576 Subj : Re: Star Trek TV is 39 years old today! To : alt.tv.star-trek.tos From : The Merry Piper Date : Fri Sep 09 2005 15:38:25 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 14:36:41 GMT, The Merry Piper wrote: >On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 16:31:32 +0200, "Wouter Valentijn" > 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 -- The Merry Piper [http://tmpiper.livejournal.com] If you want to dance, you'll have to pay ... me! . 0