Thursday, August 26, 2004

Where have you gone, Michael Dorn?

Like us, you may have been inundated with press releases for the Alzheimer's benefit honoring James "Scotty" Doohan. No? Well then you haven't noticed the troubling behind-the-scenes guest list machinations. Here's what we were told on August 16:

LAST STAR STUDDED TRIBUTE TO JAMES "SCOTTY" DOOHAN
Neil Armstrong To Join Historic Star Trek Reunion Dinner And Tribute To Support The Fisher Center For Alzheimer's Research Center
Who: Neil Armstrong; Original Cast of Star Trek; Star Trek Enterprise Stars LeVar Burton and Michael Dorn; baseball superstar Jose Canseco; artist Peter Max; Vice President and COO Fisher Center Foundation Mary Asta, and other surprise guests.
Okay, so we were intrigued, and ready to buy a table or two, why not, when today we get this:
LAST STAR STUDDED TRIBUTE TO JAMES "SCOTTY" DOOHAN
Expected Guests Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin, LeVar Burton and Jose Canseco
Dinner And Tribute To Support The Fisher Center For Alzheimer's Research Center
Who: Ben Stiller; Christine Taylor; Neil Armstrong; Buzz Aldrin; Original Cast of Star Trek; Star Trek Next Generation Star LeVar Burton; baseball superstar Jose Canseco; Mary Asta, Vice President and COO Fisher Center Foundation and other surprise guests.
So either Michael Dorn and cradle robber kitsch factory pop artist Peter Max dropped out citing creative differences (I cannot be on the same stage as that bastard Spock!), or else they got bumped from the press release by Ben Stiller and Buzz Aldrin. Either way, we're canceling our checks.

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