From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: mikeb@rawbw.com   
   Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?   
      
   Anim8rFSK wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >  Wickeddoll  wrote:   
   >    
   >> Anim8rFSK wrote:   
   >> *snip*   
   >>> "when I attended a convention with Gates McFadden in Kansas City, she    
   >>> refused to talk about it. All she would say was that "Some people didn't    
   >>> like me.""   
   >>>   
   >>> Hey, even Gates says Crusher is incompetent!   
   >>>   
   >>> The running joke around the set has always been, 'Is Beverly on the ship    
   >>> because she's sleeping with the captain?! (Laughter) And the reason she    
   >>> doesn't have her medical diplomas up on the wall is because she didn't    
   >>> really get them!' Usually, when there's a guest star that, for whatever    
   >>> reason, is on the medical table, one member of the cast will say,    
   >>> 'Listen, sorry you're being treated by Bev-you might not make it!' "    
   >>> said by Gates   
   >>>   
   >>> So to sum up:   
   >>>   
   >>> Gates left not by her own choice   
   >>> Crusher is incompetent   
   >>> Gates has a sense of humor about Crusher being incompetent   
   >>>   
   >> She has no sense of humor about being photographed, though.  She banned    
   >> photos during her session at the Vulkon con in Altamonte (it said    
   >> "Orlando" but it was effing Altamonte - I know my home area!)   I could    
   >> see banning *flash* photography - that's really blinding, but not even    
   >> no-flash?  Bite me, bitch - we *paid* for your appearance.  Deal with it.   
   >>   
   >> As you can see, I totally ignored her:   
   >>   
   >> http://www.wegrokspock.net/pageimages/GM14RD.jpg   
   >    
   > heh.  you go girl!   
   >    
   > At ... probably Comic-Con, definitely one in California, Nichelle was at    
   > a table sort of in a hallway with people signing and selling stuff, and    
   > I was poised to take a picture of her when I noticed this big NO    
   > PHOTOGRAPHS sign behind her.  She looked at me, looked up at the sign,    
   > looked back at me, and struck a pose and gave me her most dazzling    
   > smile.  Well, I wasn't about to pass up an invitation like that!  click    
   > FLASH!  I mouthed 'thank you' to her and she smiled and nodded and went    
   > back to her table.  She didn't have a thing to gain from it but making a    
   > fan happy, and that she did.   
   >    
   > Just another con story this put me in mind of:  Avery Brooks showed up    
   > for his first con.  He went to sign autographs and found out they were    
   > making the fans pay, and pay dearly, for his signature.  Nobody had told    
   > HIM it was a paid autograph line, and he wasn't getting a bite of it.     
   > So he had a little talk with the con runners, and suddenly the autograph    
   > money, or at least a good portion of it, was earmarked for IIRC the    
   > United Negro College Fund, or some worth charity he endorsed.   
   >    
      
   Well there is no doubt that Nichelle Nichols is the First Lady of Star Trek!   
      
   Glad to hear Brooks is a class act as well.   
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