Wil Wheaton interviewed on Ch. 13 News 10/14/1993

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15 жыл бұрын

An interview with Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher from Star Trek: The Next Generation) on a now non-existent local station in Los Angeles.
The clips shown during the interview are from 3rd season's "The Best of Both Worlds, Part I". The interview itself took place during the filming of 7th season's "Parallels", and was aired on October 14, 1993.
This was originally on a VHS tape recorded at the 6-hour speed, so the quality isn't THAT great, but it's OK.
Interesting that the interviewer doesn't seem to know Riker's rank after all this time, referring to him as "Lt. Cmdr. Riker". Heh...
Enjoy!

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@lauramcveigh8901 7 жыл бұрын

"Return of the teenage sex symbol"

@MrJDW123 8 жыл бұрын

Lieutenant commander riker it's Commander Riker

@adamdemgar2798 6 жыл бұрын

Actually, for Generations, (at least for the toys,) they had Riker credited as Lt. Commander Riker. But, you're right, he's not Lt. Commander. He's Commander

@Justin-Hill-1987 6 жыл бұрын

His transporter duplicate is a lieutenant.

@Deadpool_64 6 жыл бұрын

That wasn't who she was referencing though.

@Charmolution 4 жыл бұрын

Technically, in this episode, it's Captain Riker.

@Justin-Hill-1987 6 жыл бұрын

They're filming Parallels!

@mattweismiller 10 ай бұрын

"the teenage sex symbol." "He's always smiling." "He's a kid." Sus AF from frakes in 2023 but in the 90s no one cared

@Grimlock794 3 жыл бұрын

As an adult I've learned that Wesley was a much better character then I thought when I was a kid watching the show on its first run. I'm glad Will has found a place to celebrate his relationship with Star Trek.

@brassholio 2 жыл бұрын

I was born in '89 so missed the first airing of TNG. I know Wil copped a lot of hate from from fans who were actually adults. I find that unacceptable, he was a child when he started on the show. I'm glad that as an adult you are mature enough to use your brain, unlike a lot of other 'fans'.

@lewstone5430 2 жыл бұрын

The whole ‘hate Wesley’ thing was stupid for different reasons. I never bought into it but some people are sheep and go where the heard goes.

@chrisarseneault5617 9 күн бұрын

Data should have grabbed Wesley in the first TNG episode and shoved him out the airlock.

@AndrewChapman 2 жыл бұрын

4:30 "And I have a feeling that in over a decades time, Wil will later go on to make recurring guest appearances as himself in a sitcom called The Big Bang Theory. Debuts in 14 years time on September 24th 2007."

@skinni_the_P00hBear 4 жыл бұрын

Currently watching a Star Trek : TNG marathon on TV to celebrate the new Picard series coming out! Btw, Wil Wheaton was (and still is) a babe!

@user-gv5zb3or7s 2 жыл бұрын

Cheeky Wesley Crusher 3:25 "they wanted me to wear your dress.. I said I'd only wear it if you were in it"

@chrisarseneault5617 9 күн бұрын

What an inappropriate thing for him to say. No wonder they got rid of him.

@akiltherealdeal 4 жыл бұрын

Young Wil was shooting his shot with Marina. Straight savage!

@akiltherealdeal 3 жыл бұрын

He said, “They wanted me to wear your dress for this shot. Yeah. I said I’ll only wear it if you were in it.”

@Network126 3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@lewstone5430 2 жыл бұрын

He had a shot back then. Apparently she shagged quite a few guest stars from what she said in an interview I watched.

@ButiLao44 2 жыл бұрын

@@lewstone5430 lol if we're thinking about the same interview she said "in the first season" though, because she had met her husband by the time they shot season 2

@MonteLeeMyPOV 11 жыл бұрын

I was born in 68' and now to look at the 70's , 80's . 00's...sigh. I feel your pain. Welcome to the club.

@BryceNewall 11 жыл бұрын

Actually, I have to offer a correction to that. :) Yes, "Future Imperfect" did have the altered communicators, which is where that style originated. But the episode that was being filmed at the time of this interview was 7th season's "Parallels", which has Worf moving through several parallel universes, at least one of which has the alternate communicators. The one where he's married to Troi and where Wesley Crusher is the tactical officer is one such universe.

@chrispeplinski7306 5 жыл бұрын

Wil was good looking when he was young.

@HotTakeAndy Жыл бұрын

Weren’t we all? 😂

@HelloKindWorld 11 жыл бұрын

Parallels was is one of my favorite episodes, it was really well done.

@cypher515 7 жыл бұрын

That was a fun episode to watch. And right in the middle of it, wait, that's _Lieutenant_ Wesley Crusher? Full Lt. too, apparently. Wow, apparently in this universe, he must've passed his first entrance exam, and was probably out of the Academy _before_ NOT-Tom-Paris could get him in trouble. Contrast that with '616' Star Trek (really called Prime Universe, but hell, I can make random Marvel references sometimes too) where at the end of it all he's a Lt. (jg) who apparently just STOPPED 'Travelling' at the age of 28 or so. Looked good in the Lt. Cmdr. uniform for that (non-canon) Star Trek The Experience video though.

@testy462 6 жыл бұрын

LOL, "not tom paris" That was pretty funny.

@lewstone5430 2 жыл бұрын

Well John in JJ Abrams version of Trek Kirk went from Academy cadet to Captain of the flag ship in ONE day so you must’ve been completely disgusted at that turn-of-events huh?

@cypher515 2 жыл бұрын

@@lewstone5430 No, I'm completely MOCK disgusted at it :P. Or more accurately I'm perfectly fine with it.

@jamesmcburnie 14 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for adding, you have such incredible rarities as I have said many times!

@BryceNewall 14 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you all liked it! :) James, most of the interviews came from the news that aired on the UPN station right after TNG. Since they were right there in LA, they got to do a lot of interviews. A lot of the rest is just luck that I found! :)

@meleecritical 4 жыл бұрын

Strongly worded email if I hear Trak once more

@BrendanBeckett 11 жыл бұрын

I don't remember 1993 being so... old.

@raccoon681 7 жыл бұрын

it's 4 years later how do you feel now

@SeansModelBuilds 3 жыл бұрын

But my school video camera in 1992 was more colour accurate than this.

@Network126 3 жыл бұрын

@@raccoon681 It's now 3 years later since your 4 years later comment.

@raccoon681 3 жыл бұрын

@@Network126 Yes and im still waiting for this guy to reply what gives?

@HotTakeAndy Жыл бұрын

It’s been 10 years. I need an update.

@tristatolentino2084 8 жыл бұрын

so good wil whaeton

@jwiese100 3 жыл бұрын

I’m gonna go watch Star Trek on Netflix now

@Justin-Hill-1987 10 ай бұрын

I like that commbadge design variant, because it integrates Starfleet rank pip system into the bars behind the Starfleet delta symbol. In this scene, Riker's a captain on the Enterprise-D in an alternate quantum reality where Captain Picard was killed in action. Riker was promoted from Commander to Captain and Worf was promoted to full commander, and they have Wesley Crusher on board, now a full Lieutenant, working alongside Riker, Data and Worf on the bridge.

@popculturebaby 7 жыл бұрын

I feel kinda bad for Wil in a weird way. he seemed like he could have gone somewhere in his acting and then it didn't happen. and apparently around this time he developed depression (according to the interview he did about it a little bit ago). idk man, feels bad. he's definitely more dull in the eyes than he was before in this interview. and like the happy bits seem so fake on his part. maybe I'm just projecting because I have similar issues but idk

@lewstone5430 2 жыл бұрын

Lol, you’re projecting.

@Billkwando 11 ай бұрын

I heard his parents were awful.

@kagemusha168 14 жыл бұрын

hahahhaha Worf dancing at 2:38

@europeanpatriot8031 2 жыл бұрын

@stratfordbaby 11 ай бұрын

2:00 Lieutenant Commander??? NOPE.

@cooliscool 9 жыл бұрын

Daniel Hill - wrong. This is from Parallels, filmed in 1993 for season 7.

@Zoomer30 6 жыл бұрын

And STNG ended 6 months later.

@DaniellaCartwright 6 жыл бұрын

His name is so funny to say 😂

@pitodesign 3 жыл бұрын

01:26 "I got a call from my mom..." Does he mean Beverly? :-D

@Glitterprincess23 12 жыл бұрын

They spelled Jonathan's name wrong.

@pitodesign 3 жыл бұрын

He had just ran a jonathon.

@GameArchiver 2 жыл бұрын

lmao Ricker actually calls him the teenage sex symbol XD

@HotTakeAndy Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that verbiage was definitely a thing in the 90’s. Hella cringe now.

@r4h4al 10 ай бұрын

Well he was right.

@nelsonfeliciano9717 3 жыл бұрын

I admire will wheaton on stng

@lauradufresne6628 2 жыл бұрын

Is she saying track instread of trek? And Jonathan looks so done at 2:36. He just wants to go home 😂

@Billkwando 11 ай бұрын

Yeah she is

@StevenOBrien 11 жыл бұрын

JonathOn Frakes?

@desiduds 12 жыл бұрын

"shields" shake! Lol

@Chalky. 6 жыл бұрын

Marina Sirtis sounded more American in interviews back then, but in interviews now she sounds very English, so I think the producers might have told her to tone down the accent back then to not confuse the viewers.

@BryceNewall 6 жыл бұрын

Not really... during the show's run and even through the first 3 movies, she still sounded VERY British in interviews. Around the time that Nemesis came out, she sounded more American in interviews. That might have been because she was having to Americanize herself so much that it became more natural for her. But over time, the British started coming out again. Even now, if you hear her, she sounds kind of in-between. But if she's in England, for example, being interviewed on a British TV show, then she sounds VERY British again.

@starlight122012 3 жыл бұрын

@@BryceNewall yeh it is more to do with where you live, if you live in America almost all the time, you are going to pick up the American accent but still sound words in English, not American-English.

@brassholio 2 жыл бұрын

@@starlight122012 Before Covid I spent A LOT of time working in the states and made a conscious decision to never lose my Australian accent, people seem to like it over there. Granted I haven't lived there for 30 years like she has, but I've found that some people are more susceptible to mimicking other accents when in another country than others. I worked with one Dutch guy and one Russian guy who both had perfect American accents.

@Danbo020759 11 жыл бұрын

Most scenes her from the filiming of the 4th season episode. "Future Imperfect." Look for the 'altered" Starfleet insignia on the uniforms.

@Justin-Hill-1987 6 жыл бұрын

Parallels

@johnking5174 7 ай бұрын

Channel 13 in Los Angeles is still there, not what the description says. KCOP-TV Channel 13 is there to this day and has been there since 1948. It is now owned by Fox Television.

@ricksimon9867 3 жыл бұрын

2:04 - no he doesn't ... also, Jonathon? What is going on?

@johnking5174 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, he was Commander Riker, not Lieutenant Commander. Research played no part in this TV program it seems.

@valiatus6719 5 жыл бұрын

2:30 Oh dear god no don't let them speak to eachother, they'll get started an never stop!

@BryceNewall 12 жыл бұрын

@TheSilverangel22 I'm sure there are, but unfortunately, the ones I've posted are all the ones I have.

@17017465674205 12 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Franks, Lieutenant Commander Riker？

@jacoblewis1242 2 жыл бұрын

I look for Star Trek the next Generation to go off the air soon.

@gh00stic8 5 жыл бұрын

Wait...he was 20 in that episode!?

@r4h4al 10 ай бұрын

No 21.

@markrussell910 5 жыл бұрын

Oh, the newscaster said "Star Track" at the end. Head low.

@Billkwando 11 ай бұрын

more like every time

@TheSilverangel22 12 жыл бұрын

Hi are there any more behind the sceens footage of the TNG cast messing about like this?

@ambassador8524 3 жыл бұрын

What, did they film this on a Motorola Razor!

@lordwinton 5 жыл бұрын

Sheldon: WILL WHEATON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😡

@testuser1337 12 жыл бұрын

omg @ 2:19 ...jonathOn ...fail. + the lt. cmdr. fail... somebody didn't like jonny.

@Billkwando 11 ай бұрын

How many times can she say "star track"?

@stratfordbaby 11 ай бұрын

They even misspelled Jonathan!!!! And got the rank wrong too. How pathetic!

@stewartmcminn7773 3 жыл бұрын

Who's Jonathon Frakes?

@jefferey_92 3 жыл бұрын

That's the guy that played Tom Riker, he looked so much like Will cause they're actually twins in real life!

@p-mies1192 5 жыл бұрын

Lieutenant Commander Riker?

@BryceNewall 14 жыл бұрын

@birdman1604 Yes, you did hear that. Oops on their part. ;)

@paulpolpiboon9535 3 жыл бұрын

Cool

@Deadpool_64 6 жыл бұрын

Marina Sirtis seemed to have a little crush on Wil.

@valiatus6719 5 жыл бұрын

Lucky bastard, but the age gap is a bit... Concerning.

@vtgchanelswan 5 жыл бұрын

absolutely not

@littlehoot1234 3 жыл бұрын

Well pretty sure she boned part of the cast

@Network126 3 жыл бұрын

@@valiatus6719 Just a number 🤣

@valiatus6719 3 жыл бұрын

@@Network126 prison is just a place

@GeneseoBand 11 жыл бұрын

Star Track

@scottrichmond3548 Жыл бұрын

"Star Track" lol 0:38

@kevinhoward9593 6 жыл бұрын

LOL man I love this. in Voyager the whole bridge shook. when the Enterprise D got hit all the actors did was shook lol. so stupid.

@starlight122012 3 жыл бұрын

Really? the whole bridge on VOY shook?

@lewstone5430 2 жыл бұрын

@Kevin Howard you’re sensitive huh?

@EthanJohn1986 7 жыл бұрын

he was written out? i thought he left?

@daddylachance3266 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah i thought he left because everyone except him got a pay rise

@VCYT 6 жыл бұрын

HE DID.

@hawkmaster381 13 күн бұрын

Why is this newscaster wearing a Romulan jacket?

@joewebb101 5 жыл бұрын

Copacabana on the Enterprise...…………… seriously?

@jeffodonnell7098 14 күн бұрын

The reason why the Wesley character didn't work was because it was so poorly written Wil Wheaton is a really good actor But the Wesley character was constantly being discriminated against On the other hand they're not giving him a position that you would typically give a genius He should have been the head of engineering on the very first episode Or at the very least the number two guy in engineering or science

@justanotherdrunk 6 жыл бұрын

4:10 star trak knucklehead

@FBomb2F 6 жыл бұрын

Lt. Com. Riker? Picard would never stand for this. Someone should double fist punch her into the next generation!

@aperson22222 13 жыл бұрын

Wheaton sounds so whiny at first, so self-pitying. 1:49 Wesley tells Worf it may take some time to get him back to his universe and Worf walks away in disgust at the idea of being stuck on a ship where Wesley is still around.

@Happydude1183 17 күн бұрын

Your a great actor Wil weaton always.

@chrisarseneault5617 9 күн бұрын

Can I have some of what you're on?

@Happydude1183 6 күн бұрын

@@chrisarseneault5617 Yea sure. Are you being sarcastic or serious?

@chrisarseneault5617 6 күн бұрын

@@Happydude1183 serious

@matthewgreenwood4286 6 жыл бұрын

In this scene he is a captain.

@VCYT 3 жыл бұрын

@pitodesign 3 жыл бұрын

In this interview he is captain.

@404_profile_not_found Ай бұрын

shut up, wesley

@mrscrushertrottalachancewh9707 6 жыл бұрын

'TheTeenage sex symbol'

@redconversetheorem 14 жыл бұрын

@birdman1604 FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU! They should seriously know better.

@europeanpatriot8031 2 жыл бұрын

"Teenage sex symbol"

@BANKO007 6 жыл бұрын

Anyone could do this.

@vardellsfolly5200 6 жыл бұрын

''.. acting as a craft''. Yet he is completely talent less.

@RicksistFoundation 4 жыл бұрын

and then he grew up to be a pansy

@arbackhaus 6 жыл бұрын

Most annoying Sci Fi character ever. I wish they would have killed his character off. Like a really brutal death. Trekkies would have rejoiced.

@samsignorelli 6 жыл бұрын

There was a list years ago about multiple ways to kill Wesley. My fave: Give him a match on a hydrogen planet.

@thenightaccelerates 2 жыл бұрын

Star Track