Star Trek Triva....

[K'riq Sa]

Did you know....

"Lucille Ball once said of Star Trek: "How are you coming on
the one about USO entertainers? You know, "Star Trek".
(She thought UFO was USO.) She went on to be the one
to get Star Trek on the air. AND years later, her
son-in-law Laurence Luckinbill played Spock's brother
Sybok in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier."




k'riq

 

[KimMH]

that's only one reason we loved Lucy!

 

[K'riq Sa]

well did you know...

• Stagehands would pull the turbolift doors on cue with ropes and cables. They would also slide panels by to give the illusion of decks being passed inside the turbolift cars. Some of the more familiar bloopers are that of main actors nonchalantly running into sliding doors that hadn't opened as their characters needed to show full faith in the technology of the Enterprise while stagehands often missed their cues. One of the show's "blooper reels", often shown at Star Trek conventions, includes a full minute of shots of William Shatner walking into various doors and reacting with his favorite profanity (which is not spelled S-H-A-T).
• William Shatner requested that his name in the opening credits be 10% larger in size than that of his co-stars, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley.
• Television shows of the era that filmed at the same studios often shared minor cast members. It is common to see familiar faces in episodes of "Star Trek" (1966), "Batman" (1966), "Mission: Impossible" (1966) and "The Wild Wild West" (1965).
• Stardates are used throughout the series to give the audience an unrealistic look at the time-frame in which the series occurred, however each airing throughout the series were rarely aired in chronological order according to the designated Stardate. This could have been an error on the writer's part or a cleaver design added to the show.

k'riq

 

[Green Shirt]

well did you know...

• Television shows of the era that filmed at the same studios often shared minor cast members. It is common to see familiar faces in episodes of "Star Trek" (1966), "Batman" (1966), "Mission: Impossible" (1966) and "The Wild Wild West" (1965).

k'riq

Well, I suppose actors who were alive, and in Hollywood during those years would tend to be cast in TV shows. Some of the luckier ones even got parts in movies! The snottier ones kept to themselves in the theatre.