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   XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: gespalder@yahoo.com   
      
   In article , Al Smith   
    wrote:   
      
   > I wouldn't expect him to work for free, but he might consider   
   > working for scale, whatever that might be, as a gesture to the   
   > franchise that has allowed him to buy his horses and house and   
   > wife and whatever else his money has bought him. Can there be any   
   > doubt that Shatner would be a third-rate, mostly forgotten actor   
   > were it not for Star Trek? Chances are, he wouldn't even have   
   > gotten "TJ Hooker" without his Trek history. I read his   
   > autobiography. After the Old Series ended, he spent years doing   
   > crappy stage work, and living in a tiny secondhand trailer. He'd   
   > probably still be in the damned trailer if the Old Series hadn't   
   > attracted such a strong fan following, that the first movie was made.   
      
   -> He did voice work in TAS, he did the movies, has a singing career, did   
   TekWar and writes novels. He also guest stars on shows and hits the   
   convention circuit.   
      
   Steve   
      
   --   
     It is no secret (nor should it come as any surprise) that humankind's most   
   noble impulses often surface during the most tyring of times, that human   
   spirit rises to the challenge when faced with adversity, that human strength   
   is born from human failings.   
   ..Is it any wonder, then, that the SDF-1 crew became a tighter family after   
   the fortress had been exiled than it had been before?   
            From the log of Captain (later Admiral) Henry Gloval   
      
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