Ep 148: Fritzcarraldo
Improvised Star Trek
USS Sisyphus
4.9 • 573 Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2016
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The crew gets down in the muck with some real raw and gritty opera, while the local inhabitants learn the value of hard labor.
Improvised on July 24, 2016. Title suggested by Derek Koshinski.
Featuring:
Sean Kelley as Lt. Cmdr Crick Watson
Matt Young as Captain Baxter, Sally
Mary Cait Walthall as Zarlene Zonalzon, Debora the Native
Eleanor Hollingsworth as Counsellor Rayvek, Stephanie the Native
Nick Wagner as Ch'arles Lorem, Donald the Native
Griffen Eckstein as Fritz Fassbinder
Chris Rathjen as Cmdr. Hayes, Scooter
Transcript
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| 0:16.4 | Captain, don't you think it seems like a direct violation of the Prime Directive to build an... |
| 0:21.6 | Is it an opera hall we're supposed to build on this M-Class planet? |
| 0:25.6 | It depends on how you define direct. |
| 0:27.6 | The Prime Directive says that we're not supposed to interfere with the development of sub-warp species. |
| 0:32.6 | Right, so we're just going to leave this opera house here and see what happens. |
| 0:36.6 | But doesn't that interfere with their development? |
| 0:38.7 | Does it interfere directly? |
| 0:40.5 | I guess it's sort of indirectly if we're not actually going down there, like, telling them to go check out the opera. |
| 0:46.6 | So by your own logic, it's not a direct violation of the prime directive. |
| 0:50.3 | I guess you're right. |
| 0:56.0 | Aww. Ah! Oh! |
| 0:57.0 | Oh! |
| 1:00.0 | I'm practicing lifting my soft palate. |
| 1:03.0 | Excellent. |
| 1:04.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:05.0 | Is there a purpose? |
| 1:07.0 | Yes. |
| 1:08.0 | We're building an opera house. |
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