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Subj : Re: Star Trek TV is 39 years old today!
To   : alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From : cstacy
Date : Wed Sep 14 2005 22:22:10

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos

"Wouter Valentijn" <liam@valentijn.nu> writes:

> The Merry Piper wrote:
> > On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 14:36:41 GMT, The Merry Piper
> > <merry_piper_YOUR@COATyahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 16:31:32 +0200, "Wouter Valentijn"
> >> <liam@valentijn.nu> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Steven L. wrote:
> >>>> Crazy About TV wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> The premiere episode of the original Star Trek series titled, "The
> >>>>> Man Trap", aired on September 8, 1966.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -------------
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://www.crazyabouttv.com/startrekorig.html
> >>>>
> >>>> Yep.
> >>>> I even remember the promos that run during the late summer ("A
> >>>> spaceship as big as a city!"), and the advertisements in the local
> >>>> newspapers:
> >>>> "The First Adult Space Adventure!").
> >>>
> >>> I saw a clip of it during a special I think.
> >>> "Four hundred men and women...."
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Those newspaper ads were the infamous ones with Spock's ears
> >>>> airbrushed out.
> >>>
> >>> Now that's just silly!
> >>> They considered the Spock ears to be offensive? Sheesh....
> >>
> >> The brass were worried Spock looked Satanic with the pointy ears.
> >> One exec was quoted as saying "Loose the guy with the devil ears."
> >
> > I mean "LOSE" ... not loose.  grrrrr
> 
> Yeah, I heard something like that. But to go as far as to airbrush out 
> ears...

At my house, we were concerned about Spock's ears
and whether he was a manifestation of Satan.
Their concern was well-placed.

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