"You know, I think maybe you just have the same name somehow. Because you're definitely not tubby and we seriously don't have space travel. I mean, we managed the moon but . . ." He shook his head. The idea that an old 60's TV show was real was too weird. Umeda had had some experience with some weird stuff, and the idea that Jim came from a different time was a lot easier for him to believe than that show being real. It was still a bizarre thing to think about being true, but way better than TV shows coming to life.

"Obviously. So . . . what do you do on your ship? I mean, you just fly around and try to meet other planets?" Which sounded so like the show it was creepy but, sure. Maybe in the future people really did that! He really hoped it was just a future deal . . . "And ah, what year is it where you live?"