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:57:02
and I got to Bobby, and they said,
"This is the commander."

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Commander, do we have enough
of that 80-pound rich gloss
for Tippen's calendar?

:57:12
Going to be about 35. OK.
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Y eah.
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Thank you.
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Man: Commander.
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Y es? Which job is that?
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Woman: When she first came to work here
and I called her "girlfriend,"

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she made some comment that
she didn't really like that,

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and I said, "What would you
prefer I call you?"

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I said, "My rank is commander.
I'm a lieutenant commander."

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She said, "Oh! Commander.
That's what I'll call you."

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When I asked her why,
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she started telling me all about this
Star Trek that she was into big time,

:57:38
and she was commander
of some spaceship here locally.

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Crosby: Did she explain what
these things were that she was wearing?

:57:44
Woman: Y es,
but don't ask me what they are.

:57:45
One's a phaser,
and it beams her up,

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and the other's
something else.

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I've never gotten any negative
response from it,

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and some of our customers, especially
since the trial, I think recognize me,

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but they don't usually
say anything.

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Has it encouraged you
to watch Star Trek some more?

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Actually, yes.
I seldom ever watch Star Trek.

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Only because you want
to understand what I'm talking about.

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Yeah. Some of it.
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And I'm really not a Star Trek fan,
but I get into it

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because she's into it.
:58:14
In my favorite fan letter,
I received--

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I opened it up, and there was
a marijuana cigarette

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glued to a piece of cardboard
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and a photo of a very
delightful-looking young girl.

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And she said, "You have
turned me on so many times,

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I thought I would return
the favor."

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I kept that one.
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I've saved some pretty great stuff
the fans have sent me.

:58:48
These are ink drawings--
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Chekov, Captain Picard,
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Saavik, Dr. Crusher.
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A woman named Jean Kluge,
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she drew me in a kind of
Davy Crockett motif.

:58:58
This is from Blowing Rock,
North Carolina.


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