FACT TREK — Facts on the Final Frontier
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Let @trekfactcheck, @8bit_maurice be your guides through the production of the original STAR TREK and its place in TV history. Context is king! We cite sources!
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RT @tvhistorytoday: April 26, 1989 - Actress & Comedienne Lucille Ball passed away at age 77. #ILoveLucy #LucilleBall .
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Possibly the 1st-ever #StarTrek TV parody. STAR TRIP: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA ROBOT? on the 2nd-ever episode of the CAROL BURNETT SHOW, Sept. 18, 1967. Begins at 18:09. Guest Sid Caesar played Mr. Spook. Thanks to @TAS_Youtube for posting! @TrekMovie.
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Who was John D.F. Black, and why did his script for "The Naked Time" cause so many problems for the #StarTrek production? The naked truth in our article "The Naked Time Warp.". @trekdocs @TrekCore @darendoc @TrekMovie @larrynemecek
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After 22 months, a ton of research & delays caused by real-life concerns, we've finally dotted all the i's & crossed the t's on the Part II to our "The Naked Cliffhanger" article. 64 citations! When we say "we cite sources," we ain't fooling around.
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We promised you a Part II about the convoluted production of “The Naked Time,” and here it is, out of a time warp of its own. That episode was filmed with a cliffhanger—subsequently scrapped. Whose...
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And Laugh-In shot up in the ratings and did the unthinkable: it topped both The Lucy Show and Gunsmoke, cementing itself in a timeslot that NBC had previously penciled #StarTrek into. The full story:
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For decades Trek fans have rolled their eyes—and worse—at NBC’s decision to put Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In into a Monday time slot which had been promised to Star Trek , banishing their beloved show...
January 22, 1968 - “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” debuted on NBC-TV.
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FACT TREKking is hard work & serious business. Serious. Business. Except when it's not. #StarTrek
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After much research, interviews, and pesky real-life concerns, we're back hammering away on articles! Citation! Citation! Citation!. #StarTrek
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#OTD 1979, the TV newsmagazine 20/20 profiled the #StarTrek phenomenon and The Motion Picture. @TrekMovie @TrekCore @inglorioustrek1.
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#FactTrek60 #OTD 60 years ago today, this news item announced Nimoy's obtaining the movie rights to a book. The #StarTrek pilot and Jeffrey Hunter get a nod as well.
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OTD 1979: The Hollywood Reporter's 1979 review of Star Trek—The Motion Picture was largely favorable.
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On Dec. 7, 1979, the Paramount sci-fi film, directed by Robert Wise, hit theaters.
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#FactTrek60 60 years and a few days ago, Variety posted casting notices for #StarTrek even as it was filming its (first) pilot.
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#FactTrek60. #OTD 1964 Hollywood gossip legend Hedda Hopper dropped a tidbit about the #StarTrek pilot and Susan Oliver's green complexion, which would go before the cameras in the following weeks.
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#FactTrek60 This week, 60 years ago, the #StarTrek pilot casting continued. Laurel Goodwin ultimately won the role of Yeoman Colt, but Cindy Robbins (Cynthia Chenault) was also up for the role, so much so that a contract was drafted for her.
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In November 1971 Leonard Nimoy discussed performing in "The Man in the Glass Booth" a play inspired by the trial of the German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer Adolf Eichmann, and what such trials mean. He also talked about #StarTrek. 🖖🖖🏿🖖🏾🖖🏽🖖🏼🖖🏻.
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