Ernest Borgnine
This celebrity goo was created by player Aaron Fischer.
Scott Hardie provided the source image, gooed image, category, and difficulty, wrote the clue, and wrote the explanation.
publication date: Monday, April 15, 2002 (part of Round XVII)
category: 
Television
clue: That Borg, Seven of Nine, couldn't fly a lupus through a naval halestorm.
explanation: "Naval halestorm" referred to Borgnine's lead role in the TV series "McHale's Navy." "Fly a lupus" referred to another TV show in which he starred, "Airwolf." (The clue was a minor reference to the goo of Jan-Michael Vincent, another "Airwolf" star.) The words "Borg" and "Nine" were a play on his last name. more…
solved by: Denise Sawicki, Matthew Preston, Mike Eberhart, David Mitzman, Jeff Flom, Andy Hubbartt, and Chris Mead
player landmarks: This was the first goo solved by Chris Mead.
trivia: So many players thought that this was a black actor and/or a Star Trek actor that Scott sent them all an email message saying that he was neither.
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