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It\u2019s time for everyone\u2019s favorite Gate Technician!<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019ve wanted to see Gary Jones for years. He owes Chicago an appearance from a couple years back where he was set to come and then had to cancel. Everything I knew about Gary said he\u2019s a wonderful comedian, and I knew he would have some really great stories to tell. Boy was I ever right.<\/span><\/p>\n Please Note: Even though I have used quotations, this is not word for word what was said. Only as close as I could get writing down nearly everything, and then some. No audio or video recording is allowed at Creation conventions. So much of Gary’s storytelling uses acting with both voice and gestures. I’ve done the best I can to recreate if for you. The good note-taking is a skill I learned in school. Who\u2019d of thought it would be so handy? As I read what I\u2019m typing, I\u2019m laughing just as hard as I did while Gary was on stage!<\/span><\/p>\n Gary started off by poking a little fun at the expense of the Atlantis music video that was shown right before he came out: that well known song \u201cHolding out for a Hero\u201d edited \u2013 or vided if you prefer \u2013 by Shelby. Picking on the repetitive nature of the song, Gary comes out grating, \u201cI need a hero!\u201d We learned right off that Gary can\u2019t sing \u2013 or maybe he wasn\u2019t trying to? \u201cI wasn\u2019t in anything. There\u2019s no shots of Walter. I need a hero! (Pretends to sit in a chair, typing at the controls, looking around dumbly).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Ever humble, Gary thanked everyone for coming and for having him. \u201cI\u2019m very excited, but not as excited as you <\/em>are to be here with me<\/em>.\u201d <\/em>Oh, and he\u2019s only just getting started. I\u2019m just going to type up everything I have in the order that it came. Please don\u2019t blame the leapfrogging topics and the very long paragraphs on me, it\u2019s all Gary! I broke it up as reasonably as I could!<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI go home and I tell my wife people in the hallway go, \u2018it\u2019s Gary! It\u2019s Gary!\u2019 and she goes, \u2018They do not.<\/em>\u2019 People ask \u2018what do your kids say, you\u2019re on Stargate!\u2019 I go \u2018they never watch the show\u2019. <\/span>\u2018What?! <\/em>How is that possible?\u2019 It\u2019s just the way it is.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s one thing to be on Stargate SG-1 for ten years and then to do a bunch of episodes of ah . . . the other one . . . Stargate Atlanta [much good natured laughter from the fans]. <\/span>I was in Australia and New Zealand in November, [a shout from the back draws Gary\u2019s attention] Yeah I went to see you, you weren\u2019t there. I looked around for you, then came home. My wife and I went to spend time with our son in a student exchange in Austria, so we went for a week. I swear to God, we land, we come in to Vancouver airport, and I\u2019m in the parking lot looking for my car and my phone rings. It was like a ten hour flight. (Gary acts like his answering his phone, and then puts on this very odd cockney accent which he claims is Australian \u2013 \u201cIf you don\u2019t think it\u2019s Australian, then it\u2019s New Zealand.\u201d) \u2018Is this Gary Jones? Is there any <\/em>way you could come to our convention?\u2019 <\/span>\u2018Sure, when is it?\u2019 \u2018Well you\u2019ve got to be on a plane tomorrow.\u2019 What?!<\/em> So I tell my wife, \u2018I haven\u2019t found the car yet but I\u2019m going to Australia tomorrow.\u2019 <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cSo the next day I was on a plane to Australia. The fans there were like \u2018are you going to be on Universe? And I\u2019m like \u2018yeah, right\u2019 (rolls his eyes and shrugs). I\u2019m getting further and further away. It\u2019s like Stargate SG-1 is over, Atlantis, I\u2019m like hanging on to a couple of episodes of that (acts like he\u2019s hanging on something that\u2019s being pulled away from him). Just don\u2019t let go! \u2018Gary, you\u2019re wrapped.\u2019 \u2018Can I just hang out so I\u2019m still technically on the show?\u2019 And the next thing I know I get a calling going, \u2018Are you available?\u2019 and I\u2019m like, (put\u2019s on this shocked incredulous expression)\u2019You\u2019re kidding me! No way! Oh my God! I\u2019m going to be a Trivial Pursuit answer!\u2019 [Lots of audience laughter] <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cSo sure enough, I got to be on Stargate Universe. It was a really odd experience because I have a brand new costume. It\u2019s not the flight suit that has no pockets in it. Nobody can lounge around in the Air Force. There\u2019s zippers here, here, here (shows us where the crazy zippers are) but no pockets. So now I\u2019m in a camouflage outfit. I don\u2019t know why, I\u2019m in an office. I don\u2019t get that. It\u2019s like \u2018if you\u2019re ever under attack just stand near the filing cabinet!\u2019 (pretends to blend in to the imaginary filing cabinet) I\u2019m actually standing out<\/em>. I\u2019m not camouflaged, it\u2019s like \u2018shoot the guy right there in the camouflage. Cuz we can see him really well!\u2019 \u2018Look at the guy hiding there in camouflage! (uses his hand like a gun to shoot) Doo doo doo!\u2019 <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cSo I\u2019ve got camouflage and a clip board, which is always good. And I got to work with Richard Dean Anderson. The two of us were like, \u2018Can you believe this?\u2019 Less so for him. Really what I was saying was, \u2018Can you believe I\u2019m<\/em> back?\u2019 He\u2019s like, \u2018Yeah, whatever. Get me a coffee.\u2019 No, he was great. He\u2019s now a three star General. [Surprised shouts from the fans] Oh, did I leak that out? Oh my God. This is the first time I\u2019ve ever gotten a call from the publicity department going, \u2018Don\u2019t say anything!<\/em>\u2019 \u2018Can I tell them I\u2019m on the show?\u2019 \u2018Yes but don\u2019t say anything else!\u2019 \u2018Do they know the name of the show?\u2019 <\/span>\u2018Yes but don\u2019t say anything else!\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know anything. I just walked in and I had my clipboard, and I\u2019m checking one of those see-through maps. Oh my God. If you actually got a close-up look at those maps, people actually spend the time and the effort. They\u2019ve got the numbers and the planets. You never see it, the camera just goes like this, (pans his hand quickly across the \u201cmap\u201d). But I\u2019m standing there looking at this going, \u2018Wow, who the hell spent all this time writing all these?\u2019 <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cSo they completely redressed everything. So the old control room . . . man . . . I\u2019m not sitting at the desk anymore, (pretends to sit and work the controls again). I was walking around, my @$$ felt so weird that it wasn\u2019t attached to a chair . . . being pushed aside by Amanda Tapping . . . How many times did you see that in SG-1? I\u2019m like the Stargate expert! \u2018Walter, what\u2019s happening?\u2019 \u2018I don\u2019t know, sir, I\u2019m doing my best!\u2019 She comes in, \u2018Yeah, move over!\u2019 \u2018Yeah, I\u2019m just checking my e-mails\u2019. And then she does her concerned face, and I have my concerned face, but her concerned face trumps mine. \u2018Sir, there seems to be some kind of power shift to the convulsive generator <\/span>. . .\u2019 OK! You got me! I couldn\u2019t have come up with that! <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThere was so many times on Stargate where I had no idea what I was saying. I try to make it look like I know exactly what I\u2019m saying but a number of times I\u2019m like, \u2018what . . . what did I just say? I don\u2019t know what I just said.\u2019 And after the scenes over I can\u2019t remember it. And once in a while I\u2019ve actually said stuff phonetically. Like you\u2019re teaching a chimp. <\/span>Just one step above teaching a chimp sign language, where I talk the technical, I just get my mouth around it and then move on. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAmanda Tapping is amazing. She shot herself in the foot though way early on. She\u2019s like, \u2018I\u2019m going to prove it to these guys that I can handle all this technical stuff.\u2019 And she just does reams of it and they go, \u2018hey, she\u2019s great at this!\u2019 and she\u2019s like, \u2018Nooooooo!\u2019 They keep handing her this stuff and she goes, \u2018 I can\u2019t \u2013 Why am I \u2013 \u2018 and they go, \u2018you said it before, say it again!\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cSo I get the script for Stargate Universe and it\u2019s like this thick (measures almost 2 inches with his hand). <\/span>And I\u2019m just flipping through it. I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh my God, I\u2019m in it with Richard Dean Anderson! What\u2019s my scene gonna be? What are we doing? Here I am! . . . \u2018Sir.\u2019\u2019 [Ouch, but we still laughed!] Naw, it gets better. There\u2019s a bit more. \u2018Sir, Doctor Rush would like to talk to you\u2019 (walks out of the scene)\u2019. <\/span>And you can really spot me because I\u2019m in the camouflage. Trying my best to fade into the background but I can\u2019t. But it was great. I did a day or so on it, and it was fun, and Richard Dean was in a great mood and he was happy to be back on the show, so it\u2019s going to be pretty cool. It\u2019s the show that, my God, it won\u2019t die, will it? It\u2019s The Show That Won\u2019t Die! I even said to Rob Cooper on set, \u2018you\u2019ve actually managed to find a Stargate show that now you\u2019ve put it in space, so now technically it never ends.\u2019 And he said, \u2018Yeah, I think we hit the nail on the head with this one.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n After noticing a couple of people struggling to take a good picture of him, Gary posed, and then told us this story. \u201cI\u2019ve actually had people come up to me on the street and go, \u2018were you on Stargate?\u2019 and I go, \u2018yeah I was.\u2019 \u2018What character did you play?\u2019 and I go, \u2018Does this look familiar?\u2019 (Puts on his \u201cconcerned face\u201d and types) \u2018Oh, yeah! You\u2019re the guy that opens the gate!\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s like Walter\u2019s whole thing is everything\u2019s fine until all of a sudden he\u2019s like, \u2018Wait a second. Getting a weird reading, and somebody\u2019s not on the radio and what the hell, where\u2019s the Stargate gone<\/em>!\u2019 Remember that episode? That was fun. We turn around with our coffees and the Stargate is gone (puts on the same shocked look he did Endgame). Here\u2019s a little insider thing, you guys love this stuff. The final cut that you saw was not the cut that they shot. Peter DeLuise, who\u2019s a pretty funny guy, he made it like an Abbot and Castello thing, which I was like, \u2018What are you doing, dude?\u2019 He had the tall guy that was with me, Scott Owen \u2013 Peter lowered down the computer monitors that hang from the ceiling so that Scott would walk into one. Seriously, he lowered them enough that the guy hit them with his head , so we\u2019re going for coffee and Bang! And the computers are going like this (demonstrates the swinging monitors with his hand). And he had to reach up and stop them (Shows us how Scott tried to stop them without being obvious, since he didn\u2019t know it was a set up!) <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAnd the other funny thing he did, it looked hilarious! We\u2019re working the night shift together, and I see out of the corner of me eye, Peter\u2019s got Scott standing behind one of those see-through maps, and he\u2019s going like, (makes sounds like fighter fire from Star Wars, using his fingers like a ship) and he goes like derk! <\/em>and he flicks a little planet, and it flies off! So (Gary acts out the whole scene for us, right up to the flick!)<\/em> and then he ducks out of frame, looking for this little sticker, and then he pops back up and just goes like this (blindly sticks it back on the map and walks away, playing innocent). And that the producers were like, \u201cWhat was that?\u2019 Peter says that when they do stuff like that that they have to account for, they have to describe why they did it, it\u2019s called going to the \u201cHow Come Room\u201d, cuz all the producers go, \u2018how come you did that?\u2019. It\u2019s like the dreaded room because you made all your directing decisions so you don\u2019t want to have to justify them. So you\u2019ve really got to stay away from the \u201cHow Come Room\u201d. All the directors know that, you can ask them. <\/span>[A fan pipes up, \u201cwhat about the \u201cWhat the Hell Were You Thinking Room\u201d?] The \u201cWhat the Hell Were You Thinking Room\u201d. (Laughing) Yeah, that\u2019s a good room.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Finally, Gary started taking some questions:<\/span><\/p>\n This question was very strangely put, but I can\u2019t think of a better way to put it! What do you have to say about Don S. Davis?<\/em> \u201cWell, he\u2019s sadly missed. <\/span>I mean, it was a big shock. Nobody could believe it. When you first hear the news you\u2019re like, \u2018What?!<\/em>\u2019 When I first met Don, he didn\u2019t change from the day that I met him. We were on set together the first day, and I said, \u2018Hi Don, I\u2019m Gary Jones. <\/span>Nice to meet you,\u2019 and he goes, (imitates Don\u2019s voice and accent, which he\u2019s known for doing quite well) \u2018I\u2019m Don S. Davis. I\u2019m 235 pounds of rompin\u2019 stompin\u2019 Missouri bulls***.\u2019 That was Don\u2019s only gambit. It\u2019s like how do I compete with that? And you know, he was just such a sweetheart. I\u2019d go on these conventions with him, and he used to kill<\/em> me. He\u2019d come up to the podium and read poetry or he\u2019d tell these jokes, but they would go on forever <\/em>and it\u2019s like, (looking at his watch) \u2018Don, what are you doing?!\u2019 And he\u2019d tell a story like, (imitates Don\u2019s slow Southern drawl again, very exaggeratedly) \u2018I remember a time down in Arkansas, this old dog. . . .\u2019 I used to hack on him like crazy and he\u2019d be just backstage laughing his @$$ off. He\u2019d come off and I\u2019d go, \u2018What the hell were you doing taking so long? Shut up with the Southern drawl, get on with it!\u2019 I loved Don, he was a great guy. He\u2019ll be sadly missed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n How did you change your clothes so fast in the 2ooth episode?<\/em> <\/span>\u201cThey did what they call a camera lock off. In other words, they had it on a tripod, and they just locked it so it didn\u2019t move, and literally, I had to run and change as fast as I could. I thought they would just turn the camera off and let me take my time. Not the case. I had my regular green stuff on, but underneath that I had my black ops outfit, and I didn\u2019t have any shoes on, and everything was sort of like unzippered and loose. But you can just see the top part of me up in the control room. Then when I ran, the wardrobe department people were just waiting for me, just like tearing stuff off, and I\u2019m stepping into boots and putting a flak jacket on, and then I run into the gateroom.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Will you be known forever as Walter and will it harm your future career? <\/em>\u201cSurprisingly enough, I got hired on another television movie that I\u2019m going to shoot next week, and the character\u2019s name is Walter. I swear to God. Part of me was going, \u2018oh no. No!\u2019 It\u2019s a TV movie called Held Hostage, and you know, I\u2019m . . . held hostage. And when I was in the audition, I had to do one of those things, it\u2019s like hostage acting. Did anyone see Snakehead Terror? [A few people piped up] Yeah, they were aiming for an audience of six. They\u2019ve exceeded their expectations. \u2018Alright, we got eight! Eight people watched it!\u2019 Going into an audition for Snakehead Terror, you\u2019ve got to do like Snakehead . . . terror . . . being eaten alive my fish acting. What do you draw from in your real life? \u2018Well I was bitten by a pike once on my thumb. Not torn to pieces by carnivorous fish . . . whatever.\u2019 <\/span>So I had to do screams and stuff, so embarrassing<\/em>. Auditioning is like the worst. That\u2019s what made Stargate so great. \u2018Hey, you available?\u2019 \u2018Yeah!\u2019 No auditioning is the best<\/em> feeling. But when you go to an audition, it\u2019s like \u2018you\u2019re freaked out, it\u2019s a hostage situation\u2019. I go in and it\u2019s like, (shouting dramatically) \u2018Don\u2019t forget! She\u2019s the one who robbed the bank, and the kid could die!\u2019 And the lady [on the auditioning panel] is like, \u2018(Hmm\u2019s , not satisfied) Can you pull it back a bit? Be a bit more intense, but just bring it back.\u2019 \u2018Ok . . . (in a harsh whisper) She\u2019s the one who robbed the bank! The kid could die!\u2019 I looked up and she\u2019s laughing.<\/em> She\u2019s laughing at me and I\u2019m doing my intense bank hostage thing. So I go, \u2018Is this a comedy?\u2019 You guys know Amy Winehouse, with hair, the circle like a bun? This woman was like that except blonde. She was just sitting in the corner of this room with a laptop, and she\u2019s like (does this really<\/em> obnoxious, really<\/em> annoying laugh) and she says, (in a voice that immediately reminds me of Gilbert Gottfried) \u2018No, I love you, I love<\/em> you!\u2019 I don\u2019t even know if she was the director or producer, or some lady who wondered in, just checking her Facebook.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Gary was also kind enough to treat us to the full length version of his Stargate SG-1 audition story. I\u2019ve heard about this, but it was so much better to hear it straight from Gary! \u201cMy agent was like, (yelling) \u2018Don\u2019t screw up! It could be recurring! Don\u2019t screw it up!\u2019 \u2018Ok ok, fine, whatever!\u2019 <\/span>So I go in and it just so happens that the guy directing [the Pilot] was this huge Maltese guy named Mario Azzopardi. He\u2019s this huge, massive guy with a beard. And he\u2019d directed me a couple months previous in an episode of Outer Limits. And he liked me. I just went in, did my scene, and it was great. And when I walked through the door and he sees me he goes, (yelling excitedly in a deep voice with an accent) \u2018Oh! It\u2019s YOU! Oh my God! You\u2019re PERFECT!\u2019 The kind of words you want to hear as an actor. As opposed to, (yelling again) \u2018You suck! Don\u2019t take another step forward! I hate you! You ruined that episode of Outer Limits!\u2019 No, it was great! <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cFor those who haven\u2019t heard this story before, it\u2019s the audition sides – they give you a little chunk of the script to see what you do with it. So these sides I had were literally<\/em> \u2018chevron one encoded,\u2019 bunch of action, \u2018chevron two encoded,\u2019 more action, \u2018chevron three encoded\u2019, <\/span>are you with me? You get the picture here? It\u2019s headed over to chevron seven locked. I don\u2019t know what they hell they\u2019re talking about, I have no idea. But I\u2019m thinking, \u2018I\u2019ve got to set myself apart from the other actors, I\u2019ve got to do something different. So of course my natural instinct, I think I\u2019ll make it kinda funny, I\u2019ll goof around with it. Not realizing that the scene is like dead serious. So the first one is like, (pretty normal, official sounding) \u2018chevron one encoded\u2019, action, blah blah blah, machine guns, whatever, (more casual) \u2018chevron two encoded, (getting more goofy with this funny smirk on his face) chevron three encoded, (in a higher pitch), chevron four encoded, (higher and more nasal) chevron five encoded, (higher still!) chevron six <\/span>encoded,\u2019 and by the time I get to seven it\u2019s, (higher still, loud, annoying, and again reminding me of Gilbert Gottfried) <\/span>\u2018chevron seven locked!\u2019 I literally did Jerry Lewis. It was like, \u2018Gary Jones is The Nutty Technician!\u2019 I was like, \u2018I don\u2019t know! Whatever! I\u2019m just trying to give you guys something!\u2019 I look over, and Brad Wright\u2019s head is on the table, just like this (with his hands) just pounding the table, he\u2019s laughing SO hard. Michael Greenberg, they\u2019re all like clutching themselves, can you believe what this guy is doing? This is like this dead serious sci-fi action, (in that freaky voice again) yeah! Oh my God, we\u2019re having a game! Wheee! <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201c And when I was leaving that audition, Mario goes, (imitating Mario again) \u2018Oh chief, that was great! But you know, psh, not that big.\u2019 I go, Oh my God, I wrecked it! Barnum and Baileys is in town. And, I get a call back. And this time I come in, and I find out that I was the only one called back, another fantastic sign. You\u2019re not competing with anybody, they just want to see you. So I\u2019m thinking, \u2018If they want to see me, and there\u2019s only me, and they want to see me again, why wouldn\u2019t I do what I did before?\u2019 <\/span>You would assume. So I walk into the room, but this time there\u2019s a totally different feeling in that room. And Mario is at the end of the room sitting next to en executive producer who wasn\u2019t there the first time, Jonathan Glassner. And Jonathan Glassner . . . It\u2019s like auditioning on Easter Island (Makes this really intimidating, frowning, hard lipped face). <\/span>Just a big stone head, just looking at me (Does it again). Nothing. So I\u2019m thinking, \u2018at least Mario is here. This guys loves me.\u2019 So I go, \u2018Hey Mario! How\u2019re you doing?\u2019 and he goes (mutters in Mario\u2019s voice, waving and looking down quickly) \u2018Hey, hey how\u2019re . . .\u2019 Totally ditches me! He\u2019s like, (shakes head, does the off-with-the-head gesture, and then an ok sign). Like you could tell where the power shifts suddenly. I\u2019m like, \u2018OH\u2019 (puts on this dumbstruck face, still with his mouth holding the o shap. SO funny!) I hate to audition. You\u2019ve got to like read the room<\/em>, I\u2019m like, \u2018who\u2019s got the power? Who do I talk to?\u2019 My brain is like (puts his hand on his head and makes a sound like a power drill). Just the rolodex of options. So Jonathan Glassner goes (puts on the stony expression), \u2018Yeah, just read it.\u2019 \u2018Sure, ok.\u2019 \u2018Don\u2019t do anything.\u2019 (Gives a critical, calculating, narrow-eyed glare.) \u2018Ok\u2019. Mario\u2019s like (repeats the gestures from before and then covers his face like he can\u2019t stand to watch). I\u2019m like \u2018ok, forget about Mario, he\u2019s cut me adrift\u2019. So I start. \u2018Chevron one encoded. Chevron two encoded. Chevron three encoded.\u2019 I get to chevron 4 and I\u2019m like, \u2018I can\u2019t do this\u2019, I put a little sigh in there. (Sighs as if it\u2019s tedious work) Chevron four \u2013 \u2018 he goes, \u2018Don\u2019t sigh! What\u2019s with the sigh? Stop sighing.\u2019 Ok ok, oh God, God I\u2019m scared<\/em>! So I\u2019m like, \u2018Chevron five encoded. Chevron six encoded. Chevron 7 locked.\u2019 It was like I\u2019m just reading a grocery list here. \u2018Ok, you want anything different?\u2019 \u2018No, it\u2019s fine.\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018Okay . . .\u2019 like, don\u2019t want to leave the room, hanging out. You want to go, \u2018Guys, are you hiring me?\u2019 You want to know in the room, but no you\u2019ve got to go through the hell of like a day and a half waiting to see if they call. So I\u2019m like, \u2018yeah, that felt good. Yeah. Yeah, I like that, that\u2019s good. . . . (gets no response from Glassner) Well see ya Mario!\u2019 (Imitates Mario\u2019s intelligible goodbye, waving without looking up.) And then I just went home and phoned my agent every 20 minutes. \u2018Did they call?\u2019 It\u2019s like a bad date! \u2018Did they call? They\u2019re not calling! They said they\u2019d call! They didn\u2019t call!\u2019 Anyway they called. It was good. I was very happy to be on the show.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n A fan asked Gary to rehash a particular favorite story. \u201cApparently I\u2019m known for rehashing stories. (Shrugs) Apparently not a problem with me! Shall I? [Applause and shouts from the fans] Basically it was the first day on set with Beau Bridges. Movie star, the guy is world famous, I\u2019m like \u2018ok, I\u2019m working with Beau Bridges. It\u2019s going to be SO cool\u2019. Forgetting of course that I was going to be directed by Peter DeLouise, who the previous couple of years had started making me redo every scene that I did as Captain Kirk. No matter what it was. He\u2019d just keep the cameras rolling. It\u2019s like a billion dollars a minute. He goes, \u2018Yeah run it again. Do it as Kirk.\u2019 What am I, your chimp? Are you the puppet master? Ok. (Launches into it, perfectly. The voice, the dramatic pauses, the hand gestures, the whole nine yards of William Shattner. I could have died) \u2018Sir. I\u2019m not receiving SG-1\u2019s IDC. I seem to have lost . . . communication.\u2019 So those are my lines! They\u2019re all Stargate lines delivered by a StarTrek<\/em> character. <\/span>Ok, fine, whatever, you got to do what you got to do just to keep the gig. \u2018How was that Peter? Good? Can we move on? Hmmm?\u2019 <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cSo I\u2019m doing a scene with Beau Bridges. It\u2019s like our first scene together, and he\u2019s just standing behind me, just being the General, kinda looking out through the glass, and I\u2019ve got a couple of lines, I don\u2019t know what they were, but it was the same stuff. \u2018Sir, we\u2019ve lost communication with SG-1, tried sending the MALP through,\u2019 you know, whatever. And Peter comes and says, \u2018Yeah what was great,\u2019 and then he comes and says, (Whispers, is if Peter is whispering it in Gary\u2019s ear so Beau doesn\u2019t hear) \u2018K, do it as Kirk. Don\u2019t tell Beau\u2019<\/em>. <\/span>So now, my first experience with this internationally acclaimed movie star, television star, is me doing my impersonation of James T Kirk. I go, (quietly so Beau won\u2019t hear) \u2018Peter, Peter, please, for the love of God, don\u2019t make me do this.\u2019 We\u2019re like whispering to each other, like we\u2019re going over the scene! \u2018Yeah your character, this and that \u2013 \u2018 no, it\u2019s like, (whispering) \u2018Do it as Kirk.\u2019 \u2018Don\u2019t make me do this.\u2019 \u2018If I tell you to do it as Kirk, do it as Kirk!\u2019 \u2018I don\u2019t want to do it as Kirk! Beau Bridges is right behind me!\u2019 \u2018Shut the hell up! Do it as Kirk!\u2019 So we do the scene again. So it\u2019s like, (does Kirk! But we were laughing so much Gary was cracking up!) Oh my God, Sir, we\u2019ve lost communications with SG-1, and oh blah blah blah,\u2019 and Peter just goes, (triumphantly) \u2018And Cut!\u2019 (laughs as Peter) and I look up and Beau is like this (complete deadpan face!). <\/span>And I\u2019m looking ad Beau and it\u2019s like we both know. I remember getting up and it was like this world weary (sighs dramatically as he gets up off of an imaginary chair) and I look at him and go, \u2018Beau . . . just . . . just go with it (Shakes his head as he walks away)\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n At this point Gary had only 2 minutes left, so he decided to tell us about this. \u201cIf ever I was in any action sequences, I would always do the Kirk run without<\/em> telling Peter.\u201d Gary demonstrated. It\u2019s like taking a big skipping step before starting to run. If you\u2019ve ever seen an original StarTrek episode and Shattner <\/span>has done any running, you know what this is about! \u201cIt\u2019s like for some reason this leg has to go up, like you\u2019re in a chorus line. It\u2019s like, (yelling) \u2018Oh my God, Get outta here!\u2019 (takes off using the Kirk run) It\u2019s like it takes this leg to get you going. If you\u2019re ever in an action scene you\u2019ll do it and you\u2019ll go, \u2018he was right! I just naturally go like this (does it again)!\u2019 And that\u2019s how you end your run too, no matter what. You\u2019re being shot at by Wraiths. You get around the corner and you go like this, (runs and then stops, relaxing as if he\u2019s completely safe) \u2018Oh whoa. Wow, that was (sees the Wraith coming) Whoa! Here they come! (Does the Kirk run again)<\/span><\/p>\n Before being dragged off the stage, Gary did a little publicity. \u201cDean Haglund [of X-Files Lone Gunman fame] is here. He and I are going to be doing our show, Starhole SG-1.5, tonight. Dean and I have a performing history of 20 or so years. I played Kirk and he played Spock in Vancouver in a show called StarTrek the Musical. I played Kirk, I took my shirt off, and I fought in a girdle! You won\u2019t see that tonight. But Dean is an awesome, funny guy. It\u2019s going to be a real fun show, so I hope you come!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n With that, Gary took his leave. Soon afterword many fans filed through the autograph line. As I heard someone comment, Gary is a ham on the stage, but a clam off of it! I don\u2019t think I heard the man speak at all while I was in line, let alone hardly smile! However, I got a better reaction out of him much later. As I left the hotel to go home the following Monday, my arms full of stuff and my parents in the elevator with me, who gets on at the first floor as we get off? Gary! I was so surprised to see him considering I hadn\u2019t seen him at all since the previous Thursday night, that I\u2019m amazed that I managed to say, \u201cBye Gary!\u201d He looked at me with some surprise and said, \u201cbye!\u201d as I got out of his path. Well Gary, people may not shout, \u201cIt\u2019s Gary! It\u2019s Gary!\u201d when they see you, but you can tell your wife that we do recognize and appreciate you!<\/span><\/p>\n *Play It Grand wipes the sweat from her brow* Phew! Do I still have fingers?<\/span><\/p>\n Next up, Creation\u2019s surprise guest, stepping in for Christopher Heyerdahl who had to cancel suddenly, is Andee Frizzell. At about 6\u20191\u201d and very pretty, Andee can be very intimidating when covered in prosthetic skin. You guessed it! Andee played every Wraith Queen the Stargate Atlantis expedition has the misfortune of meeting, except for the last. I\u2019ll let Andee tell that story herself! Stay tuned!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s time for everyone\u2019s favorite Gate Technician! I\u2019ve wanted to see Gary Jones for years. He owes Chicago an appearance from a couple years back where he was set to come and then had to cancel. 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