Far-Fetched

I have a talk with my brother Dave about taking the silliness seriously while making Super 8 movie magic. Also, how did our parents not know how often the tarantula got loose in the house?

You understand that communication with an alien race would have to begin at the most basic level.

Summoning the powers of the Brothers O'Connell! In the first ever Far-Fetched interview, my brother Matt and I talk UFOs, Bigfoot, Godzilla and the terrors of a deep, dark forest. Also, I tell the tale of how Patti LaBelle's song "Lady Marmalade" haunts me to this day.

Poor Data! The entire crew of the Enterprise has gone suicidal, and the only person who can save them is an android who can't comprehend how anyone could lose their will to live! The gripping conclusion to "Between Two Darknesses," the spec' script that got me in the door at Star Trek.

In which I try very hard not to do the Star Trek characters' voices (although I sound a little like Data)

We only had one TV set in our house when I was growing up, and I guess I must have monopolized it.

There I was, minding my own business, when my wife bought me a podcasting microphone. Suddenly it occurred to me that I have some good stories to tell about monsters, aliens and writing. And it all started when I was three years old.