Fun_People Archive
13 Dec
Love Trek?

Date: Mon, 13 Dec 93 14:51:35 PST
To: Fun_People
Subject: Love Trek?

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 Then read on... -psl]

 From: kevindu@atm.com (Kevin J. Dunlap)

Coincidence you say?....

Love Boat				Star Trek
---------				---------
Bald Captain				Bald Captain

Black bartender				Black bartender

Young Vicki is related to a crew	Young Wesley is related to a crew
member and works on the ship		member and works on the ship

Ship's doctor is a main character	Ship's doctor is a main character

Julie, the cruise director, is		Troi, the ship's counselor, is 
sexy but annoying			sexy but annoying

Socially deficient character with	Socially deficient character with
job description for name (Gopher)	job description for name (Data)

One character is inexplicably		One character is inexplicably
replaced, then returns (Julie)		replaced, then returns (Bev. Crusher)

Captain straightens uniform when	Captain straightens uniform when
disgusted, angry, nervous		disgusted, angry, nervous

Is in syndication			Is in syndication

© 1993 Peter Langston