Reston and as Vreenak (DS9: "In the Pale Moonlight")
It’s a faaaake!…not that there’s anything wrong with that –
Marty Rackham as Jake and as Chu’lak (DS9: "Field of Fire") Lippman and as Satelk (TNG: "First Duty") Seinfeld’s Elaine seemed to get attention from future pointy-eared aliens, such as her boss, her boyfriend, and her psychiatrist… George wasn’t the only one exploring the final frontier. Heidi Swedberg as Susan Ross and as Rekelen (DS9: "Profit and Loss") Richard Herd as Wilhelm and as L’Kor (TNG: "Birthright") + Admiral Paris (VOY: recurring) His character George’s mom, boss, and fiancée also all appeared on Trek…Įstelle Harris as Estelle Costanza and as Old Nechani Woman (VOY: "Sacred Grounds") He even hosted the 1999 UPN special "Ultimate Trek: Star Trek’s Greatest Moments" (see promo below).īut Alexander is only the tip of the Trek/Seinfeld iceberg. The most high profile was when Seinfeld star Jason Alexander guest starred on Voyager episode "Think Tank." As this UPN promo notes, "he may look familiar, but there is nothing funny about him."Īlexander broke from the George Costanza mold of playing a short, stocky, slow-witted bald man chasing women out of his league to play a short, stocky, quick-witted alien chasing Seven of Nine.Īn avid Trek fan, Alexander has talked about how William Shatner has been his acting role model, and he does an excellent Shatner. And during that period there was a lot of creative crossover between Seinfeld and the TNG-era shows. In the same period Star Trek produced 399 episodes of Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager. Of course, many have tried with this month’s 25th anniversary of the show – glowing effusively about how it changed television, shaped a generation, yadda yadda yadda.ĭuring Seinfeld’s run from July 1989, through to May 1998, the show produced 180 episodes. It would be hard to overstate the influence Seinfeld has had on popular culture. That is how he opened “The Apartment,” an early episode of the second season of Seinfeld (see video blow). Star Trek is “the ultimate male fantasy,” according to Jerry Seinfeld, because the bridge of the Enterprise had a comfy chair and a big screen TV. Voyages About Nothing: “Seinfeld’s” Influence on Trek Seinfeld is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month, and so TrekMovie takes a look at some of the connections between the groundbreaking sitcom and Star Trek.
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