# STAAAAARRRRR Trekkin' **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 21, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915 "2004-12-21T03:18:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/21 "2004-12-21T18:32:09Z")
> [@Ferret Herder](#): > > There’s Klingons off the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow > There’s Klingons off the starboard bow, starboard bow, Captain! Scrape 'em off, Jim! Heck yeah, it’s a real song. I even have it on a cassette tape! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/22 "2004-12-21T18:35:51Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Wait, this is a \*real \*song? Holy hell. Check the various Doctor Demento albums on Amazon. The Doctor’s albums, borrowed from my local library, were where I first heard it. And it’s a _scream!_😃 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/23 "2004-12-21T18:52:27Z")
In post #10, I linked to the MP3. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/24 "2004-12-21T19:40:04Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > HEY! > > Anyone remember that dance song from a while back that had a sample of Spock saying “Pure energy” ?? “What’s On Your Mind (Pure Energy)” by Information Society One of my top 5 songs of all time. IS is/was/are big Star Trek fans, evidenced by some of their samples. I love when I accidentally stumble across a TV show or movie they sampled from. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/25 "2004-12-21T19:46:02Z")
It’s amazing. Even as big a fan as I am, some Trekkies still manage to scare the hell out of me. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/26 "2004-12-21T20:38:07Z")
Apparently there’s even a video floating around. [This site has stills and a clip](http://home.wanadoo.nl/~sytze/sttrekkin/) (click the first still). ---
**Author:** ![Netbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71e660/32.png) [@Netbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Netbrian)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/27 "2004-12-21T21:46:55Z")
Woah, I never knew this was an actual mildly popular song. I always remembered it as some ditty my sister sang at Girl Scout Camp. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/28 "2004-12-21T21:59:46Z")
> [@Netbrian](#): > > Woah, I never knew this was an actual mildly popular song. I always remembered it as some ditty my sister sang at Girl Scout Camp. I’m wagering the lyric in the title has, instead, pulled in all the Dr. Demento listeners who noticed it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/29 "2004-12-21T22:13:33Z")
I’ll go along with **Ferret Herder** ’s assessment. The song supposedly hit #1 several times but I think that’s only on Demento’s Silly Five. ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/30 "2004-12-21T22:43:27Z")
I was just listening to that last night. It never fails to make me smile. (Don’t most people decorate the tree to Christmas Carols? Not me - Dr. Demento. Kinda weird, huh?) (‘boldly going forward, still can’t find reverse’) Although, IMHO, even better is… _Fish heads, Fish heads Rolly poly fish heads Fish heads, fish heads Eat them up Yum_ ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/31 "2004-12-21T22:54:43Z")
It was the 41st of April, being a quadruple leap year… ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/32 "2004-12-22T00:13:43Z")
…I was driving in downtown Atlantis. My Barracuda was in the shop, so I was in a rented Stingray… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/33 "2004-12-22T00:32:35Z")
Captain: I am the very model of a modern Starfleet commander, I’ve databases on galaxies and star systems far and near, I know Federation leaders and quote our mission’s order To boldly go forth, explore, meet alien babes, and score; I’m very well prepared to challenge any thug or dictator, I understand the principles and laws upheld everywhere, About biologic’ evolution I’ve learned o’er so many years, With many cheerful facts about elongated Vulcan ears. All: With many cheerful facts about elongated Vulcan ears. With many cheerful facts about elongated Vulcan ears. With many cheerful facts about elongated Vulcan ears. Captain: I’m very good at human and non-human office politics; I know to propose peace or truce when uttered threats are prolix: In short, in matters data-basic on star systems far and near, I am the very model of a modern Starfleet commander. All: In short, in matters data-basic on star systems far and near, He is the very model of a modern Starfleet commander. [insert several more stanzas here…] ---
**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/34 "2004-12-22T00:40:01Z")
I don’t know the rest of you people, but I wrote my little ditty off the top of my head. (The original idea went something like, “You’re being illogical, emotional, irrational! You’re being irrational, so sod off,” he snapped. …but I changed it, because that sounded like a flame.) ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/35 "2004-12-22T01:37:17Z")
> [@Ferret Herder](#): > > I’m wagering the lyric in the title has, instead, pulled in all the Dr. Demento listeners who noticed it. Indeedy. That’s why I’m here. Recognized the title immediately. The good Doctor just finished his series of 3 Christmas shows. Next week is the “Funny 25,” the show consisting of the most-requested songs of the year. If you want to hear the best that comedy music has to offer, next week is the time to tune in (well, besides all the Tony Goldmark (and other) Harry Potter stuff. Can’t stand it myself…). [Here](http://mypage.iu.edu/~jbmorris/FAQ/stations.html) is a list of stations, if you don’t know where to find the show in your area. I think the show used to be a lot better. There’s some great stuff coming out now, but overall, I mean. Or maybe it was just the surrepetitiousness of listening to it quietly in my room and occasionally having my parents say, “WHAT in the world are you listening to?!” ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/36 "2004-12-22T01:47:48Z")
There’s also [Stone Trek](http://www.angelfire.com/fl/sapringer/STDOTCOMFLASH.html) episode no 5 based on the song. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/37 "2004-12-22T08:32:52Z")
> [@shamrock227](#): > > Although, IMHO, even better is… > > _Fish heads, Fish heads > Rolly poly fish heads > Fish heads, fish heads > Eat them up > Yum_ Oddly enough I mentioned the Barnes and Barnes album where that came from in [this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=293035) You should check it out - Fishheads is the least strange thing on it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/38 "2004-12-22T16:20:15Z")
> [@dotchan](#): > > …but I changed it, because that sounded like a flame.) There is nothing like a flame, Nothing in the world. There is nothing you can name That is anything like a flame. Nothing looks like a flame. Nothing cooks like a flame. Nothing acts like a flame. Or attracts like a flame. Nothing drinks like a flame. And nothing stinks like a flame. There ain’t a thing that’s wrong with any man here, That can’t be cured by flaming him near A flamey, flamingly, flamile, flaminine, flame!!! (Courtesy of rec.humor, 1994) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/39 "2004-12-22T17:07:56Z")
I would like to personally curse the OP, since I have now been unable to get this freakin’ song out of my head. Being nostalgic is one thing, but my brain’s been taken over… :mad: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2004, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staaaaarrrrr-trekkin/280915/40 "2004-12-22T17:18:08Z")
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