Michael Dorn and his Untold Stories
In this captivating episode of Dropping Names, we sit down with the legendary Michael Dorn, best known for his iconic role as Worf in Star Trek. Join us as we delve into his fascinating career, from his early days on 'Chips' to his memorable moments with Glenn Close and beyond. Michael shares…
Two moments from this episode
Good Cracker, Andy Griffith
Michael Dorn had a small part on a show with Andy Griffith, an actor he had watched most of his life. On a break they both reached for Ritz crackers at the craft service table, and the exchange that followed was, for Dorn, the whole point. Griffith went with it, and Dorn says it made his life.
“He eats it and I go, good cracker. And he goes, good cracker.”
The Egg With Your Name
Jonathan Frakes performed roughly ninety shows opposite Glenn Close in an outdoor drama in Williamsburg, when she was still a student there. She later invited him to a dinner party as a last-minute replacement, and he could tell because each place setting had a hard-boiled egg with the guest's name on it. His egg had clearly had the previous name scrubbed off and his written in.
“there was a hard-boiled egg with the name of the guest on it. And at my table setting, there was a hard-boiled egg that clearly had been”
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