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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 | (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 == | == In the News == | ||
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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. | |||
File:Mobius Potato.jpg|link=Möbius Potato|'''''[[Möbius Potato]]''''' is a non-orientable documentary film about efforts to develop potatoes derived from Möbius strips. | |||
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 | 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: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: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. | ||
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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: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: | 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. | ||
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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: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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* ''[[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]] | * [[We choose to go to the Moon again]] | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
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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/1475195382166601742 Post] @ Twitter (26 December 2021) | ||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1468962020493905927 Post] @ Twitter (9 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/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) | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:02, 30 August 2024
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.
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.
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.
!["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.](/w/images/thumb/4/4b/We_choose_to_go_to_the_Moon_again.jpg/120px-We_choose_to_go_to_the_Moon_again.jpg)
"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.
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.
"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.
Fiction cross-reference
- Alien Abduction
- Close Encounters of the Leprechaun
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- I'd By Earth for a Dollar
- I, Yossarian
- Möbius Potato
- Plan Hydrox from Outer Space
- Prometheus & Louise
- Quicksand (song)
- Sushi Encounters of the Third Kind
- The Directorate
- Transdimensional corporation
- We choose to go to the Moon again
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind @ Wikipedia
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Original Trailer @ YouTube
- Roy's Mashed Potatoes @ YouTube
- Potato @ Wikipedia
- How to Breed a New Potato Variety - In a nutshell @ YouTube
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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- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (nonfiction)
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- Julia Phillips (nonfiction)
- Michael Phillips (nonfiction)
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- François Truffaut (nonfiction)
- John Williams (nonfiction)
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