Strip 387
ABBY (on the phone) Yes, Brian really liked the movie. I knew he would. Fortunately he hasn’t said “I told you so” to me yet.
(Andy, dressed as Kirk, Carrie dressed as the red headed Orion and Brian dressed as Spock appear next to her desk)
ANDY (to Abby) Open hailing frequencies, Lieutenant.
BRIAN Fascinating.
ABBY I am not wearing a miniskirt.
Strip 385
NICK How can you watch that new movie? That’s not Star Trek. William Shatner is the only real Captain Kirk.
ANDY Oh come on. New actors take on roles all the time.
ANDY Daniel Craig took over James Bond from Pierce Brosnon, Christian Bale took over Batman from Michael Keaton …
NICK Sean Connery is the only real James Bond, Adam West is the only real Batman, Errol Flynn is the only real Robin Hood, Buster Crabbe is the only real Flash Gordon and Johnny Weissmuller is the only real Tarzan!
NICK And Elvis was the only real Elvis!
ANDY There was a real Elvis?
Strip 384
PLAGUE So you’re a Trekkie now?
ANDY Yeah I’m kind of surprised too. Usually I’m just into spy movies, but I loved Star Trek.
PLAGUE So now you’re devoting your live to a movie that…
PLAGUE That a… Uh… It has… Uhm…
ANDY You liked it too, didn’t you?
PLAGUE Yeah, I really did.