~Let’s Celebrate… Ah, yes…. “Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.” You have probably guessed it….. On this date, September 8, 1966, the original “Star Trek” television show premiered with “The Man Trap”. Created by Gene Roddenberry, this science fiction series – which touched on many of the social issues that were prevelant on the Earth in the 1960s – did not fare as well as hoped. Although Star Trek has become a cult phenomenon, with Trekkie (or the member preferred title, Trekker) conventions held annually, the NBC series did not do well. It was regularly beaten in its time slot, and it placed #52 among all series in 1966-1967, its best season. NBC canceled the show on September 2, 1969. Star Trek did return to NBC in 1973 -- as a cartoon. The original cast provided the voices: William Shatner played Captain Kirk; Leonard Nimoy was the Vulcan, Spock; DeForest Kelley was Dr. Leonard McCoy. George Takei played Sulu; Nichelle Nichols was Uhura, James Doohan was Scotty and Chekov was played by Walter Koenig. So, fellow Trekkers…. “live long and prosper.”
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 11:52:23 +0000
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