Ethan Phillips in PA

Written by Sashi Alexandra German (editied)

This past weekend (December 14th and 15th, 1996) I had a chance to see Ethan Phillips for the second time in two years. He appeared at the Sci-Fi Expo convention in Philadelphia at the Adam's Mark Hotel. I first saw him in March of 1995 -- his very first convention. I wouldn't say he has changed much in the last two years... but he definitely uses more humor in his appearances. Last year he was more sedate, calm and almost quiet in his exchanges with the audience (well, it was his first convention).

On Saturday he was a raving maniac (in a good way!). He was hyper, telling jokes and giving funny sarcastic responses to some questions. He was very entertaining without being insulting. On Sunday he was a little more calm, but the incredible humor was there, often giving a serious answer and then going into a sarcastic response. Very funny!

On Saturday he was wearing light blue jeans with a red & green plaid shirt and a dark blue fanny pack of his front waist, with a dark baseball cap (I wasn't able to see what was written on it). On Sunday he didn't look much different: he wore tan pants, the same ball cap and a blue and white plaid shirt.

Star Trek

He was asked how many years was the Voyager cast signed for? He said "Star Trek: Deep Space 9" has only one more year left.. he doesn't believe the show will go beyond six seasons -- that's what the story at Rumor Central is at the make-up trailer. He says it looks like Voyager will be going 7 or 8 years and DS9 will *not* be replaced when it goes off the air (whenever that is). He says officially he has been told nothing, but these are things he has heard. Paramount is not interested in having two Star Trek series on the air again at the same time, "It's counter-productive." He said it also looks like they are going to cut down on the frequency of the TNG Trek movies coming out.

On other actors coming to Voyager... "Inge Swenson could play a Klingon!" He said actress Dee Khan (sp?) who played his wife, "Denise" on "Benson" was recently asked to audition for the role of Quark's mother on DS9, but she was unable to attend the reading and didn't get the part.

Question by Chase Masterson

Toward the end of his talk, DS9 actress Chase Masterson (Leeta, the Dabo girl) came into the auditorium and listened to Phillips on stage. She at one point raised her hand to ask him a question: would he ever be interested in playing Dabo? Phillips responded, "I'd be more interested in their (Dabo girls') outfits." I don't think Phillips was aware that Masterson was asking him the question... I got the impression he thought she was just another fan.

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SASHI ALEXANDRA GERMAN
Fleet Captain, USS Thagard, Philadelphia, PA (USA) Star Trek Club
Starfleet Region-7 Deputy Chief of Staff
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