Guess where I’ll be on my birthday in 2009?

In some nice, air-conditioned movie theatre watching, well, this:

Each week, “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” has a celebrity or newsmaker guest for its “Not My Job” segment. This week, for that segment, they made a logical choice. An extremely logical choice.

John at Locusts & Honey linked to the answer:

What if “Star Trek” had been conceived 50 years earlier?

BIG hat tip to John at Locusts & Honey.

I’m not exactly sure what to say about this:

Part 1 of a 1973 spoof that has been carved into several parts on YouTube. To see the rest of it, click on the image above and go to the YouTube site instead of playing it here. You’ll see links to the other parts in the right-hand column.

It was one of a series of films starring the hobo character.

Hat tip to my colleague Brian Mosely for pointing this out.

Title	Content
Movie:	Turist Ömer Uzay Yolunda
Director:	Hulki Saner
Genre:	Comedy / Sci-Fi / Mystery
Plot Outline:	The Enterprise picks up a Turkish hobo.
User Rating:	308 votes, average 7.0 out of 10
Cast:	...
Others:	Additional Details Close Move Title Content MPAA: County: Turkey Language: Turkish Color: Color Aspect Ratio: Sound: Company: Renkli Certification: IMDBTag: Powered by IMDBTag & imdb.com Sound Mix, Aspect Ratio ...
Photos:	N/A
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Hat tip: the Mental_Floss magazine blog.