Don't be surprised that you never saw so much as a frame of Quark; it was a half-season wonder from six years before you were born.
And I have the full-series DVD set (and saw the series in first-run). Of course, that episode is largely a Flash Gordon/Buck Rogers spoof. The whole series shamelessly and gleefully spoofed most of the major science fiction franchises, from 2001 to Star Trek to (then brand new!) Star Wars. And if you notice a slight family resemblance to Mork & Mindy, it's because the two series shared a composer (Perry Botkin, Jr.) and at least one supporting cast member (Conrad Janis).
The Quark scene to which I allude, Quark's Vegeton science officer (Richard Kelton) teaching Princess Libido (a 35-year-old, pre-Knots-Landing Joan Van Ark) how to pollinate, can be found here.
Probably not. Most likely both got it from the particle, and the late Murray Gell-Mann (one of the discoverers) freely admitted that he got it from James Joyce (specifically from Finnegan's Wake, which has an early TrekLit connection).
And I have the full-series DVD set (and saw the series in first-run). Of course, that episode is largely a Flash Gordon/Buck Rogers spoof. The whole series shamelessly and gleefully spoofed most of the major science fiction franchises, from 2001 to Star Trek to (then brand new!) Star Wars. And if you notice a slight family resemblance to Mork & Mindy, it's because the two series shared a composer (Perry Botkin, Jr.) and at least one supporting cast member (Conrad Janis).
The Quark scene to which I allude, Quark's Vegeton science officer (Richard Kelton) teaching Princess Libido (a 35-year-old, pre-Knots-Landing Joan Van Ark) how to pollinate, can be found here.
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