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Star Trek - Did you know this?

Yooper said:
Did anyone ever notice that the main Talosian in 'The Cage/The Menagerie' is Dr. Bellows from 'I Dream of Jeannie?' Even underneath all that makeup.
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I just watched 'Menagerie' and read the credits. There was an Adam Roarke there. He played Garison:

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You were thinking of Hayden Rorke
 
In the episode Balance of Terror, Mark Lenard played a Romulan Commander. But later in the series in the episode Journey to Babel, he was Sarek, Spock's father.
 
^ And he played them both very well. I truly loved his final scene with Captain Picard. I was truly saddened by the death of his character, and Spock's reaction when he melded with Picard at the end brought tears to my eyes.

 
One of Nimoy's earliest rolls was in 1952's 'Zombies of the Stratosphere'.

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gsdx said:
^ And he played them both very well. I truly loved his final scene with Captain Picard. I was truly saddened by the death of his character, and Spock's reaction when he melded with Picard at the end brought tears to my eyes.

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I shed a few at that scene as well.


BTW, for those who've forgotten when Picard had melded with Sarek: here, and

 
^ I don't even have to watch it. I know it so well. One thing for sure, in private moments, Picard was not afraid of emotions, and he portrayed all of Sarek's erupting emotions extremely well.
 
In the Star Trek book Avenger written by Shatner, what comes out is that Sarek didn't die from bendii syndrome. He was poisoned and it mimicked bendii. In the book, Spock too is diagnosed with bendii syndrome. And like his father, he too was poisoned.
 
What a Story!

Sarek suffers from an old age disease where he can not contain his emotions. Picard acts as a temporary vessel for Sarek's wild emotional swings.

It's that final scene where the two men end the exchange, Picard and Sarek share an intimacy beyond words - and I start crying like a baby! Another example of why "The Next Generation" became my favorite of the whole franchise.





Now just for fun, Star Trek The Original Series followed a standard broadcast TV tradition:

The closing credits feature the complete series theme music, versus the intro which only uses a shortened theme, by necessity.

I thought you guys might like to hear seasons 2 and 3 closing credits music. Do you know which is which?




And last, but not least, my favorite Star Trek closing!

 
A couple of trivia or trivial questions.

Years back, I ran across a site which had a bunch of trivia about the original series. Is it true that somewhere in the series there's a visual blooper where someone forgot to remove an ashtray from the set of the bridge, and it appears on camera?

In the episode What Are Little Girls Made Of? Ted Cassidy (who played Lurch on the Addams Family, among other things) appeared as an android. The costume he wore in that episode was also worn by what other TV personality on what show?
 
Mark Leonard was the only guest actor on Star Trek to portray 3 different alien races during it's 50 year run. He was Vulcan as Spock's father as previously mentioned, he was the Romulan Commander as mentioned by gsdx in #163; and, he portrayed the doomed Klingon captain in STTMP :=D:
 
jbrown329 said:
Uh, that was me in post #162.
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Yes, jbrown329 - you've got your Star Trek creds at Full Power!

Mark Leonard made fans in every TV series he appeared in. A magnificent actor.
Like many of his roles over the years Mark's characters were usually men of distinction.

Here is a clip of two good friends having a reunion - and getting paid for it.

 
In Balance of Terror, when they were able to get a visual from the Romulan ship and one of the bridge crew had a conniption fit because Spock looked like the Romulans. Kirk was not amused.
 
Mark Leonard was a tough act to follow in his guest appearances on Star Trek and he has a special place in Star Trek lore.

In my opinion the most unusual guest star ever to appear on Star Trek was This Guy:

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Recognize him?

That's none other than Melvin Belli, the famous attorney to some of the biggest stars in Hollywood! Melvin Belli was sometimes referred to as the, "King of Torts". I always called him, "Mr. Palimony", for the huge awards he was able to win for people living together without the legal protections of marriage.

Melvin played the evil alien spirit, "Gorgan", in the Star Trek episode, "And The Children Shall Lead".


Now I've always had a problem with this episode. My biggest problem was the selection of this story right from the start. The point of the story is how fear, "our inner beast", can control us. While there's a truth in all that the problem is, How Do You Show Fear in a TV Show?

Fear is an individual thing. What you fear the most may cause laughter in other people. You can be afraid of snakes but showing a room filled with snakes may be very interesting to most viewers instead of frightening.

So what is the crew of the Enterprise most fearful of?

 
^^ I could never remember the name of the guy who played Gorgan. But do remember that episode well. I've watched it many times.
 
That first American TV inter-racial kiss with Bill Shatner, and Dr. Martin Luther King's intervention.

An informative article referencing Nichelle Nichols, in her role as Lt. Uhura.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/star-treks-lieutenant-uhura-wanted-8965897

I quote:

After the opening series in 1966, Nichelle was close to quitting and heading back to theatre but, now aged 83, she says: “What Martin Luther King said was interesting and in-depth about the show. He was my biggest fan.
“He said ‘you really can’t leave’ and I stood there with my mouth open and he was saying ‘you’re a first – this is giving TV something that hasn’t been on’.“I was all prepared to go on Broadway but he convinced me there was no such thing as a little TV show. This was a big show and it was important and I was important. When he finished I knew I couldn’t leave.”
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