I just found Lee Cole's 1979 Star Trek—The Motion Picture Peel-Off Graphics Book with all the stickers intact at Mad Monk for $5! I've never seen it in person before.

Meanwhile, Gene Roddenberry had been so concerned with robots that fuck--and the certainty of human men wanting to fuck female-appearing robots--that in the August 29, 1973 draft of "Robot's Return," he called out the inevitability of the issue of robot-fucking in an underlined parenthetical aside.

Among the things I never learned when I was in film school: how to remember which movies were directed by Michael Winner, and which were directed by Michael Dinner.

Valley Times, November 20, 1956. A special showing of "Love Me Tender" starring Elvis Presley is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at the El Portal and La Reina Theaters. This special showing is for girls only from ages 8 to 108. A free autographed picture of Elvis will be given to each girl attending.

Hartford Courant, November 20, 1966. I like that the blurbs for the "The Menagerie, Part II" which ran in newspapers--probably supplied by an NBC press kit--referred to Pike as Spock's "beloved former commander," since it goes to show that before there was Spirk, there was Spike.

Lansing State Journal, November 19, 1956. LOVE ME TENDER Opening with a SPECIAL MIDNIGHT SHOW Wed., Nov. 21st, Thanksgiving Eve All Seats $1.25 With each ticket purchased you will receive a 8x10 photo of Elvis Presley You'll love him tender in the role he was born to play!

I am now at the point where I'm scratching at the door of the local school district inquiring about the labyrinthine employment process, and one of the people who replied has this in their sig--*still* has this in their sig, in Q4 2025!--which I am taking to be a good sign.

Considering how much nonsense from the first Star Trek series gets referenced in later shows, I always enjoy coming across something which (at least according to Memory Alpha) nobody's bothered to resurrect. Case in point: "3XY phagrin level - mass computer." memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/3XY_pha...

Fresno Bee, November 19, 1982. Sweet Charity, opening at Roger Rocka's Music Hall on December 2!

Atlanta Journal, November 19, 1966. We are two girls who are desperately in love with Mr. Spock, the magnificent unemotional half-earth half-Vulcan man on "Star Trek". We also want a write-in for Mr. Spock for governor. Where can we get a life-sized autographed picture of this beautiful man???

San Francisco Municipal Record, November 19, 1925. Boomers: they have always existed, and they have always shook their fists at The Kids These Days. "Nobody can maintain that printing has produced greater poets, or philosophers, than they who wrote when books were confined to manuscript."

True story: I have not attended a Star Trek convention since 2011, but I would happily go to one now if I thought it meant I could purchase a DISCOVERY-era jacket--in no small part because of how good they looked when unzipped, especially on Admiral Cornwell.

CHEMICAL X-TRACTION

I mean, the coast has belonged to us all since long before the Great Highway was rebranded as Sunset Dunes earlier this year--to use an arbitrary date, since at least the opening of the Ocean Beach Pavilion in 1884--but who's counting? HOORAY SUNSET DUNES FINALLY MAKES THE COAST OURS AT LAST

Atlanta Journal, November 16, 1956. elvis presley leatherette items Davison's answer to a teen-age prayer Looks like Elvis is here to stay--and for teenage fans this durable Smithcrafted leatherette scrapbook is the perfect gift for clippings and mementos of their "hero" of the moment!

IMO, "The Menagerie, Part 1" is as Roddenberry as Roddenberry gets: most of the first 60 seconds is both the camera and Kirk eye-fucking a hot idiot who clearly doesn't understand how transporters work, since she keeps watching the skies and seems surprised when the crew materializes on the ground.

Indianapolis News, November 18, 1966. Roddenberry went to work with scissors and paste and created a two-part, two-hour story using up most of the film from the unsuccessful Hunter-version Star Trek pilot. The tale, titled "The Menagerie," started last night and will be concluded next Thursday.

Minneapolis Star, November 18, 1966. Deep down, I think Leonard Nimoy knew exactly what would happen to his career. "I was offered nothing but doctor and lawyer parts until Spock came along," the actor said. "I have no idea what a Vulcanian image will do for me when 'Star Trek' runs its course."

Fresno Bee, November 18, 1977. Gobble, Gobble, Gobble, Gobble, Gobble, Gobble, Gobble, Gobble

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Post something random or you’ll have an awful December.

My top 5 Scorseses as of today 1. The Last Temptation of Christ 2. The Age of Innocence 3. Cape Fear 4. The Last Waltz 5. After Hours

My last film review was published six years ago this week on November 15, 2019, and both the papers I wrote for have long since folded, yet I still keep ending up on new publicists' mailing lists. It's almost as if nobody's paying attention.

I was recently dunking on Stewart Raffil's trashy 1984 THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT for all the Coke product placement, so it's only fair to point out that Alan J. Pakula's hyper-respectable 1982 SOPHIE'S CHOICE lovingly focuses on Spam and Band-Aids during its first 10 minutes.

Wausau Daily Herald, November 17, 1956. PLAN TO ATTEND FIRST NIGHTERS Elvis Presley Party Tuesday, Nov. 20 -- 10:00 A.M. LOVE ME TENDER FREE Autographed Photos of Elvis Presley Admission: All Seats 90c TICKETS ON SALE * At Theatre * Through Staff Members * Through Elvis Presley Fan Club

First off, my suspension has ended. Got a little harsh with a post a few days ago but I didn’t have my feet on the ground and I’m sorry if I offended anyone. Will try to be more chipper. Knock on wood!

I experienced this phenomenon in a big way when I was the acting manager of my library branch for 16 months during the pandemic. In particular, the middle-aged cishet white women on the staff resented me sooooo much, and refused to take me seriously or follow any of my instructions.

Jersey Journal, November 17, 1956. BUT ELVIS WAS A NO SHOW!--Crowds of screaming youngsters encircle car of newspaper photographer as he approaches entrance to Christ Hospital, Jersey City. Teenagers jammed the hospital entrance after hearing false rumor that Elvis Presley was visiting there.

Fresno Bee, November 17, 1989. The Star Trek Blooper Reels played at FSU more than once, and I'm unsure exactly which screening I attended, but it may have been one of the ones on this date. This was of course long after SAG filed suit against Gene Roddenberry for touring with them in 1970s.

Los Angeles Times, November 16, 1980. File Under: "Headlines Sherilyn Wishes She'd Written."

Variety, November 16, 1956. Not sure whatever became of this guy.

New York Daily News, November 16, 1956. Elvis Presley fans, many of whom were under the impression their idol was making a personal appearance, line up on 43d St. to await admission to Paramount where his first film, "Love Me Tender," opened yesterday. Some had been waiting since midnight.

Jacksonville Florida Times-Union, November 16, 1966. A "Star Trek" luncheon and "Outer Space" fashion show at 12:30pm tomorrow in the South Windsor Ballroom of the Hotel Robert Meyer will launch the afternoon business sessions of the Florida Hospital Auxiliaries convening here through Friday.

New York Daily News, November 15, 1956. Today only--to the first 2,000 patrons! FREE GIFTS FROM ELVIS PRESLEY! Come early--be sure to get your free gift! TODAY 8 A.M. PARAMOUNT Broadway at 43rd Street Midnight Feature HEAR ELVIS SING "love Me Tender" "We're Gonna Move" "Poor Boy" - "Let Me!"

Colton Courier, November 15, 1956. A squealing mob of girls, a few boys and at least one middle-aged mother and father, mobbed a Times Square theater today to see Elvis Presley on film. The girls started squealing at 10:30 Wednesday night.

Daily Worker, November 15, 1966. Wherein the columnist for a prominent socialist / anti-capitalist newspaper praises the diversity on STAR TREK. "'Star-Trek,' as a reader pointed out to this column, did offer some hope of an improved humanity, picturing an integrated space crew in its millennium."

Variety, November 15, 1982. With all due respect to THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, the excised Jackie-Gleason-as-Burt-Reynolds footage from SMOKEY IS THE BANDIT is cinema's true holy grail.

Goin’ in! Here’s to hoping Edgar Wright’s THE RUNNING MAN is as, um, “understated” as Paul Michael Glaser’s.

In the manuscript of my 2021 book Presenting Persis Khambatta, which is also a stealth history of the female-run Miss India contest, I mentioned that known sexual predator Donald Trump bought Miss Universe. In the published book, my editor removed that known detail.

Green Bay Press-Gazette, November 14, 1956. Elvis Presley Days at Our SODA FOUNTAIN Enjoy the music of Elvis Presley while having your favorite Sundae or Soda. FREE "33" LP Elvis Presley Record Album to Winner of Elvis Presley Vote Contest. Register @ Soda Fountain. FREE COKE WITH EACH HOUND DOG

IT HAS BEEN 0️⃣ DAYS SINCE SEEING THE NAME SYDNEY SWEENEY

Fresno Bee, November 14, 1986. Breathless local coverage of the impending premiere of the miniseries FRESNO, which was a spoof of primetime soaps like DALLAS. Some people in town were very offended by it before it even aired!

Daily Variety, November 14, 1980. The time Cary Grant sued Chevy Chase for queer-bashing Grant while Chase did a limp-wristed, lisping imitation of him on Tom Snyder's TOMORROW.

One of the ways I've been distracting myself from the horrors of the current moment is by making a list on setlist dot fm of all the concerts I've attended. There are still some stragglers to enter--mostly goth bands from the 2000s--but these stats for the acts I've seen the most look about right.

These are facts.

Cliff and Zenola's kid has been a handful today. But, y'know, she can't help it.

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During my first semester at SFSU in 1994, a few years before I found the courage to come out as trans, I took HED 320: Contemporary Sexuality. When we finally got to the unit in the syllabus titled "Transvestism and Transsexualism," a cis guy raised his hand and launched into a tirade.