Pinky's Paperhaus

To boldly go where no auction has gone before

On October 5-8, venerable auction house Christie's gets its hands dirty with Hollywood-style spacedust with 40 Years of Star Trek stuff. From a redshirt outfit from the original series to tables from Quark's bar, bad Kirk movie outfits (no hairpiece, thankfully) to Voyager ephemera, it's a treasure trove of Trek. There are 3-D chess sets and late-series tricorders; the Deanna Troi minidress at left is expected to go for $2,000-$3,000.

If you've got that kind of dough, you don't have to fly to New York to participate in the auction -- online bidding is available to people who pre-register before the Sept. 29 deadline.

PS There have been previous Trek auctions. I just couldn't resist the headline.

Go directly to jail

My friend Andrew Takeuchi went to jail with Morgan Spurlock for 30 days this spring and the evidence is now a free download on iTunes.

Spurlock has a TV show called 30 Days; Andrew was the Director of Photography for the 30 days that Spurlock spent in jail, which will be the season's grand finale. Although Andrew got to go home most nights, he was there in the jail with the camera the whole time. iTunes has a "making of" download where Andrew gets to be in front of the camera, too -- it also includes lots of the jail footage he shot.

Bonus: In an interview about the show, Morgan Spurlock calls David Letterman a "strapping lad."

My secret TV past life

One of those listy things, picked up from Gwenda, who got it from Rarely Likeable. I've happily moved into the TV-less realm, in prep for grad school and also because I can be something of an addict. Like "addict" really gets a qualifier -- honestly, am entirely a victim of TV addiction. Here's the drill: bold the ones you've seen at least three episodes of, add italics for those you've seen every episode of, and a star for the ones you actually loved/love, etc. Be honest. After the jump.

Help wanted: book club

The Paperhaus has just found this gone-missing posting from Craigslist Phoenix:

Wanted: Book Club for new reality-based show. Preferably, all female members. The show will be a cross between "The View" and "The Real Housewives of Orange County." We'll film your discussions and delve into your private lives. YOU will be the stars. The first book you'll discuss is Good In Bed, which will give you the chance to talk about your sex lives. (We'll give you some notes on the book if you don't have time to read it). Bored? Too much time on your hands? Chronic philanderer? You're exactly who we're looking for. e-mail [email protected].

This week, CBS pulled the plug on its reality show "Tuesday Night Book Club" after just 2 episodes. Diane Kelleher, a book club member and attorney who watched an episode, dismissed the show to USA Today: "Why did they need the book-club angle when they don't talk about books?" Apparently, the seven women of the show never once talked about Good In Bed. Jennifer Weiner is finding a way to get over it.

Meanwhile, a CBS executive said, "If we did a network prime-time show talking about books for an hour, it probably wouldn't fly." Maybe just, like, before the credits? You know, like when they find the body in "Law & Order"? Just a little bit of lit before moving on to the bored implant-y housewives.

Gillian Anderson is Lady Dedlock

Thanks goodness I've already finished Bleak House, because I'd have no chance of getting through the Dickens classic before the PBS series starts tonight. The good news is that Gillian Anderson plays the cold, beautiful Lady Dedlock. The bad news is that she's gotten Madonna-itis: in an NPR interview yesterday, she sounded exactly like someone from Detroit who'd adopted what they think is a British accent. Hopefully that's confined to her civilian life, and in the series, which will be on Masterpiece Theatre, Sundays through February, she'll pick just one and sound either British or Midwestern.

The worst news is that during the NPR interview, Gillian spoiled one of the great mysteries of the book. It's  revealed halfway through, but with Dickens, that's after enjoying about 400 pages of story. What is she thinking? I truly hope the TV version doesn't start with the secret revealed. And wait, the worst gets worse, but first: SPOILER ALERT - stop reading if you haven't read the book yet.

The serious bad stuff is after the jump.