Vicky and I are old SF/Trek fans. However, many years ago, the Trek fandom was, shall we say, much less mature than today. That is, too many of them took the position that Trek was everything good and that science fiction should more or less step aside and let Trek become the be all and end all of fandom. This didn't sit well with the SF crowd since luminaries like Ted Sturgeon, Norman Spinrad and Harlan Ellison had written Star Trek scripts. (Trek fandom went through much the same thing when Star Wars hit, so they eventually toned it down.)

However, many years ago, even before Star Trek: The New Generation started, a science fiction con named Balticon was invaded by Trekkies. Vulcans, no less. While the SF fans were on edge with them around, they weren't in any way disruptive. They acted aloof as Vulcans would, but were in no way rude.

Baltican has a Masquerade. It was/is MC'ed by a man named Marty Gear, who dresses up like Dracula for the show and tells bad (very bad!) vampire jokes between presentations. The Hunt Valley Inn, where Balticon was held that year, was quite crowded and a decision was made to show the Masquerade on the in-house television system. This would hopefully prevent massive overcrowding that would bring the fire marshals down on their backs.

I was sharing an apartment with a young woman named Cal at the time and asked if she'd like to watch it in my room. Another friend of hers named Lisa and Vicky Wyman also said yes. Well, we're watching and Marty announces the next presentation, The Traditional Vulcan Wedding. The audience groaned because they knew what was coming.

The Vulcan contingent marched on stage. In fairness, their costumes were letter-perfect. They had the thing with the bells and the battle-sticks: they were perfect. They even had a little old lady playing T'Pau and they carried her on-stage in a palanquin... which was also perfect. Finally, they had a Kirk and McCoy come on stage. Kirk asks McCoy what's wrong with Spock, and some music starts playing quietly in the background.

In the hotel room, I hear the music and I fall off the end of the bed , beating my fists on the floor. I'm howling with laughter! Cal asked, "Charlie, what's wrong?" I replied, howling, "Wait for it!" The music finally builds into the chorus of the following song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrCEEDyXYjE

The Vulcans were all dancing madly. The little old lady was rocking back and forth, shaking her hands. The audience died. Marty Gear was laughing so hard he was crying, his face bright red despite the white makeup he wore. When the song cut off, the Vulcans immediately reverted to Vulcan behavior, picked up their props and walked serenely off-stage. It was about five minutes before Marty could even attempt to announce that it had been the Traditional Vulcan Wedding.

Balticon also gives out awards, at most one to each presentation. One of those is for Most Humorous... and the audience booed the judges loudly when the Vulcan Wedding didn't win. However, the threats to the judges lives ended when the Vulcans won the absolute top prize, Best In Show.