard, who put
his hands over his eyes).
With the audience filling in
for the judges, Jesse Pollard
was crowned Pretty Boy, 1975*
A take-off of Oedipus Rex,
"The Oedipus Complication,"
proceeded Pretty Boy and re
ceived about the same recep
tion as Hazlenak. Although the
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let
By Joyce A. Barton
acting was good, the plot was
weak and most of the lines diec
on the ; stage. The audience re
acted with guffaws and groans,
but unfortunately, more gags
came from the audience than
from the play itself.
The second half of Com
eriety began with "This Is
Your Life," a skit which had
some very good moments and,
for those’who didn't leave
during intermission to go to
the kegger, was worth waiting
for. Featuring Jim Kattner
as a character named Albert,
the skit traced the students'
life before, during, and after
college.
Next to make his stage
debut was guest speaker, Harold
Aurand. The audience was a
bit apprehensive before Dr.
Aurand spoke—probably beeause
they thought they were in for
an hour long lecture on the
Joys of Coal Mining in Pennsyl
vania. But Dr. Aurand's mate
rial was anything but boring
or routine. His monologue,
which dealt with the faculty
and administration, earned him
a generous round of applause
from an enthusiastic audience.
Even with the absence of a
black board to doodle on and a
window to talk to, Dr. Aurand
still demonstrated his fine or
atory abilities.
Everitt F. Binns and Carl Frankel perform for
'•Pretty Boy, 1975."
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"Plant Parenthood," the
story of two plants living on
a crowded dorm window 'sill,
Who complain to each other
about their present life
style, followed on the'pro
gram. Mary Kay Goffredo, as
a young philodendron with
flowing Vines, and Jim Heil
man, as a smooth-talking snake
plant, did their best to re
member their lines through
out this short skit. But
as their memories failed,
they ad-libbed and still
succeeded in making the au
dience laugh. The skit,
which lasted no more than
ten minutes, was a re
freshing change from some
of the longer acts of the
evening.
Last on the program was
the Faculty Chorus, a small
assemblage of sopranos, altos,
tenors, and those whose
voices could not be cate
gorized at any set range.
The chorus consisted of
Laura Dill, Jerry Covert,
Deidre Jago* Jim Concannon,
Dave Orbin, Joe Jumpeter,
Len Shaevel, and Gene Miller,,
with Jerry Dill accompanying ,
on guitar.
Proceeds from Comeziety
will be used for the Faculty
Academic Achievement' and
Leadership awards* presented
each year to outstaftdihg
sophomore baccalamreaie and
associate degree students.
Director of Comereity
for this year was Prof.
Jay Breckenridge.
Photos by Tim Mueller