# Worf's Son Busted. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 20, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732 "2010-02-20T04:03:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/1 "2010-02-20T04:03:55Z")
You probably won’t recognize [him](http://www.coloradodaily.com/cu-boulder/ci_14432119#axzz0g2dPgJ5T) being four feet taller and without the brow ridges. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/2 "2010-02-20T04:05:51Z")
No, I wouldn’t have. Too bad another child star seems to be going off the rails. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/3 "2010-02-20T05:03:45Z")
I just recently found out that Jodie Sweetin of “Full House” had about a decade of alcohol and drug abuse before straightening out. You’d think after the scandals with Drew Barrymore and Adam Rich that child actor’s welfare would be more closely monitored. Instead, they’re still being thrown on the rubbish pile once they’re not cute little kids anymore. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/4 "2010-02-20T05:06:46Z")
Oh lord, he has a neck tattoo. He’s going to prison and he’s dishonored his family. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/5 "2010-02-20T05:36:36Z")
You must kill your cellmate, or be Dishonored! Right here, right now! ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/6 "2010-02-20T05:47:28Z")
That’s a courthouse haircut if I ever saw one. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/7 "2010-02-20T06:50:32Z")
I remember him better as the annoying little kid on Family Ties! ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/8 "2010-02-20T14:12:40Z")
Woosh? 😕 He’s not Worf’s son. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/9 "2010-02-20T14:40:19Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Woosh? 😕 He’s not Worf’s son. But he played him on TV… ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/10 "2010-02-20T14:55:57Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > But he played him on TV… You mean Alexander? As in Star Trek? That kid is white. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/11 "2010-02-20T15:02:54Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > You mean Alexander? As in Star Trek? That kid is white. Nevertheless, he IS [Alexander](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0095176/). ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/12 "2010-02-20T15:03:36Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > You mean Alexander? As in Star Trek? That kid is white. [Makeup](http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Brian_Bonsall). 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 20, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/13 "2010-02-20T15:04:08Z")
They have this stuff in Hollywood called “makeup”: [Brian Bonsall | Memory Alpha | Fandom](http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Brian_Bonsall) ETA: D’oh! **carnivorousplant** beat me too it. ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/14 "2010-02-20T15:05:01Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > You mean Alexander? As in Star Trek? That kid is white. Plus Alexander had prominent Klingon like brow ridges that Bonsall doesnt seem to have in that pic. Though he could have had them removed. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/15 "2010-02-20T15:14:16Z")
> [@Bootis](#): > > Plus Alexander had prominent Klingon like brow ridges that Bonsall doesnt seem to have in that pic. Though he could have had them removed. I think there was a [virus](http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Klingon_augment_virus) going around. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/16 "2010-02-20T15:54:16Z")
Well damn!! It just never occured to me that they wouldn’t hire a black actor. Seems like it would be a lot easier that way. Oh, well. (thanks for putting up with my ignorance guys. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/17 "2010-02-20T16:05:48Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Well damn!! It just never occured to me that they wouldn’t hire a black actor. The Duras Sisters were played by whites: [http://www.thelope.com/images/08-06-07-024.jpg](http://www.thelope.com/images/08-06-07-024.jpg) [http://www.soulgeek.com/comics/lob/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/david\_barbera-march\_gwynyth-walsh.jpg](http://www.soulgeek.com/comics/lob/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/david_barbera-march_gwynyth-walsh.jpg) Christopher Lloyd played a Klingon in one of the movies. A lot of Klingon actors were white. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/18 "2010-02-20T16:16:46Z")
And a lot of Ferengi weren’t Jewish. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/19 "2010-02-20T16:30:13Z")
> [@thirdname](#): > > The Duras Sisters were played by whites: [http://www.thelope.com/images/08-06-07-024.jpg](http://www.thelope.com/images/08-06-07-024.jpg) > [http://www.soulgeek.com/comics/lob/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/david\_barbera-march\_gwynyth-walsh.jpg](http://www.soulgeek.com/comics/lob/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/david_barbera-march_gwynyth-walsh.jpg) > > Christopher Lloyd played a Klingon in one of the movies. A lot of Klingon actors were white. And Christopher Plummer! CRY HAVOK! AND LET SLIP THE DOGS OF WAR!😃 ---
**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:** [February 20, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732/20 "2010-02-20T16:32:18Z")
> [@thirdname](#): > > The Duras Sisters were played by whites: [http://www.thelope.com/images/08-06-07-024.jpg](http://www.thelope.com/images/08-06-07-024.jpg) > [http://www.soulgeek.com/comics/lob/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/david\_barbera-march\_gwynyth-walsh.jpg](http://www.soulgeek.com/comics/lob/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/david_barbera-march_gwynyth-walsh.jpg) Gah! I think they were less scary as Klingons. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worfs-son-busted/529732.md?page=2)