Mike Dicenso spewed out:

Actually on that note; the conventions I went to around the mid-70's,
early-to late 80', and early 90's had a very small percentage of the
so-clled "slob/nerd/geek" quotient, and often very few of the
stereotypical cosplaying, "Get a Life Trekkie". Often I was annoyed how
the news media visiting SF or Trek cons would go out of their way to
ignore the "normal"/"mundanes" who made up the vast majority, and focused
almost exclusively on the costume wearing nutcases. When you saw the final

Doesn't that typify Hollywood in general and a lot of "news" organizations
today? Ever since the major broadcast networks folded their news operations
into their entertainment divisions the emphasis on colorful nutcases has been
their stock-in-trade.

highly edited piece run on the 10 o clock newscast, you'd think that only
that type of person made up the Trek fanbase.
-Mike

I went to one and only one convention in... lessee... 1972, yeah, and don't
remember a whole lot of freaks. I remember they were talking about the movie
deal then, a full 8 years before it actually got made. But my biggest thrill
was when I ran into Isaac Asimov in the hallway outside the main ballroom and
ended up talking to him for about half an hour. Got his autograph which I still
have. That was so cool.

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bp
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