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eC Ee ee ee Ce eee Entertainment CANCELLED BECAUSE OF LACK OF Clever work Bookworm Nicoland Whalley combine for hilarious results Canada, say Eric Nicol and Peter Whalley, Has Been Cancelled Because of Lack of Interest. This is the title of one of the cleverest and funniest books to come off Canadian presses for years. Canada, Cancelled Because of Lack of Interest is prefaced by two quotations. One of them is Gibbon's "All that is human must retrograde if it do not advance' and _ this provides the thesis for the book. The other quotation is simply, "Merde," by Pierre Elliott Trudeau, and that sets the tone of the irreverent hilarity to come. And so, for more than 200 pages of wit, laced with characteristic slap- dash cartoons by Peter Whalley, Nicol looks back from a mythical year 2077, at the rise and fall of Canada. Eric Nicol is almost incapable of writing a sentence without a giggle in it. Employing puns, outrageous flights of imagination, and verbal dead-panning, he comes up with gems like the concept of Pierre and Peter Latete, the two- headed leader of Canada in 1993. "He addressed the convention in faultless French and English," but alas, his right head turned leftist and the left head turned rightist. "Before a stunned house, the two heads then at- tacked one another with shrill name-calling, in- cluding obscenities in both languages and climaxing when the PrimeMinister of Canada bit off his own nose, twice."" Louise Shed a tear of laughter for poor Louise Riel, who burned her jock strap ata Miss Blue Bombers beauty contest. "Louise...called herself a half-breed. By this she meant that half of her wanted to breed and half of her didn't...her life was made miserable by Manitobans who heard her called the Tran- sexual, and wanted to know if she had a dome car." And pity poor Daisy McGee, the 86-year-old widow who was arrested and imprisoned because she had omitted the postal code on a post card in- forming the government that her pension cheque was delayed for 18 months because of faulty Exorcist sequel- a supernatural smash by Terry Dupuis The long-awaited sequel to the 1973 supernatural smash _ hit The Exorcist begins this week at the Odeon Theatre in Midland. The original Exorcist starred Linda Blair as a young girl who was possessed by the devil, Ellen Burstyn as the distraught mother, and Jason Miller and Max Von Sydow as two priests who attempt to exorcise the evil spirit from the girl. The 1973 production of The Exorcist was directed \ by William Friedkin from a novel by William Peter Blatty. Now nearly four years later comes the sequel to The Exorcist, a movie called The Heretic. Linda Blair repeats her role as Regan. Now 17 she once again finds herself being possessed by an evil spirit. The only other member of the original cast who appears in the new movie is Max Von Sydow as the elderly priest. New characters who star in the new Exorcist film include Richard Burton as a priest who is sent by the Vatican to study Regan's strange case and Louise Fletcher as a psychiatrist who is treating Regan. Miss Fletcher won an Academy Award last year for her memorable Museum farewell Huronia Museum curator Vern Farrow went about his daily chore of winding the clocks in the historic establishment for the last time this year. Closed yesterday, the museum will Victoria Day weekend with a number of new artifacts and exhibits. revolver kept at Midland's first post office will be on display when the doors open The re-open, as will a new display of foot- Safety tip - The Ontario Safety League advises that if you live in an area not served by school buses make sure you walk your child to school before school starts. Make sure your children know the route to school -- particularly if they're first timers -- and teach them the rules of the road. IG wear and battery radios. Farrow said the building is shut down over the winter months mainly due to heating costs. The air is still kept at 40 degrees to prevent frost and resulting damage to exhibits. Even at this temperature it costs approximately $300 a month to heat. The steeple clock Farrow is winding life into, is circa 1880. Staff photo WATERGATE Steak House & Tavern Offers the finest steaks. seafood and service. Fully licensed. Business Men's Luncheon Monday-Friday 12-2:30 p.m. Qpen Sunday 12:00-10 p.m. Weekend entertainment Reservations call 549-8671 Main St., Waterfront Penetanguishene role as Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. Rounding out the cast of The Heretic is Ned Beatty, who was a recent Oscar nominee for Network; James Earl Jones; and veteran actor Paul Henreid. The director of the new Exorcist movie is John Boorman whose previous credits include the Lee . Point Marvin crime thriller Blank and the controversial film Deliverance. Starting tomorrow evening at the Pen Theatre is a new ad- venture family movie called Sinbad And The Eye of the Tiger, starring Patrick Wayne, and a western with Lee Van Cleef called The Stranger And The Gunfighter. audio corner 66 Dunlop St. West Downtown Barrie. GRAND.OPENING. SALE SEE Of Huronia Week In Today's Paper. f__ Bavarian House Enjoy our specialty of German Cuisine with a Canadian Taste Excellent Dining Facilities overlooking beautiful Georgian Bay Open for meals daily: 12 noon - Midnight Sunday: 12 noon to 10 pm. Contemporary German Disco Music by Helmut © li - Tietz and His Stu 40 67 Located two miles past Martyrs Shrine from Midland, Hwy. 12 and Con. Rd. 4 Dancing Fri. & Sat. 9 pm. to 1 am. (Only Restaurant in area mentioned in Book "Where to eat in Canada /6-77) 534-3202 WELCOME BACK... Tues., Wed. & Thurs. nights at 8 The whole chapter Saturday at 6 brought to you by Parkers Variety eTV Man Ted Light's TV Sea Horse °G&M Shoppe Crawford's Men's Wear The only station you'll ever need [CKMP-123 glazing on the envelope window. You'll carry on, laughing, through the Rape of the Lockerroom and Joy Through Unwork, where the Golden Beer Can' Award is presented in honour of 22 continuous years on the UIC circuit. Yet, there is hope. Although Whalley graphically points out that "the 22nd century NATURE'S = your library presents belongs to Canada," Nichol's last word is that a few Canadians do in- deed survive. "The Canadian Refuge Camper Site in Florida has con- firmed arrival of 31 families of Canadians to overwinter, as compared with 27 families last winter. ..:"we may witness the comeback of the Canadian as a valid form of life."' BOUNTY A DEMONSTRATION pt USING WILD PLANTS FOR FOOD BY CANADIAN NATURALIST GEORGE GRAY MIDLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY _ \ TUESDAY d OCTOBER 18 - 8.00PM ' admission free everyone welcome We may also witness the Leacock © Medal around the collective necks of Whalley and Nicol. Canada Can- celled...is a very funny book, and yes, it would make a good Christmas gift. Says Nicol, "Canadians do not read _ books PEN THEATRE Thurs.,Fri.,Oct. 13-14 Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger plus The Stranger and the Gunfighter Sat. matinee Sinbad Sat.,Sun., Mon.,Tues. Oct. 15- 16-17-18 Violated plus 3 Can | Do It aT 4 : | King St., Midland Nitely 7 & 9 526-57 me ics Til | Need S| themselves, but give book symbolizing the them to each other at Nativity as conception Christmas--the Canadian without entertainment." NOW PLAYING PETER FONDA SUSAN ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ODEON THEATRE am a ae Mpeg ie eg sey These messages use large-scale visuals and sound effects, and present such topics as "The Runaway,"' "Whence He shall come again," and "Born Again."' ALL SEATS FREE Greater Midland Outreach for Christ October 16-18, 1977 Sunday, 11:00 a.m. & 7:30 p.m. Weekdays, 7:30 nightly Knox Presbyterian Church, Midland Wednesday, October 12, 1977, Page 9 '