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Let Michael Kmet, Maurice Molyneaux, & associates be your guides to the production of the original STAR TREK and its place in TV history.
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#StarTrek references pop up in the most peculiar places. Okay, and a couple of TV superhero references as well. 1981.
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Happy Ending - Neil Innes (HD)
Happy Ending from ‘The Innes Book of Records’.
Original broadcast date: 12th October 1981.
Neil plays Captain Kirk and a disco dancer in this Star Trek homage. Also featuring Peter Glidewell as Mr.…
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November 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
#StarTrek references pop up in the most peculiar places. Okay, and a couple of TV superhero references as well. 1981.
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White Plains Reporter Dispatch, November 23, 1966. I'm fascinated by just how much public knowledge there was about the production troubles of STAR TREK so early into the show's run, such as the scavenging of the failed original pilot for "The Menagerie."
November 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
White Plains Reporter Dispatch, November 23, 1966. I'm fascinated by just how much public knowledge there was about the production troubles of STAR TREK so early into the show's run, such as the scavenging of the failed original pilot for "The Menagerie."
You can't get more "un-Venutian" than Spock. Zha Zha Gabor, on the other hand…
St. Joseph Gazette, November 24, 1966.
The best story so far concludes tonight with Spock behaving in an increasingly un-Venutian manner. Spock's courtmartial for mutiny continues and he forces the court to watch a re-enactment of Captain Pike's former insubordination. It's a weird, strange show.
The best story so far concludes tonight with Spock behaving in an increasingly un-Venutian manner. Spock's courtmartial for mutiny continues and he forces the court to watch a re-enactment of Captain Pike's former insubordination. It's a weird, strange show.
November 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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Fresno Bee, November 17, 1989. The Star Trek Blooper Reels played at FSU more than once, and I'm unsure exactly which screening I attended, but it may have been one of the ones on this date. This was of course long after SAG filed suit against Gene Roddenberry for touring with them in 1970s.
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Fresno Bee, November 17, 1989. The Star Trek Blooper Reels played at FSU more than once, and I'm unsure exactly which screening I attended, but it may have been one of the ones on this date. This was of course long after SAG filed suit against Gene Roddenberry for touring with them in 1970s.
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Free Lance-Star, October 29, 1966.
NBC -- STAR TREK -- Capt. Kirk and the Enterprise crew investigate alleged maltreatment of prisoners when an escapee from a penal colony hides in the ship's cargo. Can't blame anybody for wanting to be aboard the Enterprise, what with all those shapely crew gals.
NBC -- STAR TREK -- Capt. Kirk and the Enterprise crew investigate alleged maltreatment of prisoners when an escapee from a penal colony hides in the ship's cargo. Can't blame anybody for wanting to be aboard the Enterprise, what with all those shapely crew gals.
October 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Free Lance-Star, October 29, 1966.
NBC -- STAR TREK -- Capt. Kirk and the Enterprise crew investigate alleged maltreatment of prisoners when an escapee from a penal colony hides in the ship's cargo. Can't blame anybody for wanting to be aboard the Enterprise, what with all those shapely crew gals.
NBC -- STAR TREK -- Capt. Kirk and the Enterprise crew investigate alleged maltreatment of prisoners when an escapee from a penal colony hides in the ship's cargo. Can't blame anybody for wanting to be aboard the Enterprise, what with all those shapely crew gals.
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Mt. Vernon Register-News, November 1, 1966. A higher-quality scan of the ad promoting STAR TREK on cable television--hey, did you know cable was a thing in 1966?--and I now realize that the spade-shaped saucer makes the ship look more like the Voyager (or arguably the Protostar) than the Enterprise.
November 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Mt. Vernon Register-News, November 1, 1966. A higher-quality scan of the ad promoting STAR TREK on cable television--hey, did you know cable was a thing in 1966?--and I now realize that the spade-shaped saucer makes the ship look more like the Voyager (or arguably the Protostar) than the Enterprise.
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Peninsula Daily News, November 1, 1966. Not only was the 2-month-old STAR TREK one of the big attractions on the 8-channel Port Angles Telecable service, this is one of the earliest illustrations I've seen which gets the Enterprise very wrong. There would be countless more in the years to come.
November 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Peninsula Daily News, November 1, 1966. Not only was the 2-month-old STAR TREK one of the big attractions on the 8-channel Port Angles Telecable service, this is one of the earliest illustrations I've seen which gets the Enterprise very wrong. There would be countless more in the years to come.
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Cincinnati Post, October 27, 1966. It's the big spooky-kids television showdown of Halloween 1966: the premiere of the Peanuts special IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN versus the premiere of the STAR TREK episode "Miri."
October 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Cincinnati Post, October 27, 1966. It's the big spooky-kids television showdown of Halloween 1966: the premiere of the Peanuts special IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN versus the premiere of the STAR TREK episode "Miri."
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Bill McGovern prepares to slate Jay Jones and Nomad's dance routine during the shoot for "The Changeling".
October 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Bill McGovern prepares to slate Jay Jones and Nomad's dance routine during the shoot for "The Changeling".
Orlando Evening Star, October 21, 1966.
Below him were two entries designed for kiddie consumption, "Green Hornet" and "Star Trek."
If the school-age children were eliminated from the approval group of such shows as "Green Hornet" and "Star Trek," not much would be left.
Below him were two entries designed for kiddie consumption, "Green Hornet" and "Star Trek."
If the school-age children were eliminated from the approval group of such shows as "Green Hornet" and "Star Trek," not much would be left.
October 22, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Contemporary news items on Star Trek are, if not “fascinating,” certainly “interesting.”
October 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Contemporary news items on Star Trek are, if not “fascinating,” certainly “interesting.”
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Oregonian, October 4, 1966. Daaaaaaaaamn! Eustace goes hard: "After viewing Star Trek a couple of times, I would like to give you the benefit of my reaction, which is: Whatever became of the Munsters?"
October 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Oregonian, October 4, 1966. Daaaaaaaaamn! Eustace goes hard: "After viewing Star Trek a couple of times, I would like to give you the benefit of my reaction, which is: Whatever became of the Munsters?"
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Baltimore Evening Sun, September 29, 1966. This is an A+++++ description of "The Naked Time." No notes!
September 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Baltimore Evening Sun, September 29, 1966. This is an A+++++ description of "The Naked Time." No notes!
#OTD 40 years ago, #MacGyver premiered on ABC-TV. The first episode—"Pilot"— featured a #StarTrek connection, as series star & a guest star made their way through a control room set that is actually a redress of the Star Trek 2/3 torpedo deck (TMP Klingon bridge).
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September 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#OTD 40 years ago, #MacGyver premiered on ABC-TV. The first episode—"Pilot"— featured a #StarTrek connection, as series star & a guest star made their way through a control room set that is actually a redress of the Star Trek 2/3 torpedo deck (TMP Klingon bridge).
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The reviewer wasn't wrong. An Outer Limits-esque "bear" (monster) was the wrong move for the show's premiere.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, September 10, 1966. 'Star Trek' Oversold as 'Adult,' sez Jerry Coffey: "When the dramatic chips were down, out came the monster--standard equipment for TV sci-fi, but a device one had hoped this series could do without."
September 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The reviewer wasn't wrong. An Outer Limits-esque "bear" (monster) was the wrong move for the show's premiere.
Pamelyn Ferdin shared this photo of the guest cast of "And the Children Shall Lead" on her Facebook page a few weeks ago. Looks like even the Friendly Angel got ice cream that day.
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September 9, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Pamelyn Ferdin shared this photo of the guest cast of "And the Children Shall Lead" on her Facebook page a few weeks ago. Looks like even the Friendly Angel got ice cream that day.
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Nine years to the dat after #STar Trek bowed. One of us saw it. Don't think the yellowface was in episode 1. The one at the lower left was for sure in the premier.
Daily Variety, September 8, 1975. Having never seen the show, my money's on yellowface William Shatner (top row, second from the left). There's no way they didn't pull THAT trigger in the first episode.
September 9, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Nine years to the dat after #STar Trek bowed. One of us saw it. Don't think the yellowface was in episode 1. The one at the lower left was for sure in the premier.
This recording was about a decade after Grace Lee Whitney's all-too-brief #StarTrek stint.
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Grace Lee Whitney - Star Child
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September 9, 2025 at 4:38 AM
This recording was about a decade after Grace Lee Whitney's all-too-brief #StarTrek stint.
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Decades after the show's premiere.
Theme From "Star Trek"
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September 9, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Decades after the show's premiere.