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Dr who and Takara, I am sure Douglas Adams was a fan but i am afraid that he is dead. He died of a heart attack about 4 years ago. He was a fantastic author of science fiction so am sure he would have liked all the star trek shows. The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy can be heard

(i think it's still there) on radio at the bbc website, the second series is coming soon.

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I'm aware he ascended to a different dimension... Did so 3.8 years ago. :P

First funeral broadcasted over the Internet.

 

Though, it happens to be the D.N.A.'s birthday today, so happy birthday Adams! :o :P

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I believe Alan Keyes recent Senate candidate in Illinois and VERY conservative, Black Republican said he liked Star Trek in either Chicago Sun Times or Chicago Tribune - could be verified. Also the old show In Living Color used to do Star Trek parodies some writer or someone on show must have liked or watched Star Trek.

Perhaps writers on SG1 are also fans. Does ST.com have any such info I wonder?

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People at Pixar Animation Studios need to be added to the list. I don't know who specifically to add so I'll just put them all.

 

There were many Trek references in Toy Story and Toy Story 2.

 

I was watching The Incredibles for the first time yesterday and there is a scene where Mr. Incredible finds the bones of a dead superhero in a cave and a word carved/lasered into the wall of the cave. The next scene he's trying to hack the bad guys computer and when he is prompted for a password he uses the word he saw in the cave and gets in. The password was Kronos.

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Dennis Haysbert, former President David Palmer on 24

 

Here's an entry on the Wikipedia regarding Michelle Forbes appearances on 24:

 

Her co-star, Dennis Haysbert, is a Trekkie and was reportedly thrilled to be working with her, since she played the character of Ro Laren in several episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

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Here's the list updated once again:

  • Colin Powell
  • Dahlai Lama
  • Tom Hanks
  • Dr. Mae Jamieson
  • Neil Armstrong
  • Jean Simmons (actress)
  • Paul Sorvino
  • Mira Sorvino (strongly suspect she is)
  • Berkeley Breathed (cartoonist - Opus, Bloom County)
  • Bill Amend (cartoonist - Fox Trot)
  • Seth McFarlane (creator of Family Guy)
  • Bill Gates
  • Al Gore
  • Eddie Murphy
  • Jason Alexander
  • Dr. Stephen Hawking
  • Scott Adams (cartoonist - Dilbert)
  • Isaac Asimov
  • Laurell K. Hamilton
  • Douglas Adams
  • Carol Moseley Braun
  • Christan Slater
  • Whoopi Goldberg
  • Most, if not all, of NASA
  • Most, if not all, of Microsoft
  • George Noory
  • Art Bell
  • Marc Scott Zicree
  • Ben Browder
  • Rockne S. O'Bannon
  • Charles M. Schulz
  • King Abdullah of Jordan
  • Vin Diesel
  • John Glenn
  • Mel Gibson
  • Sally Ride
  • Mick Fleetwood
  • James Worthy
  • Bebe Neuworth
  • Kelsey Grammer
  • Tom Morello
  • Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Arthur C. Clarke
  • Rod Serling
  • Trey Parker
  • Matt Stone
  • Howard Stern
  • Will smith
  • Iggy pop
  • Ben Stiller
  • Conan O'Brien
  • Kirstie Alley
  • Tom Bergeron
  • Beastie Boys
  • Kevin Newman
  • Richard Dean Anderson
  • Drew Carey
  • Eric McCormack
  • Weird Al Yankovic
  • Joss Whedon
  • Mel Brooks
  • Robert Atkins
  • Kathy Lee Gifford
  • Paul "Big Show" Wight
  • George Lucas
  • Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
  • Tim Allen
  • Neal McDonough
  • Barry Manilow
  • Robin Williams
  • Paul McGillion
  • Jim Meddick (cartoonist - Monty)
  • Dave Foley
  • David Hewlett
  • Number of people at Pixar Animation
  • late Douglas Adams
  • Alan Keyes (Repulican Senate candidate, Illinois)
  • Dennis Haysbert
  • Brad Pasily

I've removed Ashley Judd from the list. I read an excerpt of an interview Jonathan Frakes did with Marina Sirtis for the April 19 issue of TV Guide and Frakes says Ashely Judd won't even admit to being on Trek.

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I've removed Ashley Judd from the list. I read an excerpt of an interview Jonathan Frakes did with Marina Sirtis for the April 19 issue of TV Guide and Frakes says Ashely Judd won't even admit to being on Trek.

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I was going to suggest that. We'll get her...lol

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I've removed Ashley Judd from the list. I read an excerpt of an interview Jonathan Frakes did with Marina Sirtis for the April 19 issue of TV Guide and Frakes says Ashely Judd won't even admit to being on Trek.

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I was going to suggest that. We'll get her...lol

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Like I'm ever going to go to one of her movies now. lol

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I can't believe I forgot to include The Wiggles on this list. From their TOS-style costumes to the alien character who says "resistance is futile", there can be no doubt.

 

Also, someone who worked on The Big Comfy Couch. I saw an episode once where a TNG command uniform jacket with captain's pips was hanging on Granny Garbanzo's clothes line.

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I'm adding Jane Wiedlin of the GoGo's to the list. Apparently she named her current band froSTed and the capitalized "ST" stands for Star Trek. She also appeared in ST IV as an alien communications officer.

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Here's the list updated once again:

  • Colin Powell
  • Dahlai Lama
  • Tom Hanks
  • Dr. Mae Jamieson
  • Neil Armstrong
  • Jean Simmons (actress)
  • Paul Sorvino
  • Mira Sorvino
  • Berkeley Breathed (cartoonist - Opus, Bloom County)
  • Bill Amend (cartoonist - Fox Trot)
  • Seth McFarlane (creator of Family Guy)
  • Bill Gates
  • Al Gore
  • Eddie Murphy
  • Jason Alexander
  • Dr. Stephen Hawking
  • Scott Adams (cartoonist - Dilbert)
  • Isaac Asimov
  • Laurell K. Hamilton
  • Douglas Adams
  • Carol Moseley Braun
  • Christan Slater
  • Whoopi Goldberg
  • Most, if not all, of NASA
  • Most, if not all, of Microsoft
  • George Noory
  • Art Bell
  • Marc Scott Zicree
  • Ben Browder
  • Rockne S. O'Bannon
  • Charles M. Schulz
  • King Abdullah of Jordan
  • Vin Diesel
  • John Glenn
  • Mel Gibson
  • Sally Ride
  • Mick Fleetwood
  • James Worthy
  • Bebe Neuworth
  • Kelsey Grammer
  • Tom Morello
  • Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Arthur C. Clarke
  • Rod Serling
  • Trey Parker
  • Matt Stone
  • Howard Stern
  • Will Smith
  • Iggy Pop
  • Ben Stiller
  • Conan O'Brien
  • Kirstie Alley
  • Tom Bergeron
  • Beastie Boys
  • Kevin Newman
  • Richard Dean Anderson
  • Drew Carey
  • Eric McCormack
  • Weird Al Yankovic
  • Joss Whedon
  • Mel Brooks
  • Robert Atkins
  • Kathy Lee Gifford
  • Paul "Big Show" Wight
  • George Lucas
  • Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
  • Tim Allen
  • Neal McDonough
  • Barry Manilow
  • Robin Williams
  • Paul McGillion
  • Jim Meddick (cartoonist - Monty)
  • Dave Foley
  • David Hewlett
  • Number of people at Pixar Animation
  • late Douglas Adams
  • Alan Keyes (Repulican Senate candidate, Illinois)
  • Dennis Haysbert
  • Brad Paisley
  • Jim Davidson
  • Jonathan Ross
  • The Wiggles
  • Someone working on the kids' series Big Comfy Couch
  • Jane Wiedlin (formerly of the GoGo's
  • David Reddick (cartoonist)
  • Kevin Sorbo

I've added Kevin Sorbo as I recently saw an interview in which he said one of the reasons he took the role of Dylan Hunt in Andromeda was the fact he is a Star Trek fan and admirer of Gene Roddenberry.

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Tony Danza can be added to the list. On November 7, according to TrekToday

William Shatner appeared on television as Captain Kirk once again, allowing Tony Danza to fulfill a long-time fantasy of appearing on the Enterprise bridge
If you want to see the interview check out Boston_Legal.org although the streaming video ain't that great.

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Tony Danza can be added to the list. On November 7, according to TrekToday

William Shatner appeared on television as Captain Kirk once again, allowing Tony Danza to fulfill a long-time fantasy of appearing on the Enterprise bridge
If you want to see the interview check out Boston_Legal.org although the streaming video ain't that great.

 

I just tried it myself, you're right, the streaming really is not very good. It's fun nonetheless though.

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Tony Danza can be added to the list. On November 7, according to TrekToday

William Shatner appeared on television as Captain Kirk once again, allowing Tony Danza to fulfill a long-time fantasy of appearing on the Enterprise bridge
If you want to see the interview check out Boston_Legal.org although the streaming video ain't that great.

 

I just tried it myself, you're right, the streaming really is not very good. It's fun nonetheless though.

 

I've found another copy that's better. I hope this works for everyone.

William Shatner on The Tony Danza Show

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That was pretty funny. Too bad Shatner couldn't get into the spirit of things and had to be a comedian rather than read Danza's script.

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I think David X. Cohen and a few other people who worked on Futurama were Trekkers.

He'll be added to the next update.

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Here's the list updated once again:

  • Colin Powell
  • Dahlai Lama
  • Tom Hanks
  • Dr. Mae Jamieson
  • Neil Armstrong
  • Jean Simmons (actress)
  • Paul Sorvino
  • Mira Sorvino
  • Berkeley Breathed (cartoonist - Opus, Bloom County)
  • Bill Amend (cartoonist - Fox Trot)
  • Seth McFarlane (creator of Family Guy)
  • Bill Gates
  • Al Gore
  • Eddie Murphy
  • Jason Alexander
  • Dr. Stephen Hawking
  • Scott Adams (cartoonist - Dilbert)
  • Isaac Asimov
  • Laurell K. Hamilton
  • Douglas Adams
  • Carol Moseley Braun
  • Christan Slater
  • Whoopi Goldberg
  • Most, if not all, of NASA
  • Most, if not all, of Microsoft
  • George Noory
  • Art Bell
  • Marc Scott Zicree
  • Ben Browder
  • Rockne S. O'Bannon
  • Charles M. Schulz
  • King Abdullah of Jordan
  • Vin Diesel
  • John Glenn
  • Mel Gibson
  • Sally Ride
  • Mick Fleetwood
  • James Worthy
  • Bebe Neuworth
  • Kelsey Grammer
  • Tom Morello
  • Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Arthur C. Clarke
  • Rod Serling
  • Trey Parker
  • Matt Stone
  • Howard Stern
  • Will Smith
  • Iggy Pop
  • Ben Stiller
  • Conan O'Brien
  • Kirstie Alley
  • Tom Bergeron
  • Beastie Boys
  • Kevin Newman
  • Richard Dean Anderson
  • Drew Carey
  • Eric McCormack
  • Weird Al Yankovic
  • Joss Whedon
  • Mel Brooks
  • Robert Atkins
  • Kathy Lee Gifford
  • Paul "Big Show" Wight
  • George Lucas
  • Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
  • Tim Allen
  • Neal McDonough
  • Barry Manilow
  • Robin Williams
  • Paul McGillion
  • Jim Meddick (cartoonist - Monty)
  • Dave Foley
  • David Hewlett
  • Number of people at Pixar Animation
  • late Douglas Adams
  • Alan Keyes (Repulican Senate candidate, Illinois)
  • Dennis Haysbert
  • Brad Paisley
  • Jim Davidson
  • Jonathan Ross
  • The Wiggles
  • Someone working on the kids' series Big Comfy Couch
  • Jane Wiedlin (formerly of the GoGo's)
  • David Reddick (cartoonist)
  • Kevin Sorbo
  • Tony Danza
  • Bryan Singer
  • David X. Cohen
  • Alec Newman
  • Someone in charge at Beavis and Butthead

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Jon Stewart can be added to the list. I saw a post over at trekbbs, claiming Stewart made reference to the Genesis Device from Star Trek II in one episode of the Daily Show.

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