Saturday, October 09, 2010

Billy Seago's old newspaper clipping

I found an old newspaper clipping of Bill Seago (around mid 1970s) about how his deafness was not a hindrance. If you don't know the name Seago then you should be familiar with his brother Howie Seago who played the part as a deaf mediator, Riva, in one Star Trek episode. Look here on how Howie came up with a better idea for him to sign instead of speaking in this Star Trek episode, producers liked his suggestion. And thus born was an episode where his character, Riva, was forced to use an alternate communication, ASL.

3 comments:

kim said...

I met Billy Seago at an interpreted play here in Seattle. He didn't interpret it, but he coached the interpreters on how to make it a more artistic, effective experience. It was one of the first interpreted events I went to, and the FIRST play I had attended in years. I was practically dancing because I understood the dialog. So awesome!

Boult said...

Can you remove my first comment... didn't realize I typed my addy in "URL" box eh... I'll repost the same comment and delete this comment as well. :)

Boult said...

FYI: he was in this TV movie: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0780461/

he was like a Anne Sullivan to Jonah get it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTHkfYz7hus