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THE MT VOID
09/26/25 -- Vol. 44, No. 13, Whole Number 2399

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Topics:
Announcement of Middletown (NJ) Science Fiction Discussion
Group
Picks for Turner Classic Movies in October (comments
by Evelyn C. Leeper)
Life on Mars (letter of comment by Steve Coltrin)
Help Desk Filk Songs (lyrics by Mark R. Leeper)
This Week's Reading (Lifetime Reading Plan)
(book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)

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TOPIC: Announcement of Middletown (NJ) Science Fiction Discussion
Group

At this time, it appears this is cancelled in October due to
scheduling conflicts. [-ecl]

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TOPIC: Picks for Turner Classic Movies in October (comments by
Evelyn C. Leeper)

There are all the usual horror (and science fiction) films that
show up in October, including quite a few silent classics. There's
no point in recommending them every year.

You could also watch VICTOR/VICTORIA and TOOTSIE before they get
banned as "grooming" or "gender ideology" or for some other
idiotic reason.

There are all eight of the feature-length "The Man from U.N.C.L.E"
films on October 13. Many of them had never been released
theatrically in the UNited States, though all are available on DVD.

WEDNESDAY, October 1
11:00 PM Victor/Victoria (1982)

THURSDAY, October 2
8:15 AM Village of the Damned (1960)
9:45 AM Children of the Damned (1964)

FRIDAY, October 3
6:15 AM Thirteen Women (1932)
11:45 PM Audrey Rose (1977)

SATURDAY, October 4
3:30 AM Poltergeist (1982)
5:30 AM From Beyond the Grave (1973)
10:00 AM Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
4:15 PM Soylent Green (1973)
6:00 PM Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)

SUNDAY, October 5
6:00 AM The Cosmic Monster (1958)
7:15 AM The Cyclops (1957)

MONDAY, October 6
8:00 PM Francis (1950)

TUESDAY, October 7
5:00 PM Camelot (1967)
8:00 PM Tootsie (1982)

WEDNESDAY, October 8
8:00 PM Laura (1944)

FRIDAY, October 10
6:00 PM The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
11:30 PM The Haunting (1963)

SATURDAY, October 11
6:45 AM Cat People (1942)
10:00 AM Tarzan the Fearless (1933)
8:00 PM The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

SUNDAY, October 12
6:00 AM Macabre (1958)
7:15 AM House on Haunted Hill (1958)
8:30 AM Hands of a Stranger (1962)

MONDAY, October 13
12:15 AM Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922)
6:00 AM To Trap a Spy (1964)
7:45 AM The Spy with My Face (1966)
9:30 AM One Spy Too Many (1966)
11:15 AM One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)
1:00 PM The Spy in the Green Hat (1966)
2:45 PM The Karate Killers (1967)
4:30 PM The Helicopter Spies (1968)
6:15 PM How to Steal the World (1968)

THURSDAY, October 16
10:00 PM The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

FRIDAY, October 17
12:00 AM The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
3:45 AM Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
9:15 AM Mark of the Vampire (1935)
10:30 AM The Devil-Doll (1936)

SATURDAY, October 18
12:00 AM The Hypnotic Eye (1960)
3:15 AM Chamber of Horrors (1966)
5:00 AM It! (1967)

SATURDAY, October 18
6:45 AM The Spiritualist (1948)
8:15 AM The Body Disappears (1941)
10:00 AM Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
4:30 PM The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)
8:00 PM Frankenstein (1931)
10:00 PM The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

SUNDAY, October 19
6:00 AM The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
7:15 AM Isle of the Dead (1945)
10:15 PM The Birds (1963)

MONDAY, October 20
12:30 AM The Lost World (1925)
6:00 AM The Mummy (1959)
7:30 AM The Devil's Own (1966)
9:30 AM Horror of Dracula (1958)
11:00 AM Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1969)
1:00 PM Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
2:45 PM The Devil's Bride (1968)
4:30 PM Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1970)
6:15 PM The Nanny (1965)

TUESDAY, October 21
11:00 PM The Body Snatcher (1945)
2:00 AM You'll Find Out (1940)

WEDNESDAY, October 22
6:00 AM Night of the Lepus (1972)
12:15 PM The Black Scorpion (1957)
1:45 PM The Giant Behemoth (1959)
3:15 PM The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
6:30 PM Invaders from Mars (1953)

SATURDAY, October 25
12:15 AM The Tingler (1959)
3:30 AM The Hand (1981)
5:30 AM Mad Love (1935)
6:45 AM The Unknown (1927)
10:00 AM Tarzan Escapes (1936)
2:15 PM The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
6:15 PM Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying
and Love the Bomb (1964)
8:00 PM Carnival of Souls (1962)
9:30 PM Rosemary's Baby (1968)

SUNDAY, October 26
6:45 AM Village of the Damned (1960)
8:15 AM Children of the Damned (1964)
3:30 PM The Bad Seed (1956)
5:45 PM Dead Ringer (1964)
8:00 PM Psycho (1960)

MONDAY, October 27
12:00 AM The Monster (1925)
1:30 AM Haunted Spooks (1920)
1:00 PM The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)

TUESDAY, October 28
7:00 AM The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
9:00 AM Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)
10:30 AM The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
12:15 PM Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
2:15 PM Isle of the Dead (1945)
3:30 PM Bedlam (1946)
5:00 PM Mark of the Vampire (1935)
6:15 PM House of Dark Shadows (1970)

THURSDAY, October 30
4:00 AM The Swarm (1978)
6:00 AM Two on a Guillotine (1965)
8:00 AM What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
11:45 AM Freaks (1932)
1:00 PM Horror of Dracula (1958)
2:30 PM The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
4:00 PM The Leopard Man (1943)
5:15 PM I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
6:30 PM Cat People (1942)
9:45 PM Curse of the Demon (1958)
11:15 PM Burn, Witch, Burn (1962)
1:00 AM The Seventh Victim (1943)
2:15 AM The Woman in White (1948)
4:15 AM The Hunger (1983)

FRIDAY, October 31
6:45 AM Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
8:15 AM Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
10:00 AM House of Wax (1953)
1:00 PM The Invisible Man (1933)
2:15 PM Dracula (1931)
3:45 PM The Mummy (1959)
5:15 PM Frankenstein (1931)
6:30 PM Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

SATURDDAY, November 1
5:15 AM Eye of the Devil (1966)

[-ecl]

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TOPIC: Life on Mars (letter of comment by Steve Coltrin)

In response to Greg Frederick's comments on life on Mars in the
09/19/25 issue of the MT VOID, Steve Coltrin writes:

"TOPIC: Life on Mars (comments by Gregory Frederick)"

Was expecting David Bowie. Am confused. [-sc]

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TOPIC: Help Desk Filk Songs (lyrics by Mark R. Leeper)

[These were written back in the 1980s, I think, when Mark was
working on an internal Bell Labs user hot line. -ecl]

(To the tune of "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah", which in turn is
based on Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours")

Hello user, this is Hot Line.
Since you're calling, things are not fine.
So to tell us what has gone wrong
Leave your name and message at the end of this song.

Since our job is fault prevention
We will give you prompt attention.
We know problems are a bummer.
Oh, yes, don't forget to leave your phone number.


(To the tune of "I've Been Working on the Railroad")

We've been working on the system
All the live-long day.
We've been working on the system
Just to keep those bugs away.
If you think you have a problem
Leave your number and your name,
Cause if it is not fixed
We will get the blame.


(To the tune of "Red River Valley")

Oh, you say that your system is shaky,
And you've called up this number to weep.
Please tell us just what you think is flakey;
Leave your number when you hear the beep.

We will then get right onto your problem,
Make your system all ready to use.
Oh, how we love to answer this number;
No one ever calls us with good news!


(To the tune of "Old Man River")

You got a problem
On your computers;
We'll fix it real fast;
We're real straight shooters.
Leave your name 'n' number
When we get to ending this song.

We'll fix your problem
Both free and gratis.
Call 2-0-0-8
If you just want status.
Leave your name 'n' number
When we get to ending this song.


(To the tune of "Shine on, Harvest Moon")

Sign on, sign on any system that you like,
Be it Amanda or
Ragnar, Enterprise, Uhura, or Pike.
If it gives you any reason to moan
Leave your name and number
In a moment, on hearing the tone.

[-mrl]

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TOPIC: This Week's Reading (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)

These days a question I find myself asking, "Am I reading this
because I want to, or because I think I should?" If the answer is
the latter (and I am not reading it for a discussion group), I
move on. (For discussion groups, I may just skim the rest, though.)

I used to read about two hundred books a year. Now it's more like
one hundred, meaning I should assume my "lifetime reading plan"
(to borrow a phrase from Clifton Fadiman) should hold about a
thousand books. Now obviously I don't know what all those books
are, but I shouldn't waste these slots on things I'm not enjoying.

Which is why, for example, I am not going to read this year's Hugo
winner, THE TAINTED CUP by Robert Jackson Bennett. I was going to,
but when I opened it I was greeted by a map of a fantasy kingdom
with unfamiliar names, a list of neological military ranks and
titles in a strict hierarchy, and the information that this was
the first of a series. Nope. Which is why my comments tend to be
on older books. [-ecl]

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Evelyn C. Leeper
evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com


A sufficiently advanced scientist is indistinguishable
from a crackpot.
--Mark R. Leeper

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