From: cad3@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (CHERYL ANN DOUGHERTY)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: ST: TNG on Joan Rivers
Date: 18 Nov 92 20:35:53 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

In article <1992Nov17.075555.5417@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, ramid@nyx.cs.du.edu (Rud
y Amid) writes:
>abick@sebastian.carleton.ca (Alan Bick) writes:
>
>>Someone posted a message saying that the cast (except for Levar Burton)
>>would be on the Joan Rivers Show today. I set my VCR to record it and...I
>>had a power failure around noon today so it wiped out the timer and
>>nothing got taped. I'm not asking for someone to give me a transcript or
>>anything but could someone who actually saw it post a message (or email
>>me) saying what "interesting" things were said.
>>I'll leave it to you to decide what "interesting" is.
>
>   Well, I was scanning the TV channels at 2:30am EST, and I stumbled on
>the show.   Unfortunately, it was near the end already but I did manage
>catch a few things:
>
>- Brent Spiner said (jokingly?) that he'll be in the ST:TNG feature film.
>  Then Patrick Stewart jested, "Don't spread that rumour!"  They all laughed.
>  (It seems they're not sure if ST:TNG will last much longer but they
>   looked interested in signing on for the movie deal).
>
>- Joan asked, "What is Space acting?"
>  Gates McFadden gave the cue, and they all started shaking and rocking
>  back and forth on the couch.  :-)
>
>- Dorn was known to give bad acting (so he said), and the other cast huddled
>  together and then tell him not to over-act.
>
>  I would also appreciate the rest of synopsis(tm?).
>
>>Alan Bick
>
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It took almost the entire first half of the show to bring everyone out on
stage (each cast member was featured in a separate clip and responded to
individual questions from Joan).  The basic topics for the interview were:

Patrick Stewart: His status as a resident alien and his remorse over not being
able to vote in the presidential election (he encouraged Brent Spiner to
campaign for CLinton).  His experience with the Royal Shakespeare acting
Company, I Claudius, and A Christmas Carol.  He also talked about working with
his son last year.

Jonathan Frakes: Discussed his long diastance marriage: Joan sent her best to
Genie and asked about the possibilty of Genie moving back to the west coast.
They talked about the accumulation of frequent flyer miles and high phone
bills ($400-500/month--each).  Joan asked him if he ever gets lonely and goes
out with other people.  Followed up with a question about other women (Frakes'
response about being a one-woman-man drew applause from the audience [I
mentioned the question to Frakes' father, who laughed]).  He was also asked if
Riker will get his own ship.  Response:  "Not if it means giving up this job!"

Marina Sirits: Joan made joking references to the short, tight black dress
thatr Sirtis wore for the show.  It turns out a neighbor of hers had died that
day after planting four cases of dynamite in her backyard.  Sirtis was
evacuated from her house and had to go shopping for clothes to appear on the
show.  She also discussed her husband (they showed a wedding photo), marriage,
commitment, and her lack of an engagement ring.

Michael Dorn:  Talked about the Worf make-up routine and his hobby--flying.
He mentioned flying with the Blue Angels last year and plans to fly with the
Thunderbirds.

Gates McFadden:  Talked about her last appearance on Joan Rivers: she entered
riding a unicycle and later found out that she was pregnant.  She then talked
about her child--whose name she temporarily forgot (Frakes prompted her and
the others made jokes).  She talked about how she hid her pregnancy and what
it was like to do a love scene while 71/2 months pregnant.

Brent Spiner Answered questions about Data, himsleelf, and aging with jokes.
Mostly he talked about his character and joked with the other cast members.

Groups questions:

    Were any of them fans of TOS?  Dorn.
    What time period would most of them like to visit on the show?

        Spiner and Sirtis: contemporary 20th century
        McFadden: 20th century or ancient Greece
        Dorn: 1940's
        Frakes: 1920's (it was better for trombone players)
        Stewart: Ancient Rome (which elicited questions from Sirtis as to why
        he wants to wear a dress)

    Would they like to see more sex on the show?  YES (unanimously)

--Cheryl
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