beam me up scotty!

[scythekain]

Scotty died today so for those wishing to be beamed up for lack of intelligence are shit out of luck.

cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/2 … index.html

The powerfully built Doohan spoke frankly in 1998 about his employer and his TV commander.

“I started out in the series at basic minimum – plus 10 percent for my agent. That was added a little bit in the second year. When we finally got to our third year, Paramount told us we’d get second-year pay! That’s how much they loved us.”

He accused Shatner of hogging the camera, adding: “I like Captain Kirk, but I sure don’t like Bill. He’s so insecure that all he can think about is himself.”

[xanderman]

Whoa. Goodbye to an icon.

I prefer this quote from the article:

@The Associated Press

In a 1998 interview, Doohan was asked if he ever got tired of hearing the line “Beam me up, Scotty” – a line that, reportedly, was never actually spoken on the TV show.

“I’m not tired of it at all,” he replied. “Good gracious, it’s been said to me for just about 31 years. It’s been said to me at 70 miles an hour across four lanes on the freeway. I hear it from just about everybody. It’s been fun.”