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Nimoy, Takei Joke About White House Klingons
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LaForge is kidnapped and altered by Romulans to take part in an assassination plot against a Klingon governor.

Apr 17 - Retro Review: The Host
Crusher falls in love with a Trill, only to discover that his real personality exists in a small symbiont living inside his body.

Apr 11 - Retro Review: Half a Life
A visiting scientist falls in love with Lwaxana Troi, then reveals that he is expected to commit ritual suicide.

Mar 28 - Retro Review: The Drumhead
A famous Starfleet admiral leads a hunt for a traitor aboard the Enterprise.

Mar 20 - Retro Review: Qpid
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Mar 13 - Retro Review: The Nth Degree
After an encounter with an alien probe, Lieutenant Barclay develops super-human intelligence.

Mar 6 - Retro Review: Identity Crisis
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Feb 28 - Retro Review: Night Terrors
The crew is trapped in a rift in space where lack of dreams causes psychosis.

 
By Michelle
January 18, 2007 - 9:41 PM

The "Klingons in the White House" controversy continued this week when Leonard Nimoy (Spock) and George Takei (Sulu) both spoke on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, poking fun at the idea that they have never gotten past their celebrity as Star Trek stars.

The web site of Comedy Central has video of the phoned-in appearances, while StarTrek.com has a partial transcript. The discussion concerned remarks by Democratic Congressman David Wu of Oregon, who had likened President Bush's foreign policy team to Star Trek's warlike Klingons (story).

In response to Wu's demand that Congress not let false Klingons send real Americans to war, host Jon Stewart responded, "I believe the Constitution specifically states that only real Klingons have that power." He then called upon "Senior Star Trek Analogy Analyst" Nimoy, who feigned impatience with his ongoing association with Spock and then spent several minutes explaining that Wu's analogy was weak, citing details of the episode "Amok Time" to describe the differences between Klingons and Vulcans.

Nimoy's monologue was interrupted by a call from Takei, who objected when Stewart warned that he was already speaking to Nimoy by demanding, "And you felt his telephone voice was more distinctive than mine? Do you realize by our sixth film, I'd become a captain, while Spock had become marginalized?"

The entire segment featuring Nimoy and Takei may be watched at Comedy Central.

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