Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site udenva.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!hao!denelcor!udenva!zmh10 From: zmh10@udenva.UUCP (zmh10) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Spoofs, to wit, Quark Message-ID: <474@udenva.UUCP> Date: Tue, 26-Feb-85 15:40:39 EST Article-I.D.: udenva.474 Posted: Tue Feb 26 15:40:39 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 6-Mar-85 04:03:58 EST References: <428@topaz.ARPA> <1156@ihuxi.UUCP> <425@ihuxo.UUCP> Organization: U of Denver Lines: 21 > As I remember, Quark aired about 4 or five years ago and there were > only 4 episodes. I enjoyed it while it lasted. Besides Quark, the > captain, the second in command was the "plant" being whose name was > something like Ficus which is a Latin work having to do with plants. > I can't remember the twins names, but I believe they were clones. > The other member of the crew was another alien who kept changing > gender and was called Gene/Jean. > > Thier ship was an interplanetary garbage truck and they went around > collecting space baggies. Can't seem to remember any of the plots. > Probably just as well. The clones were both named Betty. One plot involved Quark aging premat- urely, one involved the crew meeting their evil doubles, and so on, all spoofing various Star Trek episodes. I forget the robot's name, but he looked a lot like the one from Lost in Space. He often had personal crises and fell in love with other machines. Steven Howard. ex-Quark viewer. *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***