From: Ttownqueer@aol.com Date: Sun, 9 Apr 1995 21:40:09 -0400 Subject: (COMMERCIAL...sort of) Your comments/voice on Queer TV!!! VIEWER-SUPPORTED QUEER TV! This message includes information on how your comments may be considered for use in my television show (regardless of where you live). GREETINGS CYBERSPACE CADETS!!! (Please forward this whereever you deem appropriate). I'm inviting you to be a part of a television revolution! First of all, in case you are unfamilar with me... My show, which I refer to as "A Queen's Version of Larry King", and my syndicated column (published throughout cyberspace and in 15 states and other countries as well), are both entitled "Tinseltown's Queer!" I'm Nicholas Snow, The Tinseltown Queer, and my editorial mission, and the foundation of my multimedia entertainment pursuits, is "To examine and strengthen the relationship between the entertainment industry and the Queer Civil Rights Movement, thereby positively impacting the movement itself." After producing over 70 episodes of my television show on public access over the last two years, I am now launching a COMMERCIAL VERSION of my show, which means I will be on at the same time, same channel, same night, every week on at least two Los Angeles-area cable systems (On Continental Cablevision and United Artists, to begin with) beginning in May, 1995, with plans on adding additional cities and cable systems as I am able to do so. To help fund my show, and to strengthen my relationship with my audience, and to involve my audience more extensively in the program and column, I am launching TINSELTOWN'S QUEER INTERACTIVE HOTLINE (registered tradmark of Nicholas Snow) to become the first-ever, viewer-supported queer TV show on commercial TV. Think of me as "QBS", because, as with PBS, my show will be supported by viewers who call the hotline with questions, comments, breaking news or gossip; to hear the Tinseltown Queer Theme Song; to answer the "Question of the Week", to find out why I took my clothes off on television, etc. It is my hope that enough people will call the number so that the show will become self-supporting (I've spent lots of my own funds from my dayjob as a medical transcriptionist over the years). In addition, the hotline number will appear at the end of my syndicated column, so that the column also becomes "reader-supported Queer media." (the column is available at no charge to any interested publication). In addition to supporting the ongoing development of the show and the column, your calls will enable me to focus the relationship between Hollywood and its audience, and the relationship between the media and consumers of media. It will also enable me to focus the editorial content of my efforts on your needs and interests. So, here's how you can participate at this point: I will be creating televison commercials, announcements and promotional pieces using actual messages and comments left on my Interactive Hotline. Since I'm launching the commercial version of my show the first week of May, I will be using many of the messages/comments left on my hotline before April 22nd, 1995. I'm interested in a variety of comments, and you are welcome to record as many as you wish. I especially want the following types of comments: If you have actually seen my television show, and have an opinion about it, PLEASE CALL and express yourself. If you wish, be sure to say who you are and where you're from, along with your comment. If you have ever read my column, and have an opinion about it, PLEASE CALL. If you wish, be sure to say who you are and where you're from, along with your comment. Or anyone can call and answer this question: "If you could ask anyone in Hollywood anything, who would you ask, and what would you ask them?" If you wish, be sure to say who you are and where you're from, along with your comment. Or anyone can call (I'm hoping people from all over the country will do this) and use this scripted statement: I'm (insert your name, occupation, sexual orientation, and anything else you want) from (insert your city/state), and I WANT MY QUEER TV! Even if you don't want to leave a message, you can still call the hotline to listen to my theme song, or my "Open Letter to Hollywood or the World," etc. All calls help support my efforts. If you are from the news media, and think my efforts are newsworthy, I'd be more than happy to speak with you. When you call the hotline, there are detailed instructions for you to follow. However, if you just want to leave a message, press the star or asterisk button on your phone when prompted to do so. Here's the information you need to call: TINSELTOWN'S QUEER INTERACTIVE HOTLINE (Registered Trademark of Nicholas Snow) can be called from anywhere in the United States (and perhaps from other places, I'm not sure), by dialing 1-900-4-TINSEL (1-900-484-6735). You must have a touchtone phone. You must have parental consent if under 18. Calls are $1.49 per minute, and will appear on your phone bill. Call with questions, comments, breaking news or gossip; to listen to The Tinseltown Queer Theme Song; etc. PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY SOME OF THE MESSAGES WILL BE USED ON MY TV SHOW, so be creative, energetic, excited...think of it as an audition! And of course, I welcome your comments via Email or snail mail: Nicholas Snow The Tinseltown Queer 7985 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 450 West Hollywood, CA 90046 Ttownqueer@aol.com. Thanks for your support!