{"id":3397,"date":"2009-02-08T21:10:23","date_gmt":"2009-02-08T21:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2009\/02\/08\/the-frakes-story\/"},"modified":"2009-02-08T21:10:23","modified_gmt":"2009-02-08T21:10:23","slug":"the-frakes-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2009\/02\/08\/the-frakes-story\/","title":{"rendered":"The Frakes Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in the 25 things post<\/a>, I alluded to a long-ago encounter with Jonathan Frakes in Williamstown. This has led to a number of requests for the full story, which I will put below the fold, for those who care:<\/p>\n

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I stayed on campus for the summers when I was in college, doing research and hanging out with friends. This involved some small amount of drinking, as you might imagine.<\/p>\n

Anyway, one summer– 1992, I think, but I’m not sure– I was headed home from some sort of party (somebody’s birthday, I think) with a couple other people rather late one night. We had been on Meadow Street for some reason, and coming back through Spring Street, we were a little surprised that Colonial Pizza was still open. We stopped in to say hi to Ted, who ran the place, and said he was just waiting for one last take-out order.<\/p>\n

We were talking to Ted about inconsequential bullshit when I heard the door open, and turned around to find Jonathan Frakes and a weaselly little guy with a ponytail coming in to get their pizza. Frakes was in town because his wife was appearing in something at the Theatre Festival<\/a>, and he was, of course, starring in Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/cite>.<\/p>\n

Anyway, he comes sauntering in to get his pizza, and suave guy that I am, I blinked at him a few times, and said “Aren’t you famous?” I had had a few drinks, in case that wasn’t clear.<\/p>\n

I swear to God, he puffed himself up like Commander Riker at his smuggest, and said “No, not really.”<\/p>\n

So I replied “Oh. My bad.” and went back to talking to Ted.<\/p>\n

(He introduced himself after that, and we talked briefly (he remarked on a pair of safety goggles I had around my neck for some odd reason, and I claimed to have been working late at the lab). Then his weaselly little friend introduced himself as “Muhammed Ali,” with an aren’t-I-clever-for-messing-with-the-drunk-kid smirk. I replied “Damn glad to meet you. I’m Lawrence Taylor,” and then staggered home<\/s> made a graceful exit.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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