I'm paraphrasing a Gene Coon memo from memory here, but his words were along the lines of "It'll be a rare script indeed where Chapel is written...
Shatner's piece of the show was more than I first thought; @Maurice and I only figured this out recently. The documents at UCLA suggested 5%. But...
Her guarantee was for 7 out of the first 13 episodes—the same number as DeForest Kelley and George Takei for that initial program cycle. (Doohan...
I think he was getting at about $4,500 for story and teleplay. (None of Ingalls' treatments or teleplays for this one ever worked. "A Private...
Yeah, I don't buy for a minute the notion that this clause was inserted into Courage's contract without Roddenberry's knowledge.
Courage's theme was a radio hit?
They make their money from ads. No way around the structure of multiple clicks and lots of ads, unfortunately.
Apparently the rights will revert back to the Nacelle Company at some point, so it won’t stay exclusive to History’s poorly promoted subscription...
Hey, thanks! This one was a lot of work, and just about every section could have been an even lengthier dedicated post. I'm sure we'll have more...
Definitely scripted. The notion that it was an adlib is a myth that refuses to die.
Blish wrote in his diary that he considered the Star Trek books to be "hacking." He did not write them beyond the sixth book--Judith Blish and her...
I wish Sorkin had done more with the conceit of the movie taking place during a single week from table read to filming night. But he seemed...
That was in reply to Therin's post above.
Agree about the script being a travesty. Disagree about the fire. @Maurice needs this pain.
The toy company in question designed the phaser rifle used in the second pilot. An early publicity stills of Shatner holding the phaser rifle was...
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