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entertainment Editor Stephen Gauer7266537 Heartwarming fantasy fills first Muppets film Along the way he encounters By STEPHEN GAUER Of The Examiner Five minutes into The Mup pet Movie at the Bayfield Mall Cinema the camera descends from the clouds to show Kermit the Frog sitting on log in lily pad strumming his banjo and crooning ballad about rain bows and lovers Kermit of course is the host of the Mup pets halfhour TV show hes also the star performer in movie that works on the assumption that puppet can play adult roles just as well as movie stars can Most of the time that assump tion works very well Kermit is the perfect leading man hes cute and honest brave and compassionate When Hollywood agent tells him hes natural for the movies Ker mit takes off on his bicycle and heads for the bright lights of Los Angeles the Muppet characters Miss Piggie as beauty contest win ner Rowlf the Dog as cocktail pianist Foraie Bear as stand up comedian in the El Sleezo Cafe so that by the end of the film more than dozen Mup pets are crowding the office of studio executive Orson Welles Landing your first movie con tract isnt easy even if youre Muppet SATIRE The Muppet TV show offers some of the most sophisticated show business satire being pro duced right now the movie backs away from satiric point of view and spends more time building fable about pursuing dream In that sense it almost takes itslf too seriously Theres still plenty of comedy visual and verbal but without that satiric bite the Antique show and sale coming in September The Gryphon Theatre Guild of Barrie presents its seventh annual antique show and sale Sept 20 21 and 22 The doors of the Barrie Ar moury will open at pm on Sept 20 The $3 admission that night will include refreshments served by members of the Guild the opportunity to be first to view or purchase the complete stock of antiques plus chance to win the door prize donated by Kathey Bates of London Friday from 11 am to 10 pm and Saturday from 11 am to pm the sale will continue and the admission on these days will be $150 This is the largest annual an tique show in Simcoe County The 25 dealers will specialize in variety of merchandise in cluding furniture china jewelry clocks firearms coins andstamps Guild lunchroom will be open to the public during show Special meetings planned The Simcoe County Chapter the Archeological Society of Ontario is planning special series of meetings in the fall to promote the activities of the organization The society will hold its regular meetings in different locations the September meeting will be in Barrie the October meeting in Midland and the November meeting in Orillia The guest speaker at the November meeting will be Dr Rob Redford an Egyptologist with the University of Toronto who is now working on temple excavation in Egypt Dr Red fords talk is planned to coin cide with the Treasure of Tutankhamun exhibit coming to the Art Gallery of Ontario for two months starting Nov ah Shes suing hours Everyone is invited to attend Proceeds from the show will be used to support the Gryphon Theatre and the Gryphon Foun dations winter season STARTS TOMORROW BARRIE DRIVEIN SCREEN IIELD OVER rouImI wm IMPERIAL Show Times 700 9I5 movie bogs down occasionally When the film is good its very good despite some sappy songs by Paul Williams The high points in the film The Electric Mayhem rehearsing in Dr Harry Krishnas church Miss Piggie defending Kermit from mad German scientist Kermits final shootout with the nasty Doc Hopper whos trying to force him to do TV commercials for his chain of frogs legs restaurants will satisfy the most demanding Muppet fans And the cameo appearances by movie stars ranging from Don De Louise to Elliot Gould really arent crucial to the film The Muppets have more than enough personality to carry the entire film by themselves Even hammy performance by the temperamental Miss Piggie starts to win certain charm by the final frame Watching Miss Piggie kiss Kermit may not be everyones idea of screen romance but Kermit seems to enjoy it The Muppet Movie is funny innocent and absolutely charm ing Jim Hensons creations come close enough to being real that the film is entertaining despite the slow moments And the fantasy he offers might warm the heart of even the most devout cynic Art of the Inuit This soapstone carving of an Inuit hunter is one of 30 selected works from the lnuit art collection owned by the Toronto Dominion Bank and now on display at the local branch in the Bayfield Mall The exhibit can be seen during regular banking hours until Sept I4 Examiner Photo Lishman rockers hot item in art BLACKSTOCK Ont CP Bill Lishman says he cant give away his Lishman rockers in Canada although they are hot item on the international art scene The Canadian inventor and jack of all trades said he do nated one of his S450 creations to the McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa Ont but the curator told him to come and get it Like all other Canadians they have got to be told its great by somebody in another country Lishman said in an interview at his farm 20 kilo metres north of Oshawa Luckily for Lishman some body in another country is doing just that This year he has sold more than 100 of his rockers on the international market One man from New York flew the inventor down and then bought 50 rockers Thats the way Americans do things wonder why even waste my time talking to Cana dians sometimes Lishman 40 taught himself metal sculpting after six month stint in art college He later travelled to England where he learned woodcarving DESIGNED IN 1974 He designed the rocker in 1974 for an art exhibition that he missed However Canadian Interiors magazine saw the rocker and featured it on the front cover The federal ministry of in dustry and tourism followed suit and ran picture of the art work on the front of its maga zine Canada Courier which is circulated internationally After that was inundated with letters from all over the world from people wanting to buy 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