A TOS Episode Without Kirk?
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Oh, was that not the case? I know it's not regarded as hugely reliable, but the claim in These Are The Voyages (I've seen it said a few other places as well, no idea if they were taking the boom at face value. Memory Alpha has it down the page here: http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/The_Joy_Machine_(outline)) that Shatner was preparing to direct the next episode when the show's final pickup wasn't taken is one of the parts of it I've not seen disputed.
Yeah, I don't even think William Shatner had any 'Directing' ambition until AFTER Leonard Nimoy directed STIII:TSFS circa 1984 - LONG after the end of the original series run.
Shatner and Nimoy said they brought it up during the show, but it was flatly turned down. It was the 60s and actors did not direct episodes, as far as the rest of the production and the studio was concerned.
Aside from "The Slaver Weapon," the TOS episode with minimal Kirk lines was "The Tholian Web." The Captain (star) appeared in every episode of all the spinoff series as well.
Vince Edwards directed himself in seven episodes of Ben Casey starting with an episode in 1963 (the show’s third season). Michael Landon directed himself in fourteen episodes of Bonanza starting in 1968 (his first episode during the show’s ninth season). Desi Arnaz directed himself in three Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Comedy Hours from 1959-60.
Those are just three examples off the top of my head. It was not unprecedented, though Edwards is the only one of the bunch to direct as early as the third season of a series.
That said, I haven’t seen any production paperwork indicating Shatner did any prep work or was booked to direct an episode. I think this rumor originates from the book Star Trek Lives! (as I recall, one or more of the authors were on set during the filming of “Turnabout Intruder”).
EDIT: I checked, and Cushman doesn’t do any new reporting on this. He just quotes from Star Trek Lives!, which has Roddenberry telling Shatner, allegedly booked to direct episode 26 of the season, that NBC won’t be picking up the show past their current episode (24).
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Shatner was directing TJ Hooker eps in 1983. When was Nimoy slated to direct TSFS?
Who spent more time on their hairdo? Shatner, Zmed or Locklear?
Who spent more time on their hairdo? Shatner, Zmed or Locklear?
Which I guess gets to the heart of this thread: we could have had a TOS ep without Kirk, but could we have had a TOS ep without Shat's hair?
Who spent more time on their hairdo? Shatner, Zmed or Locklear?
Shatner. He spent all that time picking it off the rack.
At least the other two had real hair, The Shat's was probably prepared for him to wear like a hat!
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What's kind of humorous is that Koenig makes fun of Shatner's hair hats, but Koenig is as bald as an eagle, too.
Koenig came to embrace his baldness, unlike Mr. Shatner.What's kind of humorous is that Koenig makes fun of Shatner's hair hats, but Koenig is as bald as an eagle, too.
There was a episode of DS9 where Sisko didn't appear (forget the title).
I thought it was interesting that not only didn't Sisko appear, but there were no Human characters in the episode.
What's kind of humorous is that Koenig makes fun of Shatner's hair hats, but Koenig is as bald as an eagle, too.
I wonder who looks worse without the syrup?
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This.
Little Green Men, maybe? Actually maybe Sisko had a couple of lines there. Perhaps another Ferengi episode.
Avery Brooks appeared in all 176 DS9 episodes.
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