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[huedell]

Hue, i'm not going to argue with you if Shearer is a lier or not or what he might have ment by his comment.
I took it ... and still do ... at face value.
He said he played it and that's it.

It all comes downs down to ....

Either Shearer is a lyer.
I'm a lyer.
Nobody is a lyer and it's true.

Believe what you want.

Write to NBC and ask for a transcripts of the episodes where Shearer was a guest on Letterman and judge for yourself.

Listen to Scott---I'm not implying either you or Shearer is lying...

and, also Mike, I'm not looking to argue. Jeez, I was just contributing
to your interesting thread...it's no biggie.

And a transcript surely would help. Of course I'm not realistically ever
going to see one.

What I DO know (without seeing ---or reading----the Letterman clip)
is that Shearer has a real dry and vast sense of humor.

That "Shearer humor aspect" was the only thing I was trying to diagram with
my last post in which I theorized he might have been trying to be funny and
you might've took him literally without realizing it.

[Hector]

Ok, here's some more screen caps from Star Trek's Day Of The Dove.

http://megomuseum.com/mmgallery/files/7/Harry-2_original.jpg

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I'm further convinced that he's not Harry Shearer...way too tall.

[Hector]

Here's the cast of the Day of the Dove:

Day of the Dove (1968) - Full cast and crew

Here's the uncredited cast:

Roger Holloway ... Lt. Lemli (uncredited)
Jay D. Jones ... Klingon (uncredited)
Pete Kellett ... Klingon (uncredited)
David Sharpe ... Security Officer (uncredited)

Even Memory Alpha (who lists every uncredited extra in Star Trek)...nothing comes up in a Harry Shearer search:

Search results - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki

[Hector]

Shearer is 5'6. Takei is 5'8". Doohan is 5'11". This guy isn't him.

Exactly.

[Hector]

Takei is tiny and slight

Doohan was short I am 6'1 and I towered over him when I met him. actually the whole TOS cast is short except for Nimoy. But he was a dday vet so he was tough as nails

I've met the entire cast as well (even got a hug and kiss on the cheek from Marina Sirtis, who's really tiny, lol)...I'm 6' 2"...and yes...they are for the most part short.

The Next Generation is quite the opposite, especially Michael Dorn (who's about my height)...and even the taller Jonathan Frakes, lol.

[Hector]

Yo Mike, whether we agree or not about Harry Shearer being in a Trek episode as an uncredited crewman...this is a very good thread...makes you wanna find out more about classic Trek...and that's what counts.

[jwyblejr]

There's nothing over at TV.com. They've got a full listing of stuff he's done. Nothing about Star Trek.

[kryptosmaster]

It doesn't look like him to me.
Theory: what if a ST fan came up to him once and said they saw him in this episode. He told the fan he was mistaken, it's not him. The fan insisted it was him and went on to give the plot synopsis of which Harry only recalled Klingons, security guard and swords. Later he's on Letterman and decides it would be one of those interesting "stories" the celebrities tell when they are on talk shows (that most of the time are made up). You (and others) hear him talk about it and the myth perpetuates.
????
Rich

[Hulk]

But Harry Shearer did play Captain Kirk once on TV...

[Captain]

I dropped by his official web-site today and saw an e-mail address for him....being it's New Years I never expected a reply, but got this back tonight :


Hello,
I am hoping you can resolve a little "barroom" bet. A friend of mine says you were in the classic Star Trek episode "Day of the Dove" playing a security guard. Some of the other guys say "no way!"

Could you please shed some light on what is crazily becoming a big deal?

Thanks....and Happy New Year!!

Clay



Never did a "Trek".

--
Harry Shearer



Cool that I even got a reply ---(and sad for him...what tv star sits at home on New Years Eve answering e-mails??)----even if it doesnt agree with what I thought. Sorry Mike, thought you were onto something here....He must have been pullin' Lettermans leg.

[Hulk]

Of course he is probably thinking how sad it is you are home on New Years Eve frantically trying to figure out if he was actually ever in a Star Trek episode.

[kinostadt]

Of course he is probably thinking how sad it is you are home on New Years Eve frantically trying to figure out if he was actually ever in a Star Trek episode.

Awesome.

[david_b]

I dropped by his official web-site today and saw an e-mail address for him....being it's New Years I never expected a reply, but got this back tonight :


Hello,
I am hoping you can resolve a little "barroom" bet. A friend of mine says you were in the classic Star Trek episode "Day of the Dove" playing a security guard. Some of the other guys say "no way!"

Could you please shed some light on what is crazily becoming a big deal?

Thanks....and Happy New Year!!

Clay



Never did a "Trek".

--
Harry Shearer



Cool that I even got a reply ---(and sad for him...what tv star sits at home on New Years Eve answering e-mails??)----even if it doesnt agree with what I thought. Sorry Mike, thought you were onto something here....He must have been pullin' Lettermans leg.

That's exactly what I would have done (gone to his official site..). Now, certainly HATE to cause more fire, but some guys don't answer their own site mail, but it's weird that he would have simply picked a Trek plot out of the blue to mention on Letterman all those years ago: He could have simply said.. 'Yeah, I did a Trek where I was one of the Transporter Operators' or something.

Oh, well it's still a cool thread. Thanks, Type1kirk! Again, excellent find!

[Mikey]

I dropped by his official web-site today and saw an e-mail address for him....being it's New Years I never expected a reply, but got this back tonight :


Hello,
I am hoping you can resolve a little "barroom" bet. A friend of mine says you were in the classic Star Trek episode "Day of the Dove" playing a security guard. Some of the other guys say "no way!"

Could you please shed some light on what is crazily becoming a big deal?

Thanks....and Happy New Year!!

Clay



Never did a "Trek".

--
Harry Shearer



Cool that I even got a reply ---(and sad for him...what tv star sits at home on New Years Eve answering e-mails??)----even if it doesnt agree with what I thought. Sorry Mike, thought you were onto something here....He must have been pullin' Lettermans leg.

Wow,
He really answered back ?
That's good enough for me ......

But he still did say he. did on that Letterman.
I heard him with my own 2 ears

[Earth 2 Chris]

Oh well. I guess I can identify comic artists' work from a mile a way, but not the younger selves of aged actors too well.

Cool that he responded so quickly. And the guy did bear a likeness to him.

Chris