"...And you must talk to him. Tell him that he is a pretty cat, and a good cat."

@justdave923

6 жыл бұрын

SpitViciouz "I will feed him."

@thenak.5039

4 жыл бұрын

"perhaps that will be adequate"

@lukewarmwater6412

3 жыл бұрын

cats do not act. cats demand to be entertaining in their own way at their own comfort..... I wouldnt want to work with a cat either, dont get me wrong, I have cats who allow me to live here, in my house, with them. but they would not be good actors at all. for instance, not one of them would wear the grapefruit rind helmets I made for them.

@Petra44YT

2 жыл бұрын

I will feed him!

@thetruth45678

5 ай бұрын

​@@thenak.5039Spoiler: It was not enough.

Star Trek: The search for Spot

@goliathimmortal1

4 жыл бұрын

😆👍

@TheMrPeteChannel

4 жыл бұрын

I'd watch it.

@murphyjackedoff5970

Жыл бұрын

Anyone see Gail’s children audio book about this?

"I carried Spiner," said Spot taking a puff, "He didn't have to show any emotions. How hard is that for an actor? Me? I had to act like I loved him! No small feat. And the tuna was stale. Paramount was cheap. Cheap I tell you!"

I'll remember that as a filmmaker/screenwriter: Never write any action for a cat other than "eats tuna from a can."

Felis Catus, is your taxonomic nomenclature

@alexander-ir8xr

6 жыл бұрын

an endothermic quadruped carnivorous by nature?

@jj_b5400

6 жыл бұрын

Your visual, olfactory and auditory senses contribute to your hunting skills and natural defences.

@sarahk236

4 жыл бұрын

JJ_B i find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations

@MrNoot39449

3 жыл бұрын

@@sarahk236 A singular development of cat communications

@starshipkitten9618

3 жыл бұрын

That obviates your basic hedonistic predilection For a rhythmic stroking of your fur to demonstrate affection.

The kitty doesn't know how much of an honor it is to have been in Star Trek. All Spot wanted was to sit there and think he's better than everyone else.

@rileyoreilly9353

5 жыл бұрын

I am still looking for that scene where Riker enters Mister data's quarters and fearfully asks where's spot now 😁🐱🐈

@ChillyCharizard006

4 жыл бұрын

Towelie the Towel Soooo, He was an average cat... 😂😂😂

@Rick_Sanchez_C137_

3 жыл бұрын

Spot actually was better than everyone else in the set...

@thetruth45678

5 ай бұрын

So... spot wanted to be Q?

Cats will not act unless they have their own trailer.

Ironically, every cat that played Spot liked Brent even though Brent (still) isn't fond of cats.

Audience member: "Whose idea was it for Data to have a cat?" Brent Spiner: "NOT MINE." 😂

"Bless his soul.." I love Brent Spiner!

@chefdean7257

3 жыл бұрын

Was that an instruction or a request ?

"Your visual. olfactory, and auditory senses Contribute to your hunting skills and natural defenses."

When I met him, I was having an already screwed-up day and I was clammy and puffy looking, wearing ill-fitting jeans and a sweatshirt...and he was incredibly nice and disarming towards me (and everyone around me). He was quite a gentleman, I thought.

@chefdean7257

3 жыл бұрын

What does your appearance have to do with how an actor responds to fans ?

@philbertchow5425

Жыл бұрын

Spot?

Dogs have owners, cats have staff 😽

I saw this interview a thousand times, It's one of my favourites, he's hilarious in this one. Brent is someone who is constantly joking about everything, and the interviewer is kind of super serious. He's just trolling the guy during the whole thing, and the interviewer doesn't notice anything. Spiner was just bored. You can't do something serious with that man. The result is that interview. He can appears as mean, but he's not at all. He's a really sweet and funny man.

I've met Spiner twice now. He sure has interesting stories about some of his non-trek costars. If you meet him, ask him what he thinks of Richard Moll(Bull from Night Court). It'll make you laugh.

Lol "But that cat-" XD

I love cats, but I realize that all cats are trolls.... Spot simply excelled at trolling.

Oh c'mon! We all loved it when Data started crying to see Spot after the crash. Data might not be Sheldon Cooper's favorite character, but he was mine.

I loved that Worf said he will only feed him

I Love Brent.

Brent Spiner is one of the most talanted men in Hollywood. Not only a good actor but a great musician and songwriter.

I imagine the cat sitting around in a retirement home, wearing glasses, smoking a cigarette, and going, "Look at that Spiner bastard bad-mouthing me again..."

spot loves feline supplement #25

Met him a long time ago back in the early 90's. Nice guy...much shorter than I expected though.

Spot was stupid and yet he made your heart ache and cry a dozen of times O_o

Funny guy. Must be good to work with.

He takes this so well. Charismatic and jovial. Most of the other guys appear like they are "put out" to be there.

i had the opportunity to meet this guy at a convention.... he was awsome

Lmao! funny funny funny...I remember those episodes with "Spot" and I kept telling myself, how many takes with it take for this cat to do the things the script called for. The way Brent describes is soo funny!

Felis catus is your taxonomic nomenclature, An endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature; Your visual, olfactory, and auditory senses Contribute to your hunting skills and natural defenses. I find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations, A singular development of cat communications That obviates your basic hedonistic predilection For a rhythmic stroking of your fur to demonstrate affection. A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents; You would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance. And when not being utilized to aid in locomotion, It often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion. O Spot, the complex levels of behavior you display Connote a fairly well-developed cognitive array. And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend, I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend.

He's such a brilliant guy! So, I'm sitting here, watching this, thinking about how he sounds so much like someone I know, and then I realize he sounds exactly like my band director! That makes me love him even more!

Oh this is the first time I've come across this. I'm the girl in the audience who asked Brent this question. He was very entertaining throughout the talk.

I'm pretty sure Brent was speaking sarcastically. Anybody who thinks he was serious a) doesn't know Brent's personality, and b) needs to get over it. Get upset over important things in this world instead of mundane things like this!

@blizzard2099

9 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! I love cats and don't understand people who hate on cats but Brent did make me laugh here :) I mean COME ON, you can tell he was only kidding when he said that Spot was a bad actor and would not follow directions.

@palmfrond

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's basically nonstop jokes with most of the Trek panels. This puts me in a very jokey mood and unfortunately has caused some problems, because some people don't realize I'm joking and they take something I said the wrong way. Same thing happened here. He was just kidding around to make the audience laugh.

I loved him in 'Out to Sea' as the cruise director. Awesome performance.

I liked spot and was glad he was on the show.

My favorite actor!

He's so life-like...

I love how he clarified he didn’t hate all cats, just the cat he was forced to work with.

Such a underated actor.

I loved Spot! ;D

Well, Brent may not have liked Spot, but I did. Enough to name my own cat Spot.

@groom_of_the_stool

6 жыл бұрын

Mr. K Hey, this is my comment and that's Spot in my picture!

@10000asja A vastly under-appreciated actor and talent.

I'd love to experience Brent Spiner Live

"I can feel your 'Resentment' towards her"

brent spiner is some man!

Love Brent!!!

Haaaa! I love Brent. He's a riot.

I saw Brent Spiner on a Law & Order episode yesterday ( Forget whether it was CI or SVU ). He can do defendants on legal shows very well, too.

The cat was great, I loved "Ode to Spot"

Met him at London film and comic con few years back,

Sad to see Spiner old like this. For me he'll always be Data. I hate aging. :-(

Awww, lol, I LOVE YOU BRENT!!!

"although you are not sentient, spot, and do not comprehend, I nonetheless consider you, a true and valued friend" - Data

Spot isn't really dead - as long as we remember him.

Awesome actor !

I will FEED him.

I find that even a little honey can deemphasize the intrinsic value of a rabbit.

@MissVoxx Excellent question! Kudos! This made my day!

Oh, I see! He was talking about the cat that Data had in the show, and he said that that particular cat was not smart (well, okay, he DID say the cat was "stupid"! :-D ). But he also said that he has nothing against (in other, he likes) cats in general. Does my explanation make sense?

I wish I knew this guy in person... Seems awesome....

Brent is sooo funny, and a very clever man

I think he looks great.

"Felis catis, is your taxinomic nomenclature An endothermic quadriped, carnivorous by nature?"

@bookworm1138 I love 'Generations' funnily enough, but I'm biased. It's the first Trek movie I ever saw at an early age and it made me the Trekkie I am today. I just love the Enterprise crashing scene and the Nexus and the beginning of the movie....I mean...it's not the greatest Trek movie but it certainly isn't the worst. That glory goes to 'V: Final Frontier' and that will never change.

my cat was named Spot because he was a tiny spot in the alley when I found him

@GalenMarekOfficial

7 жыл бұрын

Agreed, "Scared to death" Sound less cute.

@marinarhettsturgill6085

2 жыл бұрын

I had a orange tabby named Spot as well, the problem was that he had a brother named Stripe, It was unusual because they were identical and I was afraid that they would die because they were identical, they had a less than 50 percent chance of survival because with twin animals you usually lose one or both I was lucky enough to have both cats for three years before they passed away!🥺🐱🐈❤

I made this comment exactly when this video became 10 years old. October 24, 2020.

Now in the days before KZread, I saw that episode and taped it until I had Data's poem memorized.

My two cats lay around and steal my side of the bed when I am up.

he is being funny, not hating on the cat. The cat was the best prop in the show/movies. It made him more "human." Spot was awesome, especially how he kept getting handed off to Worf to watch.

Brent was the programmer of the cat.

I'm sorry to hear that - when did you meet him? When I met him 2 or 3 years ago he was very nice (even though I looked terrible - both for my clothes and for looking like I had a cold - that day, and wasn't on top of my game socially, either). He listened to what I said, responded appropriately, posed for [free] photos with me, joked around playfully...it was great!

That was actually entertaining. Very nice.

Hahhahaha love Brent Spiner!

It was a fan poem that made them put a cat in the tv show so that soon Data to recite it on TV and back then fans went crazy that they actually paid attention to a fans silly poem.

The 'Law & Order' was great, Spiner was a psychotic husband. No doubt he can act. He was on another sci-fi show called 'Threshold', about an alien virus that was transmitted through sound waves. It was actually pretty scary, but didn't last.

@marinarhettsturgill6085

2 жыл бұрын

I loved that show!! I remember watching it religiously when it was on, such a damn shame it was canceled! I loved Brent Spiner's performance in it as Dr. Nigel Fenway! If you find it, check it out, you won't be disappointed!!👽

To know him is to love him and to love him is to know him.

@aarongreenfield9038

3 жыл бұрын

That was the episode where the scientist took over data's body, and data said that at his wake, which was the scientist in data's body that was saying it.

@LeeroyPorkins

3 жыл бұрын

@@aarongreenfield9038 Yup

I have seen it too. Damnit...

I wonder how many times he gets asked about spot the cat 🤔

@tanithjackson9227

7 жыл бұрын

He gets asked about Spot the cat in practically every question and answer session that he does. And he always says the same thing: that the cat was stupid, the cat was a terrible actor, he hated the cat, etc. And he wonders why he has the reputation of hating cats!

@chefdean7257

3 жыл бұрын

Forty Two.

Thanks for the title

Spot eats Tuna out of can,.... becomes radioactive.

In one episode, Data banged Spot's head against his desk by mistake. That's when he's trying to teach him not to jump on his desk. That was in "A Fistful of Datas". "Vamoose, you little varmin" (or whatever that is he's saying) :-)

I am trying to find any footage of the musical show at Astroworld in Houston where Brent had his first stage job. I have found the old "To Tell the Truth" clip.

LOL Brent's awesome.

@punkrockcop Spot is Data's orange tabby cat in Star Trek: The Next Generation

@vpin2000 you know, as much as people say that, because Generations was an 'odd-numbered' ST movie, it failed, there were still enough good moments to make it watchable...such as Data's emotion-chip quirks

I got tuna tuna tuna tuna in my tummy, and data gave it to me! Yummy yummy yummy I got tuna in my tummy....

Spot, Runter, Runter... Here is Runter, Runter is good! Spot, Runter, Runter... Here is Runter, Spot, Here is Runter, Runter is good!

He really is a funny guy. I'd totally go to a Spiner comedy show!

If you want to see how funny Brent can be, look up his many appearances on Night Court. There may be montages to view.

VAMOOS YA LITTLE VARMIT~

Spot had to be based on Jones the Cat in the first "Alien" movie.

WHOOOOOOOSH

@wandaperi

5 жыл бұрын

Ree

It was cute, Fenrir, I literally laughed out loud. :)

RIP Spot

I am glad he insulted spot. It's refreshing to hear an actor insult another with such honesty, instead of pulling punches all the time....lol.

... Oh good lord, if he did 300? Persian Messenger: This is blasphemy! This is madness! Data: I am afraid you are mistaken. For this is Sparta. *boot* (Although Lore totally would have done it the same way as Butler. XD )

Brent Spiner would be nowhere today had it not been for that cat.

Spot is now sitting in an acting-animals retirement home saying to people, "I am big! It's the Alpha Quadrant that got smaller!!"

Which cat? Spot's breed changed each episode.

@MichaelBradley1967

6 жыл бұрын

There were two different cats just in *Phantasms*. Data hands Worf a fully orange cat, then at the end there's a cat with quite a bit of white. This is the point I think Worf killed the original Spot, and borrowing from a sitcom, he brought Data back a similar cat and somehow the android didn't notice. It would also explain how the originally male cat had kittens later on.

I named my Parakeet Spot. I also named his now wife bird Speck in honor of Data's Spot the cat. The bird can take direction to go back into the cage on command, well actually maybe it would take more than one take... so he lives up to his famous STNG Spot LOL