Trip... 
and I were never--
--really close... 
but--
In the late 1990s I did run into Connor Trinneer when he was auditioning for "Pensacola: Wings of Gold" and... 
of course, everyone who is anyone knows he later got the part of Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III in the "Star Trek: Enterprise" TV series.
Dysart, Dysart! If I have learned one thing... 
in all my years flying back and forth over Texas from Hollywood to New York and New York to Hollywood--
You do not buy generic cowbell and you don't... 
try to out six degree of separation with Bendy!