The Godfather Of Trek: This Day in Sci-Fi History - August 19th

One of my Newfield High School friends co-illustrated the first Star Trek Medical Reference with a neighbor and went on to create landscapes, props, and even appeared a few times in Star Trek, Doug Drexler. The reference also presented a "time-line" which showed our "first contact' and subsequent history. No wonder "Bones" was often skeptical. Please, Mr. President gives us one too! Doug Drexler also co-won an Academy Award for make-up in "Dick Tracy." We once worked together in a Bavarian fast-food franchise, Zum Zum (no Hell or Dunkel beer, the owner was busy bustin' the former FBI guys on the take in the commission who wanted a piece of the action) which was how I came to, was it in the NY Hilton Hotel? The science fiction convention, was it the first, around the time of Bruce Dern in "Silent Running" co-starring robots, Huey Dewey and Louie? We saw it before the convention there way back then in NYC to get in the spirit of it. There was quite an interesting lecture on why science fiction should be kept alive, much like Star Trek, in the interests of science and our collective humanity. I'd thank Gene and thank Majel Roddenberry for giving us examples of the human spirit, as we've gone boldly where we might not have gone, and giving us something more than re-runs of "The Prisoner" to watch and learn from. LiveVideo.com - The World is Watching ---------------- Listening to: Bjorn Lynne - [Relaxing Mountain Stream] Mountain Stream (low-quality) [foobar2000 v0.9.4.4] via FoxyTunes