nicholas meyer is the director of star trek two and six and star trek for and the director of one ofost successful tv movies of all time, the day after. it was a movie about what would happen in the aftermath of nuclear war at the time of some of the highest-rated tv movies in the history of the media. the movie premiered in the 1984 election cycle here's what mick had to say about what he meant to do the day after fox. let's see if we can play that. [applause] ♪ [background noise] >> my private grandiose notions was that this movie would unseat ronald reagan. >> well, so much for that. they used to particular goals and that doesn't stop them from trying. the creator of friends we were going to play this but there was cursing. the creator of friends for example told me one of her favorite episodes, the lesbian episode in the first season. that episode she said the cat can grist for gingrich as the pastor of the wedding. she said that she was cast as a quote on quote fu to the right to read the feel of the of the need to slap us across the face guilt from rich people and socialists so