153: Super Bridgemates

Super BridgeMates STLV.

Star Trek. 50th Anniversary. Las Vegas. A once-in-a-lifetime
gathering.

Phillip, Daniel, and Darren share their experiences of meeting
each other for the first time -- in real life! -- and what it was
like to celebrate Trek's 50th Birthday with several thousand
fellow fans at the Rio Hotel/Casino/Convention Center, off the
Las Vegas Strip.

The trio talks about meeting other trek.fm cohosts, Earl Grey
listeners, celebrities, and even R2-D2. They describe how their
hotel suite served as a "Ten Forward" (their room number was
literally 17001) for the week, hosting a meetup for all Trek.fm
hosts and listeners, as well as providing the ultimate gaming
experience with "Star Trek: Scene-It?" and "Star Trek: The Next
Generation Interactive VCR Board Game: A Klingon Challenge." Las
Vegas is the ultimate place to experience Biij ... and Darren
even gets the official endorsement from not-Gowron himself.

Their STLV experience also includes attending TNG-themed
celebrity panels - Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), in her first Star
Trek convention appearance, as well as Jonathan Frakes (Willam T.
Riker), Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi, a previous Earl Grey special
guest star!), and Michael Dorn (Worf). The Earl Grey team took up
many photo opportunities dressed in their Next Gen uniforms,
Daniel met Q, and Darren was excited to find a copy of a certain
TNG novel, "Ship of the Line."

The highlight of the Earl Grey STLV experience is, of course,
Super BridgeMates - recorded live at the #Roddenberry Stage at
Quark's Bar. Phillip hosted the three teams of Free Enterprise
(Daniel and Darren), Team Lizard Babies (Charlynn Schmiedt and
Tristan Riddell) and the Council of Mistresses (Andi Vanderkolk
and Jarrah Hodge). Listeners get to experience what happens when
three teams must answer random Trek trivia questions, guess
episodes/movies as they are acted out by audience members, and
stumble around with cosplayers. Phillip does warn listeners that
there was a hiccup on his part that may leave the answer of who
won this epic showdown entirely up to the listeners' decisions.
Earl Grey thanks everyone who made this fun-filled panel
possible.

Join Earl Grey as they drink a James Tea Kirk from the Rio
Masquarade Bar, drop a few coins in the penny slot machines, and
sing their hearts out at Klingon Karaoke, as they share their
experience at Star Trek Las Vegas.

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Phillip, Darren, and Daniel wish to announce that this is their
penultimate episode of Earl Grey - this bridge crew has decided
now is the time to move on to another continuing mission. The
next episode of Earl Grey will be their last episode - listeners
are encouraged to share their favorite EG moments with the crew
before the trio sits down for their last poker game. Earl Grey
will soon continue with a new crew and new adventures,
celebrating all things Star Trek: The Next Generation.

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CHAPTERS
Star Trek Las Vegas (00:00:41)
Super Bridgemates (00:41:03)
Closing (01:07:42)

HOSTS


Daniel Proulx, Phillip Gilfus, & Darren Moser

PRODUCTION


Darren Moser (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive
Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao
(Executive Producer) Michael E Hueter  (Associate Producer)
Stephen Boyd (Associate Producer) Ron Saarna (Associate Producer)
Richard Marquez (Production Manager)



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