Best. Gay. Week. Ever. (November 2, 2007)

FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE!
It's doubly a drag to report there is nothing to see at the box office this weekend as there so easily could have been. John Cusack's Martian Child is set to open nationwide and is based on the based-on-real-life story of the out writer David Gerrold of Star Trek fame. Alas, for a variety of reasons (that are disputed by various parties) the movie was sorta/kinda de-gayed when it was adapted from Gerrold's novelette. We wrote about the controversy here and again when we interviewed screenwriter Jon Tolins about the issue. Whatever the reason for the change it's a shame as the original story is about a single man's struggles as an adoptive parent — and a story about a gay parent would definitely have been something fresh.

Not a whole lot on DVD either. Project Runway: The Complete Third Season is out on Tuesday as a warm-up to Season 4 which launches this month. Also out is the indie flick Rock Haven which tells the tale of of 19-year-old Brady, a devout Christian boy who falls for his hunky neighbor. Hey, maybe that could be one of Be Real's stories!

Logo airs Alien Boot Camp tonight which includes the ten minute pilot for Tinseltown, the Henson Alternative show featuring the gay Muppets! I love the Muppets and always imagined Kermit was gay so it's great to finally have the real thing. Without further ado meet Bobby Vegan (left) and his partner Samson Knight (right).

Bobby is an actor, Samson a producer. One is "hammy", the other is "bull". Get it? Bobby originally found fame in the 1985 sitcom The Other White Meat and the two have been a couple for twenty years. Together they are raising their thirteen-year-old foster son Foster. I've no idea what Foster is — a frog? A pigeon? I don't much care, but I really hope this gets turned into a full series ASAP!

Also on the telly Friday night we've got a new episode of here! TV's Dante's Cove. Since you couldn't possibly be trying to follow the plot, I'll just give you the real skinny on what you want to know: Jensen Atwood gets buck naked in this ep. Check on Monday for our recap of the show!

Rufus Wainwright drops by Graham Norton's show on Saturday night. That could be interesting. Oh, and there's a new episode of Torchwood, but given that Jophn Barrowman was apparently out sick the week they filmed it, you should only bother if you're really into the show. As for me, I'm just hanging on until we get to the good stuff.

I've got some good news for gay fans of CBS' The Amazing Race. It turns out there is a gay male contestant on the show this year named Ari. (There is also a lesbian couple.)

Ari is twenty-years old, is a waiter in Long Beach and is competing with his best friend Staella. (No that's not a typo!) Ari's bio states he is "catty" and he says he is "mean, rude and hilarious, and enjoys dancing and talking trash to people." I thought Perez already had a show!

Something tells me Ari's going to go over just swell with the other contestants. Oh well, at least I have my excuse to watch now.

Sunday night also brings new episodes of Desperate Housewives including Bob and Lee all gussied up for Halloween and a new Brothers & Sisters. This week Kevin will likely help an old lady cross the street and take Sarah's garbage out.

Wednesday night is a new episode of The Sarah Silverman Program and then all gay Thursday brings us Ugly Betty, Survivor: China, Drawn Together, ER, and now possibly Smallville! What's a TV columnist supposed to do!

BTW. if you're getting frustrated by the recent slow pace of things with Nuke on As the World Turns, you might while away some time watching the story of Coronation Street's utterly adorable gay character Todd. We've written about him before (and just had the good news Todd looks like he's coming back), but some industrious person took the time to compile all of Todd's storyline into one long clip. Enjoy!

Now I'll shut up so you can have the BEST.GAY.WEEK.EVER!