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Jimmy Doohan's Farewell Convention: First Fan Report, Plus Shatner's Remarks on ENTERPRISE

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By Steve Krutzler / 01:04, 30 August 2004 / People

Planet Xpo put on the three-day James Doohan farewell convention this weekend at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles, a precursor to the 'Scotty' actor's reception of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Tuesday. The event attracted the entire ST: TOS cast and TrekWeb's Jacqueline Bundy attended and will be reporting on the festivities soon.

For now, we've received the following candid report from a fan named 'Rick'.

    [We] Got there a little after 10, and the first thing we went to the dealer rooms. It was small, specially after Comic-Con, but it did cover all the basics successfully. There were two prop dealers, a movie poster dealer, a figure dealer, a couple general purpose pins/patches type dealers, a self-made DVD salesman who had some neat stuff. Another room had lots of the STAR TREK original series guest stars doing autographs.

    Plenty of folks showed up in costume, saw one girl dressed as Legolas but most were in Star Trek garb. They also had two local STAR TREK fan groups recruiting for members.

    The programming we saw started with trailers, then they showed RODDENBERRY ON PATROL, which was basically GEORGE LUCAS IN LOVE for Trekkers. The short film was directed by Tim Russ and it had Ethan Phillips, Robert Beltran, Richard Herd, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig and Russ [himself]. It was cute... then we went to lunch.

    [When we] came back and they had an auction in which Jimmy's outfit from STAR TREK IV went for $10,000 and they had a host of smaller items. Some of them sold, some didn't, but it was interesting. Then Johnny Bagpipes playin bagpipes and they did a Scotty impersonation contest, which was won handily by an older gent who looked just like James Doohan from the films. I saw that gent after the finale and complimented him on the costume.

    The next panel saw [William] Shatner and [Leonard] Nimoy come on and insult each other for an hour, which was actually quite entertaining. At one point Bill started jumping and Nimoy snapped "Careful Bill, you might lose some weight there." They later got in a fight cause Nimoy labelled the Moon a planet while talking about the space program, which Bill picked up on and said he'd never let him live that down.

    They were asked if we'd ever see Kirk and Spock together again at which point Bill grabbed Leonard's wrist and said "We're right here... what more do you want?" Nimoy was then asked if he'd ever wear the ears again... he said "Next question..." with a smile.

    Shatner commented on his possible ENTERPRISE appearance saying he came to them with a story, they said "Great story". He named a price for appearing on Enterprise, and they said "Great story". He thinks his agent is still talking to em, but he's not sure if he'll be on the show or not.

    They did talk about the old days, and times with James Doohan. Shatner asked why Jimmy hated him so much and then kept asking Nimoy the question as his voice got louder and louder and LOUDER.

    One last bit... Leonard did congratulate Mr. Shatner about his Emmy nomination and Bill staggered backwards. "You.. are congratulating me.. on my acting? Are you serious." I think he was just kidding around, but I'm not sure.

    After some more banter, they wrapped things up and both of them left, which I found rather tacky of them, but then again, maybe they felt they had said their goodbyes in private. Dunno. They said they saw Jimmy in his hotel room after the dinner they had last night, and Jimmy was crying because he couldn't believe that many people really loved him.

    There was a break in the schedule for 45 minutes, and then they had the grand finale. They had a tribute reel, that had pretty much every line Scotty ever said, from the original series through the movies and his appearance on TNG. Then, aside from Nimoy and Shatner, the entire living cast from the original show, Grace Lee Whitney, Majel Barrett, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Walter Koenig, and then the man himself came out... Jimmy came in driving his motorized wheelchair with his wife and 4-year-old daughter (yes, that's right 4 years old), and the roof came off the place with cheers, applause, and it was bittersweet to see him.

    I can't say for sure he knew what was going on, but he smiled at everyone and looked very happy. Didn't say a word. I think the Alzheimer's has really taken hold. Nichelle Nichols then introduced Dr. Neil Armstrong, who flew in from overseas just for this event, who gave Jimmy a hug. Jimmy stood up with some help, waved, and then they escorted him off.

    It was sad, but I do feel like I saw history today, and was very happy I went.



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By: Scorned (Odo's file, contact) @ 23:56:24 on Aug 30, 2004 | Edit History (1)

Quote:"Shatner commented on his possible ENTERPRISE appearance saying he came to them with a story, they said "Great story". He named a price for appearing on Enterprise, and they said "Great story". He thinks his agent is still talking to em, but he's not sure if he'll be on the show or not."

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So is he going to do it or not? Doesn't anybody know anything on this matter for certain? If Paramount lets this idea slip through they are beyond the most stupidest people on the planet! Typical Paramount bullshit of "put in a dime take out a dollar". Greedy good for nothing............ JUST PAY THE MAN WHATEVER THE HELL HE WANTS!! Take the money you are OVERPAYING those asshole Berman and Braga and the suits that allowed Trek to fall into the toilet and give it to Shatner! They can do without hookers and big cars for awhile! Star Trek is your #2 money maker and you are bitching about the price? Do they really think that no one is not going to watch the return of Shatner to Trek???? Unbelievable!! God damn are these people stupid!!!!!







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By: c.p. (Odo's file, contact) @ 17:57:02 on Aug 30, 2004

That's really sad. I didn't realize he was in a wheelchair, or that his disease was nearly that far progressed. The last report I read seemed to suggest he was only in the beginning phases of it.

I really hate this. It's a weird feeling starting to see all the original cast go. They've been a part of my life for so long. My childhood in the seventies and eighties was in many ways defined by these people. Makes me feel way too grown up.


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By: Classic Trek Gal (Odo's file, contact) @ 14:51:16 on Aug 30, 2004

I'm glad Rick had a view of the stage. Thanks for letting us know what was going on up there. It was impossible from our "reserved seat" to see anything on the stage or even the screens with everyone standing during the rather brief "Grand Finale." It was blocked out on the con schedule for two hours and lasted about 15 minutes. There were a lot of angry fans at the conclusion of the convention. We got a partial refund from Planet expo. They rebated us the difference in cost between the reserved seat and general admission after I threatened to call my credit card company and report them to the BBB. This convention was poorly organized and didn't deliver as promised. I DID NOT EXPECT JIMMY TO SPEAK. But, I think those of us who had other obligations and couldn't attend the Star Party or the Banquet were promised something they didn't get, an opportunity to see ALL of the remaining cast onstage at the same time. Why was Nichelle the only cast member to speak in the finale. It would have been very nice to hear the rest of the cast make some brief comments, even if they had spoken at the roast the night before or earlier in convention. Why couldn't Leonard stick around or Bill pause signing autographs for the one thing that Planet Xpo promised, seeing the whole cast together for one last time. I'm glad I have memories of meeting Jimmy when he was more hale and hearty on more than one occasion to offset being cheated of seeing him one last time.


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By: Jadzia-Dax (Odo's file, contact) @ 06:06:00 on Aug 30, 2004

From above:

"After some more banter, they wrapped things up and both of them left, which I found rather tacky of them, but then again, maybe they felt they had said their goodbyes in private. Dunno. They said they saw Jimmy in his hotel room after the dinner they had last night, and Jimmy was crying because he couldn't believe that many people really loved him."

Creation has had these 2 together on and off all this year, so such shouldn't be unexpected. They just saw each other at the Las Vegas Con. They are due here in October. They are professionals and I am sure that they have privately hooked up with Doohan's family over the years.


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