Summary: And we're back!! In this somewhat unfocused, tangent-riddled show the crew try out a new catch phrase, welcome each other back, talk movies and TV, then contemplate the results of playing the shell game with famous SciFi crew members. (http://www.simplysyndicated.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/vLu5o-300x225.jpg) Show notes: No, the Admiral hasn't decided to implement that "Starfleet Swingers" program that Kennedy recommended a few months ago. This is instead a forum topic (http://www.simplysyndicated.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1443) suggested by listener Steven Nystrum (Kazon Nystrøm on the forum). Steven posed the question, How well would some of our favorite genre characters do if they found themselves faced with stepping into the roles held by other sci-fi scions? Could Captain Picard have handled running DS9 and being a Bajoran religious icon? Or would the constant offerings of spring wine and hasperat have driven him mad? Would Mal and Riker have gotten along as two roguish cads leading the Enterprise into non-stop adventure? Or would they have challenged each other to a duel to the death for the love and attention of Counselor Inara? Er, Companion Troi? Would Inara have crashed the Enterprise? Let's tangent off into this video clip of Marina Sirtis discussing Troi's infamous go at the helm of the NCC-1701-D, shall we? Good times. What other bizarre swaps can our intrepid crew devise? Wookie engineers? Psychotic Razors and Voyaging Captains? Cruise Director Starbuck?! And who the hell is Rocket Robin Hood? Oh. Wow. Canada. Plus, enjoy the front-loaded gab fest at the beginning of this episode, in which our heroes play a little catch-up with each other and discuss: the shuttle program (ONE MORE TIME!); the recent confirmation that the Russians will crash the ISS into the ocean in 2020 (we knew they never should have renamed it the ISS Sirtis!); Ro's disappointment in the Admiral for not "liberating" Dr. Crusher's lab coat from the Star Trek Exhibit he toured with UNKK!!TM at Cape Canaveral; lots of super hero movie talk; PEOPLE EYES!!; Captain Janeway in an eye patch (http://video.adultswim.com/promos/ntsfsdsuv-july-21st.html?cid=vplayer_promos_ntsfsdsuv-july-21st); Twitter Talk; Jeri Ryan as a Marine; the Admiral loves The Bloggess, (http://thebloggess.com/) Treknologic, (http://www.treknologic.com/) and Star Talk (http://startalkradio.net/) with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson; rainbow-shitting Pop Tart cat that Ro refuses to acknowledge with a link...only silent judging of the Admiral's Brokeback Mountain-like obsession ("I wish I knew how to quit you!"); Toronto Meet-Up! (http://www.simplysyndicated.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1201); and Ro's Beloved now blogs! (http://dumbassgirl.posterous.com/) Whew. That's a lot. And that's not even the half of it. Welcome back to the Starbase, listeners. It's ON.
