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[[File:Close Encounters of the Spud Kind.jpg|thumb|''Close Encounters of the Spud Kind''.  
[[File:Close Encounters of the Spud Kind.jpg|thumb|''Close Encounters of the Spud Kind''.  
  (Publicity photo courtesy Gnomon Chronicles Film Board.]]'''''Close Encounters of the Spud Kind''''' ('''''CEOTSK''''') is a 1977 American supernatural geology film, written and directed by [REDACTED], starring [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED], and [REDACTED].
  (Publicity photo courtesy Gnomon Chronicles Film Board.]]'''''Close Encounters of the Spud Kind''''' ('''''CEOTSK''''') is a 1977 American science fiction foodie adventure film about an everyday blue-collar UFO researcher (Richard Dreyfuss) whose life changes after an encounter with the Devil's potato masher.


== Plot ==
== In the News ==


''CEOTSK'' tells the story of [REDACTED], an everyday blue-collar UFO researcher in Indiana, whose life changes after an encounter with the Devil's potato masher.
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File:Sushi Encounters of the Third Kind.jpg|link=Sushi Encounters of the Third Kind|'''''[[Sushi Encounters of the Third Kind]]''''' is a 1977 American science fiction black comedy film about an everyday short-order cook in Indiana whose life changes after an encounter with a UFO.


== In the News ==
File:Mobius Potato.jpg|link=Möbius Potato|'''''[[Möbius Potato]]''''' is a non-orientable documentary film about efforts to develop potatoes derived from Möbius strips.


<gallery>
File:I,_Yossarian.jpg|link=I, Yossarian|'''''[[I, Yossarian]]''''' is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series ''Star Trek'', a black comedy revolving around the "lunatic characters" drawn from several anti-war episodes of the original Star Trek, set in a secret star base in the Mediterranean during World War II.
File:I,_Yossarian.jpg|link=I, Yossarian|'''''[[I, Yossarian]]''''' is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series ''Star Trek'', a black comedy revolving around the "lunatic characters" drawn from several anti-war episodes of the original Star Trek, set in a secret star base in the Mediterranean during World War II.


File:Prometheus_&_Louise.jpg|link=Prometheus & Louise|'''''[[Prometheus & Louise]]''''' is a 2021 American alien-female buddy road film directed by [[Ridley Scott (nonfiction)|Ridley Scott]] starring Geena Davis as Prometheus and Susan Sarandon as Louise, two friends who embark on a road trip which ends up in unforeseen non-Euclidean space.
File:Prometheus_&_Louise.jpg|link=Prometheus & Louise|'''''[[Prometheus & Louise]]''''' is a 2021 American alien-female buddy road film directed by Ridley Scott starring Geena Davis as Prometheus and Susan Sarandon as Louise, two friends who embark on a road trip which ends up on an alien planet.


File:Alien Abduction (Abrams-Spielberg film).jpg|link=Alien Abduction|'''''[[Alien Abduction]]''''' is a 2011 documentary monster thriller film written and directed by J. J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg which tells the story of a group of young bounty hunters who are tracking a supposed alien spacecraft when a train derails, releasing Abrams and Spielberg into their town.  
File:Close Encounters of the Leprechaun.jpg|link=Close Encounters of the Leprechaun|'''''[[Close Encounters of the Leprechaun]]''''' is a 1993 American horror science fiction film about a vengeful alien leprechaun who believes a family has stolen his spaceship.
 
File:We choose to go to the Moon again.jpg|link=We choose to go to the Moon again|"'''[[We choose to go to the Moon again]]'''" is a speech delivered by United States President John F. Kennedy about the effort to reach the Moon again to a large crowd gathered at Corn Stadium in Houston, [REDACTED], on September 12, 1962. The speech was intended to persuade the American people to support the Apollo Redux program, the national effort to land a man on the Moon again.
 
File:The Directorate.jpg|link=The Directorate|'''''[[The Directorate]]''''' (original title: '''''Alien Abduction''''') is a 2011 documentary monster thriller film about a group of young bounty hunters who are tracking a supposed alien spacecraft when a train derails, releasing director JJ Abrams and producer Steven Spielberg into their town.  


File:Plan_Hydrox_from_Outer_Space.jpg|link=Plan Hydrox from Outer Space|'''''[[Plan Hydrox from Outer Space]]''''' is a 2021 children's educational allegory film describing alien cookie monsters and their plan to turn the Earth into a steaming cup of hot milk.
File:Plan_Hydrox_from_Outer_Space.jpg|link=Plan Hydrox from Outer Space|'''''[[Plan Hydrox from Outer Space]]''''' is a 2021 children's educational allegory film describing alien cookie monsters and their plan to turn the Earth into a steaming cup of hot milk.


File:I'd_Buy_Earth_for_a_Dollar.jpg|link=I'd Buy Earth for a Dollar|"'''''[[I'd Buy Earth for a Dollar]]'''''" is an epic documentary film about macroeconomic petroleum extraction theory on the planet Earth.
File:I'd_Buy_Earth_for_a_Dollar.jpg|link=I'd Buy Earth for a Dollar|"'''''[[I'd Buy Earth for a Dollar]]'''''" is an epic documentary film about macroeconomic petroleum extraction theory on the planet Earth.
File:Quicksand (song).jpg|link=Quicksand (song)|"'''[[Quicksand (song)|Quicksand]]'''", also known as "'''Quicksand Is Bound for Glory'''", is a traditional American gospel song first recorded in 1922.
File:Everything is going to be okay - Ring Nebula in Lyra.jpg|link=Gnomon Chronicles Astronomy Society|"Everything is going to be okay." —Messier 57, the Ring Nebula in Lyra.  Source: '''[[Gnomon Chronicles Astronomy Society]]''', a non-profit cooperative transdimensional corporation which interviews stars, planets, nebulae, and other cosmological phenomena.


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* ''[[Alien Abduction]]''
* ''[[Alien Abduction]]''
* ''[[Close Encounters of the Leprechaun]]''
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* ''[[I'd By Earth for a Dollar]]''
* ''[[I'd By Earth for a Dollar]]''
* ''[[I, Yossarian]]''
* ''[[I, Yossarian]]''
* ''[[Möbius Potato]]''
* ''[[Plan Hydrox from Outer Space]]''
* ''[[Plan Hydrox from Outer Space]]''
* ''[[Prometheus & Louise]]''
* ''[[Prometheus & Louise]]''
* [[Quicksand (song)]]
* [[Quicksand (song)]]
* ''[[Sushi Encounters of the Third Kind]]''
* ''[[The Directorate]]''
* [[Transdimensional corporation]]
* [[We choose to go to the Moon again]]


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==


* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1389931633306898441 Post] @ Twitter (5 May 2021)
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=== Social media ===
 
* [https://x.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1829504648467665088 Post] @ Twitter (30 August 2024)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1639654875058565120 Post] @ Twitter (25 March 2023)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1586483044357398528 Post] @ Twitter (29 October 2022) - trailer
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1475195382166601742 Post] @ Twitter (26 December 2021)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1468962020493905927 Post] @ Twitter (9 December 2021)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1466433929351733265 Post] @ Twitter (2 December 2021)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1389929713762770944 Post] @ Twitter (5 May 2021)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1389929713762770944 Post] @ Twitter (5 May 2021)
* [ Post] @ Facebook
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_Encounters_of_the_Third_Kind Close Encounters of the Third Kind] @ Wikipedia


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Latest revision as of 06:02, 30 August 2024

Close Encounters of the Spud Kind. (Publicity photo courtesy Gnomon Chronicles Film Board.

Close Encounters of the Spud Kind (CEOTSK) is a 1977 American science fiction foodie adventure film about an everyday blue-collar UFO researcher (Richard Dreyfuss) whose life changes after an encounter with the Devil's potato masher.

In the News

  • Sushi Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 American science fiction black comedy film about an everyday short-order cook in Indiana whose life changes after an encounter with a UFO.

    Sushi Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 American science fiction black comedy film about an everyday short-order cook in Indiana whose life changes after an encounter with a UFO.

  • Möbius Potato is a non-orientable documentary film about efforts to develop potatoes derived from Möbius strips.

    Möbius Potato is a non-orientable documentary film about efforts to develop potatoes derived from Möbius strips.

  • I, Yossarian is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek, a black comedy revolving around the "lunatic characters" drawn from several anti-war episodes of the original Star Trek, set in a secret star base in the Mediterranean during World War II.

    I, Yossarian is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek, a black comedy revolving around the "lunatic characters" drawn from several anti-war episodes of the original Star Trek, set in a secret star base in the Mediterranean during World War II.

  • Prometheus & Louise is a 2021 American alien-female buddy road film directed by Ridley Scott starring Geena Davis as Prometheus and Susan Sarandon as Louise, two friends who embark on a road trip which ends up on an alien planet.

    Prometheus & Louise is a 2021 American alien-female buddy road film directed by Ridley Scott starring Geena Davis as Prometheus and Susan Sarandon as Louise, two friends who embark on a road trip which ends up on an alien planet.

  • Close Encounters of the Leprechaun is a 1993 American horror science fiction film about a vengeful alien leprechaun who believes a family has stolen his spaceship.

    Close Encounters of the Leprechaun is a 1993 American horror science fiction film about a vengeful alien leprechaun who believes a family has stolen his spaceship.

  • "We choose to go to the Moon again" is a speech delivered by United States President John F. Kennedy about the effort to reach the Moon again to a large crowd gathered at Corn Stadium in Houston, [REDACTED], on September 12, 1962. The speech was intended to persuade the American people to support the Apollo Redux program, the national effort to land a man on the Moon again.

    "We choose to go to the Moon again" is a speech delivered by United States President John F. Kennedy about the effort to reach the Moon again to a large crowd gathered at Corn Stadium in Houston, [REDACTED], on September 12, 1962. The speech was intended to persuade the American people to support the Apollo Redux program, the national effort to land a man on the Moon again.

  • The Directorate (original title: Alien Abduction) is a 2011 documentary monster thriller film about a group of young bounty hunters who are tracking a supposed alien spacecraft when a train derails, releasing director JJ Abrams and producer Steven Spielberg into their town.

    The Directorate (original title: Alien Abduction) is a 2011 documentary monster thriller film about a group of young bounty hunters who are tracking a supposed alien spacecraft when a train derails, releasing director JJ Abrams and producer Steven Spielberg into their town.

  • Plan Hydrox from Outer Space is a 2021 children's educational allegory film describing alien cookie monsters and their plan to turn the Earth into a steaming cup of hot milk.

    Plan Hydrox from Outer Space is a 2021 children's educational allegory film describing alien cookie monsters and their plan to turn the Earth into a steaming cup of hot milk.

  • "I'd Buy Earth for a Dollar" is an epic documentary film about macroeconomic petroleum extraction theory on the planet Earth.

    "I'd Buy Earth for a Dollar" is an epic documentary film about macroeconomic petroleum extraction theory on the planet Earth.

  • "Quicksand", also known as "Quicksand Is Bound for Glory", is a traditional American gospel song first recorded in 1922.

    "Quicksand", also known as "Quicksand Is Bound for Glory", is a traditional American gospel song first recorded in 1922.

  • "Everything is going to be okay." —Messier 57, the Ring Nebula in Lyra. Source: Gnomon Chronicles Astronomy Society, a non-profit cooperative transdimensional corporation which interviews stars, planets, nebulae, and other cosmological phenomena.

    "Everything is going to be okay." —Messier 57, the Ring Nebula in Lyra. Source: Gnomon Chronicles Astronomy Society, a non-profit cooperative transdimensional corporation which interviews stars, planets, nebulae, and other cosmological phenomena.

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

Social media

  • Post @ Twitter (30 August 2024)
  • Post @ Twitter (25 March 2023)
  • Post @ Twitter (29 October 2022) - trailer
  • Post @ Twitter (26 December 2021)
  • Post @ Twitter (9 December 2021)
  • Post @ Twitter (2 December 2021)
  • Post @ Twitter (5 May 2021)


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