I mentioned seeing the show initially on a B&W television set because many people did. It was definitely used to promote color TV sales.
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Posted on 08/13/2023 2:55:11 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
That was “The Savage Curtain” in which Lincoln and Surak (one of the great Vulcans) were paired with Kirk and Spock to fight Genghis Khan, Colonel Green (a space version of Hitler), Klingon warrior Kahless, and a female villain on a planet to show an alien being good fighting (and triumphing over) evil.
Someone’s comment here about black and white episodes of Star Trek might have come from the original “The Cage” pilot that had parts shown in black and white at various conventions. That was because Gene Roddenberry made the unfortunate mistake of thinking he had two copies of that pilot in full colour and with the original soundtrack and dialogue when he had only one. That copy he gave to have chopped up and made into the first season two parter “The Menagerie” and to have Malachi Throne’s voice as the Keeper’s altered so it would not have matched the Starfleet officer he later portrayed prosecuting Spock’s trial. It was not until the late 1980s when both a colour negative copy of the pilot and the original soundtrack tapes were discovered in Paramount’s archives that “The Cage” was restored to that good extent to it’s original form. Would have liked to have seen that in it’s original entirety including the original Keeper’s voice throughout (you can see some of it on an original trailer for part 2 of The Menagerie).
Nurse Chappel was Gene Roddenbury’s real- life wife.
Majel Barrett, who played Nurse Chapel, was Gene Roddenberry’s wife, just sayin’.
Whoops, pardon me... ;)
Hill’s character on L&O was one of my faves. I know L&O is not very popular here on FR. But in its early seasons it was not so liberal and I still enjoy the first five-six seasons and Hill’s Adam was a voice of reason.
You ought to see the 8k TV’s....even more realistic..
No thanks.If I was worth millions I might be tempted. But my really nice LG OLED TV,Sony 4K player and used discs from ebay and a local place that has a great selection of used discs is as far as I’m willing to go...money-wise.
Mannix was one of the first detective shows I watched as a kid. He aged quite gracefully,
https://pagesix.com/2017/01/27/mannix-star-mike-connors-dies-at-91/
Wow! Lucky you.
I mentioned seeing the show initially on a B&W television set because many people did. It was definitely used to promote color TV sales.
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In May of 1980 I was in the audience for a taping of Password with Alan Ludden and Lucy was on the show. It was great.
Desi probably would have told her to get rid of that little Japanese faggot...
YES! We MUST save them!
My parents were not rich , but I guess they could afford nicer things. One might say we were upper middle class. That being said, it wasn’t until 1974, they finally bought an RCA color tv set. Big box wooden set. They grew up in the depression and spending that kind of money for a tv set seemed outlandish to them. They shopped around for Two months. Back and forth between Sears and other stores. Came home from school one day, and that big box tv was sitting in the living room. They moved the black and white tv down stairs in the play room. The first show I watched that afternoon was Gilligan’s Island. I had seen every Star Trek episode on that old black and white, but it was fun seeing them again in color in reruns.
If you had a black and white television, all shows were in black and white.
43 & 44 She was his girlfriend while he cheated on his wife. He also fooled around with Nichelle Nichols and Uhura at the same time. Gene Roddenberry slept around a lot while married to both his wives. He also took a lot of drugs.
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_life_of_Gene_Roddenberry
“During the production of his series The Lieutenant, he entered into relationships with Nichelle Nichols and Majel Barrett, seeking to have an open relationship with both women. Nichols has since said that they broke up after this, but she was later found more than once in Roddenberry’s office on Star Trek either nude or partly clothed... -snip-
By the time he started on the series, Nichols said that they were only good friends as his involvement with Barrett continued.[18] However, during the production of the first season, writer Ken Kolb entered Roddenberry’s office to wish him a happy birthday and found Nichols there, naked and under the desk, also waiting for Roddenberry.[24] During the third season, production assistant Ed Milkis entered Roddenberry’s office to find him and Nichols. She was wearing only a letterman sweater.[25]
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After “The Cage” failed to lead to a series,[26] a second pilot, entitled “Where No Man Has Gone Before” was produced. Andrea Dromm was cast as Yeoman Smith. Director James Goldstone overheard Roddenberry telling someone that Dromm had been specifically hired because he wanted to have sex with her.[27] She later said that she never had a problem with him, and thought he was “a nice man”.
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Barrett was not the only woman that Roddenberry was involved with during the production of the series, and he boasted to crew members about “late night casting sessions” with potential actresses
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From 1975 until his death, Roddenberry maintained an extramarital relationship with his executive assistant, Susan Sackett.[49]
She was obstructing Kirk’s ability to have the “alien babe of the week.” Sadly, Miss Whitney also developed some alcohol and substance abuse problems, but found God and was able to overcome them.
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