Michael Kmet
@trekfactcheck.bsky.social
No longer making a living selling DVDs. Fix your hearts or die.
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Sixty years ago today the score to "Star Trek's" second pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" was recorded. It was composed and conducted by Alexander Courage.
November 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Sixty years ago today the score to "Star Trek's" second pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" was recorded. It was composed and conducted by Alexander Courage.
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Surprisingly detailed bit of mainstream TV history here, including quotes from a 93 year-old actor who had a brief TV career in the 1970s-80s. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/a...
How the Cop Show ‘Barney Miller’ Made Gay TV History, 50 Years Ago
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Surprisingly detailed bit of mainstream TV history here, including quotes from a 93 year-old actor who had a brief TV career in the 1970s-80s. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/a...
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Aug 1967 / TV Radio Mirror / A great profile on Leonard Nimoy where he recounts meeting JFK in 1956 when he was a taxi driver—JFK encouaged Nimoy to pursue his dream to become an actor!
Read the full interview here:
Read the full interview here:
November 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Aug 1967 / TV Radio Mirror / A great profile on Leonard Nimoy where he recounts meeting JFK in 1956 when he was a taxi driver—JFK encouaged Nimoy to pursue his dream to become an actor!
Read the full interview here:
Read the full interview here:
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I knew Ralph for over 20 years. The day I spent with him in Carmel in 2004 was one of the highlights of my so-called career. Along with Norman Lloyd, he was one of only two sources I interviewed at length who seemed to have nearly total recall. A gold mine. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/r...
Ralph Senensky, Director on ‘Star Trek’ and ‘The Waltons,’ Dies at 102
He helmed memorable episodes spotlighting Leonard Nimoy and Ellen Corby on those shows, plus the three-part pilot for 'Dynasty.'
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I knew Ralph for over 20 years. The day I spent with him in Carmel in 2004 was one of the highlights of my so-called career. Along with Norman Lloyd, he was one of only two sources I interviewed at length who seemed to have nearly total recall. A gold mine. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/r...
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#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).
#MacGyverDay
#MacGyverDay
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).
#MacGyverDay
#MacGyverDay
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Los Angeles Times, September 13, 1977. William Shatner is confirmed to star in the new Paramount television series STAR TREK II. (The series would not have been called STAR TREK: PHASE II. It just wouldn't have.)
September 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Los Angeles Times, September 13, 1977. William Shatner is confirmed to star in the new Paramount television series STAR TREK II. (The series would not have been called STAR TREK: PHASE II. It just wouldn't have.)
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Honolulu Star-Bulletin, September 11, 1966. STAR TREK was a documentary! "The Enterprise actually 'exists'. It was built on stage number 9 at Desilu Studios in Hollywood, and while Jimmy Rugg, special effects man who supervised its construction, admits it won't fly, it does almost anything else."
September 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, September 11, 1966. STAR TREK was a documentary! "The Enterprise actually 'exists'. It was built on stage number 9 at Desilu Studios in Hollywood, and while Jimmy Rugg, special effects man who supervised its construction, admits it won't fly, it does almost anything else."
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59 years ago today Star Trek made its NBC-TV debut. Here are three newspaper clippings from that date.
One brief review mentions the paucity of roles for Blacks on TV that season.
#StarTrekDay #StarTrek
One brief review mentions the paucity of roles for Blacks on TV that season.
#StarTrekDay #StarTrek
September 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
59 years ago today Star Trek made its NBC-TV debut. Here are three newspaper clippings from that date.
One brief review mentions the paucity of roles for Blacks on TV that season.
#StarTrekDay #StarTrek
One brief review mentions the paucity of roles for Blacks on TV that season.
#StarTrekDay #StarTrek
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While in Las Vegas, when one your Fact Trekkers asked him to turn down that damn noise, this punk gave him the finger, which then got him a neck pinch. All was good after. Fact.
#STLV
#STLV
August 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
While in Las Vegas, when one your Fact Trekkers asked him to turn down that damn noise, this punk gave him the finger, which then got him a neck pinch. All was good after. Fact.
#STLV
#STLV
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My friend of 50+years, Ted Cordes, has passed. He was head of Broadcast Standards at NBC and worked with Johnny Carson, Tom Snyder and #StarTrek. Fascinating stories about all 3:
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/t...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/t...
Ted Cordes, Longtime Broadcast Standards Executive at NBC, Dies at 87
As a network censor, he kept his eye on Johnny Carson’s ‘The Tonight Show,’ Tom Snyder’s ‘The Tomorrow Show’ and more. “Nobody believes more in free expression than I do,” he said.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
July 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
My friend of 50+years, Ted Cordes, has passed. He was head of Broadcast Standards at NBC and worked with Johnny Carson, Tom Snyder and #StarTrek. Fascinating stories about all 3:
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/t...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/t...
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Big thanks to my friends at @trekcore.com who have edited together the bridge footage with Kirk in command, spread over 8 #StarTrekTOS season 1-3 episodes and put it all back together into one long sequence, the way it was originally filmed almost 60 years ago. 😊
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WM9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WM9...
June 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Big thanks to my friends at @trekcore.com who have edited together the bridge footage with Kirk in command, spread over 8 #StarTrekTOS season 1-3 episodes and put it all back together into one long sequence, the way it was originally filmed almost 60 years ago. 😊
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WM9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WM9...
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Preservation matters. Check this out.
This #NationalLibraryWeek, watch a preview of an upcoming documentary from Structure Films about the #InternetArchive's fight to defend online freedom & public access to knowledge.
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April 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Preservation matters. Check this out.
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Possibly the 1st-ever #StarTrek TV parody was the sketch STAR TRIP: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA ROBOT? on the 2nd-ever episode of the CAROL BURNETT SHOW, Sept. 18, 1967. It begins at 18:09 in the linked video. Guest Sid Caesar played Mr. Spook.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEuf...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEuf...
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March 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Possibly the 1st-ever #StarTrek TV parody was the sketch STAR TRIP: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA ROBOT? on the 2nd-ever episode of the CAROL BURNETT SHOW, Sept. 18, 1967. It begins at 18:09 in the linked video. Guest Sid Caesar played Mr. Spook.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEuf...
@trekmovie.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEuf...
@trekmovie.bsky.social
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Leonard Nimoy, March 26, 1931 - February 27, 2015.
On an overcast and rainy day in April 1967, before Star Trek's second season started filming, Mr. Nimoy gave an outdoor performance in Agawam, MA. He sang, played his guitar, read poems, told stories, and answered questions from the audience.
On an overcast and rainy day in April 1967, before Star Trek's second season started filming, Mr. Nimoy gave an outdoor performance in Agawam, MA. He sang, played his guitar, read poems, told stories, and answered questions from the audience.
February 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Leonard Nimoy, March 26, 1931 - February 27, 2015.
On an overcast and rainy day in April 1967, before Star Trek's second season started filming, Mr. Nimoy gave an outdoor performance in Agawam, MA. He sang, played his guitar, read poems, told stories, and answered questions from the audience.
On an overcast and rainy day in April 1967, before Star Trek's second season started filming, Mr. Nimoy gave an outdoor performance in Agawam, MA. He sang, played his guitar, read poems, told stories, and answered questions from the audience.
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Who was John D.F. Black, and why did his script for "The Naked Time" cause so many problems for the #StarTrek production? The naked truth in our article "The Naked Time Warp."
www.facttrek.com/blog/naked2
@trekcore.com @trekmovie.bsky.social @inglorioustrek.bsky.social @larrynemecek.bsky.social
www.facttrek.com/blog/naked2
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February 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Who was John D.F. Black, and why did his script for "The Naked Time" cause so many problems for the #StarTrek production? The naked truth in our article "The Naked Time Warp."
www.facttrek.com/blog/naked2
@trekcore.com @trekmovie.bsky.social @inglorioustrek.bsky.social @larrynemecek.bsky.social
www.facttrek.com/blog/naked2
@trekcore.com @trekmovie.bsky.social @inglorioustrek.bsky.social @larrynemecek.bsky.social
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After 22 months, a ton of research & delays caused by real-life concerns, we've finally dotted all the i's & crossed the t's on this follow-up II to our "The Naked Cliffhanger" article.
64 citations! When we say "we cite sources," we ain't fooling around.
#StarTrek #StarTrekHistory #Roddenberry
64 citations! When we say "we cite sources," we ain't fooling around.
#StarTrek #StarTrekHistory #Roddenberry
The Naked Time Warp — FACT TREK
We promised you a Part II about the convoluted production of “The Naked Time,” and here it is, out of a time warp of its own. That episode was filmed with a cliffhanger—subsequently scrapped. Whose i...
www.facttrek.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:10 AM
After 22 months, a ton of research & delays caused by real-life concerns, we've finally dotted all the i's & crossed the t's on this follow-up II to our "The Naked Cliffhanger" article.
64 citations! When we say "we cite sources," we ain't fooling around.
#StarTrek #StarTrekHistory #Roddenberry
64 citations! When we say "we cite sources," we ain't fooling around.
#StarTrek #StarTrekHistory #Roddenberry
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Love the photo. Thought I would reply with one of my own, from the early '70s. Left to right: me, John Trimble, Nichelle, and, in costume, Janos Prohaska, whose Star Trek roles included the Horta and the Mugato. Mayor Sam Yorty had proclaimed it Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Week in Los Angeles.
January 5, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Love the photo. Thought I would reply with one of my own, from the early '70s. Left to right: me, John Trimble, Nichelle, and, in costume, Janos Prohaska, whose Star Trek roles included the Horta and the Mugato. Mayor Sam Yorty had proclaimed it Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Week in Los Angeles.
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Fifty-seven years ago today, Star Trek: The Original Series got back to work after the holiday. Filming began on "Assignment: Earth."
January 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Fifty-seven years ago today, Star Trek: The Original Series got back to work after the holiday. Filming began on "Assignment: Earth."
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After much research, interviews, and pesky real-life concerns, we're back hammering away on articles!
Citation! Citation! Citation!
Citation! Citation! Citation!
December 30, 2024 at 8:06 PM
After much research, interviews, and pesky real-life concerns, we're back hammering away on articles!
Citation! Citation! Citation!
Citation! Citation! Citation!
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December 30, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Did you use the Internet Archive this year to research, read, explore web archives with the Wayback Machine, or discover something new?
Your support makes it possible!
👉 Like & share to spread the word.
💙 Consider donating to keep Internet Archive growing: archive.org/donate/?orig...
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👉 Like & share to spread the word.
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I am greatly surprised and gratified by this honor, but I feel bound to say in the same breath that #StarTrekIITheWrathofKhan stands on the shoulders of many who contributed to the film as well as those who have gone before. Alas, they are not here to take their well-deserved bows. 1/3
National Film Registry: ‘Dirty Dancing’, ‘Beverly Hills Cop’, ‘Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan’ & ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Among 25 Movies Added This Year
The National Film Registry added 25 titles for 2024 including 'Dirty Dancing', 'Beverly Hills Cop', 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' and more.
deadline.com
December 17, 2024 at 5:07 PM
I am greatly surprised and gratified by this honor, but I feel bound to say in the same breath that #StarTrekIITheWrathofKhan stands on the shoulders of many who contributed to the film as well as those who have gone before. Alas, they are not here to take their well-deserved bows. 1/3
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Slating a deleted scene for "Who Mourns For Adonais".
December 17, 2024 at 7:41 AM
Slating a deleted scene for "Who Mourns For Adonais".
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Vintage news report from December 7, 1979 when #StarTrek – The Motion Picture opened.
'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' premiere in San Diego in 1979
YouTube video by CBS 8 San Diego
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December 14, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Vintage news report from December 7, 1979 when #StarTrek – The Motion Picture opened.
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"Gentlemen, if those are weapons, please lower them. At my age, I'm afraid I'm not very dangerous."
56 years ago today, Abraham Lincoln was filmed beaming aboard the Enterprise in Star Trek's "The Savage Curtain."
56 years ago today, Abraham Lincoln was filmed beaming aboard the Enterprise in Star Trek's "The Savage Curtain."
December 12, 2024 at 6:00 PM
"Gentlemen, if those are weapons, please lower them. At my age, I'm afraid I'm not very dangerous."
56 years ago today, Abraham Lincoln was filmed beaming aboard the Enterprise in Star Trek's "The Savage Curtain."
56 years ago today, Abraham Lincoln was filmed beaming aboard the Enterprise in Star Trek's "The Savage Curtain."