# The Most Interesting Man On Star Trek?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 8, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-on-star-trek/637136 "2012-10-08T21:34:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-on-star-trek/637136/21 "2012-10-09T17:34:32Z")
If he punched you in the nose, you would have to fight off a sudden urge to thank him. When in Rome, they do as he does. Sharks have a week dedicated to him. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-on-star-trek/637136/22 "2012-10-09T17:41:24Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > If he punched you in the nose, you would have to fight off a sudden urge to thank him. > > When in Rome, they do as he does. > > Sharks have a week dedicated to him. He is Chuck Norr… I mean The Most Interesting Man in the World. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-on-star-trek/637136/23 "2012-10-09T18:04:15Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > So what makes this person (never heard of him) “The World’s Most Interesting Man”? He’s just a character in a beer commercial [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9J8oJ0oEN70/hqdefault.jpg "NEW Dos Equis Commercial!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J8oJ0oEN70) ---
**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-on-star-trek/637136/24 "2012-10-09T18:40:47Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > While it’s entirely possible he’s been punked…it was from George Takei’s feed that it showed up on mine. I expect he was, y’know, actually there. (Although whether or not he’d have taken note of an extra, much less remember him from decades ago, is debatable.) Well, there are reason’s why Takei would be very interested in the “most interesting man in the world”. . . you know. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-on-star-trek/637136/25 "2012-10-09T18:50:56Z")
It would be pretty interesting to appear as an actor on Star Trek (any iteration), but from a spectator’s stand point, The Most Interesting Man in the World didn’t seem to do much… Just sayin’ ---
**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:** [October 9, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-on-star-trek/637136/26 "2012-10-09T20:01:17Z")
> [@tullsterx](#): > > Well, there are reason’s why Takei would be very interested in the “most interesting man in the world”. . . you know. … because he’s interesting? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-on-star-trek/637136/27 "2012-10-09T20:44:05Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > would he take an uncredited one? . Along with others mentioned above; Cate Blanchette did an uncredited cameo in Hot Fuzz. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-on-star-trek/637136/28 "2012-10-09T22:15:02Z")
[del]And, of course, Christopher Walken in _Sleepy Hollow_.[/del] I could have sworn this was an uncredited role but I can’t find any corroboration online for that, and it’s been forever since I’ve seen it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-on-star-trek/637136/29 "2012-10-09T23:28:01Z")
“I’m not always killed on distant planets, but when I am I wear a red shirt. Stay dead my friends.” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-on-star-trek/637136/30 "2012-10-11T19:16:16Z")
Memory Alpha, the _Star Trek_ Wiki, says it’s true: [Performers considered for TOS roles | Memory Alpha | Fandom](http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Jonathan_Lippe) ---
**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:** [October 11, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-on-star-trek/637136/31 "2012-10-11T19:49:59Z")
Yeah, but anyone can edit the Star Trek wiki. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-on-star-trek/637136/32 "2012-10-11T19:55:32Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Memory Alpha, the _Star Trek_ Wiki, says it’s true: [Performers considered for TOS roles | Memory Alpha | Fandom](http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Jonathan_Lippe) I tend to believe it, but again: this is a wiki. User-edited. Not hard for facebook, wikipedia, memory alpha and IMDB to reinforce each other pretty rapidly. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-on-star-trek/637136/33 "2012-10-11T19:57:51Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > So what makes this person (never heard of him) “The World’s Most Interesting Man”? He bowls overhand. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-on-star-trek/637136/34 "2012-10-11T20:09:31Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Needed to eat that week? The check cleared? As a favor to a friend? Not to mention that lots of actors, especially starting, take roles in commercials which are always uncredited. What matters is the gig goes on your resume. And you get paid. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-on-star-trek/637136/35 "2012-10-11T21:02:07Z")
“Oh my”. 😛 > [@tullsterx](#): > > Well, there are reason’s why Takei would be very interested in the “most interesting man in the world”. . . you know. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-on-star-trek/637136/36 "2012-10-11T21:33:18Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > I tend to believe it, but again: this is a wiki. User-edited. Not hard for facebook, wikipedia, memory alpha and IMDB to reinforce each other pretty rapidly. It’s been on the Star Trek wiki since 2005. And the Star Trek contributors have been extremely good at getting cast lists for the uncredited actors. They were the ones who finally ferreted out the identity of the mysterious Isis Cat-Lady in “Assignment: Earth,” which bedeviled people for over 30 years. For years, the only documented “source” attributed the role to Barbara Babcock–and it clearly was not. It turned out to be the Angela Dorian. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-on-star-trek/637136/37 "2012-10-12T00:58:06Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > They were the ones who finally ferreted out the identity of the mysterious Isis Cat-Lady in “Assignment: Earth,” which bedeviled people for over 30 years. For years, the only documented “source” attributed the role to Barbara Babcock–and it clearly was not. It turned out to be the Angela Dorian. Last time I looked, it was still open to question. IIRC, Angela and Isis had different colored eyes. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15187875&highlight=Angela+Dorian#post15187875](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15187875&highlight=Angela+Dorian#post15187875) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-on-star-trek/637136/38 "2012-10-12T02:20:29Z")
Wow, and here’s more about Isis. The actress (if it’s her) was sentenced to prison!: [http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Victoria\_Vetri](http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Victoria_Vetri) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-on-star-trek/637136/39 "2012-10-12T02:46:57Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Last time I looked, it was still open to question. IIRC, Angela and Isis had different colored eyes. Well, yeah, if you’re looking at your own post.😛 That dimple is better than a DNA match. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-on-star-trek/637136/40 "2012-10-12T06:27:37Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > So what makes this person (never heard of him) “The World’s Most Interesting Man”? He’s unstoppable when his _pants_ get ripped. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-on-star-trek/637136.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-on-star-trek/637136.md?page=3)