FACT TREK—The Death Slot (or: The Flying Fickle Finger of Fate)

[Neopeius]

And The Incredible Hulk! I knew I loved her for a reason.

I wonder if the watched Trek over her own show in ST's first season?

Lord knows I do!

 

[Maurice]

You know, the Monkees really are cool, especially that Davey Jones chap. When I get to the 2nd Trek season, I hope there's someone like that on Star Trek!!

Nah. They’d be more likely to rip off a David McCallum type…

 

[ZapBrannigan]

Okay...bringing it back to TOS, how about another Screen Gems-related reference? According to Twitch Upon a Star, Herbie J. Pilato's biography of Bewtiched star Elizabeth Montgomery:
So Montgomery was a first generation TOS fan. Who knew?

I have Pilato's The Bewitched Book and The Bionic Book. I never bought Twitch Upon a Star. It's great and very surprising to hear she liked Star Trek. You'd think she'd be too tired after working on Bewitched all day, plus having lines to learn. And if anything, you'd think she'd be watching the ABC line-up for her own show. Maybe she caught Star Trek during the off-season when they weren't filming Bewitched.

 

[Neopeius]

Nah. They’d be more likely to rip off a David McCallum type…

They already did. His name is "Spock."

I have Pilato's The Bewitched Book and The Bionic Book. I never bought Twitch Upon a Star. It's great and very surprising to hear she liked Star Trek. You'd think she'd be too tired after working on Bewitched all day, plus having lines to learn. And if anything, you'd think she'd be watching the ABC line-up for her own show. Maybe she caught Star Trek during the off-season when they weren't filming Bewitched.

Given how lousy the ABC line-up was, I'm not surprised she turned elsewhere for entertainment... (with the notable, if short-lived, exceptions of The Man Who Never Was and The Green Hornet. And, I guess, The Fugitive.).

 

[Maurice]

They already did. His name is "Spock.".

I’m meant the Russian accent, not that he’s a godless Communist.

 

[Christopher]

I’m meant the Russian accent, not that he’s a godless Communist.

I think Neopeius was referring more to the female fan response to McCallum ("the blond Beatle") and Nimoy.

 

[Neopeius]

I think Neopeius was referring more to the female fan response to McCallum ("the blond Beatle") and Nimoy.

Quite. He also has the cool, confident thing going. And a bowl haircut. And hey, Nimoy's of Russian extraction! (well, actually, from Ukraine -- it's an important distinction to make these days)

 

[ZapBrannigan]

(well, actually, from Ukraine -- it's an important distinction to make these days)

Then again, today more than ever we should start questioning the ethos of morally condemning people for their DNA. If someone has Russian DNA, or "white" DNA, or whatever the current EVIL!!! is supposed to be, that is not their fault or their doing.

 

[Neopeius]

Then again, today more than ever we should start questioning the ethos of morally condemning people for their DNA. If someone has Russian DNA, or "white" DNA, or whatever the current EVIL!!! is supposed to be, that is not their fault or their doing.

Of course. Indeed, we went to dinner the other day, and our waitress was Russian. She was extremely embarrassed for her country, and we reassured her that it was hardly her fault--or that of most of the Russian people, for that matter.

Hell, my great-uncle's father-in-law co-built the Soviet H-Bomb, which means my family is partly responsible for the Cold War.

I'll leave it there since we're verging on TNZ territory.