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Stern's new gay sidekick.


After former Star Trek Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism.  actor George Takei George Hosato Takei (IPA: [taˈkeɪ̯]) (born April 20, 1937) is an American actor best known for his role in the TV series , in which he played the helmsman Hikaru Sulu on the USS Enterprise.  recorded his autobiography in his own deep, mellifluous mel·lif·lu·ous  
adj.
1. Flowing with sweetness or honey.

2. Smooth and sweet: "polite and cordial, with a mellifluous, well-educated voice" H.W. Crocker III.
 voice, the Howard Stern show edited together bits and pieces and "had me saying the most preposterous things," Takei recalled.

Now Stern and Takei, 68, who came out as gay last fall, have joined forces for the shock jock's new Sirius satellite radio
"SIRIUS" redirects here. For other uses, see Sirius (disambiguation).
Sirius Satellite Radio NASDAQ: SIRI is one of two satellite radio (SDARS) services operating in the United States and Canada, along with XM Satellite Radio.
 show: Takei spent a week in Stem's slick new studio in New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 in January as an on-air personality. Stern soon had him arguing same-sex marriage with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Well, an Arnold impersonator, it turned out, but Takei rolled with the gags. "Naive, innocent me, I was bamboozled again," he said.

Nevertheless, he hopes to return to the show at some point, perhaps as a recurring personality. "It's a little bit of educating," he said. "I had a motive [in coming out], which was to get Middle America to see that our relationships are nothing out of the ordinary. This gives me that opportunity."

At the same time, he added, "it's madness."
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Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Feb 14, 2006
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