TOS and Matthew Weiner

Hi guys.

I think I read somewhere on these boards a while back that Matthew Weiner (Mad Men creator) was a TOS fan.

I saw an episode where one of the characters had written a spec script for TOS.

I wondered if anyone knew about Matthew Weiner's views/likes on our beloved TOS?

Thanks.

 

From this interview on Hitflix.com Doesn't sound like he's a fan of Trek here, but a fan of Serling.

 

If he had been a really big fan, he'd've had Paul's spec script called REQUIEM FOR A MARTIAN.

 

Weiner is obviously a big Serling fan; he's recorded several commentary tracks which are on the Blu-Rays.

 

Wow. Thanks guys. Thanks Maurice.

The reason why I brought this up was it just suddenly occurred to me that Peggy Olsen IS DC Fontana.

 

Here's my reasoning... Peggy started off as don's assistant, did a bit of copy writing then became head of creative.

DC started as gene's assistant, sold some scripts on the side and did some rewriting on TOS then became head writer.

I think mr Weiner is a bigger trek fan than he let on.

 

Or, that could just be a coincidence, and it ignores the fact that she sold scripts BEFORE Star Trek.