The Soup
April 25th, 2008
Friday 25 April 2008 on E!

Joel McHale takes a look back at the week's can't miss reality TV and pop culture moments.

Walter is the only Star Trek actor without a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (edit) Walter Koenig's has written three books: "Buck Alice and the Actor Robot", "Chekov's Enterprise," and "Warped Factors," his autobiography. He is currently working on his forth book titled "Inalienable" which is expected to be finished in 2007. (edit) In 1997 Walter Koenig's character "Alfred Bester" was voted in a science fiction fans poll "Favorite Man Most Loved to Hate." (edit) He and his wife, Judy Levitt, appear together in the "Babylon 5" (1994) episode "A Race Through Dark Places" which aired in 1995. She also stared with him in two Star Trek movies. In "The Voyage Home" she plays a nurse from 1986 and in "The Undiscovered Country" she plays an officer and even outranks Koenig's own character. (edit) He appeared in three episodes of different series with George Takei: "Star Trek" (1966), "Diagnosis Murder" (1993) and "Futurama" (1999). (edit)

Walter Koenig: I have done several dialects on television and stage. My father spoke with a Russian accent, and although he was no longer with us when I started Star Trek, his speech probably influenced the accent that I used. (edit) Question: Can you speak russian? George Takei mentioned that he could speak japanese but wasn't sure if you spoke fluent russian.
Walter Koenig: I too speak fluent Japanese... But seriously doubt George knows a single word in Russian! (edit) Question: How many month/years did it take you to write "Warped Factors"?
Walter Koenig: I wrote the first 20,000 words in about three months, and then once it was sold, I did the finally 90,000 over a period of five months. (edit) Question: Was it by chance that yourself and William Shatner were both in the same episode of Columbo in the 70's?
Walter Koenig: It was purely by chance and it's questionable whether I was actually in the show. It was another one of a short list of appearances I've made that were very slight in nature. (edit) Question: In the beginning of the series, were you ever worried that they would make you wear a red shirt?
Walter Koenig: I know what you're referring to, but I don't think we ever understood while we were shooting the show (that the guys in the red shirts inevitably suffered an early demise.) (edit)

Recurring Role
Babylon 5 Bester	Star Trek Ensign Pavel Chekov

Guest Star
Almost Perfect Where No Woman Has Gone Before Himself	Bring 'Em Back Alive The Reel World of Frank Buck Toder
Columbo Fade in to Murder Sgt. Johnston	Combat! The Prisoner Uncredited
Diagnosis Murder Alienated Quinn Trask	Futurama Where No Fan Has Gone Before Himself

Writer
Family Just Friends	Land of the Lost The Stranger
Star Trek: The Animated Series The Infinite Vulcan	The Powers of Matthew Star Mother

Other
How William Shatner Changed the World Himself