Brent Spiner Talks Data, Star Trek: Next Generation and His Long Show Business Career

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Katee Sackhoff - Starbuck from Battlestar Galactica

After Shows, Tv & Film, Tv Reviews

4.9 • 522 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

Hi Everyone! Happy Tuesday. This week's episode is many months in the making! We recorded the first half of this interview with Brent Spiner back in January, but we were interrupted because Brent had to evacuate from his home in the Palisades during the Los Angeles fires. We were finally able to get together— in person this time— to finish our conversation, but it was not without more interruptions (I'll let you watch and see what I mean). What can I say, I guess Brent and I are all about the drama! You know the great Brent Spiner from his performance as Data, starting with Star Trek: Next Generation and in many other Star Trek vehicles over the last 40 years. He's also a fantastic writer and character actor, and I'm glad we got to talk about some of his other work in this episode, including his book Fan Fiction, his role as Bob Wheeler on Night Court and his long career as an actor. I'm such a fan of Brent and I'm so glad to finally able to share this conversation with you! This week's Hindsight is pretty epic because my producer Jeph and I get into everything that went on behind the scenes to get this episode ready for release. Plus, we answer your fan questions from the Mailsack! Fresh Hell - https://www.youtube.com/@freshhellseries Fan Fiction by Brent Spiner - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/56269181 Send me an email thesackhoffshow@gmail.com Produced by Rabbit Grin Productions Mail Sack Song by Nicolas @producer_sniffles Join us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/thesackhoffshow

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone. Welcome to The Sackoff Show. Happy Tuesday. I am so glad that you are here. This is a really special episode. I want to remind you all really quickly, though, to stick around for the hindsight. If you haven't done that, it's where we talk about the episode. And for today, that's going to be really
0:21.3	important. I'm just going to get into it. Today's guest is the wonderful Brent Spiner. If you don't
0:28.5	know Brent, he's from Star Trek The Next Generation, Independence Day, way back in the day, night
0:35.2	court. I have been a fan of his for so many years, so many years.
0:41.1	Not only him as an actor, but just him as a person.
0:44.8	He's such a wonderful, wonderful human being.
0:48.1	I just adore him.
0:49.7	You will notice in this episode, well, we had a few hiccups, to say the least. It will become
0:59.7	obvious what I mean as you're listening or watching this episode. And then he and I both had
1:07.6	some near-death experiences during this episode. His side will become clear
1:13.1	when you listen and watch the episode, mine in the hindsight. You'll also notice that his
1:18.5	sound is a little off in the beginning, the first part of this, which will also be, well, you
1:25.0	get the point. It will all become clear as you listen to the episode and then join us for the hindsight.
1:30.9	It's a great episode.
1:32.2	It's a great episode.
1:33.2	So I am so excited for you to be here.
1:36.1	I also want to remind you all that we have a Patreon.
1:40.8	Yay, I know.
1:42.6	If you are interested in the Patreon, it is patreon.com slash the sackoff show. So go ahead,
1:50.0	check that out. There's a free week trial if you want to give it a try. And we just are very excited
1:56.7	for you to be there and join this community that we've been forming for the last two years.
2:00.7	I am going to get out of your way because this episode has been a long time coming.
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