Angry at Chekov

[Melakon]

Yeah, Roy, the guy who looked like he would beat the shit out of you if he caught you in an alley? I used to wonder about him too. Years later I found out he was Roy Williams, one of the Disney artists. His most notable contribution to Mouse Club was perhaps creating the Mousketeer caps worn on the show.

 

[LMFAOschwarz]

I'm having a really hard time picturing that guy sitting at a sewing machine....

 

[Melakon]

Maybe he just designed them and didn't build them.

 

[Silvercrest]

I don't think I've ever heard of anybody angry with Chekov before

I was angry with him in TUC for acting like such a moron.

I was watching one of the first season episodes from Adventures of Superman the other day, and Jimmy (he spelled it Jimmie) Dodd had a bit part in it. I think Dodd also wrote the Mickey Mouse Club theme song.

...even funnier... I am 57!

You're not that far behind me then, but they were already off NBC before you were a teenager. So you're forgiven.

I'm 46 (as of today!), but I still got to know Jimmie, Roy, and the club. (Thank you, mid-'70s reruns.) There was a "new" Mickey Mouse Club on around the same time, but it didn't interest me very much. All I can remember is that the cast members looked like a bunch of Cub Scouts.

 

[Melakon]

The original Mickey Mouse Club even had its own version of The Simpsons couch gag, 40 years before the couch gag. There was always suspense in what would happen to Donald when he struck that gong.

 

[Push The Button]

Angry at Chekov? Who could stay angry at Chekov? That would be like being angry with Woody from Cheers or Joey from Friends.

 

[LMFAOschwarz]

The original Mickey Mouse Club even had its own version of The Simpsons couch gag, 40 years before the couch gag. There was always suspense in what would happen to Donald when he struck that gong.

God help me, I'm actually checking out some of this show online. Amazing where idle curiosity can take you.

Granted it was the '50's, but those dresses the girls wear in the dancing segment look like they should be doing dishes!

Also, I see now that as a kid, I never realize how gorgeous Darlene was!

That song they sing as the end: my God, how depressing!

And I still don't see how that Roy guy fits in.

See what you started, Melakon?

And to keep somewhat relevant to the thread topic, it is worth mentioning how in The Deadly Years, Chekov, uncharacteristically, is the one who doesn't catch the disease. Most episodes he'd be screaming in sickbay by act 2!

 

[Green Shirt]

Getting mad at Chekov is like having anger for Gilligan or Steve Urkel. Can't get too upset with a buffoonish character.

 

[Melakon]

@LMFAOschwarz: That's because he screamed like a little girl in the teaser.

 

[Kevman7987]

Getting mad at Chekov is like having anger for Gilligan or Steve Urkel. Can't get too upset with a buffoonish character.

The buffoon in a 60's television show is like the wind; ever present and there is nothing that can be done to stop it.

*that was much more poetic in my head*

 

[Melakon]

I almost watched that episode an hour or so ago because of this thread. But then I regained my senses and watched the Julie Newmar one instead.

 

[LMFAOschwarz]

I almost watched that episode an hour or so ago because of this thread. But then I regained my senses and watched the Julie Newmar one instead.

Aw, Melakon, you went and thwarted your destiny: you were supposed to watch The Deadly Years, so you could intrigue us with more deft insights and observations!

(Such as the one about Chekov screaming in the teaser: somehow I'd forgotten about that!)

 

[Armored Saint]

Oochy-woochy coochy-coo, Melakon?

 

[Melakon]

It's an obscure Earth dialect. And Julie Newmar was better looking than Beverly Washburn.

I watched Beverly in something last week. I think she's in one of the Adventures of Superman first season shows. I haven't spotted her yet, she would have been a child actress.

 

[Melakon]

Oh she's only 7 years older than me. I better apologize for that Julie Newmar comment. Beverly's in the "pilot" for the George Reeves series,"Superman and the Mole Men".

UPDATE:

All right, I watched it tonight. Two thoughts occurred while watching. First (or firstly, as some would say), Chekov complaining openly about his suffering sort of makes sense. He's essentially a guinea pig, and they might even test something on him to see if they can increase the number of whatever biological gobbledygook things for a potential cure. They could kill him.

And second(ly), they created Chekov to appeal to the youth market. If all you know is the Pravda story, that's studio bullshit. They were already getting a female audience due to Spock, so they widened the net. Personally, I would have rather seen a girl in the part of Sulu's sidekick, but I was a 16 year old kid when he showed up. However, Carolyn Nelson as Yeoman Atkins is whom I'd most want as my own personal yeoman.

But one thing they missed with this episode, and I can't believe it considering what Chekov is on the show for. When he's in sickbay, doing these physical and specimen tests, why isn't he shirtless? Want to appeal to kids of all ages and genders? Take his shirt off. Maybe Shatner had some exclusivity contract regarding that.

 

[LMFAOschwarz]

However, Carolyn Nelson as Yeoman Atkins is whom I'd most want as my own personal yeoman.

Yeoman Atkins...Yeoman Atkins...I'm drawing a blank...

 

[LeadHead]

A quick search on Memory Alpha says that she was the Yeoman in "The Deadly Years"

 

[LMFAOschwarz]

A quick search on Memory Alpha says that she was the Yeoman in "The Deadly Years"

Thanks, LeadHead. I thougt of looking it up myself, but 1) I'm partially convinced that relying on online sources for everything leads to mental and social erosion (I'm not implying this is the case with you, by the way ), and 2) Why have a Trek BBS at all if we could just be research independently? Most of the fun is interacting with you guys!

 

[Melakon]

Weren't we talking about "Deadly Years"? Why would I mention a yeoman from a different episode? Why am I asking these questions?

 

[LMFAOschwarz]

Weren't we talking about "Deadly Years"? Why would I mention a yeoman from a different episode? Why am I asking these questions?

I haven't seen the episode i quite some time, and her name just didn't connect. That's all.