THE ANSWER: Dan’s celebrity encounter
Posted by Dan
September 26th, 2006 at 09:12am
In The Gays
Good guesses all around, but no one got the right one. The TV gay was none other than….
Star Trek's Sulu, aka George Takei!
Not necessarily someone who would be on the radar at TiFaux, but still famous nonetheless.
He got on the plane and I recognized him immediately, even though he was wearing some big aviator shades. I don't think I would have even noticed him if I hadn't seen him on the William Shatner roast on Comedy Central a few weeks back.
He got on the plane with a New York Times and the woman in back of him (this was a teeny tiny prop plane — I thought I was going to die) got him to sign the back of a photo of her grandkids. He said "So these didn't fool you" pointing to his sunglasses.
He was super nice, even when other people came up to ask for autographs. So I say, George Takei: good man.
Ali and I decided George Takei was a good sport halfway through the Shatner roast, when it became clear that Takei was actually getting roasted more than Shatner. I just love his paralyzed rictus of a laugh.