Denver Rocky Mountain News, September 26, 2000, by Penny Parker
"On the Town"
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I took On the Town Junior where no On the Town columnist has 
gone before.=

It was Starcon 2000 (a real Trekkie trip) at the Holiday Inn 
DIA on Saturday. Now, I can barely sort out Star Trek from 
Star Wars, but OTTJ knows his sci-fi stuff.

The place was packed with (scary) costumed fans, collectible 
merchandise (with pretty prices) and stars of stage and 
screen signing autographs. Anthony Head, (Rupert Giles on 
Buffy the Vampire Slayer) commanded the longest line.

But Ethan Phillips (Neelix the cook on Star Trek: Voyager) 
was the magnet for Junior. We caught Phillips' act on stage 
at the Holiday Inn.

"What's this convention called?" Phillips asked the 
audience. "Starcon? In Savannah, Ga., where 20 people showed 
up, it was called Microcon. In Cannes, France, it's called 
Cannescon."

And the comedy kept on coming. "My life hasn't changed much 
since I've been on TV. I was just telling that to the guy 
who brushes my teeth," Phillips quipped. "I don't wash my 
hands any more, I get them dry cleaned." Pah-rum-pah. 

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EAVESDROPPING: "The only thing scarier than the Starcon people are the Renaissance Festival folks."


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