Seeking lost 1970 Star Trek short film

[tomswift2002]

Roddenberry (through Norway, basically a shell corporation), Shatner, NBC, and Desilu each had a share of profit participation in the show. Through Hollywood accounting, the show didn't go into profit until the 1980s (and probably only went into profit then because Roddenberry and Shatner sued Paramount for their share).

Desilu (later Paramount, later CBS) always controlled the underlying intellectual property.

As I recall, there is a video of Rod Roddenberry out there (possible on the Roddenberry Vault Blu-Ray) talking about how Norway Productions and Gene Roddenberry were able to keep the ancillary rights to Star Trek back in the 60's when Roddenberry sold the show to Desilu, which the Roddenberry estate still controls, and allows for them to run their web store with official Star Trek memorabilia that is created exclusively through them. It possible that they were done in a similar fashion to how Fox and William Dozier's Greenway Productions both held the rights to the 1966 Batman series. (https://www.wired.com/2014/11/batman-home-video-finally/)

 

[Harvey]

As I recall, there is a video of Rod Roddenberry out there (possible on the Roddenberry Vault Blu-Ray) talking about how Norway Productions and Gene Roddenberry were able to keep the ancillary rights to Star Trek back in the 60's when Roddenberry sold the show to Desilu, which the Roddenberry estate still controls, and allows for them to run their web store with official Star Trek memorabilia that is created exclusively through them. It possible that they were done in a similar fashion to how Fox and William Dozier's Greenway Productions both held the rights to the 1966 Batman series. (https://www.wired.com/2014/11/batman-home-video-finally/)

I don’t recall seeing that on the Vault, but I’ve only watched that once, so it’s possible.

That said, I’ve reviewed all of the paperwork related to merchandising at UCLA, and it’s clear that Desilu, not Roddenberry, had the merchandising rights to Star Trek. However, Roddenberry made a deal with Paramount in 1968 to run the show’s mail order merchandising business through Lincoln Enterprises. This allowed for the creation of new items, as long as those items weren’t in conflict with deals previously negotiated by the Licensing Corporation of America (LCA), which Desilu hired to be the merchandising agency for Star Trek and (I believe) Mission: Impossible in 1966.

The merchandising paperwork at UCLA ends at 1968, though, so whatever happened after that I do not know.

 

[Kor]

The story in the OP vaguely reminds me of a Trek dream/fantasy sequence in The Wonder Years.

Kor

 

[SwankCat]

I have been looking everywhere, scanning old local commercial from the 70's thru the 80's but I can't seem to find it anywhere... I would love to see it again, or just know that it still out there somewhere, anywhere to see one last time and to save forever.

Hello, any luck finding it? I too have been trying to track down a copy for years. I believe last time I saw it on air would have been circa 1976 or 77 when I lived in northern NJ.

When the Enterprise pulled up to the White Castle space station the voice over something like - we'll have 287 (or some similar number) hamburgers and Mr. Spock would like a cheeseburger. IIRC the ending commercial tag was along of the lines of - White Castle is out of this world.

 

[Christopher]

When the Enterprise pulled up to the White Castle space station the voice over something like - we'll have 287 (or some similar number) hamburgers and Mr. Spock would like a cheeseburger.

But he's a vegetarian! Although if it's the future, I guess they have Impossible Burgers by then...

 

[elric428]

Reminds me a little of the anti-drug radio commercial from back in 1973

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[1001001]

Hello, any luck finding it? I too have been trying to track down a copy for years. I believe last time I saw it on air would have been circa 1976 or 77 when I lived in northern NJ.

When the Enterprise pulled up to the White Castle space station the voice over something like - we'll have 287 (or some similar number) hamburgers and Mr. Spock would like a cheeseburger. IIRC the ending commercial tag was along of the lines of - White Castle is out of this world.

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This thread has been dead over three years. Let's let it rest in peace, shall we?