ST vs. CSA

April 20, 2005 6:53 AM

Get your hand off me bo-ahStar Trek characters have been invading Civil War reenactments and they're not even in the dictionary.
posted by sleepy pete (19 comments total)

I see he got the Bob & David DVD too. Good man.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 7:01 AM on April 20, 2005

Very silly.

Thanks, sleepy pete!
posted by ZenMasterThis at 7:04 AM on April 20, 2005

"This is Tim Chitwood's April Fools' Day column." ;-P
posted by mischief at 7:06 AM on April 20, 2005

See also: The episode of Home Movies where the tension between Renaissance Fair geeks and Sci-Fi Convention geeks comes to a head.
posted by unsupervised at 7:19 AM on April 20, 2005

"You don't go up against a guy with a firearm if all you've got is a flashlight."


HAHAHAHAHA That made me laugh outloud.
posted by a3matrix at 7:34 AM on April 20, 2005

Great post!
posted by Mean Mr. Bucket at 7:40 AM on April 20, 2005

"You can't shoot me!...I'm not dead, I just beamed up."
posted by hellbient at 7:45 AM on April 20, 2005

A cunning blend of two forrms of geekery. Impressive.
posted by fungible at 7:47 AM on April 20, 2005

/nitpick, ON

Going to have to subtract points from the Klingon for not putting the brown makeup on his hands.

/nitpick, OFF

But other than that, brilliant. Good to see that Klingons can get dates to the Cotillion. Before throwing someone in the punchbowl.
posted by willmize at 7:51 AM on April 20, 2005

agree with KevinSkomsvold-
They so ripped that idea from Mr. Show.

That was one of my favorite bits from Mr.Show, but I always thought they moved on to the Civil War reenactment bit too fast, when the Trekkie/Reenactment collision was the funniest part.
posted by p3t3 at 8:04 AM on April 20, 2005

Hah. This is awesome - thanks for the post.
posted by bwilliams at 8:19 AM on April 20, 2005

For a while I was afraid some trekkers had ACTUALLY invaded this re-enactment for some lame, embarrassing reason. I'm relieved to see the whole article was just a farce.
posted by haasim at 9:13 AM on April 20, 2005

In defense of the Klingon, the person didn't know about the Mr. Show episode until after he had been to the reenactment.
posted by sleepy pete at 9:31 AM on April 20, 2005

Nice, but doesn't that violate the Star Fleet rule about not interfering with less civilized cultures?
posted by scottreynen at 9:52 AM on April 20, 2005

Worf Between the States
posted by kirkaracha at 10:01 AM on April 20, 2005

Alternatively, the Worf of Northern Aggression
posted by kirkaracha at 10:01 AM on April 20, 2005

Hilarious.
posted by interrobang at 2:56 PM on April 20, 2005

I've never met a Trekkie who actually said he/she wanted to be called a Trekker.
posted by bingo at 7:42 PM on April 20, 2005

I can't wait to see the video (because that will mean they are done editing it and I can have my camera back).
posted by sp dinsmoor at 8:08 PM on April 20, 2005