My wife met Captain Christopher Pike today

[JulesMaximus]

Apparently he's a photographer now and she hired him to do some portrait shots of her (she had no idea who he is). He's 72 now and he wrote a book recently so he gave her a bookmark and signed it to her personally.

This is the guy who was in the box and could only beep yes and no, not the guy who played in the pilot. He was also in 2 other episodes but I don't remember those roles.

Sean Kenney is the guy's name.

Yeah, I'm kinda geeking out over this.

 

[Childs]

I was going to say I thought Jeffrey Hunter died a long time ago!

 

[ControlD]

That's actually pretty cool.

 

[feralkid]

You mean Captain Muskie?

 

[Mike64]

so he gave her a bookmark and signed it to her personally.

As one of what I assume is probably the relatively small number of forum participants who recognized the character's name without the background info, I have to say that while I wouldn't quite be "geeking out" over it, that is pretty cool. Indeed better imnsho than meeting one of the more "run of the mill" major-character actors, excepting maybe Leonard Nimoy (and obviously I don't think I'd want to actually run into him now.)

 

[Artdeco]

How did she find out who he was?

 

[Ichinisan]

That's neat!

 

[Charmonium]

I'd rather meat Zefram Cochrane, buy yeah, Pike is pretty cool.

 

[disappoint]

Beep

 

[JulesMaximus]

How did she find out who he was?

He told her... duh.

Apparently, he was quite the chatterbox.

And he gave her this.

 

[zinfamous]

what's with that creepy 2nd pic?

 

[Fanatical Meat]

what's with that creepy 2nd pic?

Hand in your nerd card

 

[kranky]

what's with that creepy 2nd pic?

"The Menagerie", Star Trek Season 1, Episodes 11 & 12. Spock risks the death penalty by traveling to Talos IV.

 

[Artdeco]

He told her... duh.

Apparently, he was quite the chatterbox.

And he gave her this.

Was just curious, very cool :thumbsup:

 

[zinfamous]

Hand in your nerd card

what nerd card? Star Trek blows. That original series is unwatchable (outside of hipstery irony, that is).

 

[purbeast0]

no clue who this dude is, but i never knew southpark rode off of this guy until this thread lol.

 

[ControlD]

what nerd card? Star Trek blows. That original series is unwatchable (outside of hipstery irony, that is).

This makes Dave sad.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

I may have to hand in my nerd card too. I've forgotten I do remember Spoc being in trouble for getting Pike back to the guys on Telos but didn't Pike also have to fight for all eternity some unnamed evil in another episode?

 

[Fanatical Meat]

no clue who this dude is, but i never knew southpark rode off of this guy until this thread lol.

That was a 3rd grade teacher that the toughest kid ever messed up but it turned out the boys from South Park...

 

[Fanatical Meat]

what nerd card? Star Trek blows. That original series is unwatchable (outside of hipstery irony, that is).

If I lived close to you I'd head over with some beer and classic star treks. There are some great episodes.

 

[MongGrel]

If I lived close to you I'd head over with some beer and classic star treks. There are some great episodes.

+1

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Beer is key watching the old episodes it enhances them

 

[twinrider1]

"The Menagerie", Star Trek Season 1, Episodes 11 & 12. Spock risks the death penalty by traveling to Talos IV.

Hey! Spoiler warning next time!

Spoiler

Some things make me giggle a lot more than they should. This is one of them.

 

[Sonikku]

Did he beep when she asked for his autograph?

 

[CraKaJaX]

ATOT has failed miserably. No one has asked for pictures of the wife even when OP has clearly pointed out this dude is a photographer. Holy fuck. :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: