Evansville Courier and Press from Evansville, Indiana • 10

Thursday March 9 1989 TEMPO 10 The Evansville Courier NIGHTLIFE Evansville Oh! What a Barbie turns thirty-something Barbie trivia By MARILOU BERRY Courier staff writer When it was introduced in 1959 the Barbie doll had sales of 351 000 Last year sales hit 20 million dolls including friends and family Through the years nearly 500 million dolls including friends and family have been sold according to Mattel Toys Other facts about Barbie: Her boyfriend Ken was introduced in 1961 her friend Midge was introduced in 1963 and her little sister Skipper was introduced in 1964 The first Barbie with bendable knees was introduced in 1964 the twist waist came in 1967 More than 6000 different fashion designs and more than 35000 handbags have been created especially for Barbie At least 100 new outfits are designed for Barbie every year The bridal gowns have been the topselling fashion for Barbie from the beginning More than 5 million have been sold The average price of a Barbie doll today is $8 Among careers have been fashion model (1959) ballerina nurse and stewardess (1961) career girl (1963) and astronaut (1965 and 1966) Barbie is sold on every continent except Antarctica ALIBI 1305 Stringtown Road Butch Embry band at 9:30 pm today Friday and Saturday: talent show at 10:30 pm today 701 Green River Road DJs Leo Koch and Sean Dunlap at 9 pm today Friday Saturday and Wednesday BLUE PARROT 4501 Washington Ave the Pits band at 10 pm Friday and Saturday LOUNGE 907 Fares Ave Dark 1 Horse band featuring Mike Ipock and Kathy Jones at 9:30 pm Friday and Saturday CAMPBELL'S TAVERN 1331 Elliott St the Shades band at 9:30 pm Friday and Saturday CAPTAIN'S DEN 200 Fulton Ave Ron and The Renegades band at 9:30 pm Friday and Saturday 7:30 pm Sunday CJ'S Main and Sycamore streets MB and the Flips at 9 pm Friday and Saturday DARRYL'S RESTAURANT AND BAR 501 i Green River Road SIBECO band at 9 pm Sunday THE DAYS INN 41 North DJ Don Kores-sel at 9 pm Friday: DJ Jim Mattingly at 9 pm Saturday and Sunday: and DJ Rob Thomas at 8 Wednesday DiLEGGE'S 6C7 Main St acoustic guitar-s: and smger Alan Rice at 9:30 pm Saturday DUCK INN 4100 Pollack Ave Patti Dale at 9 tocav ana Wednesday 8 pm Sunday: Kym-oe'ee Knight at 9:30 pm Friday and Saturday DUFFY'S TAVERN 405 Riverside Drive "'3cxs banc at 30 pm today Friday and Satur-C3 a session tn Nobody's Perfect at 3:30 to ELLIOTT'S 401 Powell Ave the Act band 30 pm today Friday and Saturday: DJ Jay StessH at 9 pm Sunday through Wednesday EXECUTIVE INN 600 Walnut St Jody Miller nroogh Saturday ($5 cover today $750 Friday anp Saturday): Texana in the Time-Out Bar FUNKY'S II 1 8 Third Ave Rajin band at 1 0 today through Saturday ($2 cover) Male Revue at 8 pm today ($5 cover) Maniac Mark nightly in ballroom GLORIA'S CORRAL CLUB 3131 ville Road Heartland band at 9:30 pm today Friday Saturday and Wednesday CW Jam band at 9:30 pm Monday and Tuesday country dance lessons at 7:30 pm Monday talent night Tuesday GREEN OASIS LOUNGE 1531 Green River Road the Society band at 10 pm Friday and Saturday HOLIDAY INN US 41 North Kikker band at 10 pm Friday and Saturday in Club RPM LAKE 11400 Middle Mount Vernon Road Rajin band at 8 pm Sunday ($5 admission) MARINA POINTE Waterworks Road Nite Life band at 9 pm Friday and Saturday MEMORIES 21 30 Maryland St Beat Dad-dys band at 9 pm Friday and Saturday ($2 cover) PARK PLACE 2 Richardt Ave Harry Ten-barge on banjo at 9:30 pm Friday and Saturday RASCALS Williamsburg Inn 100 Green River Road Hot Sauce band at 10 pm today Friday and Saturday 9 pm Monday and uesday DJ Mad Pat Hillenbrand during breaks RADISSON INN 7101 US 41 North DJ Patrick Stubbs at 9 pm through Saturday 4619 Washington Ave The Fabulous Silvertones at 10 pm today Friday and Saturday SUPER INN 2809 Broadway Ave Solitude band at 9 pm Friday and Saturday Ramada Inn 4104 US 41 North DJs Terry Tunks and Dr Dave Wilkinson at 8 pm today through Wednesday ROBBYS 1200 Main St Elvis Keith at 8 pm today Bill Hightower at 8 pm Friday and Saturday THE VICTORY Sixth and Main streets ages 13-20 8 pm to 1 a Friday and Saturday DJ TC in showroom DJ Rod in Metal Shop WIZZARDS 3400 Kentucky Ave Julie Harrison and the Jaguars at 9:30 pm today Friday and Saturday VILLAGE SALOON North Park shopping center Chet and the Molesters band at 9 pm Friday and Saturday DJ Dave Becht at 8 pm Sunday and Monday DJ at 7 pm Wednesday Barbie has reached the big 3-0 She has had three face lifts several body changes countless careers and has moved way beyond the sweet-faced Ken Along the way she has picked up a slew of friends and identities and even managed to generate a little controversy It was 30 years ago today that Barbie made her debut on the toy shelves Introduced by Mattel Toys at the 1959 Toy Fair in New York the llLi-inch doll did not exactly take the market by storm She was produced only for about three months "Not many were made in the beginning because the company think it would be a popular says Bernice Bruner who with her sister Gladys Nuebling operates Wood Valley Doll Shop in Evansville Kim Seeber of Evansville was among that first crop of little girls who got the doll destined for stardom remember it was in says the 33-year-old Ms Seeber of Evansville "because my in March and my mother gave me Barbie for my fourth She still owns the original Barbie with 1959 stamped on its derriere in Roman numerals original Barbie had V-shaped eybrows no color in the eyes and holes in the feet so she could stand on a round Miss Bruner says 1958 copyright date is on the early dolls and when people see that they think they have an original But the first came out in Copyright dates changed with each Barbie face lift had three since she debuted as a haughty unsmiling fashion model She gained a slight smile in 1967 and 10 years later a more confident smile That stemmed in part from the feminist movement according to Mattel spokeswoman Candace Irving It was the first time Barbie's teeth were visible Another change involved making her body flexible James Bolton a former Newburgh Ind resident and now vice president in charge of tool and process engineering for Mattel was involved in that project The native of Scotland who worked at the now-defunct Tri-State Plastic Molding Co of Henderson Ky joined Mattel in 1963 and was assigned to the Barbie project A few years after her introduction she drew the ire of feminists and critics who claimed that little girls who played with the perfectly curvy dolls would grow up hating their own less-than-perfect bodies But it slowed the pace Bolton says sales of Barbie were $450 million last year The company estimates that 90 percent of all girls between the ages of 4 and 10 own at least one Barbie Various marketing techniques were used One involved the hiring of to work at Tri-State toy shops Among those recruited was Lori Goodman Clouser now executive director of the Evansville Arts Education Council When she was a student at the University of Southern Indiana she was hired by Mattel as a Barbie From 1982 to 1986 she and another woman modeled Barbie costumes handed out literature talked to children and signed autographs Mrs Clouser who modeled three Barbie outfits still owns the one she wore in the 1985 Freedom Festival parade Those original Barbie dolls aren't only getting older getting more valuable Mrs Bruner says a blonde Barbie circa 1959 is worth about $900 today in this market The original brunettes are worth about $1000 because Ms Bruner says one out of every three made was a The original Barbie cost $3 Prices quoted by the doll authority are for in mint condition in their original boxes with the cellophane still But not the way most girls kept their Barbies really played with mine still says Mrs Seeber whose collection is displayed in an antique cabinet have an original Ken because my brother cut his teeth on she says But she does own later Kens even one that talks Her collection of Barbies and friends includes originals of Midge Alan Skooter Ricky Francie Casey Chris Buffy Stacey and twins Tutti and Todd All were made before 1966 She prefers the older Barbies but it still trying to get her hands on the 1988 Happy Holiday Barbie "My mother tried to find it for me for Christmas but they were sold Collector Anna Givens of Madisonville Ky suspects Mrs Seeber will pay considerably more today than the doll sold for at Christmastime saw it at Target for $27 and at Sears for Ms Givens says seen it lately at flea markets for Mrs collection of Barbies and friends numbers in the thousands she says They hang from the ceiling of her business Givens Book Exchange Others are carefully stored in her home The collection will eventually be inherited by a great niece in Louisville Ky a baby when Mrs Givens began her collection in the early 1960s Courier photo by SONNY BROWN Indiana The first Barbie from 30 years ago came with a haughty model smile and her own stand Kim Seeber collection includes that first Barbie and her car along with Ken Alan and Midge Lori Goodman Clouser far right has the Barbie" costume she wore several years ago as part of a Barbie" Mattel promotion LOUNGE Washington DJ Tony Alford at 10 pm Friday and Saturday THE ROUNDUP Vincennes The Neat Guys band at 10 pm Friday Saturday and Wednesday SCUFFLETOWN SALOON AND RESTAURANT Newburgh Gail March at 9 pm today Friday and Saturday RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE i Petersburg The Girls band at 9:30 pm today 10 I pm Friday and Saturday EXECUTIVE INN Vincennes Vincennes Executives nightly in Time-Out Lounge THE FOX Chandler '57 Chevy band at 9:30 pm Friday and Saturday Newburgh Jimmy Nall band at 9 pm Saturday PEERLESS TAVERN Mount Vernon Country Times band at 9:30 pm today Friday and Saturday PRINCETON INN Princeton Country Inc II band at 9 pm today Friday and Saturday THORNBURG'S Wadesville Ransom band at 9 30 pm Friday and Saturday ($1 cover) Kentucky Courier photo by SONNY BROWN BRIDGEVIEW INN Henderson Patti Dale at 8 30 pm Friday and Saturday FINNEY-BONES Henderson comedians Vince Harper John Kiernan and St Clair at 8:30 pm today 8 30 and 1 1 pm Friday and Saturday FILLING STATION LOUNGE Henderson Fancy Free band at 9 pm today Friday and Saturday EXECUTIVE INN RIVERMONT Owensboro Earl Thomas Conley at 8 and 10 30 pm Saturday (show only $12 50 dinner and show $23 add JLyauViP seating) Don Carlton Trio i nightly in fne nme Out Bar Courier photo by KEVIN SWANK.