early reviews from the UPI wire/september 1966

[plynch]

Yeah, but it happens to male action hero actors too: if you're gonna flaunt crazed pecs and macho-ness, don't complain because you don't get offered serious, dramatic roles. It's the reality of the situation.

 

[Jeri]

Everybody wore miniskirts; at least where I went to high school in SoCal. It wasn't a big deal. Very short; as short as they would let us get away with.

 

[jamestkirkfan]

I watched Assignment Earth Jeri and Isis is the cat I like your avatar Jeri of her. sorry for bringing up this

 

[Jeri]

OT: I used to have this other Isis avatar for about 8 years or so -- without the sombrero. Can't find the one without the sombrero at the moment.

From this screen cap

Apologies to the OP; resume your disorder.

 

[plynch]

Did women in the workplace wear 'em? I'm seriously asking. I was a baby then. Ancient of days. It just seems weird to me to portray people, whether male or female, exposing that much flesh in their workplace. But of course, I must remind myself, it was a tv show. Be well!

 

[Jeri]

I had an after-school and Saturday job at the credit bureau ("San Bernardino Businessmen's Association") and wore the same clothes I wore to school. All the full-time girls there wore miniskirts, too.

 

[T'Bonz]

It was hard to find anything other than a mini-dress or mini-skirt. I always wondered how the middle-aged and older women (who seemed to wear skirts to their knees which made them seem ancient to me) found their clothes or if they had to make them (or if they were just clothes they had had for years.)

 

[Noname Given]

I had no idea there was even a Tarzan TV series. Our house was all about Bonanza and The Wild Wild West. One of my sisters was a big Westerns fan, that might have been it.

You NEVER saw the Ron Ely Tazan TV series? Wow as a kid I remeber a local station here in L.A. playing that in syndiction with Daktari (another TV show from 1966 featuring 'Clerence' the cross-eyed lion).

 

[Chrisisall]

Did women in the workplace wear 'em?

Yep.

 

[maryh]

Did women in the workplace wear 'em? I'm seriously asking. I was a baby then. Ancient of days. It just seems weird to me to portray people, whether male or female, exposing that much flesh in their workplace. But of course, I must remind myself, it was a tv show. Be well!

To act like eye candy isn't essential to any form of entertainment is naive. Being attractive is essential to Hollywood and in the real workplace the average person would be much less attractive than those we see on TV.

My desire for reality only goes so far. I'd rather watch a good looking crew than a fat and ugly one.

 

[buckeyenation]

These reviews just reinforce my opinion that The Man Trap was an awful choice for an opening episode, and NBC would have been far better served airing Where No Man Has Gone Before

I agree The Man Trap was a poor choice and Where No Man Has Gone Before would have been an interesting first show to air. I know they didn't want to start people off with the crew from WNMHGB and then have things change the next week, but look at it this way: they were going to have to air the pilot episode sometime anyway, because burying it would have been too costly. Why air it fifth or sixth (as they did) and confuse the audience after your season is underway? Why not air it first? It's a terrific pilot, and a good beginning.
think The Naked Time would have been a good first show. Anyway, I think it's pretty clear NBC dropped the ball when it came to debuting Star Trek.

-jwb-
jwbraun.com

While it's true that "The Man Trap" was probably not a good choice for the opening episode, it would be good to remember that "The Cage" was considered "too cerebral" for network television. WNMHGB might well fall into the same category. "The Corbomite Manuever" might have been the one to open up with.

 

[Chrisisall]

"The Corbomite Manuever" might have been the one to open up with.

Possibly.

 

[Maurice]

Corbomite wasn't done in time, and couldn't have been the opening episode. The number of opticals it needed made it impossible to use for a first aired episode.

 

[Captain Robert April]

"The Cage" wasn't suitable because of the wholesale cast changes. WNMHGB was probably nixed for the same reason. And, as stated above, "Corbomite' wasn't ready.

They probably had three or four episodes that were ready for air by that point, and "Man Trap" was probably the most generic of them, so it got the nod.

 

[GeorgeKirk]

Miniskirts and the suitability of "The Man Trap" as an opening episode aside, I think we can all agree that Star Trek was widely looked down upon by most folks in the entertainment establishment. Heck, before the 3rd season they gave its time slot to Laugh-In. Fast forward to 2010, and everyone's heard of Star Trek. If you say "Captain, she canna take much more!" people will know what you're referencing. Saying "Sock it to me" will just get you a blank stare.

 

[scotpens]

. . .If you say “Captain, she canna take much more!” people will know what you're referencing. Saying “Sock it to me” will just get you a blank stare.

Not from me, it won't.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpXP8abAv_w

You bet your sweet bippy!

 

[Captain Robert April]

So, stick that in your Funk & Wagnalls.

 

[Noname Given]

Miniskirts and the suitability of "The Man Trap" as an opening episode aside, I think we can all agree that Star Trek was widely looked down upon by most folks in the entertainment establishment. Heck, before the 3rd season they gave its time slot to Laugh-In. Fast forward to 2010, and everyone's heard of Star Trek. If you say "Captain, she canna take much more!" people will know what you're referencing. Saying "Sock it to me" will just get you a blank stare.

Wwell, for me, Richard Nixon's rendition of Sock it to me is still a classic (but hey, I'm 47, but still recall seeing it first run as a young child).

 

[Captain Robert April]

"Sock it to ME!?!"

 

[A beaker full of death]

. . .If you say “Captain, she canna take much more!” people will know what you're referencing. Saying “Sock it to me” will just get you a blank stare.

Not from me, it won't.

Nor me, nor anyone either over 40 or with half a brain cell.
So that leaves just morons under 41. Not much of a demographic, though, admittedly, the target demographic for today's Hollywood.