takes and behind the scenes footage  from the film were used as clips from the TV show. The humor even  went so far as Sigourney Weaver (qv)s character, Gwen DeMarco,  claiming that she had turned down "a small part in a  Woody Allen (qv) movie" to do the Galaxy Quest series [A reference  to one of her first, though very brief, big screen cameos as Alvys  (Allens) date at the end of _Annie Hall (1977)_ (qv)].