Subject: Re: Shatner on SNL (was: Disney Afternoon Monday listmail: DW "Twin Beaks") From: perl@dwrsun2.UUCP (Robert Perlberg) Date: 1992-02-24, 13:20 Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks,alt.fan.furry,rec.arts.disney,rec.arts.startrek.fandom In article , alberti@ux.acs.umn.edu (Timothy Fay) writes: | In <7SQC1D3@taronga.com> peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) writes: | | >In article alberti@ux.acs.umn.edu (Timothy Fay) writes: | >>But that episode fell flat on its face, anyway. | | >Only among anal-retentive David Lynch fans with no sense of humor. | | I read stuff like the above, and I'm reminded of the William Shatner SNL | skit, where he lectured a group of sci-fi fans about taking something | he did as a joke 25 years ago and blowing it all out of proportion. | I think some folks on the DA list are doing the same thing wrt | DARKWING DUCK which is, after all, supposed to be a kids' show. I'm | also reminded of Shatner's famous punchline in that skit... Which punchline? There were two, in my opinion. The first was "Get a life!" The second was after the convention promoter admonished him for almost ruining the business and Shatner retracted his remark claiming that he was imitating the Evil Kirk from "Enemy Within". Robert Perlberg Dean Witter Reynolds Inc., New York {murphy | philabs}!dwrsun2!perl -- "I am not a language ... I am a free man!"