What the most campy thing ever done on "TOS"?
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Those annoying 1960's ending where the frame freezes on everyone laughing at a bad joke ( A Piece of the Action, etc.)
Sulu bounding around shirtless with a sword.
I love Kirk, but:
"I'm Captain Kirk...I'm Captain Kirk...IIIIIIIII'M CAPTAIN KIRRRRRRK!!!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bZKEhgieoc
"I'm Captain Kirk...I'm Captain Kirk...IIIIIIIII'M CAPTAIN KIRRRRRRK!!!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bZKEhgieoc
How was that "camp"? What other story elements do you think were intended as camp?
None of the samples I've seen so far were camp.
By a huge stretch of the term, perhaps Mudd's Women could be considered camp. though not really.
OEDs all around.
I don't recall freeze-frames at the end of Star Trek episodes. They mostly cut to the ship flying away as the last shot.
I nominate A Piece of the Action.
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This is the post I was waiting for
It should be noted that while camp is sometimes unintentionally, esp. with the era we're talking about here, it still contains some kind of irony and cheese. And, let's face it, space hippies as they were depicted are pret-ty darn campy
This is also a show that actively sought seemingly anachronistic things, like Lincoln in Space.My vote? The Gorn costume ranks up there. Note, I'm not talking about the concept of the Gorn, which was otherwise played well. Rather, the costume was slow, clumsy, cheesy, in bad taste, kitschy, and currently has more than your usual cult status value (even in Trek), and one of the things that really dates the show. By comparison, the general appearance of Vulcans isn't campy and has stood the test of time, unlike the Gorn costume.
Back in 1995, my friend and I decided to take a non Star Trek fan with us to a Star Trek Convention in Binghamton NY, Walter Koenig was attending.
We were standing in outer lobby discussing how we were going to get our friend to like Star Trek by the end of the day.
They were showing episodes in the auditorium on a projector screen so we decided to check it out and see what was on.
Just as we were walking in the room and my friend was saying "Just watch some of this and tell me what you think..." We turned and see Chekov walking into a room full of Space Hippies.
My friend and I looked at one another and winced as I muttered, "Thats a REALLY REALLY bad example," when we turned, our friend had already left....
Yeah, my vote is for Space Hippies....
We were standing in outer lobby discussing how we were going to get our friend to like Star Trek by the end of the day.
They were showing episodes in the auditorium on a projector screen so we decided to check it out and see what was on.
Just as we were walking in the room and my friend was saying "Just watch some of this and tell me what you think..." We turned and see Chekov walking into a room full of Space Hippies.
My friend and I looked at one another and winced as I muttered, "Thats a REALLY REALLY bad example," when we turned, our friend had already left....
Yeah, my vote is for Space Hippies....
Alexander riding on a belaureled Kirk, who was whinnying like a horse.
Ever notice that at the very end of "A Piece of the Action" Kirk does the Fonz's both-thumbs-up gesture?
Ther whole of the Eden episode is campy. also the final TOS episode 'Turnabout Intruder' where Kirk acts gets really girlie in action and talk.
Not a Kirk fan myself but that one is just funnyI love Kirk, but:
"I'm Captain Kirk...I'm Captain Kirk...IIIIIIIII'M CAPTAIN KIRRRRRRK!!!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bZKEhgieoc
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That's the first thing I thought of, too. It certainly fits the wiki definition of a tasteless and exaggerated performance.
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