Full Transcript for Episode 707- Remembering Patrick Stewart: A Tribute to a Legend

worker, David. 79 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:13.219 How are you doing tonight, David? 80 00:04:13.620 --> 00:04:16.120 You should stay out because I got some doggy bones 81 00:04:16.220 --> 00:04:19.790 that we were just talking about earlier. But, yeah, I'm 82 00:04:19.829 --> 00:04:21.529 doing pretty good. I got lots of doggy bones. 83 00:04:22.899 --> 00:04:25.310 And I threw Leia out, so she's not even here 84 00:04:25.329 --> 00:04:27.410 to bother us. And we're going to swing out to 85 00:04:27.430 --> 00:04:29.329 Las Vegas and we're going to see how Charles is 86 00:04:29.370 --> 00:04:29.990 doing tonight. 87 00:04:30.230 --> 00:04:32.189 I'm doing good. The weather's nice. 88 00:04:32.850 --> 00:04:35.589 Got a couple of fun stories I'm going to share 89 00:04:35.949 --> 00:04:38.910 about JLP. Didn't get to meet him personally, but got 90 00:04:38.930 --> 00:04:41.529 to see him on stage more than once. And it 91 00:04:41.569 --> 00:04:42.689 was an interesting occasion. 92 00:04:42.930 --> 00:04:43.550 Absolutely. 93 00:04:43.730 --> 00:04:46.180 I've got a story to share about him as well. 94 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:48.399 But what would this Trek talking be without an Uncle 95 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:51.360 Jim story anyways? It has nothing to do with urinals 96 00:04:51.420 --> 00:04:56.089 and guy nods, so don't worry about that. And we 97 00:04:56.110 --> 00:04:57.930 want to swing out to Virginia. We want to see 98 00:04:57.949 --> 00:04:59.569 how V is doing tonight. 99 00:05:00.250 --> 00:05:04.009 Just feeling like it's midnight at, you know, 730. Kind 100 00:05:04.610 --> 00:05:07.819 of sucks. But other than that, you know, glad to 101 00:05:07.860 --> 00:05:11.079 be here. It's been an incredible week wearing my Trekmas, 102 00:05:11.279 --> 00:05:14.040 my Trek the Hall shirt, because I feel like Christmas 103 00:05:14.120 --> 00:05:20.170 came early. So I'm... battling a bit of a cold, 104 00:05:20.319 --> 00:05:24.810 but otherwise, you know, life is good. So happy to 105 00:05:24.829 --> 00:05:24.990 be here. 106 00:05:25.029 --> 00:05:27.230 You're not so blue today either. 107 00:05:27.250 --> 00:05:28.009 No, no, I'm not. 108 00:05:28.829 --> 00:05:32.759 So V I am curious, uh, approximately how long did 109 00:05:32.800 --> 00:05:37.939 it take you to decostume after last show? 110 00:05:38.439 --> 00:05:41.040 I don't know. Cause I just, I just pulled off 111 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:45.730 the wig and the little antennae there somewhere over there. 112 00:05:47.069 --> 00:05:49.629 But yeah, taking off the makeup, I have just the 113 00:05:49.670 --> 00:05:53.509 makeup wipes and took quite a few. Took quite a 114 00:05:53.529 --> 00:05:53.930 few wipes. 115 00:05:54.250 --> 00:05:54.910 Okay. 116 00:05:55.089 --> 00:05:56.189 I mean, there was a lot of blue. 117 00:05:56.949 --> 00:05:59.529 Yes, there was a lot of blue on my hands. 118 00:05:59.649 --> 00:06:02.370 And the next day at work, people were saying, how 119

00:06:02.389 --> 00:06:04.949 come you've got some blue behind your ears? 120 00:06:07.620 --> 00:06:08.180 So days. 121 00:06:08.240 --> 00:06:10.360 But you weren't spray painted, though. 122 00:06:10.500 --> 00:06:14.879 No, I didn't spray paint myself, which is like, who 123 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:15.750 would do that? 124 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:19.410 Who would do that? What man would do that? 125 00:06:20.029 --> 00:06:21.009 You can blame me for that. 126 00:06:22.870 --> 00:06:28.029 So, because this was actual, like, cosplay makeup and everything. 127 00:06:28.600 --> 00:06:29.560 You mean it wasn't Krylon? No. 128 00:06:33.560 --> 00:06:36.120 Or Cylon. Cylon spray paint. 129 00:06:38.300 --> 00:06:40.279 And I'm going to swing back to my home state 130 00:06:40.319 --> 00:06:43.220 of Vermont. We're going to welcome Whitney to the podcast tonight. 131 00:06:43.259 --> 00:06:45.110 How are you doing, Whitney? I'm good. 132 00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:47.449 Battling a former migraine. 133 00:06:47.509 --> 00:06:49.149 And you've got Reggie there to keep you company. 134 00:06:49.470 --> 00:06:49.769 I do. 135 00:06:49.850 --> 00:06:50.629 I have my cats. 136 00:06:51.490 --> 00:06:52.290 That's a good thing. 137 00:06:52.490 --> 00:06:55.949 On tonight's show, we're going to dedicate an entire show 138 00:06:56.490 --> 00:06:59.290 to the greatest actor ever known, the man amid the 139 00:06:59.329 --> 00:07:00.750 legend himself, Mr. 140 00:07:00.829 --> 00:07:01.850 Sir Jean-Luc. 141 00:07:02.439 --> 00:07:06.180 Picard, Patrick Stewart himself. We're going to talk about him 142 00:07:06.240 --> 00:07:08.519 tonight in great length and great detail. But before I 143 00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:12.170 do that, I've got to say, yay, I feel vindicated. 144 00:07:12.189 --> 00:07:15.490 I'm happy. I think the world is great that the 145 00:07:15.529 --> 00:07:18.519 rest of the United States woke up. and saw the 146 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:22.240 error of their ways and voted in mass quantities for 147 00:07:22.279 --> 00:07:24.040 a change, and we got it. So I just want 148 00:07:24.060 --> 00:07:27.040 to say thank you to all my fellow Americans out there, and. 149 00:07:27.019 --> 00:07:29.250 Let's get back to some normalcy. We need it. 150 00:07:29.459 --> 00:07:31.720 Without any further ado, what do you say we talk 151 00:07:31.800 --> 00:07:34.879 about the man amid the legend himself, Sir Patrick Storr? 152 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:37.759 Before we go too far, I just wanted to start 153 00:07:37.879 --> 00:07:42.269 out with Eric, because Eric always does our remembrances, and 154 00:07:42.430 --> 00:07:45.589 this time is no different. So, Eric, would you like 155 00:07:45.610 --> 00:07:47.850 to get us started with tonight's show? 156 00:07:48.540 --> 00:07:50.379 There we go. There we go. 157 00:07:51.100 --> 00:07:55.079 So, yeah, Jim, thanks. Patrick Stewart, Star Trek's Captain Picard 158 00:07:55.259 --> 00:07:59.899 and X-Men's Charles Xavier, unfortunately was lost this week at 159 00:07:59.899 --> 00:08:04.800 86 years old. Patrick Stewart, the English actor with impressive 160 00:08:04.860 --> 00:08:07.670 stage and film credits who will be remembered most for 161 00:08:07.730 --> 00:08:10.850 his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard on Star Trek The 162 00:08:10.910 --> 00:08:15.240 Next Generation. and as Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films, 163 00:08:15.540 --> 00:08:19.050 died Wednesday in his Los Angeles home. He was 86. 164 00:08:19.050 --> 00:08:25.069 His sonorous voice and singular talent will forever be synonymous 165 00:08:25.370 --> 00:08:29.879 with indelible performances in every genre. He explored the human 166 00:08:29.920 --> 00:08:33.639 condition in all its poetic complexity and brought hope not 167 00:08:33.799 --> 00:08:37.019 only to the far reaches of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, 168 00:08:37.690 --> 00:08:41.649 but into science fiction's most iconic final frontier aboard the 169 00:08:41.690 --> 00:08:46.639 Starship Enterprise, the statement read. His professional accomplishments were humbly 170 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:50.779 matched by his philanthropy and activism on behalf of human rights, 171 00:08:51.460 --> 00:08:57.580 survivors of domestic violence, global refugees, veterans' mental health services, 172 00:08:57.799 --> 00:09:03.639 and animal welfare, particularly his cherished foster pitties. He was 173 00:09:03.700 --> 00:09:10.049 a knight chancellor, motorsport enthusiast, and lifelong Huddersfield football fan. 174 00:09:11.110 --> 00:09:15.090 He will be remembered for the dignity, compassion, and humanity 175 00:09:15.149 --> 00:09:18.740 he brought to every role in his art and life. 176 00:09:19.049 --> 00:09:22.600 Stewart and his Star Trek The Next Generation co-stars took 177 00:09:22.659 --> 00:09:25.659 their characters to the big screen for several films before 178 00:09:26.019 --> 00:09:29.740 the Star Trek film franchise was rebooted by JJ Abrams 179 00:09:29.779 --> 00:09:33.039 with characters from the original series. He returned to the 180 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:39.649 franchise for Star Trek Picard, which ran from 2020 to 2023. 181 00:09:39.649 --> 00:09:44.029 In the high-profile X-Men film franchise, Stewart played Professor Xavier 182 00:09:44.149 --> 00:09:48.299 opposite his good friend Ian McKellen as the villainous Magneto. 183 00:09:49.100 --> 00:09:55.309 He reprises the role in this December's Avengers Doomsday alongside McKellen. 184 00:09:56.450 --> 00:10:00.200 In a 2008 profile describing Stewart's return to his roots 185 00:10:00.299 --> 00:10:03.379 in classical theater by starring in a production of Macbeth, 186 00:10:04.120 --> 00:10:08.519 the New York Times in its mashup headline plethely referenced 187 00:10:08.539 --> 00:10:11.879 the two very different paths the actor has followed in 188 00:10:11.940 --> 00:10:18.129 his career to boldly go where Shakespeare calls. In addition 189

00:10:18.190 --> 00:10:21.570 to being nominated for four Emmy Awards, Stewart won three 190 00:10:21.669 --> 00:10:25.309 Olivier Awards for his theater work and was nominated for 191 00:10:25.350 --> 00:10:29.710 a Tony Award. It's hard to emphasize enough how dramatically 192 00:10:29.789 --> 00:10:32.879 Stewart's life changed when he began his role on Star 193 00:10:32.889 --> 00:10:37.600 Trek The Next Generation in 1987. For the two decades prior, 194 00:10:38.080 --> 00:10:40.960 he had been a mainstay of the Royal Shakespeare Company. 195 00:10:41.720 --> 00:10:44.240 He had made time for some film and television work, 196 00:10:44.279 --> 00:10:46.590 but he was kept busy appearing in more than two 197 00:10:46.669 --> 00:10:52.450 dozen RSC stage productions, including as Astrov in Uncle Vanya 198 00:10:53.110 --> 00:10:59.460 in 1974, Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1977, 199 00:10:59.460 --> 00:11:03.080 Shylock in The Merchant of Venice in 78, and in 200 00:11:03.120 --> 00:11:09.750 the title role in Titus Andronicus in 1981. Stewart played 201 00:11:09.929 --> 00:11:14.409 Picard throughout the 1987-94 run of Star Trek The Next Generation, 202 00:11:14.529 --> 00:11:17.750 and then in the features of Star Trek Generations, in 203 00:11:17.789 --> 00:11:21.210 which he appeared with William Shatner, Star Trek First Contact, 204 00:11:21.350 --> 00:11:25.750 Star Trek Insurrection, and Star Trek Nemesis. He played Professor 205 00:11:25.889 --> 00:11:30.539 Xavier in the X-Men from 2000, X-Men 2, X-Men The 206 00:11:30.580 --> 00:11:36.059 Last Stand, X-Men Origins Wolverine, The Wolverine, and X-Men Days 207 00:11:36.200 --> 00:11:40.850 of Future Past. Assessing Stewart's contributions to Star Trek, the 208 00:11:40.889 --> 00:11:44.529 next generation, the New York times said with his aura 209 00:11:44.590 --> 00:11:48.779 of stern yet fair authority and seriousness of purpose, Mr. 210 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:52.440 Stewart made captain Jean-Luc Picard, the moral center of Star Trek, 211 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:56.340 the next generation across seven seasons, helping to keep it 212 00:11:56.379 --> 00:12:01.039 from sliding into camp or self parody. Hollywood took to 213 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:05.340 him and he took to Hollywood in general and Stewart 214 00:12:05.379 --> 00:12:07.440 seemed to keep a good sense of humor about his 215 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:11.330 ties to popular culture, never publicly displaying the angst that 216 00:12:11.389 --> 00:12:14.690 Shatner and Leonard Nimoy each revealed at times. He did 217 00:12:14.750 --> 00:12:18.090 voice work on The Simpsons, Family Guy, and American Dad, 218 00:12:18.509 --> 00:12:21.350 and showed a willingness to make forays into comedy, playing 219 00:12:21.490 --> 00:12:26.820 a comically snooty waiter in Steve Martin's 1991 gem L.A. Story, 220 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:31.340 and King Richard in Mel Brooks' 1993 Robin Hood Men 221 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:32.000 in Tights. 222 00:12:32.759 --> 00:12:33.679 Women in tights. 223 00:12:34.460 --> 00:12:39.340 And hosting Saturday Night Live in 1994. He recently voiced 224 00:12:39.580 --> 00:12:44.299 Sir Richfield in the animated Sheep Detectives. Fantastic movie, by 225 00:12:44.340 --> 00:12:46.960 the way. In a very different vein, he was the 226 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:51.840 best thing in 1995 gay comedy Jeffrey. The New York 227 00:12:51.919 --> 00:12:55.039 Times said Stewart had some of the best lines and 228 00:12:55.110 --> 00:12:58.690 delivers them with a dignified brio that is only enhanced 229 00:12:59.169 --> 00:13:02.779 when he happens to be wearing a fuchsia beret. the 230 00:13:02.879 --> 00:13:08.419 uniform of an anti-gay bashing group called the Pink Panthers. Later, 231 00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:13.500 the actor would serve as the narrator for Seth MacFarlane's 232 00:13:13.820 --> 00:13:19.590 scabulous comedy Ted and its sequel. Stewart appeared in the 233 00:13:19.590 --> 00:13:24.230 2015 film Match, based on the play by Stephen Belber, 234 00:13:24.649 --> 00:13:29.309 in which the actor played a vain, flamboyant dance instructor and, 235 00:13:29.850 --> 00:13:34.179 in a very different vein... in the Jeremy Solonet horror 236 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:37.100 thriller Green Room, in which he played the leader of 237 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:41.440 a band of neo-Nazis. He also starred in the Starz 238 00:13:41.659 --> 00:13:46.590 series Blunt Talk, about a substance-abusing English newscaster who moves 239 00:13:46.620 --> 00:13:51.110 to LA to host a talk show. Stewart continued his 240 00:13:51.149 --> 00:13:53.490 stage work even during the run of Star Trek The 241 00:13:53.529 --> 00:13:58.190 Next Generation, playing George in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf 242 00:13:58.509 --> 00:14:01.990 at the Young Vic in 1987, He would return to 243 00:14:02.009 --> 00:14:06.789 the role at Minneapolis' Guthrie Theater in 2001, and repeatedly 244 00:14:06.909 --> 00:14:10.809 appeared in seasonal stagings in Los Angeles and on Broadway 245 00:14:10.929 --> 00:14:14.240 of a one-man version of A Christmas Carol that he 246 00:14:14.279 --> 00:14:19.019 adapted himself from the original Dickens. I believe that they 247 00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:21.659 made a video version of that too, because I feel 248 00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:23.620 like I saw that and I definitely did not go 249 00:14:23.659 --> 00:14:27.590 down to LA. After The Next Generation ended, Stewart ramped 250 00:14:27.629 --> 00:14:30.870 up his theater work, He appeared on Broadway as Prospero 251 00:14:30.899 --> 00:14:34.429 in The Tempest in 1996, essayed the title role in 252 00:14:34.529 --> 00:14:41.750 a photonegative staging of Othello at the Shakespearean Theater in Washington, D.C. 253 00:14:41.809 --> 00:14:44.600 in 1997, and returned to Broadway to star in The 254 00:14:44.700 --> 00:14:50.539 Ride Down Mount Morgan in 2000. In Britain, his work 255 00:14:50.659 -->

00:14:53.740 on the boards starring in Antony and Cleopatra in The 256 00:14:53.820 --> 00:14:58.570 Tempest and soon triumphing in... Macbeth won back the critics 257 00:14:58.620 --> 00:15:01.509 who had written him off when he had ventured into 258 00:15:01.570 --> 00:15:06.950 American television's version of Outer Space years earlier. Also in 2008, 259 00:15:06.950 --> 00:15:11.149 Stewart played Claudius in a production of Hamlet that starred 260 00:15:11.210 --> 00:15:16.309 David Tennant, winning Stewart the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor. 261 00:15:17.429 --> 00:15:20.970 Stewart had had a productive association with Ian McKellen. In 262 00:15:21.009 --> 00:15:24.169 addition to starring as adversaries in the X-Men films during 263 00:15:24.190 --> 00:15:27.090 the filming of which they developed a close friendship, The 264 00:15:27.129 --> 00:15:32.169 pair appeared on The West End, Waiting for Godot in 265 00:15:32.169 --> 00:15:37.649 2009 production, and in Repertory on Broadway in 2014 in 266 00:15:37.690 --> 00:15:42.809 that Beckett play, and another existential classic, Harrod Pintler's No 267 00:15:43.090 --> 00:15:47.269 Man's Land. The actor made his first cinematic forays into 268 00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:51.019 fantasy and science fiction, with John Borman's take on the 269 00:15:51.179 --> 00:15:58.179 Arthur legend, 1981's Excalibur, in which Stewart played... Leonda Grants? 270 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:02.080 We're going to talk about that. I don't know that name. 271 00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:07.159 Leonda Grants. And director David Lynch's 1984 adaptation of Frank 272 00:16:07.179 --> 00:16:10.220 Herbert's Dune, in which he played Gurney Halleck, a top 273 00:16:10.279 --> 00:16:13.299 officer in the Atreides household who became the trusted lieutenant 274 00:16:13.370 --> 00:16:17.669 to Paul. Played, of course, by Kyle McLaughlin in that version. 275 00:16:18.509 --> 00:16:22.129 Earlier on British television, he starred in the 1975 BBC 276 00:16:22.149 --> 00:16:26.269 miniseries North and South, an adaptation of the Elizabeth Gaskell novel. 277 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:31.360 and then played Sejanus on I, Claudius in the BBC's 278 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:37.360 Mayberry from 1981 to 1983. He starred as a psychiatrist 279 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:42.000 at a hospital there. Patrick Hugh Stewart was born in Mirfield, Yorkshire, 280 00:16:42.779 --> 00:16:45.789 acting as a youth with various amateur drama societies in 281 00:16:45.809 --> 00:16:48.990 the region and leaving school at 15. He held a 282 00:16:49.029 --> 00:16:53.549 job as a newspaper reporter, but ultimately chose acting over journalism. 283 00:16:54.110 --> 00:16:58.129 He lost his hair at age 18. Stewart began his 284 00:16:58.210 --> 00:17:02.110 acting career at Manchester's Library Theatre, after which he became 285 00:17:02.149 --> 00:17:05.839 a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1966. The 286 00:17:05.890 --> 00:17:08.200 actor lent his voice to a number of video games 287 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:13.559 associated with Star Trek as well, and X-Men films, video 288 00:17:13.579 --> 00:17:16.900 games as well. He was thrice married, the first time 289 00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:21.180 to choreographer Sheila Falconer, the second to Wendy Noose, a 290 00:17:21.769 --> 00:17:26.519 producer of Star Trek The Next Generation, Survivors, include third 291 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:31.299 wife Sunny Ozel, whom he married in a 2013 ceremony 292 00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:34.339 presided over by Ian McKellen, as well as a daughter, 293 00:17:34.589 --> 00:17:39.029 Sophie Stewart, and a son, actor Daniel Stewart, both from 294 00:17:39.109 --> 00:17:43.230 his marriage to Faulkner. Donations may be made to Johns 295 00:17:43.309 --> 00:17:49.279 Hopkins Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Fund and Alzheimer's Foundation of 296 00:17:49.299 --> 00:17:56.099 America Caregiver Resources. So there you go. That is our 297 00:17:56.680 --> 00:17:59.279 obituary for Patrick Stewart this week. 298 00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:04.140 Yeah, absolutely. I thought we should start off with that. 299 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:07.759 And we have some fan reactions from fans on our 300 00:18:07.859 --> 00:18:11.269 Facebook page. V, would you like to let everybody know 301 00:18:11.309 --> 00:18:13.910 what our fans have to say about Sir Patrick Stewart? 302 00:18:13.950 --> 00:18:17.609 Yes, I would like to. Ellen Silber says, I can't 303 00:18:17.650 --> 00:18:22.990 let a Christmas season go by without watching A Christmas Carol. Also, 304 00:18:23.089 --> 00:18:26.549 we saw him live in two Broadway plays. 305 00:18:26.769 --> 00:18:27.309 Ooh, lucky. 306 00:18:28.019 --> 00:18:32.019 Waiting for Godot and The Ride Down Mount Morgan. He 307 00:18:32.059 --> 00:18:36.359 was splendid in both. He was just the consummate actor. 308 00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:39.400 The inner light and the best of both worlds come 309 00:18:39.460 --> 00:18:43.769 to mind. He gave all to his profession. He was 310 00:18:43.849 --> 00:18:49.990 generous to fellow actors, generous to fans. I enjoyed watching him. Yeah, 311 00:18:50.029 --> 00:18:54.740 we did as well. Next, Ed Mark, who is a 312 00:18:54.819 --> 00:18:59.000 top fan, said, I met him at a con in Cleveland. 313 00:18:59.569 --> 00:19:04.109 He signed thousands of autographs that weekend. No charge other 314 00:19:04.150 --> 00:19:08.710 than the con admission. Wow, that's nice. We touched hands 315 00:19:08.869 --> 00:19:11.410 when he was passing the autograph photo to me. We 316 00:19:12.049 --> 00:19:16.480 both said sorry for the accidental touch. I love this. 317 00:19:16.619 --> 00:19:20.660 I had Patrick Stewart DNA on. on me that day. 318 00:19:20.880 --> 00:19:21.799 That's awesome. 319 00:19:21.819 --> 00:19:25.759 Rest in peace, Sir Patrick Stewart. A little sad emoji. Next, 320 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:30.750 Ben Newberry-Mays says, he played a horrifically villainous role

as 321 00:19:30.769 --> 00:19:33.789 Sejanus in I, Claudius, but he was such a good 322 00:19:33.970 --> 00:19:38.750 actor that you couldn't help empathizing with him by the end. 323 00:19:38.950 --> 00:19:42.779 Alex Jackson, who is another top fan, that he was 324 00:19:42.839 --> 00:19:46.869 such an inspiration with his roles. I read his autobiography 325 00:19:46.970 --> 00:19:49.930 and it was just like sitting listening. He took Picard 326 00:19:50.509 --> 00:19:54.180 and made it his mission to improve the character. And 327 00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:58.380 he did with aplomb. We love you, Sir Patrick, and 328 00:19:58.440 --> 00:20:02.660 we will miss you. A heart emoji. Indeed, we will. 329 00:20:02.859 --> 00:20:06.400 Josh Bryant says, I think we all have celebrities that 330 00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:10.210 have influenced us. If you were born in the 1970s 331 00:20:10.349 --> 00:20:14.240 or 80s, you probably had a TV dad. Sir Patrick 332 00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:18.599 Stewart is the celebrity that impacted me most. He was 333 00:20:18.640 --> 00:20:24.380 my rather unconventional TV dad and role model. As Captain Picard, 334 00:20:24.859 --> 00:20:36.089 he demonstrated the finest in morality and justice, leadership, confidence, humility, compassion, inclusivity, diplomacy, duty, 335 00:20:36.309 --> 00:20:40.490 and courage. He was larger than life, bringing Gene Roddenberry's 336 00:20:40.549 --> 00:20:45.220 vision for a better humanity to the next generation and 337 00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:48.599 forcing us to wrestle with ideas 30 years ago that 338 00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:51.420 we are facing today. As a student of Shakespeare, his 339 00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:57.380 recitation and commentary on Shakespeare's sonnets are inspiring. He was 340 00:20:57.440 --> 00:21:02.609 simply an underrated, brilliant actor and human. In true Star 341 00:21:02.650 --> 00:21:07.500 Trek fashion, he lived long and prospered. Rest in peace, 342 00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:13.089 Sir Patrick. And thank you. Next, Randy Regal, another top fan. 343 00:21:14.069 --> 00:21:18.130 Rest in peace, Sir Patrick Stewart. Go explore the universe. 344 00:21:19.069 --> 00:21:22.190 You will never be forgotten after your lifetime of such 345 00:21:22.250 --> 00:21:27.910 wonderful craft and talent. Jean-Luc Picard will also never be forgotten. 346 00:21:27.930 --> 00:21:32.839 They have two broken heart emojis and then can't quite 347 00:21:32.900 --> 00:21:37.390 tell what that other emoji is. I was going to... Anyway, 348 00:21:37.589 --> 00:21:41.589 all right. Yeah, I was going to say a ninja turtle, 349 00:21:41.670 --> 00:21:42.869 but I don't know. 350 00:21:43.769 --> 00:21:45.130 Yeah, I'm not sure. 351 00:21:45.430 --> 00:21:50.319 But anyway, those are all beautiful. Okay, all right. So 352 00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:54.579 ninja turtles, flowers. Yes, that makes sense. Those were beautiful. 353 00:21:54.660 --> 00:21:56.960 So thank you to all of you who wrote such

354 00:21:57.019 --> 00:22:00.029 heartfelt tributes to Patrick. 355 00:22:00.900 --> 00:22:01.390 I was bored. 356 00:22:01.430 --> 00:22:05.059 But fans aren't the only ones. that missed Sir Patrick Stewart. 357 00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:08.319 We have some celebrity tributes as well, and Paul is 358 00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:09.660 going to tell us about those. 359 00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:11.619 Thank you, Uncle Tim. First of all, we'll hear from 360 00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:14.420 one of his co-stars, Hugh Jackman, who played Wolverine in 361 00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:17.339 more than 10 Marvel films, at least at this count, 362 00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:20.299 penned a tribute to Patrick Stewart on Instagram. We lost 363 00:22:20.359 --> 00:22:23.720 one of the greats of stage and screen today, Jackman wrote. 364 00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:26.089 And in my book, A Tremendous Friend and Man, I 365 00:22:26.549 --> 00:22:29.329 learned so much from him. I will miss you, Patrick Stewart, 366 00:22:29.509 --> 00:22:32.329 all of my days. Jonathan Frakes wrote in a statement 367 00:22:32.349 --> 00:22:35.529 to The Times... There's no one on this planet that 368 00:22:35.589 --> 00:22:38.339 I have acted with or directed more often than my 369 00:22:38.430 --> 00:22:42.000 late great friend Patrick Stewart. He will be with me forever. 370 00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:46.000 May he rest in peace. William Shatner, who lost another 371 00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:49.700 former co-star in the Star Trek franchise, Walter Koenig, Koenig, 372 00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:52.309 excuse me, this week, posted a photo of an embrace 373 00:22:52.349 --> 00:22:55.890 with Stewart alongside a tribute. What a heartbreaking week it 374 00:22:55.930 --> 00:23:00.170 has been, Shatner wrote. Sir Patrick Stewart was a friend, colleague, 375 00:23:00.230 --> 00:23:03.339 and a magnificent actor. From the stage to the bridge 376 00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:06.480 of the Enterprise, he brought intelligence, grace, and a deep 377 00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:10.599 sense of humanity to everything he did. Captain Picard stood 378 00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:12.859 for the best of us, and so did the man 379 00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:16.259 who played him. I was filled with affection and admiration 380 00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:19.079 for him and his work. My heart goes out to 381 00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:22.930 Sonny and his family. He will be deeply missed. Minnie Driver, 382 00:23:23.230 --> 00:23:26.640 who acted alongside Patrick Stewart in the 2017 romantic comedy 383 00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:30.740 film The Wild Wedding, posted on Instagram, Is this year 384 00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:33.339 some kind of portal to a much, much better place 385 00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:37.660 that all the greatest people now about and so have 386 00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:41.829 gently made their exits? Dearest Patrick, who always had the 387 00:23:41.869 --> 00:23:44.789 best advice, the funniest story, the patience to listen, I'm 388 00:23:44.809 -->

00:23:48.950 just bereft. All love to your family and you in 389 00:23:48.970 --> 00:23:53.119 my heart forever. Stewart also starred in the AIDS-era 1995 390 00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:57.640 romantic comedy film Jeffrey, alongside actor Brian Batt. Heartbroken of 391 00:23:57.660 --> 00:24:01.380 the news of Sir Patrick's passing, Batt wrote on Facebook, 392 00:24:01.569 --> 00:24:03.650 he was one of the most talented, kindest, and generous 393 00:24:03.750 --> 00:24:06.289 actors I've ever had the honor of working with. I 394 00:24:06.329 --> 00:24:08.369 was lucky to play his lover in the film of 395 00:24:08.490 --> 00:24:12.609 Paul Rudnick's Jeffrey. Even though I was created the role 396 00:24:12.690 --> 00:24:16.089 on stage, it was my first film, and needless to say, 397 00:24:16.130 --> 00:24:18.750 I was a bit anxious. Patrick took me under his 398 00:24:18.809 --> 00:24:22.210 wing and guided me along, teaching me so much. A wonderful, 399 00:24:22.369 --> 00:24:25.740 giving actor and true gentleman of the theater. Blights of 400 00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:28.940 angels sing thee to thy rest. Rock star and author 401 00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:32.359 Patti Smith also commented on the announcement of Stewart's death 402 00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:36.119 on Instagram, writing tears of love. Marvel's Kevin Feige told 403 00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:38.250 the Times in a statement, I'll never forget the first 404 00:24:38.289 --> 00:24:39.970 time I saw Sir Patrick Stewart on the set of 405 00:24:39.990 --> 00:24:43.839 the first X-Men. After years of knowing him as the 406 00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:47.059 inimitable Captain Picard, I was in awe, and he turned 407 00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:52.039 out to be everything I had seen on screen and more. Brilliant, charming, warm, 408 00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:56.859 generous with a quiet strength and gravitas. Away from the cameras, 409 00:24:56.900 --> 00:25:00.240 he was even more remarkable, with a wonderfully sharp sense 410 00:25:00.289 --> 00:25:02.220 of humor. It was a true privilege to know him 411 00:25:02.269 --> 00:25:04.789 and to work with him. His legacy lives on, not 412 00:25:04.930 --> 00:25:07.809 only in decades of extraordinary work, but in the many, 413 00:25:07.849 --> 00:25:11.690 many people he mentored. He will be deeply missed. Marvel 414 00:25:11.869 --> 00:25:14.859 also wrote a tribute to Stewart, who was held dear 415 00:25:14.900 --> 00:25:18.539 by audiences who saw themselves in the mutants cared for 416 00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:22.339 and protected by Stewart's Charles Xavier. All of us at 417 00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:24.839 Marvel Studios are deeply saddened by the passing of Sir 418 00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:28.740 Patrick Stewart, Marvel wrote on social media. Sir Patrick brought 419 00:25:28.829 --> 00:25:33.569 Professor Charles Xavier to life with extraordinary grace, intelligence, and humanity, 420 00:25:34.150 --> 00:25:38.130 defining the character for generations of fans, from X-Men

to 421 00:25:38.190 --> 00:25:42.869 Logan to to Avengers Doomsday. He was a singular talent, 422 00:25:43.130 --> 00:25:46.710 a generous collaborator, and a true gentleman. Our hearts go 423 00:25:46.730 --> 00:25:49.490 out to his wife, Sunny, his children, his friends, and 424 00:25:50.630 --> 00:25:53.509 the countless fans across the world whose lives he touched 425 00:25:53.650 --> 00:25:54.130 with his art. 426 00:25:54.230 --> 00:25:58.930 Wow. Incredible. And we have a few video tributes to 427 00:25:58.970 --> 00:26:01.670 show you guys. David, if you please. 428 00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:10.029 I know I should have posted last night. but I 429 00:26:10.089 --> 00:26:10.829 couldn't speak. 430 00:26:13.509 --> 00:26:14.049 He's gone. 431 00:26:15.730 --> 00:26:28.339 My friend, my captain, my fellow football fan. It's too much. 432 00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:34.519 It's just too much. Walter was bad enough, but now 433 00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:40.250 Patrick's gone. I really can't imagine a world without him 434 00:26:40.309 --> 00:26:48.269 in it. Sunny, Sophie, Daniel, I'm so sorry for your loss. 435 00:26:49.670 --> 00:26:54.589 I don't know how I'm going to get over this. Patrick, 436 00:26:54.650 --> 00:26:59.549 I loved you with all my heart. I know you're 437 00:26:59.589 --> 00:27:04.769 up there now, reunited with all those that you've loved. 438 00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:10.009 But to say that you'll be missed down here is 439 00:27:10.069 --> 00:27:15.329 probably the understatement of the century. It was an honour 440 00:27:15.369 --> 00:27:19.130 to work with Patrick. Actually, it was more than an honour. 441 00:27:19.430 --> 00:27:21.480 It was the privilege of my life to. 442 00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:22.039 Work with him. 443 00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:25.980 Okay, that's it. 444 00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:27.539 I can't say it. 445 00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:31.630 I can't do any more. I know that all your thoughts... 446 00:27:32.210 --> 00:27:34.990 and your prayers are with him, and that millions of 447 00:27:35.029 --> 00:27:40.970 you are just as devastated as I am. We will 448 00:27:40.990 --> 00:27:46.160 hold him forever in our hearts. And we can always 449 00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:51.259 turn on the television and see this consummate actor and 450 00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:57.240 professional doing what he did best. God bless everyone. 451 00:28:01.450 --> 00:28:01.750 Wow. 452 00:28:01.769 --> 00:28:06.789 Wow. And there he is with Marina herself. Excellent. 453 00:28:07.789 --> 00:28:11.170 And we also have another tribute from one of his 454 00:28:11.390 --> 00:28:12.420 X-Men stars. 455 00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:17.259 I'm willing to pay for all of Patrick's funeral expenses. 456 00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:20.380 I just want to be able to give my dear friend, 457 00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:22.920 who has been part of my life for so many years, 458 00:28:23.380 --> 00:28:27.269 a proper final farewell. I still remember filming the first 459 00:28:27.730 --> 00:28:31.390 X-Men movie in 2000. I had just arrived in Hollywood 460 00:28:31.430 --> 00:28:35.039 from Australia and and was still an unknown newcomer while 461 00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:38.559 you were already a world-renowned actor. Back then, you not 462 00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:41.539 only looked after me on set, but also patiently offered 463 00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:45.579 me advice, helping me feel less lost in an unfamiliar environment. 464 00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:48.160 To me, you were more than just a great actor. 465 00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:51.900 You were someone I deeply admired and looked up to. 466 00:28:52.150 --> 00:28:55.450 From X-Men to Logan, we worked together for 17 years. 467 00:28:55.890 --> 00:28:58.369 On screen, your Professor X was like a mentor to 468 00:28:58.410 --> 00:29:01.670 my Wolverine. Offscreen, you were always there to support me, 469 00:29:01.970 --> 00:29:04.670 just like a true mentor and friend. I still remember 470 00:29:04.710 --> 00:29:07.130 sitting beside you at the premiere of Logan, watching the 471 00:29:07.170 --> 00:29:09.859 films ending together with tears in our eyes. 472 00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:14.720 Wow. Powerful stuff. 473 00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:18.359 And we have one more to share with you guys, 474 00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:20.819 and then we're going to dive right in. 475 00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:25.440 I just heard the very sad news about the passing 476 00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:29.829 of my dear friend Patrick Stewart. I feel so grateful 477 00:29:29.930 --> 00:29:36.150 to have known him for the last 25 years and 478 00:29:36.170 --> 00:29:38.519 to have been in his orbit for the last 25 years, 479 00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:43.000 both as a fellow mutant and as a fellow member 480 00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:54.069 of Starfleet. He was positively delicious, hilarious, naughty, incredible sense 481 00:29:54.109 --> 00:29:57.930 of humor and that booming voice of his that always 482 00:29:57.970 --> 00:30:01.180 spoke to the very back of the room as every 483 00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:03.460 classically trained Shakespearean great. 484 00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:06.740 Needs to master, has always been an inspiration. 485 00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:12.279 I want to send my condolences to his family, and 486 00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:13.480 I'll miss my friend dearly. 487 00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:15.180 Rest in peace, Patrick. 488 00:30:20.549 --> 00:30:23.410 Okay, so we've heard from our Facebook fans, and we've 489 00:30:23.450 --> 00:30:27.529 heard from some fellow actors, and now I think it's 490 00:30:27.569 --> 00:30:29.990 time for the Trexperts to dive in here and talk 491 00:30:30.029 --> 00:30:33.869 about Sir Patrick Stort, and I want to start off 492 00:30:34.049 --> 00:30:37.190 with a story. Back in the early days of TNG, 493 00:30:37.250 --> 00:30:40.630 Patrick was doing his first convention, or it was really early, 494 00:30:40.769 --> 00:30:44.569 maybe it was his second convention, in

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which 495 00:30:44.730 --> 00:30:48.650 is about five hours drive from where I lived at 496 00:30:48.690 --> 00:30:51.369 the time. So Karen and I, we jumped in the car, 497 00:30:51.789 --> 00:30:55.430 we made that trek to Harrisburg to see Sir Patrick Stort. 498 00:30:56.190 --> 00:30:59.230 When we got there, He refused to use a mic 499 00:30:59.670 --> 00:31:03.779 because he doesn't need one. So he didn't use one. 500 00:31:04.339 --> 00:31:08.339 And fans actually booed him, if you guys believe that, 501 00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:11.859 because they felt that he was trying to replace Captain Kirk. 502 00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:15.980 And I still don't understand it to this day, but 503 00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:19.920 they were booing Sir Patrick Stewart. And I was so 504 00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:23.720 mortified by it that when we got up to the 505 00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:27.170 autograph line, I apologized to him for the action of 506 00:31:27.210 --> 00:31:29.910 these fans and wanted to make sure that he knew 507 00:31:29.930 --> 00:31:32.750 I wasn't one of them and I didn't agree with it. 508 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:36.960 And to a fan earlier, back in the day when 509 00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:39.039 you went to a Star Trek convention, you paid 20 510 00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:43.460 bucks at the door and that included an autograph. You 511 00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:46.089 didn't have to pay 50 bucks at the door and 512 00:31:46.109 --> 00:31:48.910 then another 120 for every actor that you wanted. You 513 00:31:48.950 --> 00:31:51.849 just bought a picture and you got an autograph. My 514 00:31:51.910 --> 00:31:54.849 buddy John was on the line with Karen and I 515 00:31:55.690 --> 00:31:58.319 And he had a group photo of the cast. And 516 00:31:58.359 --> 00:32:00.259 Patrick went to sign it with a gold paint pen. 517 00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:04.559 And the paint pen exploded all over the picture. Patrick 518 00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:08.640 took his finger and signed it like finger painting in gold. 519 00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:13.309 It says, sorry, Pat. And we shook our hands and 520 00:32:13.789 --> 00:32:17.670 we left. And that was my run-in. with Patrick Stewart. 521 00:32:18.130 --> 00:32:21.069 Karen and I would later get the great opportunity to 522 00:32:21.109 --> 00:32:24.359 see him on Broadway doing the Christmas Carol, which was 523 00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:28.759 absolutely phenomenal. And as one of our fans said earlier, 524 00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:33.420 we watched the video of it every single year. It's 525 00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:37.799 that good. Patrick just nailed that. And I just can't 526 00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:39.009 say enough about the man. 527 00:32:39.089 --> 00:32:40.750 He was generous. He was sincere. 528 00:32:41.509 --> 00:32:46.190 He was everything that a Starfleet captain should be. He 529 00:32:46.230 --> 00:32:48.849 was everything that a human being should strive to be. 530 00:32:48.930 --> 00:32:52.569 He was sincere. He was honest. He was the complete deal, 531 00:32:52.589 --> 00:32:55.359 the full package. And I don't think... I can't think 532 00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:57.119 off the top of my head of another actor I 533 00:32:58.119 --> 00:33:00.519 think that represents as much as Patrick Stewart did. 534 00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:05.089 Really. I can't think of another one. And I think 535 00:33:05.109 --> 00:33:05.690 the world. 536 00:33:05.549 --> 00:33:08.390 Is just a little bit darker now that he's not 537 00:33:08.490 --> 00:33:08.720 in it. 538 00:33:09.549 --> 00:33:09.789 So. 539 00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:13.329 Yeah, that was my Patrick Stewart story, and I'm going 540 00:33:13.349 --> 00:33:15.210 to pass the microphone over to Charles. 541 00:33:15.509 --> 00:33:16.109 All right. 542 00:33:16.170 --> 00:33:21.009 Got a little surprise for people. I've seen Patrick on 543 00:33:21.069 --> 00:33:23.549 stage a few times, but I think one of the 544 00:33:23.650 --> 00:33:29.650 most effective stories I've ever heard from him was Star 545 00:33:29.690 --> 00:33:33.339 Trek Las Vegas in 2018, a show he was not 546 00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:36.180 supposed to be at. We were told Patrick Stewart would 547 00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:40.220 not be at that convention. David, roll the tape. 548 00:33:41.910 --> 00:33:43.190 To talk about the next one. 549 00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:02.299 Holy shit! 550 00:34:29.750 --> 00:34:31.030 Well, well, well, well, well. 551 00:34:31.050 --> 00:34:31.909 And returned. 552 00:34:32.309 --> 00:34:35.780 Thank you. 553 00:34:36.260 --> 00:34:42.940 In late March 1987, I found myself driving off the 554 00:34:42.960 --> 00:35:03.260 Paramount lot having just done what I was assured was 555 00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:09.599 my last audition for Star Trek The Next Generation. There 556 00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:12.699 had been two of us in contention for this role. 557 00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:16.550 I never learned who the other actor was. I have 558 00:35:17.190 --> 00:35:19.909 a suspicion, but I never knew exactly. 559 00:35:19.449 --> 00:35:20.010 Who it was. 560 00:35:20.929 --> 00:35:24.530 And I drove to a nearby coffee shop on Melrose, 561 00:35:26.010 --> 00:35:31.159 bought a pile of London Sunday newspapers, and had a breakfast, 562 00:35:31.179 --> 00:35:34.659 a pile of pancakes, which lasted for nearly three hours. 563 00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:39.380 During those three hours, my agent, who had been called. 564 00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:42.500 By the studio, was desperately trying to find. 565 00:35:42.260 --> 00:35:44.280 Me, as this was so long ago, there. 566 00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:48.239 Were no cell phone numbers. 567 00:35:48.260 --> 00:35:53.530 And he wanted to tell me, Patrick, they've offered you 568 00:35:53.550 --> 00:36:06.929 the job, Captain of the Enterprise. I was startled, stunned, 569 00:36:07.010 --> 00:36:09.690 and utterly disbelieving because. 570 00:36:09.389 --> 00:36:12.579 Never

for one moment had I imagined. 571 00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:16.920 This succession of auditions at Paramount would ever lead to 572 00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:17.820 anything at all. 573 00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:20.360 And here now I was. 574 00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:26.159 What I didn't know either was that I was on 575 00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:35.500 the very, very brink, the edge, something that would touch 576 00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:37.840 every corner of my life. 577 00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:41.019 Every single corner. 578 00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:48.210 Of course, career, emotional, domestic, home, everything was going to 579 00:36:48.250 --> 00:36:52.269 be affected by it. I had led a fairly successful 580 00:36:53.130 --> 00:36:55.369 but quiet, modest. 581 00:36:55.070 --> 00:36:58.340 Career until then. 582 00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:01.059 In fact, I'm. 583 00:37:01.489 --> 00:37:04.670 Maybe I've told some of you this before, but when 584 00:37:04.710 --> 00:37:08.530 the Los Angeles Times announced that there was to be 585 00:37:08.570 --> 00:37:12.639 a new Star Trek series and they got to the cast, 586 00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:16.780 I was described as unknown. 587 00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:19.219 British Shakespearean. 588 00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:22.739 Actor. 589 00:37:26.050 --> 00:37:31.949 Brent Spiner, you'll have heard of Brent Spiner. dear and beautiful. 590 00:37:31.510 --> 00:37:34.849 Man, he had a poster made which he put on 591 00:37:34.909 --> 00:37:37.429 the door of my trailer. 592 00:37:37.650 --> 00:37:41.610 And it said, beware, unknown British Shakespearean. 593 00:37:44.190 --> 00:37:49.679 Well, that was just a clue of the fun that 594 00:37:49.719 --> 00:37:56.679 we were going to have. Seven years later, in All 595 00:37:56.719 --> 00:38:04.619 Good Things, we wrapped our television series after 178 episodes. 596 00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:14.050 I was always so proud of what we did. 597 00:38:15.230 --> 00:38:17.369 We worked very hard. 598 00:38:18.409 --> 00:38:22.269 We worked long hours, as people in television series do, 599 00:38:22.530 --> 00:38:28.619 but we were working to do the best possible show 600 00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:32.820 that we could. Every single member of the cast, of 601 00:38:32.889 --> 00:38:37.269 the production team, of the front of house, of the studio, 602 00:38:38.050 --> 00:38:45.030 were supporting us in this labor of love. But, we 603 00:38:45.050 --> 00:38:51.210 did four more movies, four feature films, and quite quickly, 604 00:38:51.690 --> 00:38:55.050 I began to see that there was not. 605 00:38:55.050 --> 00:38:58.239 Always joy and bliss. 606 00:38:57.960 --> 00:39:02.579 Attached to being in a very successful TV show. There 607 00:39:02.679 --> 00:39:07.440 can be a little downside, and I experienced that certainly. 608 00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:11.920 I remember meeting with a film director whose movie I 609 00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:13.760 very much wanted to be in to play. 610 00:39:13.550 --> 00:39:16.210 A quite small supporting role, and he said to. 611 00:39:16.139 --> 00:39:18.510 Me, you're a good actor, I really like your work, 612 00:39:18.530 --> 00:39:24.210 but why would I want Jean-Luc Picard in my movie? Yeah, yeah. 613 00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:30.550 One has mixed feelings about anecdotes like that. And so 614 00:39:30.570 --> 00:39:37.219 I was determined that that was the past. 615 00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:43.719 It was over. And it would be a voyage that 616 00:39:43.860 --> 00:39:46.019 I would never undertake again. 617 00:39:46.619 --> 00:39:51.150 And I made a particular point of stressing that When 618 00:39:51.289 --> 00:40:01.340 until earlier this year, an email arrived and there was 619 00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:09.300 an offer, interesting and charming, but one of which I 620 00:40:09.389 --> 00:40:16.489 knew I would have to turn down. 621 00:40:17.210 --> 00:40:19.309 Well, that's how it felt. 622 00:40:20.409 --> 00:40:26.469 And I had a meeting with five of us in 623 00:40:26.510 --> 00:40:31.389 the room, I think. And I spent 20 minutes explaining why. 624 00:40:32.349 --> 00:40:37.349 With sadness, I would have to say no. But something 625 00:40:37.409 --> 00:40:43.710 has happened. And it is not only the impact of 626 00:40:43.769 --> 00:40:46.690 the people that I have been talking to and working 627 00:40:46.769 --> 00:40:47.909 with over the. 628 00:40:47.889 --> 00:40:53.900 Past almost six months now But it's also because I 629 00:40:53.940 --> 00:40:54.699 have spent. 630 00:40:54.460 --> 00:40:58.980 A lot of time recently watching Star Trek The Next Generation. 631 00:41:03.179 --> 00:41:08.989 Including episodes I've never seen before. Which was fun and exciting. 632 00:41:09.969 --> 00:41:12.230 And gradually it became. 633 00:41:11.949 --> 00:41:16.750 Clearer and clearer to me that the power of that show, 634 00:41:17.329 --> 00:41:20.869 the success of that show, the. 635 00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:25.360 Benefits that it gave I have never. 636 00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:28.679 Ever grown tired of hearing from people who stop me 637 00:41:28.719 --> 00:41:31.530 in the street or in a restaurant Well, no, I 638 00:41:31.550 --> 00:41:37.510 don't like being interrupted But um who say to me 639 00:41:39.110 --> 00:41:44.429 Your show changed my life without Star Trek the next generation. 640 00:41:45.610 --> 00:41:46.750 I might not be here. 641 00:41:48.369 --> 00:41:56.329 Um I always respond to those letters, to those notes, 642 00:41:56.510 --> 00:41:59.590 and to those words when I hear them in the street. 643 00:42:01.289 --> 00:42:04.710 My personal favorite, which makes me very emotional, came from 644 00:42:07.590 --> 00:42:12.869 a detective sergeant with the Las Vegas Police Department. He 645 00:42:12.929 --> 00:42:16.820 wrote to me about his life and his work. And 646 00:42:16.929 --> 00:42:20.030 towards the end, he said, you know, there are days, 647 00:42:20.269 --> 00:42:22.489 I love my

job, but there are days when I 648 00:42:22.550 --> 00:42:27.929 go home that what I have seen, what I have experienced, 649 00:42:28.750 --> 00:42:35.469 the cruelty, the barbarity, the viciousness, the nastiness of what 650 00:42:35.530 --> 00:42:41.039 I've experienced makes me despair for the future of our 651 00:42:41.119 --> 00:42:44.079 society and the world. But when I feel like that, 652 00:42:44.420 --> 00:42:47.079 I go to my video shelf and I take down 653 00:42:47.179 --> 00:42:50.260 Star Trek The Next Generation and I know we're gonna 654 00:42:50.320 --> 00:43:04.079 have a future. And that lies at the very center 655 00:43:04.800 --> 00:43:06.199 of what I have to tell you now. 656 00:43:07.860 --> 00:43:10.650 Jean-Luc Picard is back. 657 00:43:26.619 --> 00:43:27.199 Thank you. 658 00:43:53.699 --> 00:43:56.320 Thank you so much. 659 00:43:56.360 --> 00:44:02.190 Yeah, well, you know, whatever happens in the next few years, 660 00:44:02.210 --> 00:44:06.250 what you just did makes it all worthwhile anyway. 661 00:44:10.760 --> 00:44:15.360 However, however I have to tell you, he may not, 662 00:44:15.579 --> 00:44:19.610 and I stress may not, be a captain anymore. 663 00:44:21.510 --> 00:44:26.559 He may not be the Jean-Luc that you recognize and 664 00:44:26.599 --> 00:44:27.460 know so well. 665 00:44:28.659 --> 00:44:30.940 It may be a very different. 666 00:44:30.579 --> 00:44:36.659 Individual, someone who has been changed by his experiences. 20 667 00:44:36.659 --> 00:44:41.150 years will have passed, which is more or less exactly 668 00:44:41.170 --> 00:44:47.210 the time between the very last movie, Nemesis, and today. 669 00:44:49.469 --> 00:44:51.030 We have no scripts. 670 00:44:51.789 --> 00:44:58.269 As yet, we're just talking, talking, talking storylines. It will be, 671 00:44:58.289 --> 00:45:04.010 I promise you, I guarantee it, something very, very different. 672 00:45:04.769 --> 00:45:07.869 But it will come to you with the same passion 673 00:45:08.329 --> 00:45:10.510 and determination. 674 00:45:09.849 --> 00:45:14.630 And love of the material and love of our followers 675 00:45:14.730 --> 00:45:18.550 and our fans exactly as we had it before. 676 00:45:28.780 --> 00:45:29.980 Thank you so much. 677 00:45:30.860 --> 00:45:41.230 I will see you all again very soon. 678 00:45:49.630 --> 00:45:50.489 Thank you. 679 00:46:08.719 --> 00:46:12.130 Okay. I was in that theater. That's not my video, 680 00:46:12.170 --> 00:46:15.190 but I was in that theater when that was announced. Now, 681 00:46:15.210 --> 00:46:17.989 to give you an idea of that convention center, you 682 00:46:18.010 --> 00:46:22.110 have that theater. There's a big back area behind that stage. 683 00:46:22.590 --> 00:46:26.820 Pass that to dealer's room. I heard stories that cheering 684 00:46:26.860 --> 00:46:30.340 was so loud, the dealer's room heard the cheers. They 685 00:46:30.380 --> 00:46:32.840 could hear it. It was just the noise and

the 686 00:46:32.900 --> 00:46:36.329 cheers for Patrick was so big. We didn't expect him 687 00:46:36.349 --> 00:46:40.150 to show up, and boom, there he is, announcing a 688 00:46:40.550 --> 00:46:46.710 new series. And then we got to 2020. No, 2019. 689 00:46:46.710 --> 00:46:50.219 And Jim right there kind of looks at a couple 690 00:46:50.260 --> 00:46:55.099 of hosts, since he didn't have many hosts. Somebody offered 691 00:46:55.139 --> 00:46:58.900 me some tickets to go to LA and see Picard. 692 00:46:59.039 --> 00:47:04.170 Who wants to go? Well, one of our popular, one 693 00:47:04.190 --> 00:47:07.210 of our favorite fans showed up. 694 00:47:07.570 --> 00:47:07.889 Mr. 695 00:47:08.130 --> 00:47:11.530 Eric there with his brother showed up and then I 696 00:47:11.570 --> 00:47:19.599 showed up with Nate. David, show us some pictures. There's 697 00:47:19.679 --> 00:47:24.820 us in the theater. There's two people right there getting 698 00:47:24.840 --> 00:47:27.420 ready to sit there and introduce what we're getting ready 699 00:47:27.460 --> 00:47:30.440 to see. And the second picture, as you see in 700 00:47:30.480 --> 00:47:35.179 the big screen back there, Star Trek Picard from CBS 701 00:47:35.280 --> 00:47:38.590 All Access. And then, of course, the final picture earlier 702 00:47:38.610 --> 00:47:41.769 in the day, myself, Eric, and Shannon. 703 00:47:41.849 --> 00:47:43.010 A t-shirt looks familiar. 704 00:47:43.030 --> 00:47:50.159 Yeah, that's... I think I picked that up at the 705 00:47:50.199 --> 00:47:53.099 convention just before going to this. I got the convention 706 00:47:53.119 --> 00:47:55.980 in August when that was going to be coming out. 707 00:47:56.199 --> 00:47:58.880 But for Jim to sit there and say, hey, would 708 00:47:58.920 --> 00:48:04.969 you like to go to see the first episodes of Picard? 709 00:48:05.309 --> 00:48:08.659 Eric and I said, we'll work it out. We'll show up. 710 00:48:10.639 --> 00:48:12.079 And we got to see those episodes. 711 00:48:12.420 --> 00:48:17.139 Shannon was one of our co-hosts for a while, I think. 712 00:48:17.179 --> 00:48:23.349 No, she wasn't a co-host. She was one of our... 713 00:48:23.269 --> 00:48:25.989 She'd pop up and say hi. She'd pop up and talk. 714 00:48:26.349 --> 00:48:29.289 She'd pop up at QV, join the conversation. And the 715 00:48:29.349 --> 00:48:30.269 funny thing was this. 716 00:48:34.349 --> 00:48:39.219 The funny thing about seeing this kind of pre-release is 717 00:48:39.320 --> 00:48:42.280 we saw it on a Monday night. That Wednesday night, 718 00:48:42.539 --> 00:48:47.070 I had my USS Las Vegas Star Trek Club meeting. 719 00:48:47.090 --> 00:48:52.510 And then Thursday at that time, I think it might 720 00:48:52.550 --> 00:48:55.619 have been midnight, might have been 8 p.m., They'd release 721 00:48:55.659 --> 00:48:59.019 the episode. I know about Eric, but I was biting 722 00:48:59.059 --> 00:49:02.909 at the lip. It's like, oh, this story is so good. 723 00:49:03.090 --> 00:49:05.730 I can't tell anybody about it. I don't want to 724 00:49:05.769 --> 00:49:07.010 spoil it for anybody. 725 00:49:08.409 --> 00:49:12.050 Well, Charles forgot to mention that we actually, in order 726 00:49:12.070 --> 00:49:14.289 to go to the premiere, you had to sign an NDA. 727 00:49:14.690 --> 00:49:17.369 So we were actually under contract to not share what 728 00:49:17.409 --> 00:49:18.449 we saw with anybody. 729 00:49:18.639 --> 00:49:21.780 But not even with uncle jim yeah but then uncle 730 00:49:21.840 --> 00:49:24.260 jim sat there and saw it he was in awe 731 00:49:24.280 --> 00:49:27.400 because he got through the first episode You might have 732 00:49:27.420 --> 00:49:30.219 seen one episode or two episodes, but we got the 733 00:49:30.260 --> 00:49:33.500 first to see the first block. And that's just a 734 00:49:33.559 --> 00:49:36.489 couple of Patrick Stewart stories for me. Sorry about the 735 00:49:36.550 --> 00:49:39.670 long video, but I thought you guys would really enjoy 736 00:49:39.750 --> 00:49:44.369 seeing the real Patrick Stewart showing up at a convention. 737 00:49:44.449 --> 00:49:48.969 He wasn't supposed to be there, but yet Kurtzman, you 738 00:49:49.010 --> 00:49:51.190 didn't see the opener right there, but Kurtzman's like, well, 739 00:49:51.250 --> 00:49:54.789 we got a new show coming up, but I don't 740 00:49:54.829 --> 00:49:57.380 want to tell you about it. I want to bring 741 00:49:57.420 --> 00:50:00.780 somebody else out to tell you about it. And that's 742 00:50:00.800 --> 00:50:05.280 when you saw him announcing Patrick Stewart, who wasn't supposed 743 00:50:05.300 --> 00:50:08.789 to be at the con, show up on stage. But 744 00:50:08.829 --> 00:50:11.789 that's just what the kind of person he was. And really, just, 745 00:50:11.989 --> 00:50:14.090 he will be missed. But that's just a couple of 746 00:50:14.110 --> 00:50:16.869 my real, that's just a couple of my direct stories 747 00:50:16.909 --> 00:50:20.429 because I was just directly involved with what was going 748 00:50:20.530 --> 00:50:22.650 on with him. And to come up with that series, 749 00:50:22.889 --> 00:50:24.550 even if it wasn't the most popular. 750 00:50:24.800 --> 00:50:26.340 What does Patrick Stewart mean to you? 751 00:50:26.980 --> 00:50:30.119 I know we've talked at length about it, but that 752 00:50:30.159 --> 00:50:32.440 was all a test run for tonight. 753 00:50:32.860 --> 00:50:37.449 Gosh, I was a young kid when Next Generation came out. 754 00:50:38.369 --> 00:50:40.170 I had heard of Star Trek, but I hadn't really 755 00:50:40.230 --> 00:50:44.150 seen much of it. Of course, I was most enamored 756 00:50:44.190 --> 00:50:48.030 with Data being kind of a geeky computer person with 757 00:50:48.090 --> 00:50:53.440 no feelings. And Patrick Stewart kind of became, a lot 758 00:50:53.480 --> 00:50:56.869 of people have probably said online, my father figure. even 759

00:50:57.070 --> 00:51:00.530 protecting data at one point in Measure of a Man. 760 00:51:00.710 --> 00:51:02.929 And over time, I came to find out he was 761 00:51:02.969 --> 00:51:08.380 in other things, such as the Men in Tights movie 762 00:51:08.420 --> 00:51:09.880 that people have talked about. And for one of my 763 00:51:09.900 --> 00:51:10.739 birthdays in 2022, I was. 764 00:51:16.760 --> 00:51:18.559 Let me back up a little bit. My mother had 765 00:51:18.599 --> 00:51:21.760 this habit of thinking I was all for the wrong thing. 766 00:51:21.980 --> 00:51:24.719 And one day she got it right, handed me a 767 00:51:24.900 --> 00:51:27.119 gift for Christmas and I unwrapped it and it was 768 00:51:27.179 --> 00:51:31.010 the 11th hour. I didn't see this on our list, 769 00:51:31.190 --> 00:51:34.269 but it was basically a miniseries in Britain about some 770 00:51:34.329 --> 00:51:37.989 detective named Ian Hood. And I said, what is this? 771 00:51:38.090 --> 00:51:39.869 I had no idea he was in this. So I 772 00:51:39.909 --> 00:51:42.039 get to watch that. It was a little, not quite 773 00:51:42.400 --> 00:51:46.440 as engaging as The Next Generation. And then Picard came 774 00:51:46.539 --> 00:51:49.199 out and, you know, much, much later, of course. And 775 00:51:49.360 --> 00:51:51.360 my husband and I had just adopted a new cat 776 00:51:51.570 --> 00:51:53.929 and she was very emotionless. And all I could think 777 00:51:53.969 --> 00:51:57.750 was Data, but it wasn't her name. And we kept struggling. 778 00:51:57.769 --> 00:51:59.449 We're like, well, she has big ears. Should we call 779 00:51:59.489 --> 00:52:03.889 her Radar? What should we call her? And finally, one 780 00:52:03.909 --> 00:52:06.849 day as we just finished watching Picard the night before 781 00:52:07.670 --> 00:52:11.610 and we're talking to her and she cocked her head. 782 00:52:12.659 --> 00:52:14.940 And we both looked at each other and said, oh 783 00:52:14.960 --> 00:52:17.989 my God, it's Soji Asha. So that's how she got 784 00:52:18.030 --> 00:52:21.550 her name. And then about a year or two, I'm 785 00:52:21.610 --> 00:52:24.590 losing my timeframe here. I was treated to a birthday 786 00:52:24.630 --> 00:52:28.510 gift at one of the theaters locally. And it was a, 787 00:52:28.530 --> 00:52:31.679 I think it was prerecorded. It might've been live, but 788 00:52:31.719 --> 00:52:35.179 it was basically a London rendition of Patrick Stewart and 789 00:52:35.199 --> 00:52:38.840 Ian McKellen in No Man's Land. So I didn't get 790 00:52:38.880 --> 00:52:43.079 to meet him personally ever, much to my chagrin. But obviously, 791 00:52:43.099 --> 00:52:45.139 I know him from the X-Men too, but he's always 792 00:52:45.159 --> 00:52:49.800 been a looming figure in my life. And it's difficult 793 00:52:49.860 --> 00:52:52.590 to see that he's not going to be that for 794 00:52:53.389 --> 00:52:56.630 anything new, I should say. He's still out there, obviously.

Thankfully, 795 00:52:56.670 --> 00:52:58.590 we have technology called videos. 796 00:52:58.789 --> 00:52:59.530 So, yeah. 797 00:52:59.769 --> 00:53:02.719 That's excellent. I love Soji. That's great. 798 00:53:03.050 --> 00:53:04.400 How about you, V? She's adorable. 799 00:53:06.019 --> 00:53:09.780 How about you? How's Patrick Stewart? How has he touched you? 800 00:53:10.159 --> 00:53:11.369 What do you remember most about him? 801 00:53:12.679 --> 00:53:15.389 Well, I remember, I don't remember all the details, but 802 00:53:15.530 --> 00:53:21.230 I remember being resistant to this new next generation because 803 00:53:21.269 --> 00:53:24.289 I thought, oh man, Star Trek, the original series, and 804 00:53:24.309 --> 00:53:26.110 you're trying to have this new crap. 805 00:53:26.130 --> 00:53:26.750 No way. 806 00:53:26.949 --> 00:53:30.530 And I don't remember when exactly I started watching it, 807 00:53:31.300 --> 00:53:33.260 but there is this, I don't know, I have a 808 00:53:33.300 --> 00:53:38.800 thing for posh British accents. There's this man who's just, 809 00:53:39.079 --> 00:53:42.480 I don't know, he made bald sexy. Let's just say that. 810 00:53:42.980 --> 00:53:46.030 put it that way. Who needs a sexy cyborg when 811 00:53:46.070 --> 00:53:50.289 you have sexy Picard? And no, he was just, I 812 00:53:50.329 --> 00:53:54.619 just got sucked into it. And when he had, when 813 00:53:54.659 --> 00:53:59.239 he did his Christmas Carol on stage, I had the 814 00:53:59.400 --> 00:54:02.739 cassette version of it. And I remember, I don't remember 815 00:54:02.800 --> 00:54:05.170 where I saw the story, but he actually, when he 816 00:54:05.250 --> 00:54:10.639 started out he had the script on stage. And as 817 00:54:10.699 --> 00:54:14.409 he's reading it, you know, he'd throw the pages on the, 818 00:54:14.590 --> 00:54:17.329 by the end of the night, all the pages were 819 00:54:17.369 --> 00:54:20.210 on the floor. And he got to the point where 820 00:54:20.329 --> 00:54:22.929 he didn't need the script anymore. He had done it 821 00:54:23.030 --> 00:54:26.869 so much. And as somebody who has been an actor, 822 00:54:26.889 --> 00:54:30.679 that was impressive. But I have to say. 823 00:54:30.719 --> 00:54:30.840 You. 824 00:54:32.420 --> 00:54:35.969 Know, to give you all a laugh, if you Haven't 825 00:54:36.150 --> 00:54:43.190 seen him voicing his lookalike character in American Dad as 826 00:54:43.250 --> 00:54:47.550 what was his name? Stan's boss in American Dad. He 827 00:54:47.909 --> 00:54:51.889 is freaking hilarious. And then there was the episode of 828 00:54:51.949 --> 00:54:57.159 Family Guy where Stewie goes to a convention and he 829 00:54:57.199 --> 00:55:01.219 winds up, long story short, kidnapping the entire family. cast 830 00:55:01.570 --> 00:55:05.090 of next gen and it's just hilarious and they all 831 00:55:05.150 --> 00:55:07.769 just made fun of themselves and you really need to 832 00:55:07.809 --> 00:55:09.989 watch it if you can go find it out there 833 00:55:10.230 --> 00:55:13.619 and uh get a good laugh and just remember you 834 00:55:13.639 --> 00:55:16.840 know just just remember the best of patrick so yep 835 00:55:16.920 --> 00:55:19.960 it's just i'm still sort of grappling with the loss 836 00:55:20.019 --> 00:55:22.360 even though i never met him you know but it's 837 00:55:22.420 --> 00:55:25.679 just one of those things where um You know, the 838 00:55:25.719 --> 00:55:29.639 world's a slightly dimmer place without his brilliance. 839 00:55:29.880 --> 00:55:35.570 I absolutely agree, V, absolutely, 100%. How about you, David? 840 00:55:35.610 --> 00:55:38.130 I know you're the youngest one of the bunch, so 841 00:55:38.929 --> 00:55:40.230 I'm really curious to hear. 842 00:55:41.670 --> 00:55:46.449 First, I want to say to Patrick's family, I'm sorry 843 00:55:46.469 --> 00:55:49.380 for your loss and that I wish I would have 844 00:55:49.460 --> 00:55:51.880 actually met him. Hearing a lot of things from all 845 00:55:51.980 --> 00:55:55.019 of you guys about Patrick sounds like he could have 846 00:55:55.039 --> 00:55:57.619 been a really fun person to meet and all the 847 00:55:57.679 --> 00:56:01.920 fans' reactions and everything. My very first memory of him 848 00:56:02.099 --> 00:56:06.050 was watching Star Trek The Next Generation. That was my 849 00:56:06.190 --> 00:56:09.949 very first introduction to Star Trek. since I was really young. 850 00:56:10.230 --> 00:56:13.519 I've gone to Comic-Cons here and there. I've always seemed 851 00:56:13.559 --> 00:56:16.380 to have missed the ones that Patrick always went to 852 00:56:17.219 --> 00:56:20.469 for some reason, and he just always... slipped my radar 853 00:56:20.510 --> 00:56:22.730 for some reason, but I really, really wish I would 854 00:56:22.750 --> 00:56:25.329 have met him. I liked a lot of his movies 855 00:56:25.369 --> 00:56:27.869 that he did in like Robin Hood, Men in Tights, 856 00:56:28.050 --> 00:56:31.510 one of my favorite Mel Brooks movies. The D.S. Dalliber, 857 00:56:31.710 --> 00:56:33.909 it took me a long time to remember that he 858 00:56:33.929 --> 00:56:35.769 was in there when I was putting all these videos 859 00:56:35.789 --> 00:56:37.929 together and stuff. I was like, oh wow, I can't 860 00:56:37.969 --> 00:56:40.170 believe I forgot he was in that. And so, yeah, 861 00:56:40.550 --> 00:56:43.469 the different roles that he did throughout his life really 862 00:56:43.510 --> 00:56:48.280 made me wonder like what else that I didn't see 863 00:56:48.300 --> 00:56:51.300 of him in other movies. I'm pretty sure there's quite 864 00:56:51.320 --> 00:56:55.760 a few of them. But I do plan to watch 865 00:56:55.860 --> 00:56:57.539 quite a bit of movies of him in it now, 866 00:56:57.599 --> 00:56:59.800 like the Sleep Detective. I didn't know he was in there. 867 00:56:59.980 --> 00:57:04.079 I knew Hugh Jackman was, but not Patrick. He

really 868 00:57:04.119 --> 00:57:06.360 did inspire me quite a bit. He was actually my 869 00:57:06.539 --> 00:57:12.539 favorite captain for quite a while until I started realizing, 870 00:57:12.719 --> 00:57:14.739 as a Star Trek fan, I knew I had to 871 00:57:14.820 --> 00:57:18.219 pick a favorite series. I could like them all, and 872 00:57:18.239 --> 00:57:20.920 I do, for the most part. But my favorite series, 873 00:57:21.079 --> 00:57:24.289 after a while, it just started to become Deep Space Nine. 874 00:57:24.590 --> 00:57:28.730 And when I saw Picard in that first episode of 875 00:57:28.750 --> 00:57:31.250 Star Trek Deep Space Nine, I was like, oh, yeah, 876 00:57:31.269 --> 00:57:33.880 so we're going to do a crossover and everything. It 877 00:57:33.889 --> 00:57:39.039 would be fun. And I actually really enjoyed watching Picard 878 00:57:39.159 --> 00:57:42.599 in almost every single episode of The Next Generation. And 879 00:57:42.619 --> 00:57:46.340 it was really fun. He was a father figure. in 880 00:57:46.420 --> 00:57:49.659 many ways to a lot of people, including myself. And 881 00:57:49.719 --> 00:57:53.889 to me, I do miss him quite a bit. I 882 00:57:53.929 --> 00:57:55.829 hope to see you on the other side, whenever that 883 00:57:55.849 --> 00:58:00.340 may be. That's going to have to be my tribute. 884 00:58:01.150 --> 00:58:04.739 That was well said, David. Well said. And we're going 885 00:58:04.760 --> 00:58:06.239 to move on over to Eric now. 886 00:58:06.400 --> 00:58:07.920 Mr. Riker himself. 887 00:58:08.960 --> 00:58:11.679 By the way, Eric, the first time I met Eric 888 00:58:11.780 --> 00:58:15.219 was at Trek Conoroga a few years ago. And I 889 00:58:15.239 --> 00:58:18.800 was a sexy Klingon with waving my batlet all around 890 00:58:19.380 --> 00:58:22.920 and got to handle my batlet. And he was Riker. 891 00:58:22.940 --> 00:58:24.920 He even did the Riker maneuver. 892 00:58:24.940 --> 00:58:26.360 I did. 893 00:58:26.449 --> 00:58:29.269 I did it on stage to wild applause. That was 894 00:58:29.349 --> 00:58:30.090 actually kind of fun. 895 00:58:31.070 --> 00:58:32.690 Yeah, that was awesome. 896 00:58:33.190 --> 00:58:36.449 Well, yeah, I mean, we're here today to talk about, 897 00:58:36.489 --> 00:58:39.989 of course, Sir Patrick Stewart. And for me, one of 898 00:58:40.010 --> 00:58:43.019 the interesting things that I'm noticing as we give our 899 00:58:43.099 --> 00:58:47.420 tributes and is totally true for me is that he's 900 00:58:47.599 --> 00:58:52.639 almost inseparable from the character. When I think of Patrick Stewart, 901 00:58:52.719 --> 00:58:55.099 I personally think of Picard. And sometimes I have to 902 00:58:55.139 --> 00:58:58.780 make sure that I'm saying the correct words. name when 903 00:58:58.860 --> 00:59:02.000 i'm you know talking about the fictional character versus the 904 00:59:02.039 --> 00:59:06.219 real character agree with some of the sentiments that we've 905 00:59:06.269 --> 00:59:08.579 heard right now in terms of him being a a 906 00:59:09.739 --> 00:59:10.880 father figure, I guess. 907 00:59:11.260 --> 00:59:12.139 The, when I. 908 00:59:12.179 --> 00:59:15.480 Learned that he died, it was through our group chat 909 00:59:15.760 --> 00:59:19.179 here for Track Talking. And I think what I wrote 910 00:59:19.340 --> 00:59:21.539 right out, I, one of the ways I get my 911 00:59:21.840 --> 00:59:24.400 sort of feelings out is I, I write, I write 912 00:59:24.420 --> 00:59:27.610 a lot. And I, I wrote immediately after that, that 913 00:59:27.630 --> 00:59:29.969 I felt like my grandpa had died. that I felt 914 00:59:30.300 --> 00:59:33.110 like it was kind of a weird situation where I 915 00:59:33.329 --> 00:59:36.269 haven't actually felt an emotional connection like that to the 916 00:59:36.329 --> 00:59:39.650 death of a celebrity before, despite the fact that I 917 00:59:39.690 --> 00:59:42.570 have infinite respect for people like Dolly Parton. I didn't 918 00:59:42.650 --> 00:59:45.590 cry over Dolly Parton. I have infinite respect over so 919 00:59:45.630 --> 00:59:48.750 many people we've lost over the years. But for whatever reason, 920 00:59:48.809 --> 00:59:50.590 I shed a tear over Patrick Stewart. And I think 921 00:59:50.630 --> 00:59:54.789 it was because he influenced me the most when I 922 00:59:54.829 --> 00:59:57.530 was in a really, it was like how things affect 923 00:59:57.570 --> 01:00:00.630 you more in life when they happen at certain moments 924 01:00:00.869 --> 01:00:03.630 when you're in a flux or when you're in change 925 01:00:03.650 --> 01:00:06.590 or when you're in distress or that kind of stuff. 926 01:00:06.630 --> 01:00:08.989 And that sort of like era of the late 80s 927 01:00:09.050 --> 01:00:11.309 into the early 90s for me personally was a time 928 01:00:11.369 --> 01:00:14.300 when I was losing connection with my family. I was 929 01:00:14.360 --> 01:00:16.820 venturing out on my own. I wasn't really sure what 930 01:00:16.840 --> 01:00:19.320 was going on. I was experiencing a lot of things 931 01:00:19.400 --> 01:00:22.429 for the first time. And One of the things that 932 01:00:22.530 --> 01:00:26.070 seemed to be really grounding for me was this next 933 01:00:26.110 --> 01:00:31.360 generation thing. For whatever reason, it was a time when 934 01:00:31.420 --> 01:00:36.059 my family would actually get together and watch science fiction. 935 01:00:36.440 --> 01:00:39.019 Are you kidding me? I got my family to somehow 936 01:00:39.099 --> 01:00:42.940 sit down and watch science fiction. I was in charge 937 01:00:42.980 --> 01:00:46.449 of the television for one hour a week. And I 938 01:00:46.750 --> 01:00:50.570 asked my family, will you please join me? to experience 939 01:00:50.610 --> 01:00:53.150 this thing. And so for me, this was like high 940 01:00:53.190 --> 01:00:55.760 school into college years. So I did this with my family. 941 01:00:55.780 -->

01:00:58.699 I moved on to college. I eventually did it with 942 01:00:58.780 --> 01:01:01.280 friends at college in big groups and it became a 943 01:01:01.300 --> 01:01:05.599 whole thing. Super influenced my life at the time. It 944 01:01:05.639 --> 01:01:10.139 influenced my sense of morality. It influenced my sense of justice. 945 01:01:10.800 --> 01:01:13.920 It influenced my sense of just like what a male 946 01:01:13.940 --> 01:01:20.429 is capable of. in terms of emotional expression and that 947 01:01:20.449 --> 01:01:23.869 kind of stuff. So I don't know, man, for me, 948 01:01:24.070 --> 01:01:29.389 Patrick Stewart meant just so much. And I think like 949 01:01:29.449 --> 01:01:32.550 if we're to honor Patrick Stewart, like for me, honoring 950 01:01:32.590 --> 01:01:37.269 Patrick Stewart through the kind of Jean-Luc Picard lens, which 951 01:01:37.329 --> 01:01:39.570 is the way that I just said that I, you know, 952 01:01:40.369 --> 01:01:44.190 feel like I most identify with him. I think we 953 01:01:44.230 --> 01:01:47.769 have to kind of go to those sort of key episodes, 954 01:01:47.789 --> 01:01:51.409 those key moments when the writers of The Next Generation 955 01:01:51.449 --> 01:01:56.099 were totally synergistic with the actor that they had available 956 01:01:56.219 --> 01:02:00.119 to deliver the lines that would become things that could 957 01:02:00.199 --> 01:02:04.389 change a generation. And I'm talking about episodes like The Drumhead. 958 01:02:05.130 --> 01:02:09.070 And you think about that, you can't really say the 959 01:02:09.150 --> 01:02:11.150 quote from The Drumhead because it's a long speech. 960 01:02:11.170 --> 01:02:11.489 But that. 961 01:02:13.369 --> 01:02:15.610 That speech that he gives in the drum head, you know, 962 01:02:15.630 --> 01:02:17.289 a huge component of it is like somebody had to 963 01:02:17.329 --> 01:02:18.030 write that stuff. 964 01:02:18.230 --> 01:02:18.429 Right. 965 01:02:18.650 --> 01:02:21.800 But I feel like an even larger component is somebody 966 01:02:21.860 --> 01:02:26.440 has to deliver that stuff. And with somebody like Patrick Stewart, 967 01:02:26.480 --> 01:02:29.719 who has the talent and the gravitas and the ability 968 01:02:29.739 --> 01:02:33.530 to just understand the weight of the words that he's saying, 969 01:02:34.349 --> 01:02:36.550 it just takes things like that from level 9.5 up 970 01:02:36.570 --> 01:02:37.150 to level 11. 971 01:02:37.150 --> 01:02:37.309 Right. 972 01:02:37.329 --> 01:02:42.170 Which by the way, he was a, He was a 973 01:02:42.210 --> 01:02:44.570 huge fan of those guys. He was a huge, huge 974 01:02:44.679 --> 01:02:49.760 Monty Python fan. He loved satire. He goofy humor of 975 01:02:49.880 --> 01:02:53.300 all different ilks, which I just think is fun because 976 01:02:53.539 --> 01:02:56.260 you know, I do too. So, uh, so yeah, so, uh, 977 01:02:56.659 --> 01:02:59.079 I don't want to like belabor my, my feelings about him, 978 01:02:59.099 --> 01:03:01.119 but I did want to, I want to take seven 979 01:03:01.199 --> 01:03:03.929 points that were kind of cool trivia things that I 980 01:03:03.969 --> 01:03:06.809 learned about him over the last few years that I 981 01:03:06.849 --> 01:03:08.250 just wanted to share with you guys. I'm not sure 982 01:03:08.269 --> 01:03:10.550 if you, if you know these or not, but, uh, 983 01:03:11.110 --> 01:03:14.429 So let's talk about his relationship with Brent Spiner and 984 01:03:14.449 --> 01:03:18.929 the character Data, right? So prior to The Next Generation, 985 01:03:19.610 --> 01:03:22.230 if you were to ask any person who worked at 986 01:03:22.389 --> 01:03:26.590 IBM or whatever other companies were around at the time, 987 01:03:26.630 --> 01:03:29.769 computer-style companies that were around at that time, how to 988 01:03:29.809 --> 01:03:35.769 pronounce the word D-A-T-A, they would have said Data. That 989 01:03:35.829 --> 01:03:39.690 was the common American pronunciation of that word. Patrick Stewart, 990 01:03:39.909 --> 01:03:45.679 in delivering Data's name, used the British pronunciation Data. And 991 01:03:45.800 --> 01:03:50.039 as a result, I think actually changed the way that 992 01:03:50.099 --> 01:03:55.989 Americans say that. We now default to saying Data, whereas 30... 993 01:03:55.989 --> 01:03:59.309 40 years ago, we would have defaulted to say Patrick 994 01:03:59.329 --> 01:04:03.550 Stewart's pronunciation of the writer's writing literally changed the language 995 01:04:03.610 --> 01:04:06.820 that we use in the United States. Point number one. 996 01:04:07.159 --> 01:04:09.400 Point number two, I already talked about him being a 997 01:04:09.460 --> 01:04:11.960 huge Monty Python fan, which I think is great. He 998 01:04:12.000 --> 01:04:15.260 was actually really close friends with Graham Chapman in addition, 999 01:04:15.820 --> 01:04:19.460 and he always wanted to be part of Monty Python. 1000 01:04:19.579 --> 01:04:23.619 And they always said that they actually publicly announced at 1001 01:04:23.719 --> 01:04:25.940 one point that if there was ever a reunion tour, 1002 01:04:26.710 --> 01:04:28.989 that Patrick Stewart was going to be the guy who 1003 01:04:29.030 --> 01:04:31.849 filled in for Chapman. So I would have loved to 1004 01:04:31.869 --> 01:04:33.889 have seen that. That would have been so, so fun. 1005 01:04:34.130 --> 01:04:35.929 He also lamented the fact that he never got to 1006 01:04:35.969 --> 01:04:38.590 be part of the Harry Potter franchise. He always wanted 1007 01:04:38.659 --> 01:04:42.500 to be. He was also the original voiceover guy for 1008 01:04:42.519 --> 01:04:45.780 The Nightmare Before Christmas. Many people don't know that that 1009 01:04:45.940 --> 01:04:47.679 film originally had more narration. 1010 01:04:48.179 --> 01:04:48.429 In it. 1011 01:04:48.610 --> 01:04:50.190 Tim Burton took a lot of that out of the 1012 01:04:50.250 --> 01:04:53.909

final cut. And if you listen to Danny Elfman's soundtrack, 1013 01:04:53.949 --> 01:04:56.170 you actually get to hear a little bit of Patrick 1014 01:04:56.230 --> 01:04:57.989 Stewart on the soundtrack that you didn't get to hear 1015 01:04:58.010 --> 01:05:00.070 in the movie. So that's pretty cool. I also think 1016 01:05:00.090 --> 01:05:03.010 that it's cool that Gene Roddenberry named his character after 1017 01:05:03.289 --> 01:05:09.320 Jacques Cousteau's close friend, Picard. And the word Picard actually 1018 01:05:09.360 --> 01:05:13.559 has a meaning in French. It means pike handler. So 1019 01:05:13.579 --> 01:05:15.739 the guy who has the pike up front and takes 1020 01:05:15.820 --> 01:05:17.829 the first hit, that's a Picard. 1021 01:05:18.190 --> 01:05:18.750 Fascinating. 1022 01:05:19.289 --> 01:05:21.789 Something that touches me personally is I'm a huge comic 1023 01:05:21.809 --> 01:05:23.989 book fan. I read a ton of comic books in 1024 01:05:24.010 --> 01:05:25.869 a year. I can't even tell you how many pages. 1025 01:05:26.510 --> 01:05:27.989 And Picard, or Picard. 1026 01:05:28.010 --> 01:05:28.949 See, there I go. 1027 01:05:29.170 --> 01:05:33.230 Patrick Stewart was a huge fan of the book series Transmetrop, 1028 01:05:33.409 --> 01:05:35.610 which I don't know if you've ever read that or not. 1029 01:05:35.710 --> 01:05:39.280 It's by Warren Ellis. It follows the adventure of journalist 1030 01:05:39.480 --> 01:05:43.239 Spider Jerusalem in a future of paranoia and corruption. Turns 1031 01:05:43.300 --> 01:05:45.179 out Patrick Stewart was a huge fan of that series 1032 01:05:45.639 --> 01:05:48.570 and always thought that it had a lot of complexity, 1033 01:05:48.590 --> 01:05:51.190 a lot of depth to it. He enjoys the main 1034 01:05:51.250 --> 01:05:56.329 character's brutality and hostility towards this world as a desire 1035 01:05:56.389 --> 01:05:59.429 that we all sometimes feel. Patrick Stewart seemed like the 1036 01:05:59.469 --> 01:06:01.739 kind of guy who did wear his heart on his sleeve, 1037 01:06:01.780 --> 01:06:05.900 and I really appreciated that about him. Last but not least, Charles, 1038 01:06:05.980 --> 01:06:08.809 this one is for you. I didn't realize this until 1039 01:06:08.849 --> 01:06:11.530 yesterday when I did a little extra research that Patrick 1040 01:06:11.550 --> 01:06:15.289 Stewart was actually considered for the role of the master 1041 01:06:15.889 --> 01:06:20.719 in the television movie Doctor Who the Movie from 1996, 1042 01:06:20.719 --> 01:06:23.099 which was a role that, of course, eventually went to 1043 01:06:23.239 --> 01:06:27.199 actor Eric Roberts. So we almost had Patrick Stewart in 1044 01:06:27.239 --> 01:06:31.139 Doctor Who back in the 90s as well. There's so 1045 01:06:31.179 --> 01:06:33.920 much more I feel like I could say about Patrick Stewart, 1046 01:06:34.199 --> 01:06:36.440 the ways in which he touched me. I just like, 1047 01:06:36.639 --> 01:06:38.760 you know, we could talk about him forever. There's so 1048 01:06:38.780 --> 01:06:41.300 much cool stuff out there. I'm so excited to have 1049 01:06:41.340 --> 01:06:43.380 a body of work of his that I haven't yet 1050 01:06:43.480 --> 01:06:46.119 discovered that I need to go out and find. It 1051 01:06:46.179 --> 01:06:48.139 feels like kind of a cool adventure to go out 1052 01:06:48.159 --> 01:06:50.820 and now find all the Patrick Stewart that I haven't 1053 01:06:50.860 --> 01:06:54.289 yet seen. So, so long, Patrick. I'm sorry I never 1054 01:06:54.329 --> 01:06:56.929 got to meet you, buddy, but you are one hell 1055 01:06:57.210 --> 01:06:59.889 of a person and Picard will always be one of 1056 01:06:59.909 --> 01:07:01.070 my favorite characters of all time. 1057 01:07:01.230 --> 01:07:03.070 Well said, Eric. Well said. 1058 01:07:03.150 --> 01:07:05.670 And that swings us right around to Paul, who got 1059 01:07:05.690 --> 01:07:09.659 to hear everyone else, and he gets to express himself now. 1060 01:07:09.679 --> 01:07:11.300 The microphone is yours, Paul. 1061 01:07:12.280 --> 01:07:14.860 Thanks, brother. Thanks. Well, we went all over the place tonight, 1062 01:07:14.880 --> 01:07:16.760 so I don't want to belabor things too much, but 1063 01:07:17.079 --> 01:07:22.349 I'm a huge admirer of him. In school, I spent 1064 01:07:22.389 --> 01:07:25.150 a lot of time studying Renaissance Lit and Shakespeare. And 1065 01:07:25.210 --> 01:07:27.190 that was kind of my thing that I just loved 1066 01:07:27.289 --> 01:07:30.639 and a big influence for me. And I admire people 1067 01:07:30.679 --> 01:07:33.139 who come from the theater, I think, more than any 1068 01:07:33.260 --> 01:07:37.559 other type of actor, right? Especially folks who've been classically trained, 1069 01:07:37.840 --> 01:07:39.900 like Patrick Stewart was at the Old Vic on his 1070 01:07:39.940 --> 01:07:43.170 time in the Royal Shakespeare Company. And so he was 1071 01:07:43.269 --> 01:07:46.429 able to bring so much more to his development of 1072 01:07:46.489 --> 01:07:50.190 the character because I think he, one of the geniuses 1073 01:07:50.230 --> 01:07:55.489 of what made his performances, Jean-Luc Picard, so powerful you know, lasting, 1074 01:07:55.710 --> 01:08:00.250 is he treated that world of an imaginary future like 1075 01:08:00.269 --> 01:08:02.559 it was a real place, like it was as grounded as, 1076 01:08:02.599 --> 01:08:06.119 he treated it like another type of history play, a 1077 01:08:06.159 --> 01:08:08.480 history that hasn't yet happened yet, but he treated it 1078 01:08:09.039 --> 01:08:13.260 very realistically. And his character was just such a man 1079 01:08:13.869 --> 01:08:18.130 grounded in reason, which I think that we so often 1080 01:08:18.170 --> 01:08:21.289 find ourselves just so woefully starved for. And he was 1081 01:08:21.329 --> 01:08:25.930 a man of great dignity. Especially, I think, V touched 1082

01:08:26.010 --> 01:08:29.189 on this at first, I think, when this next-gen first 1083 01:08:29.229 --> 01:08:30.949 came out, we didn't know what the hell this was. 1084 01:08:30.989 --> 01:08:32.960 It was so different, and it was such a clunky 1085 01:08:33.000 --> 01:08:36.699 first season, right, that we were old-school Captain Kirk fans. 1086 01:08:37.359 --> 01:08:39.340 They found him a bit of a cold vision i 1087 01:08:39.359 --> 01:08:40.880 was gonna. 1088 01:08:40.319 --> 01:08:42.380 I was gonna say paul that for me i was 1089 01:08:42.439 --> 01:08:44.939 expect i was so excited when next generation first came 1090 01:08:44.960 --> 01:08:46.930 because i was like oh man we're finally gonna get 1091 01:08:46.970 --> 01:08:49.449 a new take and it's gonna be totally different and 1092 01:08:49.489 --> 01:08:52.770 then that first season had the same backdrops and the 1093 01:08:52.850 --> 01:08:55.329 same lighting and the same kind of feeling i was 1094 01:08:55.350 --> 01:08:58.159 like shit it's the same goddamn show what's going on. 1095 01:09:00.000 --> 01:09:03.199 But but you know fortunately i think he all the 1096 01:09:03.239 --> 01:09:06.569 cast rallied around patrick stewart as a leader right as 1097 01:09:06.810 --> 01:09:11.069 somebody who led theatrical companies his entire career since you 1098 01:09:11.109 --> 01:09:14.539 know back in the 50s right long time and And 1099 01:09:14.560 --> 01:09:17.260 it had been in some of the greatest ensemble work ever, 1100 01:09:17.319 --> 01:09:19.899 like I, Claudius, for example. If you've never seen that, 1101 01:09:20.220 --> 01:09:23.680 it's available. You can rent it. It's incredible. Watch it 1102 01:09:23.739 --> 01:09:28.560 on any platform. But he evolved the character, and he 1103 01:09:28.600 --> 01:09:32.020 made the character as real as a Shakespearean character, as 1104 01:09:32.180 --> 01:09:35.739 real as any king who's got dilemmas, who's got conflicts, 1105 01:09:35.810 --> 01:09:38.989 who's got battles, who's able to be a mentor for 1106 01:09:39.010 --> 01:09:41.560 a character. I don't think you get... He gets enough 1107 01:09:41.640 --> 01:09:45.020 talk about what a mentor he is for Worf in 1108 01:09:45.060 --> 01:09:49.279 his growth, especially during Worf's whole discommendation period, right? When 1109 01:09:49.300 --> 01:09:54.029 he stands up alongside him at Kronos, right? And was 1110 01:09:54.069 --> 01:09:57.449 willing to be his Chadich. And it's an expression of 1111 01:09:58.050 --> 01:10:01.449 dignity and belief in somebody. When he stands up alongside 1112 01:10:01.590 --> 01:10:05.180 Data in Measure of a Man, he says that people 1113 01:10:05.220 --> 01:10:09.779 have fundamental human rights, regardless of their species or race. 1114 01:10:10.060 --> 01:10:13.659 who they are, there's the dignity of life, there are 1115 01:10:13.699 --> 01:10:17.859 civil rights, there's a humanity to every being that has 1116 01:10:17.880 --> 01:10:21.060 to be acknowledged. And that was always woven throughout the character, right? 1117 01:10:21.119 --> 01:10:23.380 You would see that when he would encounter somebody like, 1118 01:10:23.399 --> 01:10:27.159 you know, the great episode Darmok, right? I mean, it's amazing. 1119 01:10:27.479 --> 01:10:29.960 It's like the whole idea of you've got somebody who 1120 01:10:29.979 --> 01:10:33.369 doesn't even remotely, an alien who doesn't even remotely speak 1121 01:10:33.390 --> 01:10:35.850 the same language and you have no way of communicating 1122 01:10:36.109 --> 01:10:38.430 and the way they were able to find common ground 1123 01:10:38.489 --> 01:10:42.970 and understanding together. just through, you know, shared experience and 1124 01:10:43.130 --> 01:10:47.090 patience and empathy. And that was woven throughout all of 1125 01:10:47.130 --> 01:10:50.270 his performances, I think. Really, really just phenomenal. And then 1126 01:10:50.310 --> 01:10:52.680 I like the fact that, you know, in addition to 1127 01:10:52.739 --> 01:10:57.279 all of that grounded historical Shakespearean approach, he was able 1128 01:10:57.300 --> 01:11:00.779 to be really vulnerable on camera in, you know, a 1129 01:11:00.819 --> 01:11:03.279 couple of roles in particular. Chain of Command, I think 1130 01:11:03.340 --> 01:11:06.199 more than anything else, where he was able to express 1131 01:11:06.300 --> 01:11:08.909 what it was like to be a Somebody who had 1132 01:11:08.970 --> 01:11:12.390 been tortured. And he was contacted many times by people 1133 01:11:12.409 --> 01:11:15.609 who had been tortured in their real lives. In political 1134 01:11:15.649 --> 01:11:18.810 situations or war situations. And they talked to him about 1135 01:11:18.850 --> 01:11:22.170 how moved and how helpful that performance was for them 1136 01:11:22.229 --> 01:11:25.989 to recover. Because you match that up against what happened 1137 01:11:26.010 --> 01:11:27.750 to him in Best of Both Worlds. Where he gets 1138 01:11:27.770 --> 01:11:33.550 to play Locutus. And then brilliantly after that two-parter, the 1139 01:11:33.590 --> 01:11:37.239 follow-up episode, Family. because which I would argue is almost 1140 01:11:37.300 --> 01:11:39.659 even more important than best of both worlds is because 1141 01:11:39.899 --> 01:11:44.350 he's showing how somebody who's endured tremendous invasive personal trauma 1142 01:11:44.569 --> 01:11:47.670 is able to try to find a way back and 1143 01:11:47.770 --> 01:11:50.510 to recover from that trauma. And so I think it's, again, 1144 01:11:50.569 --> 01:11:52.810 it's just being willing to be vulnerable to show that 1145 01:11:52.850 --> 01:11:56.510 you can, you know, there can be healing from the 1146 01:11:56.569 --> 01:11:58.810 worst things that happened to you. And to me, that's the, 1147 01:11:59.270 --> 01:12:01.390 That's going to a place as an actor that I 1148 01:12:01.409 --> 01:12:03.069 think a lot of people would not

be willing to do. 1149 01:12:03.250 --> 01:12:06.989 And he just brought such humanity and dignity and reason 1150 01:12:07.300 --> 01:12:11.189 to that performance throughout as John Luke Picard. And in particular, 1151 01:12:11.220 --> 01:12:14.020 I think that one of the reasons we will always 1152 01:12:14.039 --> 01:12:17.060 think that his role was cast such a long shadow, 1153 01:12:17.460 --> 01:12:21.279 it was when something was wrong, despite the risks to 1154 01:12:21.520 --> 01:12:25.000 himself or his reputation or what have you, or his 1155 01:12:25.100 --> 01:12:28.279 rank or his position in Starfleet, he would always call 1156 01:12:28.319 --> 01:12:30.760 it out. He was always somebody who would be willing 1157 01:12:30.800 --> 01:12:33.380 to speak truth to power and to say, I'm sorry, 1158 01:12:33.420 --> 01:12:37.420 but what you're saying is wrong. It cannot be. It's 1159 01:12:37.460 --> 01:12:40.579 wrong to do that to somebody. It's wrong to oppress somebody. 1160 01:12:40.640 --> 01:12:44.720 It's wrong to ignore something that's hurting. You must act 1161 01:12:45.420 --> 01:12:48.199 or speak out against it. I think if I can 1162 01:12:48.239 --> 01:12:51.409 take away any lesson from the work of Patrick Stewart, 1163 01:12:51.649 --> 01:12:54.130 it's that we must speak out and that silence is 1164 01:12:54.149 --> 01:12:58.399 oppressive behavior. for all of us. We cannot endure that. 1165 01:12:58.619 --> 01:13:02.829 It's fun to think back. Eric's talking about performances he 1166 01:13:02.850 --> 01:13:05.310 may not have seen before. I'm hoping you've seen him 1167 01:13:05.350 --> 01:13:08.270 in both Dune and Excalibur when he was first getting 1168 01:13:08.649 --> 01:13:11.050 his feet wet in Hollywood. It's really fun to see 1169 01:13:11.090 --> 01:13:14.100 him in David Lynch's Dune, but I'm betting a lot 1170 01:13:14.140 --> 01:13:17.159 of people haven't seen him in a picture from, oh God, 1171 01:13:17.199 --> 01:13:19.579 when was it? 2000-something. 2015, 14, I want to say. 1172 01:13:19.880 --> 01:13:25.479 But in a movie called Green Room, that got mentioned earlier, 1173 01:13:25.560 --> 01:13:27.960 where he plays the villain. He plays the bad guy. 1174 01:13:28.340 --> 01:13:31.380 And he's in it with Anton Yelchin, who played, of course, 1175 01:13:31.600 --> 01:13:34.760 Chekhov in the Star Trek movies. Those two cats together 1176 01:13:34.800 --> 01:13:36.560 in the same movie, it's kind of a treat. It's 1177 01:13:36.579 --> 01:13:38.390 kind of a wild thing to see. But to see 1178 01:13:38.430 --> 01:13:42.010 Patrick Stewart as an antagonist, as a ruthless, amoral man, 1179 01:13:42.090 --> 01:13:45.270 it's fascinating to see. So dive into his work. And 1180 01:13:46.050 --> 01:13:48.170 if you really want to make the spirit of Patrick 1181 01:13:48.210 --> 01:13:52.189 Stewart smile and feel rekindled, treat yourself to some Shakespeare. 1182 01:13:52.979 --> 01:13:54.380 if you haven't had a chance to go see a 1183 01:13:54.399 --> 01:13:57.840 Shakespeare play in a while, it's like nothing else. And it's, 1184 01:13:58.039 --> 01:14:01.520 it's a way to really experience, re-experience your humanity. So 1185 01:14:02.359 --> 01:14:05.399 I will be remembering him fondly for a long, long time. 1186 01:14:05.680 --> 01:14:08.430 And I think he definitely represents the best of us. 1187 01:14:08.550 --> 01:14:10.369 And I just, I just want to wrap up by 1188 01:14:10.390 --> 01:14:14.029 saying after he died, my wife and I actually went back. 1189 01:14:13.890 --> 01:14:16.909 And we watched Star Trek, the car all the way through. 1190 01:14:17.649 --> 01:14:18.670 And if you guys haven't. 1191 01:14:18.489 --> 01:14:20.670 Watched, I know a lot of people complained about it, 1192 01:14:20.689 --> 01:14:23.859 but now that he's gone, Go back and watch it. 1193 01:14:24.239 --> 01:14:26.319 The season two, which takes a lot of. 1194 01:14:26.340 --> 01:14:31.800 Grief, when Q shows up and says to Picard that 1195 01:14:31.859 --> 01:14:36.579 he didn't want Picard to die alone, I'm going to. 1196 01:14:37.159 --> 01:14:38.579 Q saying this to Picard. 1197 01:14:39.260 --> 01:14:41.720 And that's why he created that whole world so that 1198 01:14:41.760 --> 01:14:44.800 Picard would learn and he wouldn't die alone. And then 1199 01:14:44.859 --> 01:14:48.140 at the end, when Q uses his power for the 1200 01:14:48.199 --> 01:14:53.090 last time and he is dying alone, Picard gives him 1201 01:14:53.149 --> 01:14:55.109 a hug and says, you were never alone. 1202 01:14:56.010 --> 01:15:03.850 And it's a beautiful moment because it's so Picard. It's 1203 01:15:03.890 --> 01:15:06.369 a beautiful moment. If you guys poo-pooed all over. 1204 01:15:06.270 --> 01:15:08.239 Season two and you didn't watch, you didn't like it, 1205 01:15:09.029 --> 01:15:11.109 I implore you to give it a chance and watch 1206 01:15:11.170 --> 01:15:11.729 it again. 1207 01:15:12.170 --> 01:15:15.850 It had me bawling like a baby. I admit it. 1208 01:15:16.420 --> 01:15:16.880 It did. 1209 01:15:17.079 --> 01:15:20.439 And it was a beautiful moment between John Delancey and 1210 01:15:20.500 --> 01:15:24.130 Patrick Stewart that I'm glad we have it on film. 1211 01:15:24.710 --> 01:15:28.329 So one other thing, which Charles had reminded me of, 1212 01:15:29.029 --> 01:15:32.060 the Patrick Stewart Make It So biography. I have the 1213 01:15:32.100 --> 01:15:34.340 autographed copy, but I didn't want to read the book. 1214 01:15:34.600 --> 01:15:35.899 I got the audio book. 1215 01:15:36.039 --> 01:15:39.300 There it is. Paul's got it. The audio book. 1216 01:15:39.619 --> 01:15:43.340 And I highly recommend the audio book because Sir Patrick 1217 01:15:43.380 --> 01:15:44.800 Stewart reads it himself. 1218 01:15:45.659 --> 01:15:47.199 And what more can you ask for? 1219 01:15:47.220 --> 01:15:50.510 You can just sit back, close your eyes, and listen

1220 01:15:50.529 --> 01:15:53.680 to Sir Patrick Stewart read tell his own story. 1221 01:15:54.539 --> 01:15:56.060 It's awesome. 1222 01:15:56.300 --> 01:15:59.819 So yeah, Jim, one of the, I don't know, not 1223 01:15:59.840 --> 01:16:01.680 to belabor it too much, but one of the interesting 1224 01:16:01.720 --> 01:16:05.010 things about this biography was that after I read it, 1225 01:16:05.890 --> 01:16:10.590 I both somehow respected Sir Patrick more and thought he 1226 01:16:10.630 --> 01:16:14.750 was more of a jerk as well. Like somehow the, 1227 01:16:15.630 --> 01:16:19.689 like this biography reveals some of his like underlying jerky 1228 01:16:19.729 --> 01:16:23.180 nature and but the fact that he's also fundamentally a 1229 01:16:23.239 --> 01:16:26.220 really good human being. So it's totally worth a read, 1230 01:16:26.300 --> 01:16:28.539 even if you're not a biography person, if you're a 1231 01:16:28.539 --> 01:16:31.729 Star Trek fan. And it's relatively short. It's 220, 30, 1232 01:16:31.699 --> 01:16:34.310 40 pages, something like that. 1233 01:16:34.359 --> 01:16:35.930 It's not big. 1234 01:16:35.989 --> 01:16:38.550 You could probably knock that out at the weekend if 1235 01:16:38.590 --> 01:16:39.970 you had your hammock. 1236 01:16:41.789 --> 01:16:46.890 Definitely worthwhile, for sure. So I have one more thing. 1237 01:16:47.779 --> 01:16:49.109 that I want to play for you guys. 1238 01:16:49.310 --> 01:16:52.449 And this was Patrick Stewart's farewell. It would turn out 1239 01:16:52.489 --> 01:16:57.430 to be his farewell video. He recorded this sonnet approximately 1240 01:16:57.489 --> 01:17:01.210 a week or so before he passed away. And so 1241 01:17:01.270 --> 01:17:04.409 I just wanted to share this with you guys. 1242 01:17:05.069 --> 01:17:06.100 David, if you will. 1243 01:17:10.500 --> 01:17:19.020 Well, this is where it all started. Sonnet 116. And 1244 01:17:19.600 --> 01:17:24.140 because I know it and I love it, I'm going 1245 01:17:24.159 --> 01:17:33.210 to do it again. Let me not, to the marriage 1246 01:17:33.270 --> 01:17:39.630 of true minds, admit impediments. Love is not love which 1247 01:17:39.869 --> 01:17:45.649 alters when its alteration finds or bends with the remover 1248 01:17:46.069 --> 01:17:46.789 to remove. 1249 01:17:47.689 --> 01:17:47.930 Oh, no. 1250 01:17:49.689 --> 01:17:55.890 It is an ever-fixed mark that looks on tempests and 1251 01:17:55.989 --> 01:18:01.029 is never shaken it is the star to every wandering 1252 01:18:01.189 --> 01:18:08.350 bark whose worth's unknown although his height be taken loves 1253 01:18:09.310 --> 01:18:17.119 not time's fool though rosy lips and cheeks within his 1254 01:18:17.319 --> 01:18:24.840 bending sickles compass come. Love alters not with his brief 1255 01:18:25.000 --> 01:18:30.920 hours and weeks, but bears it out even to the 1256 01:18:31.229 --> 01:18:32.590 edge of doom. 1257 01:18:34.970 --> 01:18:40.729 If this be error and upon me proved, I never 1258 01:18:40.829 --> 01:18:45.310 writ nor no man ever loved. 1259 01:18:48.989 --> 01:18:49.310 Thank you. 1260 01:18:52.590 --> 01:18:56.409 And that would be Patrick Stewart's final recorded message. So 1261 01:18:57.109 --> 01:18:59.010 I really thought it was important to play that to 1262 01:18:59.090 --> 01:19:04.630 you guys tonight to wrap up our Patrick Stewart tribute. 1263 01:19:04.670 --> 01:19:07.350 So anybody have anything else they want to add before 1264 01:19:07.409 --> 01:19:10.149 we Lighten things up a little bit here. 1265 01:19:11.750 --> 01:19:12.069 Yes. 1266 01:19:13.390 --> 01:19:19.710 One of the things to get an idea how Patrick 1267 01:19:19.729 --> 01:19:23.930 Stewart was, 2020 when we had. 1268 01:19:23.430 --> 01:19:27.189 The shutdown for COVID, people couldn't get out and do anything. 1269 01:19:27.380 --> 01:19:31.039 So what did Patrick Stewart start doing? He started reading sonnets, 1270 01:19:31.239 --> 01:19:35.279 a sonnet a day. And it was always fun to just, okay, 1271 01:19:36.100 --> 01:19:38.880 Go sometime during the day, go to Facebook. Let me 1272 01:19:38.920 --> 01:19:42.359 hear Patrick's latest sonnet that he read from Shakespeare. And 1273 01:19:42.399 --> 01:19:45.060 that's how he sat there and supported his audience. 1274 01:19:45.340 --> 01:19:46.439 Absolutely. 1275 01:19:46.479 --> 01:19:49.699 So if I could just say real quick, it's not 1276 01:19:49.739 --> 01:19:53.390 really connected to Jean-Luc Picard, but you can look it up. 1277 01:19:53.430 --> 01:19:58.130 There's a breed of dog from France named the Berger Picard. 1278 01:19:59.170 --> 01:20:01.310 And if I ever get one, I would have to 1279 01:20:01.350 --> 01:20:02.890 get a boy and I would have to name it 1280 01:20:02.970 --> 01:20:08.390 Jean-Luc Picard. But you can look them up. Just saying. 1281 01:20:08.609 --> 01:20:11.529 So every week I do Uncle Jim's Movie Pick of 1282 01:20:11.550 --> 01:20:13.890 the Week. And I decided this week it would be 1283 01:20:13.909 --> 01:20:17.310 the Patrick Stewart special. And so I've gone back and 1284 01:20:17.350 --> 01:20:19.510 I've tried to pick movies that I think would be right. 1285 01:20:19.550 --> 01:20:22.680 He's been in so many. I'm sure I'm missing your favorite. 1286 01:20:23.689 --> 01:20:25.399 But I tried to pick movies that I think our 1287 01:20:25.500 --> 01:20:29.199 fans and our listeners and our followers might be interested in. 1288 01:20:29.260 --> 01:20:32.470 Maybe they haven't seen, never heard of. So we're going 1289 01:20:32.489 --> 01:20:34.550 to have a little bit of fun right now with 1290 01:20:34.590 --> 01:20:39.229 Patrick Stewart's career. So we're going to start off with 1291 01:20:39.369 --> 01:20:44.239 number one on my list, which was Life Force. It 1292 01:20:44.260 --> 01:20:47.659 was a 1985 British science fiction horror film directed by 1293 01:20:47.760 --> 01:20:51.760 Tobey Hooper, starring Steve

Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finley, and 1294 01:20:51.800 --> 01:20:55.760 Matilda May, based on the Colin Wilson 1976 novel The 1295 01:20:55.840 --> 01:21:00.310 Space Vampires. The film portrays the events that unfold when 1296 01:21:00.350 --> 01:21:03.470 a trio of humanoids in a state of suspended animation 1297 01:21:03.630 --> 01:21:06.750 are brought to Earth after being discovered in the hold 1298 01:21:06.789 --> 01:21:10.109 of an alien spaceship by the crew of the European 1299 01:21:10.210 --> 01:21:14.109 Space Shuttle. Patrick Stewart does not star in this movie, 1300 01:21:14.689 --> 01:21:20.680 but this movie does have his first on-screen kiss. Paul, 1301 01:21:21.000 --> 01:21:23.779 do you know the name of the character that Patrick 1302 01:21:23.800 --> 01:21:25.279 Stewart played in Life Force? 1303 01:21:25.359 --> 01:21:25.659 Yeah. 1304 01:21:26.439 --> 01:21:27.739 I actually don't, Uncle Jim. 1305 01:21:27.779 --> 01:21:31.619 Not at this moment. 1306 01:21:31.739 --> 01:21:34.390 I really enjoyed hearing the sonnet. I thought that was great. 1307 01:21:36.149 --> 01:21:37.170 Hard to get past that. 1308 01:21:37.449 --> 01:21:43.369 Anybody have a clue? This is an obscure one. Whitney 1309 01:21:43.409 --> 01:21:45.560 knows it, though. I can see it written on her face. 1310 01:21:45.939 --> 01:21:46.159 No. 1311 01:21:47.260 --> 01:21:47.939 Unfortunately not. 1312 01:21:47.960 --> 01:21:49.420 I don't know. 1313 01:21:49.520 --> 01:21:50.659 If I was to guess, they usually. 1314 01:21:55.710 --> 01:21:58.869 Choose the name of like an astronaut so probably some 1315 01:21:58.989 --> 01:21:59.930 astronaut like. 1316 01:21:59.869 --> 01:22:05.609 Ride or um so patrick stewart played a pathologist in 1317 01:22:05.649 --> 01:22:08.680 this in this movie who was studying the dead vampire 1318 01:22:09.239 --> 01:22:13.340 by the name of dr armstrong so you can check 1319 01:22:13.380 --> 01:22:15.020 patrick stewart out in life. 1320 01:22:15.659 --> 01:22:22.119 There is first on screen so wow there you have. 1321 01:22:21.840 --> 01:22:26.479 It that was out of nowhere Sorry. 1322 01:22:26.680 --> 01:22:32.020 He's the man. So let's go to 1999. Okay. To 1323 01:22:32.220 --> 01:22:33.399 A Christmas Carol. 1324 01:22:33.899 --> 01:22:36.590 Christmas Carol is a fantasy television film based on the 1325 01:22:36.619 --> 01:22:40.489 Charles Dickens 1843 novella A Christmas Carol that was first 1326 01:22:40.529 --> 01:22:46.390 televised on December 5th, 1999 on TNT. It was directed 1327 01:22:46.449 --> 01:22:50.310 by David Jones and stars Patrick Stewart and Richard E. 1328 01:22:50.430 --> 01:22:50.829 Grant. 1329 01:22:50.890 --> 01:22:57.430 Whitney, who does Patrick Stewart play in this classic television movie. 1330 01:22:57.810 --> 01:22:59.750 Oh, everyone could get Scrooge on that one, but I 1331 01:22:59.750 --> 01:23:00.470 happen to know that. 1332 01:23:03.270 --> 01:23:05.909 I knew you did. The fix

was in on that one. 1333 01:23:06.430 --> 01:23:08.810 This is a great version, by the way, if you 1334 01:23:08.850 --> 01:23:15.130 guys haven't seen it. It's phenomenal. Number three on our list, 1335 01:23:15.850 --> 01:23:19.409 The Dragon Rider. It tells the story of a fire 1336 01:23:19.449 --> 01:23:22.600 drake played by Thomas Brody. who wants to share an 1337 01:23:22.979 --> 01:23:26.039 older generation. He's a real dragon when he discovers that 1338 01:23:26.079 --> 01:23:29.909 humans are about to destroy the forest where the dragons reside. 1339 01:23:30.529 --> 01:23:33.670 He sets off on a daring crusade with his best friend, Soro, 1340 01:23:33.729 --> 01:23:36.970 played by Felicity Jones, in search of a mythical safe 1341 01:23:37.029 --> 01:23:40.420 haven in the Himalayas where dragons can live in peace. 1342 01:23:40.600 --> 01:23:43.979 On their quest, they encounter Ben, voiced by Freddie Highmore, 1343 01:23:44.430 --> 01:23:47.989 an orphan who they mistake for a dragon rider, and 1344 01:23:48.029 --> 01:23:52.489 the unlikely trio must work together. Patrick Stewart does star 1345 01:23:52.550 --> 01:23:58.109 in this movie. He voices a star in this movie. Charles, 1346 01:23:58.149 --> 01:24:00.819 do you know the character in this movie that Patrick 1347 01:24:00.840 --> 01:24:01.600 Stewart voices? 1348 01:24:01.619 --> 01:24:05.020 I'm not familiar with this one. 1349 01:24:05.159 --> 01:24:05.880 How about V? 1350 01:24:07.420 --> 01:24:07.640 No? 1351 01:24:07.840 --> 01:24:07.979 Okay. 1352 01:24:08.000 --> 01:24:08.279 Okay. 1353 01:24:08.899 --> 01:24:13.359 Well, speaking of what Paul said, Sir Patrick Storr actually 1354 01:24:13.479 --> 01:24:17.560 is a bad guy in this movie. He voices the villain, 1355 01:24:18.000 --> 01:24:22.949 Nedder Brand, who's trying to stop them from freeing the dragons. 1356 01:24:23.489 --> 01:24:26.510 So you guys can check out the Dragon Wire animated movie. 1357 01:24:26.670 --> 01:24:30.789 Sir Patrick Storr actually plays a bad guy. All right, 1358 01:24:31.369 --> 01:24:36.880 sticking with our animated dragons, motif. Our next one is 1359 01:24:36.960 --> 01:24:41.100 Dragonheart Battle for the Heartfire. It came out in 2017. 1360 01:24:41.100 --> 01:24:45.399 It's a fantasy adventure film directed by Patrick Severson. It 1361 01:24:45.460 --> 01:24:48.640 is the second directed video prequel to the 1996 film 1362 01:24:48.680 --> 01:24:51.859 Dragonheart and it takes place 50 years after that movie. 1363 01:24:52.520 --> 01:24:55.779 It follows the dragon Drago as he seeks to resolve 1364 01:24:55.800 --> 01:24:59.939 a fierce rivalry between royal twin siblings, each gifted with 1365 01:25:00.039 --> 01:25:04.579 unique dragon-like abilities, vying for their late grandfather's throne, while 1366 01:25:04.619 --> 01:25:10.020 a stolen source of dragon power threatens the realm. Does 1367 01:25:10.399 --> 01:25:15.060 anybody know the character, the dragon, that Patrick Stewart voices 1368 01:25:15.270 --> 01:25:15.939 in this one? 1369 01:25:16.430 --> 01:25:19.289 Yeah, you just said it. He plays the main dragon, Drago. 1370 01:25:20.229 --> 01:25:21.069 He plays Drago. 1371 01:25:22.390 --> 01:25:22.979 Good one, Jim. 1372 01:25:24.090 --> 01:25:29.649 This next one is a little bit off the cuff, 1373 01:25:29.710 --> 01:25:31.489 but it was interesting nonetheless. 1374 01:25:32.029 --> 01:25:34.710 Charlie's Angels. You guys all remember that. 1375 01:25:34.710 --> 01:25:39.539 2019 American action comedy film written and directed by Elizabeth 1376 01:25:39.600 --> 01:25:43.100 Banks from a story by David Auburn. Stars Kirsten Stort, 1377 01:25:43.140 --> 01:25:46.439 Naomi Scott, and Alva Balinski as a new generation of 1378 01:25:46.720 --> 01:25:51.359 angels who work for a private detective agency. Does anybody 1379 01:25:51.420 --> 01:25:53.779 know who Patrick Stort plays in this movie? 1380 01:25:55.180 --> 01:25:55.819 David does. 1381 01:25:56.539 --> 01:25:56.760 No? 1382 01:25:57.359 --> 01:25:59.079 I mean, he's got to be. I have not seen 1383 01:25:59.100 --> 01:26:02.680 this movie. But, like, there's only a couple of male 1384 01:26:02.720 --> 01:26:10.130 characters in Charlie's Angels. So maybe, like, Tom Bosley or Gaia. 1385 01:26:10.949 --> 01:26:13.609 Is that him? Yep. That's it. He plays Bosley. 1386 01:26:13.670 --> 01:26:17.300 He runs the detective agency that hires the Angels. I 1387 01:26:17.319 --> 01:26:20.319 haven't seen this one either, but maybe it's time to 1388 01:26:20.359 --> 01:26:22.939 watch it. Okay, this next one we've already talked about, 1389 01:26:23.180 --> 01:26:25.770 and I know you guys know it. Next on our 1390 01:26:25.810 --> 01:26:29.569 list is the 1984 movie Dune. It's an American epic 1391 01:26:29.630 --> 01:26:32.380 space opera film written and directed by David Lynch and 1392 01:26:32.399 --> 01:26:35.279 based on a 1965 novel of the same name by 1393 01:26:35.340 --> 01:26:36.039 Frank Ebert. 1394 01:26:36.539 --> 01:26:41.039 Come on, guys. Who does Patrick Stewart play? We know this. 1395 01:26:41.079 --> 01:26:42.220 We talked about it already. 1396 01:26:42.800 --> 01:26:43.180 Go ahead, Paul. 1397 01:26:43.199 --> 01:26:43.630 Who knows it? 1398 01:26:43.770 --> 01:26:44.050 Eric? 1399 01:26:44.399 --> 01:26:44.770 Paul? 1400 01:26:44.779 --> 01:26:46.470 I'll let Paul have it. 1401 01:26:46.470 --> 01:26:47.109 Gurney Halleck. 1402 01:26:47.270 --> 01:26:50.350 Yeah. Yeah. Gurney Halleck, that's right. 1403 01:26:51.060 --> 01:26:54.939 If you guys haven't read his biography, there's a great 1404 01:26:55.000 --> 01:26:59.380 story in this movie about him meeting Sting, who, of course, 1405 01:26:59.420 --> 01:27:02.050 was the lead singer of The Police, and the mistake 1406 01:27:02.100 --> 01:27:05.609 that Patrick Stewart made when he met him. 1407 01:27:06.399 --> 01:27:09.159 If you haven't read them out, check it out. It's 1408

01:27:09.239 --> 01:27:12.699 a funny, funny story. Okay. Dune. 1409 01:27:13.079 --> 01:27:17.300 The next one is a 2012 American fantasy stoner comedy 1410 01:27:17.340 --> 01:27:20.899 by the name of Ted. Directed and co-produced by Seth 1411 01:27:20.920 --> 01:27:26.680 MacFarlane and written by MacFarlane himself. Who does Picard, Patrick Stewart, 1412 01:27:26.739 --> 01:27:29.189 play in this movie? We already talked about it. He 1413 01:27:30.649 --> 01:27:31.210 doesn't actually. 1414 01:27:32.609 --> 01:27:34.590 Well, the narrator is a character. 1415 01:27:34.609 --> 01:27:35.210 True. 1416 01:27:37.920 --> 01:27:41.600 The narrator is a character yes and he's not there 1417 01:27:41.659 --> 01:27:45.180 on the screen right now but Ted and the sequel 1418 01:27:45.880 --> 01:27:51.239 alright number 8 is an American television sitcom called Blunt 1419 01:27:51.319 --> 01:27:54.720 Talk the show follows a British newscaster who moved to 1420 01:27:54.760 --> 01:27:59.270 Los Angeles does anybody know who he played in this 1421 01:27:59.369 --> 01:28:04.449 TV series no he played the lead character of Walter 1422 01:28:04.470 --> 01:28:08.500 Blunt Of course, Blunt taught. And by the way, the 1423 01:28:09.090 --> 01:28:13.329 character of Walter Blunt was named after William Shakespeare's Henry 1424 01:28:13.529 --> 01:28:16.369 IV Part I, which was Storr's first role with the 1425 01:28:16.409 --> 01:28:19.369 Royal Shakespeare Company. That's where they got the name of 1426 01:28:19.449 --> 01:28:20.170 that character. 1427 01:28:21.409 --> 01:28:21.750 All right. 1428 01:28:22.069 --> 01:28:23.189 Here's a great one. 1429 01:28:23.670 --> 01:28:28.430 This is the first movie that I saw with Patrick 1430 01:28:28.449 --> 01:28:29.010 Storr in it. 1431 01:28:29.699 --> 01:28:31.220 It was rated R at the time. 1432 01:28:31.600 --> 01:28:34.109 We had to sneak into the theater to see this movie. 1433 01:28:34.409 --> 01:28:36.649 So we had to buy tickets for Bambi, hide out 1434 01:28:36.670 --> 01:28:39.630 in the bathroom. After the ticket lady left the door, 1435 01:28:39.979 --> 01:28:44.779 we'd sneak in to see Excalibur so it came out 1436 01:28:44.899 --> 01:28:48.100 in 1981 it's a medieval fantasy film directed and co-written 1437 01:28:48.119 --> 01:28:51.659 by producer John Borman that retells the legend of King 1438 01:28:51.939 --> 01:28:56.529 Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and uh 1439 01:28:57.590 --> 01:29:00.090 This movie has some great actors in it that you 1440 01:29:00.130 --> 01:29:03.229 would recognize. Of course, Liam Neeson is in this movie. 1441 01:29:04.149 --> 01:29:08.550 Qui-Gon Jinn. And who else is in this movie? 1442 01:29:09.050 --> 01:29:09.949 Who plays.... 1443 01:29:11.229 --> 01:29:13.909 Yes, Helen Mirren is in this movie as well. You'll 1444 01:29:13.949 --> 01:29:17.760 recognize a lot of great actors in this movie. Paul, 1445 01:29:18.319 --> 01:29:22.100 who does Sir Patrick Stewart play in Excalibur? 1446 01:29:23.199 --> 01:29:26.439 Why, he plays King Leo de Grance, who is the 1447 01:29:26.619 --> 01:29:28.619 father of Queen Guinevere. 1448 01:29:28.659 --> 01:29:29.460 Yes. 1449 01:29:29.859 --> 01:29:32.039 In fact, I haven't seen it in a while, so 1450 01:29:32.079 --> 01:29:35.800 correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't he the only 1451 01:29:35.880 --> 01:29:40.039 knight that follows King Arthur when he pulls the stone? 1452 01:29:40.319 --> 01:29:43.239 All the other knights turn on him, but Sir Patrick 1453 01:29:43.680 --> 01:29:46.760 Leon de Grance follows King Arthur. 1454 01:29:46.840 --> 01:29:48.279 Isn't that how it went, I think? 1455 01:29:48.699 --> 01:29:51.760 Leo de Grance, yeah. He's certainly the most enthusiastic follower. 1456 01:29:52.489 --> 01:29:55.029 Yes, for sure. For sure. 1457 01:29:56.149 --> 01:29:59.729 Okay, here's the next one, which I haven't seen this 1458 01:29:59.770 --> 01:30:04.300 particular version yet. Moby Dick came out in 1998. It 1459 01:30:04.340 --> 01:30:08.720 was a television miniseries directed by Frank Rodman, based on 1460 01:30:08.779 --> 01:30:14.250 Herman Melville's 1851 novel of the same name. The episode 1461 01:30:14.310 --> 01:30:17.970 consists of two episodes, each running two hours each. 1462 01:30:18.989 --> 01:30:19.970 So, Whitney. 1463 01:30:20.760 --> 01:30:26.380 Whitney, who do you think Patrick Stewart plays in this classic? 1464 01:30:27.180 --> 01:30:31.039 David's waving his hand. I think David knows. David, I'll 1465 01:30:31.060 --> 01:30:32.560 give you a hint. It's not the Queens. 1466 01:30:34.439 --> 01:30:37.340 I think I've seen his movie and he played Ahab, right? 1467 01:30:38.140 --> 01:30:41.500 That's right. Captain Ahab. Captain Ahab. 1468 01:30:42.880 --> 01:30:45.800 This next one, we've talked about so many times. 1469 01:30:45.840 --> 01:30:47.779 We've heard so many people mention it tonight. 1470 01:30:48.600 --> 01:30:53.130 The X-Men series and Everybody knows by now who he 1471 01:30:53.189 --> 01:30:54.869 played in the X-Men movies. 1472 01:30:55.449 --> 01:31:03.310 Of course, he played Wolverine. Okay, so who did he play, Charles? 1473 01:31:03.409 --> 01:31:04.479 Charles Xavier. 1474 01:31:05.880 --> 01:31:07.760 Charles Professor X. 1475 01:31:09.020 --> 01:31:09.840 Professor X. 1476 01:31:10.119 --> 01:31:13.300 And the last one on my list, number 12, is 1477 01:31:13.319 --> 01:31:16.159 the Sheep Detective. We talked about this one earlier. It 1478 01:31:17.800 --> 01:31:21.970 came out in 2026. This was Stewart's last film role 1479 01:31:22.289 --> 01:31:25.149 that was released during his lifetime. This was the last 1480 01:31:25.210 --> 01:31:28.670 movie that he actually filmed and was released before he 1481 01:31:28.710 --> 01:31:34.069 passed away. And who does he voice in this movie, Eric? 1482 01:31:34.109 --> 01:31:38.930 He plays the Ram, Sir Richfield, and does a fantastic 1483 01:31:39.010

--> 01:31:41.289 job of it. This movie, you guys, if you haven't 1484 01:31:41.310 --> 01:31:46.489 seen this movie, it is absolutely delightful and you deserve 1485 01:31:46.529 --> 01:31:49.250 to treat yourself well. To see this movie. 1486 01:31:49.289 --> 01:31:49.829 No kidding. 1487 01:31:49.970 --> 01:31:50.729 It is so much fun. 1488 01:31:50.770 --> 01:31:52.270 I plan to see it. 1489 01:31:52.289 --> 01:31:55.909 I almost watched that today. And I did not for 1490 01:31:55.970 --> 01:31:58.560 whatever reason. But the one that did not make this 1491 01:31:58.619 --> 01:32:00.960 list is also the Emoji movie. 1492 01:32:02.500 --> 01:32:04.659 Where Patrick Stewart plays a shithead? 1493 01:32:05.319 --> 01:32:06.180 Yes, literally. 1494 01:32:08.119 --> 01:32:08.300 Yeah. 1495 01:32:08.859 --> 01:32:13.859 What's funny, I started watching this movie on streaming. started 1496 01:32:13.880 --> 01:32:14.680 to hear that voice. 1497 01:32:14.699 --> 01:32:15.680 Like, wait a minute, pause. 1498 01:32:15.720 --> 01:32:16.039 Wait a minute. 1499 01:32:16.079 --> 01:32:17.119 Is that Patrick Stewart? 1500 01:32:17.399 --> 01:32:17.760 Look up. 1501 01:32:17.819 --> 01:32:20.420 It's like, that's Patrick Stewart. It's like, wow. I didn't 1502 01:32:20.460 --> 01:32:21.699 realize he was in this movie. 1503 01:32:23.399 --> 01:32:24.159 Great character. 1504 01:32:24.199 --> 01:32:27.010 You know, it's hard when you look him up, he's 1505 01:32:27.029 --> 01:32:29.970 been in so many movies. It's hard to pick a couple, 1506 01:32:30.010 --> 01:32:32.569 but you know, I wanted to have some fun and 1507 01:32:32.609 --> 01:32:34.390 lighten things up a little bit and take a look 1508 01:32:34.449 --> 01:32:37.569 back at his career and the different things that he 1509 01:32:37.640 --> 01:32:41.310 has done. And so that's the 12 movies that I 1510 01:32:41.329 --> 01:32:44.210 picked from the list. If I missed your favorite, I apologize. 1511 01:32:44.810 --> 01:32:46.670 But I just wanted to have some fun with it. 1512 01:32:47.189 --> 01:32:49.989 Anybody have any movies of Patrick's that didn't make the 1513 01:32:50.010 --> 01:32:51.409 list that you'd like to recommend? 1514 01:32:52.590 --> 01:32:53.689 Robin Hood, Men in Tights. 1515 01:32:54.229 --> 01:32:54.529 Yeah. 1516 01:32:54.729 --> 01:32:55.449 We're men. 1517 01:32:55.489 --> 01:33:00.420 We're men in tights. Is that the movie where he's like, 1518 01:33:00.979 --> 01:33:05.600 now let's all get drunk and play ping pong? I 1519 01:33:05.640 --> 01:33:10.909 gotta Google that. There's some movie where he says, now 1520 01:33:11.250 --> 01:33:14.449 let's all get drunk and play ping pong. Let's all 1521 01:33:14.590 --> 01:33:16.670 get drunk. 1522 01:33:16.729 --> 01:33:20.890 Yeah, here we go. Eric's typing like he's drunk. 1523 01:33:22.310 --> 01:33:24.760 Oh, it was in an episode of The Simpsons. Okay, 1524 01:33:24.800 --> 01:33:25.840 from season six. 1525 01:33:25.880 -->

01:33:27.439 Sorry. 1526 01:33:27.840 --> 01:33:30.180 It's just this Patrick Stewart thing that I remember when 1527 01:33:30.199 --> 01:33:35.279 he showed up and they're talking, obviously, about what they 1528 01:33:35.300 --> 01:33:36.000 should do for fun. 1529 01:33:36.220 --> 01:33:36.600 There he is. 1530 01:33:37.369 --> 01:33:39.489 Sorry, I thought that was Robin Hood Men in Tights. 1531 01:33:40.689 --> 01:33:42.899 Although it does sound like a Robin Hood Men in Tights. 1532 01:33:43.180 --> 01:33:44.279 Yes, it totally does. 1533 01:33:44.619 --> 01:33:47.720 But there would have been more singing, I guess, involved. 1534 01:33:48.119 --> 01:33:50.260 And for those of you who were wondering, I did 1535 01:33:50.319 --> 01:33:54.369 read a press release from Marvel that they are not 1536 01:33:55.430 --> 01:34:00.010 going to CG Patrick Stewart in Marvel's Doomsday. He's in 1537 01:34:00.090 --> 01:34:03.390 it as Xavier, and the scenes that they have filmed 1538 01:34:03.470 --> 01:34:06.619 are the scenes they're not going to... CG, and what 1539 01:34:06.659 --> 01:34:09.850 they have is what they have, Doomsday, which comes out 1540 01:34:09.909 --> 01:34:13.189 in December. So, just wanted to throw that out there, 1541 01:34:13.210 --> 01:34:16.869 because people have been worried about that, but Marvel said no. 1542 01:34:17.390 --> 01:34:20.729 Did you just say a CG Picard in Doomsday? 1543 01:34:20.850 --> 01:34:22.569 Yeah, they were going to CG that idea. 1544 01:34:22.600 --> 01:34:25.819 They were going to CG, like they did with Princess 1545 01:34:25.880 --> 01:34:27.060 Leia in World 1. 1546 01:34:27.039 --> 01:34:28.720 Make it so. Dr. 1547 01:34:28.760 --> 01:34:29.140 Noo. 1548 01:34:29.220 --> 01:34:31.159 Arnold Schwarzenegger in a Terminator movie. 1549 01:34:33.239 --> 01:34:37.279 So, That pretty much wraps up our Patrick Stewart show, 1550 01:34:37.319 --> 01:34:40.939 unless anyone else. I mean, we've said a lot. Unless anyone, 1551 01:34:41.720 --> 01:34:43.640 something came up that you forgot to mention that you 1552 01:34:43.680 --> 01:34:47.199 wanted to mention. Anybody? Okay. 1553 01:34:47.920 --> 01:34:50.270 So next week, we're going to talk about, we're going 1554 01:34:50.279 --> 01:34:52.729 to bring Comet Corner back, and we're going to do 1555 01:34:52.739 --> 01:34:53.829 the last starship. 1556 01:34:54.670 --> 01:34:57.270 One, two, and three, Charles? Yes. 1557 01:34:58.550 --> 01:34:59.649 Yes, one, two, and three. 1558 01:34:59.710 --> 01:35:01.529 Of the last starship. Yep. 1559 01:35:02.039 --> 01:35:02.460 Oh, good. 1560 01:35:02.539 --> 01:35:06.199 So we're starting that whole Last Starship thing from the beginning. 1561 01:35:06.300 --> 01:35:09.619 I love that because, you guys, you want to tune 1562 01:35:09.819 --> 01:35:13.319 in next week's thing because this is a great comic 1563 01:35:13.359 --> 01:35:16.300 book series. It's like one of the best things that 1564 01:35:16.319

--> 01:35:18.560 they've put out in the last five or six years. 1565 01:35:19.819 --> 01:35:20.020 Yeah. 1566 01:35:20.239 --> 01:35:21.619 So we're going to do one story. In this series, 1567 01:35:21.680 --> 01:35:24.359 you have to read them in parts of three. 1568 01:35:28.770 --> 01:35:32.470 Because the story arc is in three. 1569 01:35:32.310 --> 01:35:33.550 Books, so to speak. 1570 01:35:34.329 --> 01:35:34.569 Right. 1571 01:35:34.649 --> 01:35:38.310 That wraps up our show for this week. And I 1572 01:35:38.329 --> 01:35:39.850 hope you guys had a good time. And I hope 1573 01:35:39.869 --> 01:35:43.399 you have some happy, fond memories of Patrick Stewart. I 1574 01:35:43.439 --> 01:35:46.079 hope we helped you cope with the great loss. 1575 01:35:46.300 --> 01:35:47.800 And I just want to take a moment to. 1576 01:35:47.739 --> 01:35:50.659 Say thank you so much to David for hanging out 1577 01:35:50.680 --> 01:35:53.060 with us tonight and making this show possible and working 1578 01:35:53.100 --> 01:35:54.220 on all these great videos. 1579 01:35:54.279 --> 01:35:54.880 Thank you, David. 1580 01:35:55.579 --> 01:35:56.500 Yeah, it was very fun. 1581 01:35:57.800 --> 01:35:58.699 And of course, thank you. 1582 01:35:58.640 --> 01:36:01.560 So much to Paul for hanging out and Shrek talking 1583 01:36:01.720 --> 01:36:02.920 with us about Patrick Stewart. 1584 01:36:02.960 --> 01:36:03.859 Thank you so much, Paul. 1585 01:36:05.239 --> 01:36:06.699 Nice to be able to honor his memory. 1586 01:36:06.819 --> 01:36:08.520 And of course, thank you so much to Eric for 1587 01:36:08.560 --> 01:36:10.359 hanging out and Shrek talking with us as well. 1588 01:36:10.399 --> 01:36:11.039 Thank you, Eric. 1589 01:36:12.100 --> 01:36:15.300 Yeah, I mean, great to know that this is a 1590 01:36:15.359 --> 01:36:18.430 special moment when a Star Trek actor has touched us 1591 01:36:18.770 --> 01:36:23.029 all so much. And we're all sharing this grief together. 1592 01:36:23.050 --> 01:36:25.850 And I think that's a really important thing to acknowledge. 1593 01:36:27.250 --> 01:36:30.189 I absolutely agree 100%. 1594 01:36:30.189 --> 01:36:32.229 And of course, thank you so much to Charles for 1595 01:36:32.329 --> 01:36:35.039 hanging out and sharing some memories of Patrick Stewart with us. 1596 01:36:35.060 --> 01:36:35.699 Thank you, Charles. 1597 01:36:36.779 --> 01:36:39.279 Thank you for doing this show, Jim. And thank you, David, 1598 01:36:39.319 --> 01:36:42.420 for the patience of having me do that video yesterday. 1599 01:36:42.520 --> 01:36:44.399 And it fit great in the show. 1600 01:36:44.579 --> 01:36:46.529 And thank you so much to V for hanging out 1601 01:36:46.569 --> 01:36:48.949 with us. Even though you're not blue tonight, thank you 1602 01:36:48.970 --> 01:36:49.529 so much, V. 1603 01:36:49.649 --> 01:36:50.250 It was fun. 1604 01:36:50.609 --> 01:36:53.050 It definitely was fun. And, of course, thank you so 1605 01:36:53.090 --> 01:36:56.109 much for Whitney for hanging out and talking with us tonight. 1606 01:36:56.210 --> 01:36:57.270 Thank you so much, Whitney. 1607 01:36:57.810 --> 01:36:58.529 Thanks for having me. 1608 01:36:59.609 --> 01:37:01.369 We'll talk more tomorrow, I'm sure. 1609 01:37:01.510 --> 01:37:02.520 I'm sure we will. 1610 01:37:03.899 --> 01:37:04.520 And I'm your. 1611 01:37:04.439 --> 01:37:07.479 Most excellent host, Uncle Jim Sane. Everybody, please stay safe 1612 01:37:08.039 --> 01:37:10.640 and be good to each other. Good night, everybody. 1613 01:37:11.140 --> 01:37:11.859 Good night, all. 1614 01:37:12.039 --> 01:37:12.760 Live long and prosper. 1615 01:37:12.779 --> 01:37:13.119 Good night. 1616 01:38:24.479 --> 01:38:24.930 Thank you. 1617 01:38:50.729 --> 01:38:51.350 Thank you. 1618 01:39:14.060 --> 01:39:28.550 Thank you. © transcript Emily Beynon 1619 01:40:03.399 --> 01:40:03.619 Thank you.