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  • Wow...2 in 1 day: Rene Auberjonois & Caroll Spinney RIP

    12/08/2019 3:16:03 PM PST · by hoagy62 · 40 replies
    NY Times | 12/8/19
    Two famous actors passed away today. Rene Auberjonois was 79. He played a snooty staffer opposite Robert Guiiaume in the 80's series 'Benson'. He was slightly morer famous for playing the shape-shifting Founder 'Odo' on 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'. The other was Carrol Spinney, who was 85. You probably don't know him by face, but you definitely knew him as his characters. He was the first and original 'Big Bird' and 'Oscar the Grouch' on 'Sesame Street' providing both the voices and puppetry for the characters. He only gave up being the characters not that long ago.
  • Star Trek: DS9 Finally Gets the Documentary It Deserves

    04/10/2019 9:55:18 AM PDT · by C19fan · 41 replies
    Popular Mechanics ^ | April 10, 2019 | Staff
    Airing on January 3rd, 1993, the premiere episode, "Emissary," played out like a changing of the guard. Jean-Luc Picard and his crew, which had solidified Trek's glorious return to television with The Next Generation, boards the Enterprise at the episode's conclusion and disembarks for some new adventure—but the audience is left behind. That's because it was time for something new, and that something was Deep Space Nine. Now, some 26 years later, fans are returning to what's become a beloved show, sometimes even eclipsing the ones that had come before it, with What We've Left Behind, a crowdfunded documentary that...