622 Subj : Re: Another Emmy for Shatner To : alt.tv.star-trek.tos From : Marcovaldo Date : Wed Sep 21 2005 21:42:26 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos "ANIM8Rfsk" wrote in message news:BF571046.52BAA%ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net... > in article xZIXe.60066$qY1.54547@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net, > Marcovaldo at Marcovaldo@worldnet.att.net wrote on 9/19/05 5:46 PM: > >> "Graeme" wrote in message >> news:1127147873.347191.262380@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... >>> ]] >>> I was glad that he won the Emmy. But I was a little disappointed in the >>> >>> performance of the Star Trek Theme. I had read that he was going to >>> recite >>> the (virtually) unknown lyrics, but all he did was recite the show's >>> opening >>> narration ("Space the Final Frontier ..."). >>> [[ >>> >>> Be glad he didn't. The lyrics are awful, and only existed at all so >>> that Roddenberry could claim half of Sandy Courage's music money. Lots >>> of shows have lyrics that were never used, probably for the same reason >>> (did you know that Bewitched and Leave it to Beaver had lyrics, for >>> example?) >> >> And Bonanza: >> >> (We've got a right to pick a little fight, Bonanza! >> Anyone who fights with anyone of us, he's got to fight with me!) >> >> I'm actually a fan of Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, but I'm kind of glad >> this was left as an instrumental. > > Um - you are aware it was sung on screen? In the first episode? By all 4 > Cartwrights? Yes, I saw a film clip. Best forgotten. . 0