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From: dwhitney@uok.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: QUARK
Message-ID: <7600023@uok.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 8-Feb-85 01:22:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb  8 01:22:00 1985
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Nf-From: uok!dwhitney    Feb  8 00:22:00 1985



Quark was one of my favorites, and the unforgettable character in my
mind was played by Conrad Janis (who later went on to dubious notariety
as Mindy's father in Mork and Mindy..)  He played a bureaucrat, if I
remember correctly, but I cannot remember his exact title.

This program premiered only a year or two after I had become
a big-time Trek fan, and I couldn't help but notice the devices borrowed
from Trek in the series.  The most obvious was, of course, Captain Quark,
but there were dozens of subtle little lines and props which were 
simply stolen right out of the Trek set when no one was watching.

I always thought NBC treated the show unfairly, it was entertaining, funny,
and totally harmlesss.  I secretly hoped it was all part of a cloak-and
dagger plan by the big-wigs at NBC to segue into a new Star Trek series,
the similarites in shows, etc....

Oh, well, so much for nostalgia.  Now all we have to enjoy any more is
that awful (in my opinion) "V" -- a giant step backward in Science
Fiction, I mean LIZARD CREATURES???   Give us all a break...

David Whitney
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