—The Daily Collegian Monday, Sept. 11, 1978 ~ .• . . . , .. N. the 0 e g la n - ar t s daily • Panther's 'Revenge' may be last By JOHN WARD Daily Collegian Staff Writer "The Revenge of the Pink Panther" is a film that, beyond providing a few lukewarm chuckles, makes a painfully obvious point the "Pink Panther" series has reached the end of its rope. • No one should know that fact better than Peter Sellers. In making repeated ORIBNTAL MART •Deliciomo o►ueutae Futt —Egg, Rolls: so delicate and tasty —Oriental Dumplings: 7 - Asparagus and Won ton Soups —Sesame NI ungbea n: a real treat —lioney Baked Chicken: —Specials on weekends: Chow• mein. . 3 jewel rice eOttiatitif Gib ' awl Gkozetito —Hand made silk orchids —Great varict‘ of teas • and spices. —Fre..li To-fu and i%onin . 010 lbs of Sparkling Ice for parties or picnics 65 FRESH & FANCY YOGURT 317-319 E. 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They can't believe one man could be such a klutz. Clouseau's outfits in "Revenge" range from a Swedish fisherman with an in flatable parrot on his shoulder to a blimp-sized "Godfather" stereotype. It makes me think that while they were writing the script, the screenwriters tried to top each other in creating wild predicaments for Clouseau to get into. The slapdash screenplay is evident, because this film is slapped-together in itself. The gags and jokes run together Eat in or take out -71 flavors, lots of toppings —Low calories, good for-weightwatchers and sportsmen as well •IMacka Detilikt • Ffulity Dk4tlto Yogurt & fruit juice or fresh fruit efett .Given "Boat fa Panadioe" A boat for 2, full of fresh fruit with 3 different flavored yogurts and toppings FREE 1 / 2 PINT FROZEN YOGURT Banana. Lemon, Blueberry, Strawberry, etc WITH FIBS COUPON and Pura haw 4ot tots 00 or moon, at I rash 8. kl movie review os4l Ful3eu Outitlti Hot coffee & frozen chocolate yogurt on top until they overlap one another. The audience is unsure of what to laugh at, or even if they should. But there are several good moments in "Revenge." Burt Kwouk returns as Clouseau's manservant, Cato. Happily, he is given more to do than in any previous film. In what is truly one of the brightest sequences, Kwouk dons a pair of coke bottle glasses as a disguise. Ironically, they work against him; he crashes into tables and becomes, quite possibly, the most conspicuous Oriental in Hong Kong. Herbert Lom returns as ex-Chief Inspector Dreyfus. His appearance is left curiously unexplained. Anyone who saw the last in the series,• "The Pink Panther Strikes Again," will remember that Lom went crazy and was disin tegrated at the finish. Kwouk and Lom are the only retur nees. Robert Webber appears as Douvier, a syndicate leader intent on knocking off Clouseau. Dyan Cannon, lately of "Heaven Can Wait," has an enjoyable role as Webber's mistress. But they all revolve around Sellers. He's the one who brings in the ticket buyers at each "Pink Panther" film. Now, by refusing to do any more Clouseau movies, Sellers might be doing the series a favor. Clouseau just isn't as funny as he used to be. Better to let him fade away than embarrass the series' reputation by putting him through his cliche-ridden paces one more time. cHeoP tHri Pianist opens Series By SAM LEVY Daily Collegian Staff Writer Pianist Emanuel Ax will open the 1978- 79 Artists Series season with a recital at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in Eisenhower Auditorium. The program will consist of Haydn's Sonata in C Major, Hob. XVI-48; Ravel's "Valses nobles et sentimentales"; Beethoven's Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 81A, "Les Adieux"; and three Liszt works "Valee d'Obermann"; Sonetto del Petrarcha, No. 123; and "Rigoletto Paraphrase." Ax was born in Lvov, Poland in 1949 and began his piano training in Warsaw at age six. He went to Winnipeg, Canada in 1959 and then to New York in 1961 where he A look at bygone days By DEBBIE SHEER Daily Collegian Staff Writer SATURDAY NIGHT AT DAISY'S by Jeff Cohn. 232 pp. New York; Harcourt Brace and Jovanovich. Some of us love it, some of us complain about being here, but whether or not we admit it, Penn State leaves us with lasting impressions. Ask Jeff Cohn, class of '6l, or read his book, "Saturday Night At Daisy's." book review The book has its difficulties. The percentage of the book is written as a flashback with only a short first•chapter to lead into this. Some of the present day dialogues between the main character, Art, and his wife leave her flat and a Come on and Presentatim Listen to the Music of The Doobie Brothers in concert Time: 8 PM Date: Sat., Sept. 23 Place:. Rec Hall Tickets on Sale Sept. 14 HUB Desk $8 U-109 118 W COLLEGE AVE. Daily 10 - 8.30 Sat. 10 studied at the Pre-College Division of The Julliard School. Ax became a member of the Young Concert Artists and in 1974 was presented by the Young Concert Artists Series at Hunter College. The next year he received the Michaels Award of Young Concert Artists which resulted in appearances at Alice Tully Hall and with seven major American symphony or chestras. He has since had many European engagements and his engagements in the United . States have included ap pearances with the Philadelphia Or chestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. lifeless. Also, Art's "listen to what I'm going to tell you next" tone can make the reader feel as if Art is the only really important character in the whole novel, and the others are only there for him to react to, and to amuse. Cohn talks about his senior year at a time when the revolutionary spirit of the sixties had not yet reached Penn State, disguised as Keystone State in the novel. He touches on the ways students managed to do well academically without studying, fraternity life and football. Even deeper, though, Cohn talks about relationships at Penn State or any school like it, relationships with both men and women. Art makes three conclusions about these relationships with his fraternity brothers, women, and his good friends. The first he reaches without . much This season's, Artists' Series opens Wednesday with a performance by pianist Emanuel Ax. Ax has toured extensively in Europe and the United States. thought, but the second one causes Art, as a college senior much worry.ln 1961, according to Cohn, you could justify sex with a girl like Daisy, but not with your girlfriend, especially if you loved her. The last realization takes an un believably long time, too long in fact-14 years and a tragic accident. It is only then, at the age of 36 that Art fully un,- derstands the value or lack of value in his friendships at' Keystone State. In spite of its problems, the book offers an easy-to-read view of Penn State in the early '6os. It also makes some good statements about both the academic and social atmosphere at Penn State which has not drastically changed since Cohn graduated. It makes interesting reading either for someone at Penn State or for someone who went to college in the early '6os. LL/
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