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=‘STAR TREK’
HEAVENHEY SAY the pointy ears got put away
They say It was because of William
"They aay it was that sketch on “Satur
Srwchere fe tlds group of
or ‘Trekkers oF whatever that
not Capt. James Kirk, that
and to put away their
StarTrek pars and communicators and
‘Spock ears and get a life. Get a life!
"heal they et onc fo coguey, the, Sabla
night, many "Siar Trek” fans did.
So they sty 5
“The ones who dressup like the characers and is
forthe show, you don't see them as much at conven:
s anymore,” says Clarke Ulmer dr, Wall Street
fpalyat and seit deserbod Treklse. "in a room of a
thousand people, you may see, max, ten oF fifteen
People in costume, and alot of times that's because
fers a costume contest. I was just ata convention
featuring Michael Dorn” — the Klingon Lt. Wort on
Star Trek: The Next Generation” ~ “and not one
person was dressed lke Wort”
Hee must have missed a recent “Trek convention
in Seattle, where People magazine photographed
some of the gti crow in fll costume regalia for
itecurrenttaue
Let's face it, there are some pretty strange people
"oho fateh onto i,"
says Doug Drexler,
ruphie designer on
Next Generation.”
“There are a lat of
people who are not
good with peopl
nd-they end up
Adopting this family
they see on ‘Star
rele’ But Tve been
really impressed by
‘Star Trek’ fandom
—Tfind it spurs peo-
living proof,” he de-
clares. “Twas oe of
those people. And
when Dwas a id,
‘Star Trek’ made me
thnk about how
tion preter
Spoceships ore big Trek’ — meneoans, that ©
land; NASA even named Yerest in my field”
shut fle the Enterprise. “Any urges to pa-
rade’ about in cbe-
ime. wil suraly be
tested tomorrow at Nassau Colisour, where a 25th
tnniversary convention tour beams, down for the
siernoon, Along with the usual panel, tributes and
merchandise basaar is aomething ofa farewell perfor.
tance: Shatner and fellow "Star Trek” star Leonard
Nimoy wil appear together ina kibitzing lecture and