This ad for Star Trek: The Crouton Generation is a more recently
edited version of one originally aired with the Season 4 opening
mini-series "The Silence of the Croutons" and based upon an actual ST:TNG
commercial that was running on ST:TNG stations at about the same time.
Every century has its warriors...
2nd Century: An armored Roman centurion steps forward out of the
darkness, sword held up in salute.
Every century has its explorers...
8th Century: A Norseman steps forward.
Every century has its crusaders...
12th Century: A crusader kneels before his sword.
Every century has its croutons...
20th Century: Sally Ride steps forward dressed in an EVA suit, holding
her helmet in one hand and a fistful of Hidden Valley Ranch Caesar Salad
Croutons in the other.
Even centuries yet to come...
25th Century: A group of ST:TCG characters croutonize into view:
- Chris Crouton, root beer in hand
- Highlander, in kilt and Star Fleet jacket, katana hanging at his side
- Soraya Ghiasi, holding a purring Jez the Wonder Kitty
- Crossfire, compound bow slung over his shoulder, arms crossed
- Melissa Midzor, glaring at the GE soft-white light bulb she's holding
(Notice that the light bulb is not lit)
- Wayne Gretzky, holding his hockey stick upside-down like a magic staff
- Chi An Chow, Cubs hat and jacket over his Star Fleet uniform, two
parakeets chirping happily from their perch on his right shoulder
- Kabeta, smiling and attempting to ignore the green miniature hippopotomi
clustering around her ankles
- Richard Muirden, holding a bouquet of roses and attempting to hand them
to any female that will take them
- half japanese, glaring at the mailbox that she is shaking out, with
lots of origami frogs falling out of it onto the floor
- Admiral Avenger, a black opera cape and Twins cap added to his Admiral's
uniform, reading a newspaper called "Baseball Weekly"
- Counselor Tracy, in his top hat, juggling five tribbles
- The Kunz, grinning in his trademark blue shirt and shorts, arms crossed,
one foot crossed in front of the other as he leans against blank space
without falling
STAR TREK: THE CROUTON GENERATION
The Croutonprize jumps into Jolt warp.
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Be seeing you!
-- Michael "The Admiral" Zecca, starfury@eskimo.com