Did you think the catchphrase “Oh my” is from Star Trek? Well, it is not. Nope. He never said that on the show.
But we know the actor has uttered those two words. So what is going on?
Today on The Graham Norton Show, the beloved actor explained how it happened. Many years ago, he was invited to appear on Howard Stern’s radio show. However, he didn’t know who the shock was at the time.
So Sulu arrives at the radio show offices, and they have a radio on. He said to his publicist that the show they have on is vile and disgusting. And she told him that is Howard Stern.
Then he was ushered in, and the first thing that Stern said to Takei was, “You have a deep voice. A voice like that must have a big dong below?” To which the legend asked, “Are we on the air?” When the shock jock told him they were, all he could say was, you guessed it, “Oh my!”
And the rest is history, thanks to Stern playing to two words repeatedly on his show.
