I learned Patrick Stewart had died when Sandra came downstairs to my office wearing her Star Fleet insignia pin with a small purple aster respectfully tucked under it. Like all born in that Boomer-Gen-X border she was mouning her Captain, Jean-Luc Picard, hero for seven seasons and four feature films of Star Trek: The Next
LeVar Burton’s first TV acting job was playing Kunta Kinte on the smash hit 1977 miniseries Roots. His second was participating in the original Battle of the Network Stars. He’s done several acting jobs since then, including hosting Reading Rainbow for 23 years. Then there were those Big Bang Theory episodes where he appeared as himself. There’s
OK, I admit it — I was never a fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation. These space pyjama soaps are just not my jam. Year later, however, Patrick Stewart did this rude little cable show called Blunt Talk. It was silly and vulgar and outrageously funny. Stewart had the time of his life doing