From: "Thomas W. Holt Jr." Date: Tue, 31 May 1994 07:38:44 EST ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date sent: Sat, 28 May 1994 13:29:48 -0400 Send reply to: "Michael, The Manager Of DELPHI's Gay Forum" From: "Michael, The Manager Of DELPHI's Gay Forum" -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -=-= "GAY TV LISTINGS OF THE WEEK" -=-= -=-= Weekly Column By Carol Mortimer -=-= -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -=-= With Permission, Edited And Re-distributed By NOT2@Delphi.Com -=-= -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Hi, folks! This is a list of tv shows with gay, lesbian, other sexual minority, and gay/straight AIDS themes, for the tv week from Saturday, 5/28/94 though Friday, 6/03/94. Based on TV listings for the Phila/NJ area. P >> IN THE LIFE. Lesbian/gay variety & entertainment series. Check with your local PBS, but airings include: - Phila., PA: Will air on some June Saturday at 5:30 pm on Phila. PA WYBE ch. 35, but I don't know which one. - Flint, MI: 5/29/94, midnight, WFUM ch. 28 - New York City, NY: Mon. 5/30/94, 10:30 pm, WNET ch. 13 (NOT 10:30 am, as previously reported) - Pittsburgh, PA: Sat. 6/4/94, 11:30 pm, WQEX ch. 6 Note: Beware - this is pledge week on many PBS stations! Sat >> CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC. Airs Sat-Sun, 5/28-29/94, 2:30 am, on Phila L PA WPHL ch 17. TV Guide describes this 1980 films as: "An account of how the disco group the Village People was formed." Unknown how much gay content will be included. Mon >> ROOMMATES (CC). Airs Mon 5/30/94, 9:00 pm, NBC. TV Guide gives this new made-for-tv movie three stars, & says: "An odd-couple story about the friendship between two men - one gay and one straight. Jim Flynn (Randy Quaid) isan abrasive ex-con; Bill Thomas (Eric Stoltz) is an upper-class Harvard grad. Both men have AIDS and are brought together to share an apartment by a hospice administrator (Elizabeth Pena). At first, the roommates clash over the living arrangements, but as their conditions deteriorate, the pair put aside differences and form a compassionate friendship." Mon >> BEST FRIENDS. Airs Mon-Tues, 5/30-31/94, midnight, on Philadelphia L PA WPHL ch 17. I've never seen this 1975 movie, which is described as "Repressed homosexuality ruins a vacation for two young couples." Tue >> (+) HEALTH. Airs every Tuesday, 8:00 pm, on Phila PA WYBE ch 35. P Local weekly show on HIV & related issues. Tue >> BASIC INSTINCT (CC). Airs Tues 5/31/94, 9:00 pm, Showtime. $ Homophobic murder thriller with several lesbian and bisexual female characters - every one of whom is either a murderer or a mass murderer. Wed >> UNPLUGGED: TONY BENNETT. Airs Wed 6/1/94, 10:00 pm, MTV. Tony C Bennett performs a bunch of songs, including several duets with lesbian singer k.d.lang. Wed >> POLITICALLY INCORRECT. Airs Wed 6/1/94, 11:30 pm, Comedy Central. C Guests include US Representative Barney Frank (D.-Mass.), an openly gay member of Congress. Fri >> GERALDO: LESBIANISM AND PUBLIC LIFE. Airs Fri 6/3/94, 9:00 am, L Phila PA KYW ch 3. Fri >> GERALDO: LESBIANISM AND PUBLIC LIFE. Airs Fri 6/3/94, 4:00 pm, L NYC, NY WCBS ch 2. Fri >> GO TOWARD THE LIGHT. Airs Fri 6/3/94, 9:00 pm, Encore cable. 1988 tv movie about a couple who have to help prepare their 8 year old AIDS-infected son for death. Stars Linda Hamilton and Richard Thomas. Fri >> THE KRAYS. Airs Fri-Sat., 6/3-4/94, 12:05 am, on Phila PA WPVI ch L 6. Extremely violent but fact-based movie about identical twin brothers who ran a crime syndicate in 1960s England. One of them was gay. Fri >> BASIC INSTINCT (CC). See above. Airs Fri-Sat., 6/3-4/94, 12:40 $ am, The Movie Channel. NOTE: I am appending a 2rd tv list this week. This note lists shows that are airing on Philadelphia PA PBS stations WHYY ch 12 and WYBE ch 35 for June's Gay Pride Month. Many of these shows will also air in other areas on other PBS stations, so check your local listings for the titles shown in this additional list. Just remember to allow for pledge breaks, which many PBS stations have in June. "This additional list covers the entire month of June, so watch the dates more carefully." --- NOT2 Tue >> SILENCE...BROKEN. Airs Tues 6/7/94, on Phila WYBE ch 35. This is P part of a 9:00 pm "Through the Lens 4" series of short films, and will begin at approximately 9:10 pm, after another short called "Mother's Hands". "Silence...Broken" is an 8-minute 1993 film by African-American lesbian Aisha Shahidah Simmons, on the topics of racism, sexism and homophobia. Features the poetry of Jourdan Keith. Thu >> GAY RIGHTS IN COLORADO: THE UNCIVIL WAR. Airs Thurs 6/9/94, P 9:00 pm, on Phila WYBE ch 35. Fri >> IN THE LIFE: STONEWALL 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL. Airs Fri P 6/10/94, 7:30 pm, Phila WYBE ch 35. Fri >> GREETINGS FROM OUT HERE. Airs Fri 6/10/94, 8:00 pm, Phila ch 35. P Ellen Spiro, AIDS activist and filmmaker, traveled through the South for a year, capturing on film the "richness, vitality and courage of out gay southerners." Sat >> GREETINGS FROM OUT HERE. See Above. Airs Sat 6/11/94, 7:00 pm, P WYBE ch 35. Tue >> P.O.V.: "ONE NATION UNDER GOD". Airs Tues 6/14/94, 9:00 pm, on P Phila WHYY ch 12. WHYY describes this show as "Takes a look at the variety of proposed 'cures' for homosexuality. Viewer discretion advised." Tue >> GREETINGS FROM OUT HERE. See Above. Airs Tues 6/14/94, 11:30 pm, P Phila PBS ch 12. Mon >> SWELLEGANT ELEGANCE: THE MUSIC OF COLE PORTER. Airs Mon 6/20/94, P 10:30 pm, WHYY ch 12. "A tribute to composer Cole Porter, with the theatrical Seattle Men's Chorus, Harvey Fierstein, and jazz artist Diane Shuur, featuring Anything Goes, Night and Day, and I've Got You Under My Skin." - WHYY program guide Wed >> BEFORE STONEWALL. Airs Wed 6/22/94, 9:00 pm, WHYY ch 12. P Chronicles New York City's Stonewall Inn riots of June, 1969, which kicked off the modern gay rights movement in the US. Wed >> A.K.A. JUDY GARLAND PARK. Airs Wed 6/22/94, 10:30 pm, WHYY ch 12. P About the reactions of local residents to gay events in the area of this Philadelphia PA park. Wed >> IN THE LIFE: Unknown episode. Airs Wed. 6/22/94, 11:30 pm, Phila P WHYY ch 12. Mon >> IN THE LIFE: STONEWALL 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL. Airs Mon. P 6/27/94, 11:00 pm, on Phila WHYY ch 12. HAPPY GAY PRIDE MONTH, EVERYBODY! Warmly, Carol Mortimer, NJ Prodigy ID = npwc08a America OnLine ID = caroLm10 Internet ID = caroLm10@aoL.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM: Michael (not2@delphi.com) Happy Memorial Day Weekend Everyone!! Left margin codes: The day of the week L = Check your Local listing $ = Premium Pay Cable Network P = Check your Local PBS station C = Nationaly, on basic cable R = Pay-per-view or Video Rental I would like to add two weekly radio shows to the list: >> AMAZON COUNTRY. Radio show airing every Sunday night at 8:00 pm on WXPN 88.9 FM in Philadelphi from University of Penn. Lesbian news, music, and interviews. >> GAY DREAMS. Radio show airing every Sunday night at 9:00 pm on WXPN 88.9 FM in Philadelphi from University of Penn. For gay men and lesbians, mostly interviews and news with some music. And don't forget June Gay Pride Events all next month. Here's a quick run down of happenings in the Phila/NJ/NYC area! >> NEW JERSEY PRIDE WEEKEND: June 4 & 5. New Jersey's Third Annual Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Pride Parade, Rally, and Festival in Asbury Park, NJ. Parade steps off at noon. Rally & Festival in Bradley Park. Festival and pre-rally festivities begin at noon. For information call (908) NJ1-PRIDE. I will be there!!! Look for me and say hi. If the weather is warm (and dry), I will be wearing an outragous pink Betty Boop or Minnie Mouse nightshirt and tight black biker shorts. >> PHILADELPHIA PRIDE WEEKEND: June 11 & 12. Parade & Festival starting at 12:00 noon Sunday, Rittenhouse Square/Penn's Landing. Again I should be there. Look for me. I'll be wearing the same outfit. >> WASHINGTON DC PRIDE WEEKEND: June 18 & 19. >> GAY GAMES IV: Starts June 18. >> *** STONEWALL 25 *** June 26. New York City's annual parade, only this time the crowd will be just a little bit bigger for some strange reason. Hehehehe! You wanta know how much pride I have? I QUIT MY JOB JUST TO GO!! THAT'S HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO ME! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -=-= Signed: Michael (not2@delphi.com) -=-= -=-= The Host And Manager Of Delphi's Very First Gay Custom Forum. -=-= -=-= "IN FULL VIEW - Custom Forum #22" -=-= -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=