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“SESAME STREET PRE- SENTS: FOLLOW THAT BIRD,” a motion picture described as a comedy adven- ture with music, is in pro_— duction here for 1985 theatri- cal release.
It is the first film adapta- tion of the world famous children’s television series which has been seen week'- days and weekends for the past 15 years on the CBC network. '
The series, which has won 22 Emmys, enjoys the largest audience of any children’s TV program with viewers in " million households.
Its following is not limited to children. A.C. Nielsen studies report viewers in more than 2 million homes without any children. Overseas, tens of millions of youngsters and their parents watch the pro- gram in 70 countries.
“SESAME STREET PRE- SENTS: FOLLOW THAT
BIRD” is being produced under license from the Children’s Television Work- shop, creators of the TV series. World-wide distribu- tion arrangements will be announced later in the year, according to Al I-Iyslop, CTW Production Vice- President and the Work- shop’s co-ordinating execu- tive.
The film stars the entire
cast of ‘ ‘Sesame Street, ’ ’ including both live and Muppet characters. Top
billing goes to Caroll Spinney, as both Big Bird and Oscar, as well as to Jim Henson, and Frank Oz, who play a
number of the best known,
“Sesame Street” Muppets they have created, including Ernie, Bert, and Cookie Monster.
The plot revolves around Big Bird, who is persuaded to leave “Sesame Street” and go to live with a family of
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Dodo birds. But he has second thoughts and decides to run away, back to “Se- same Street,” not realizing that it is a thousand ’miles from the Dodo’s. When his “Sesame Street”. friends find he has disappeared they set out on a cross-country search for Big Bird.
The ensuing comic chase is enlivened by nine original songs.
The Producer is Tony Garnett, veteran BBC Senior Producer with more than 35 television and feature films to his credit. He has written, directed or produced five theatrical features released in Europe, two of which won Prix Italia awards. The script was written by Tony Geiss and Judy Freudberg, both of whom are Emmy-award winning writers on the “Sc- same Street” TV series. Ken Kwapis is making his debut as a motion picture director.
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The/Prince Edward Island Union of Public Sector Em- ployees is once again offering a number of $500 bursaries for full=time students in post— secondary institutions. The union represents 3,300 workers employed by the pro- vincial government, Holland, College, P.E.I. Addiction Services and the P.E.I. Grain Elevators Corporation.
The bursaries are available to union members or depen- dents of union members. Dependents of retired union members are also eligible, as are union members who have maintained their membership
Public SeetOr Employees -~ offer bursaries
while on a re-employment list. '
Up to four of the $500 bursaries are avilable for students attending U.P.E.1. The union’s education com- mittee will base it recom— mendations on three factors: financial need, academic ability and union involve- ment. The bursaries are for
use in the second sEmester. _
Students must indicate an intention to be enrolled as full-time students during the second semester in order to qualify. I _ Bursary application forms are available from Dawha
Noonan at Student Services. They must be returned to the union office by Thursday, November 1. All applications, except for those from mature students, must contain a transcript of the student’s latest set of marks. .
The union office is located on the corner of University Avenue and Enman Crescent. The mailing, address is PO. Box 1116, Charlottetown, ClA 7M8. Any questions concerning the bursaries should be directed to Ron Kelly at 892-5335.
Friday, October 12: Open Faculty Seminar at 3:30 in the Faculty Lounge of Main Building. John Crossley of the Department of Political Studies talks on “Self- Govemment for Canadian Indians". All welcome, happy hour from 4:30 to 6p.m. ‘
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field hockey, Panthers play at I
Calendar
Saturday, October 13: The Great Netted Gem Cover-Up Contest. Paint a mural on the Vet College Wall from 9 to 4 and you could win a fifty dollar prize. More details somewhere in this issue.
Saturday. October 13: Soccer Panthers host Memorial at 2 on MacAdam Field.
Senior KGB agent Igor Sonovabitch trains a rookie in the fine art of booby trapping a
Sunday, October 14: Soccer play against Memorial again at 2 pm.
Sunday, October 14: Student Union Council meeting 7:30 in Room 210, Kelley Building. All welcome.
Monday, October 15: Netted Gem staff meeting at 6 pm. on fourth floor Main. Our arrows are still up, recruits!
young rabbit for its secret mission into a Nato-bloc nation. Yet another example of how the Soviets have regressed to using animals to do their dirty work for them.
Alix Kreap continued from page 7
“Speaking of going, did you hear about the man who decided to travel by foot but
decided to convert to metric? ’ ’ ‘ ‘Argh! ’ ’ screamed the
Wot Monster. Alix Kreap’s puns were lethal, fer sure. “Anyway, I had a dog. His
bark wasn’t bigger than, his I
bite until. he got braces.” ' “Ga-ah-akkk!” The Wot
Monster was in, like, total
agony, fer sure. 7'
“Really, though, I have to axe you wand question."
Like, gag me with a spoon, like, what the Wot 'monste'r
said is, like, too'heavy to put '
in‘ print, Totally! “Are you trying to see defeat? Or are you trying to touch yourtoes?” ' ,, The wot Monster instantly3 died. > Alix looked around.
like, fer sure!
The
Froshling were in piles, moaning in pain. Pun fallout was a side effect he hadn’t
I counted on. In fact, he ' couldn’t count. 80,- ' Alix Kreap left
" whistling “Paranoid”. His ‘adventures’ were far from “over, fer Sure! , , , The moral of this story is: THE PUN IS MIGHTER THAN THE SWORD.- Just ask any 93-pound (well, 125- pound) weakling.