Hilarity

I was unprepared for the Futurama episode that came across my TV last night...but I had never seen it before. It is perhaps the best send up of Trek that I've seen in awhile.

One of the main characters utters the banned words 'Star Trek' and we're off. The show is against the law in the 31'rst century. We get the grumpy, but heroic heads (minus bodies) of the TOS crew in life preserving jars, mouthing off and taken away on a space adventure (with a gleeful Riker head being moved to the front of the shelf when the TOS heads are removed.)

Trek as religion complete with a Christine Chapel.

Shatner, Nimoy, Takei, Nichols and Koenig giving unashamed send ups of themselves.

Shatner, "...In Star Trek V I got such a good performance out of me, because I respected me so much."

Nimoy: "I'm in a gefelte fish jar."

Takei: "Check out these abs."

Fan to Koenig: "Say Nuclear Wessels" Koenig "No!"

Nichols: (on the most heroic thing she did on the series) " In the third season I kissed Shatner."

I promise I'll record it the next time around and write a better column on it...but I laughed the entire time.