The Making of Star Trek The Original Series! #startrek #startrekmovie #trek #trekkies #trekker #spock #enterprise #scifi #williamshatner #leonardnimoy #klingon #klingons
Very well done. Thanks for the history lesson. I really loved the profiles of the individual actors. I learned a lot that I didn't know. I was a huge fan of the original series. As a young teenager, I saw it from the beginning. 👍🏿
As a Star Trek super fan, I've seen many videos on the internet about the show. I did not think another video would have anything new to say, but I was wrong. This video was a lovely presentation of the history of TOS and its cast members.
Lucille Ball was initially confused as to what "Wagon Train to the Stars" meant. She was thinking "stars" like Hollywood stars. That's the only reason she agreed to fund the pilot, she was thinking it was something completely different.
Thank you for the kind words. I also loved the original series. I ended ip rewatching a whole bunch of old episodes in preparation for this video, and I was shocked how well those episodes held up. Such a great show!
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast - the book _The Making of Star Trek_ by Stephen Whitfield documents Roddenberry's complaint that CBS executives used meetings with Roddenberry pitching _Star Trek_ to purposefully mine him for information that they could go on to use for _Lost in Space_.
This is wonderful (I'm only halfway through) but you completely skirted over William Shatner's theater experience in New York - 2 years starring in "The World of Suzie Wong" and a year opposite Julie Harris in "A Shot in the Dark." But I agree with some of the comments here - I have never heard that he was Roddenberry's first choice, but it does make sense given that as soon as Pike (or his wife) turned down the series, he fast turned to Shatner, who had become a top leading man on television. Bob Justman does not say any of this in his book, but then that may not mean anything as his perspective of what happened when was different. It makes sense to me because they turned right to Shatner without any other possible choice. Justman says they did look at footage from some of Shatner's TV work as well as his reprehensible character (not acting) in "The Intruder" film. Which seemed weird choices as he played leading men on television, but whatever. On to legend...And perhaps Shatner should thank his old pal Lorne Greene (who led him astray on the stock market) as it was the powerhouse "Bonanza" that clobbered "For the People" and freed Shatner to accept Star Trek. Interesting about Lucille Ball as there are people vehemently refusing to see her as doing anything for Star Trek (I disagree). But note that D.C. Fontana was first hired as a secretary (who wrote...). A major mistake, I think, is saying that Star Trek was popular among several demographic groups, but that sort of measurement wasn't done in the 60s. It's true about who liked the show, but the rating the networks looked at was overall viewership, and that was ...not the greatest. Herb Solow mused that the reason the series was renewed twice is that it was one of the few shows in color, and NBC was owned by RCA, and they wanted people to buy color TVs, which most households didn't own yet. If NBC had cared about the breakdown of the demographics, Star Trek would never have teetered on cancellation back then. So ... while I might quibble over a few things here, the trouble is that because Star Trek was so iffy in the day, much of what we know is based on people's hindsight several years later when it became a successful franchise. But with all that said, this was a good summary and well done! Thank you for your work!
Some say he can defeat a Dalek with a handful of jelly-babies and a fez, and that he only knows two facts about dating women, and both of them are wrong ... he's Matt Smith!
The whole "Man Trap was an awful first episode" narrative has been a bit overstated. If you watch it, you see that there's actually some great character development in it that helps us get to know the cast pretty well. It's not a great episode, but it's not Spock's Brain either.
I totally agree with you! I just saw Man Trap again a few days ago. It's not one of the best, but it still holds up as very suspenseful and exciting. I can imagine it blowing away audiences back in 1966.
It was funny how you said, triumphant legacy, yet you have an image of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. From what I have learned, James Doohan prefered a German accent, but was turned down, and thus the Scottish accent became. How James mentions Scotty likes reading, specs, and diagrams, is that, he himself likes reading specs, and diagrams. They also had a tough time coming up with Spock's ears, until crunch time. I actually was at the Air And Space Museum, at the Smithsonian Institute, in Washington D.C. when they were holding the Star Trek exhibit. Very interesting, next will you discuss Star Trek: The Animated Series? Take care, and all the best.
Haha! That's an amazing catch that the photo is from Star Trek 5. 😀 A+! I didn't know thar about the German accent. That's very interesting. Thank you. Oh man. I would have loved to have seen the Star Trek exhibit at the Smithsonian. Interestingly, I was just there last month! I wasn't plannjng on doing the animated series, but I absolutely love it. Maybe I should consider it. Thank you so much for your awesome comment. 🙂
Everyone worked in City on the edge of forever. Ellison didn't concider his script 'rewritten' . It had so many hands on it he used the term 'gangbanged' to discribe what was done to his script. So never say written by Harlan Ellison. Harlan Ellison is 'credited' for writting the episode.
From what I understand, the cast received a small amount of residuals for 2 years until 1971. Then nothing. It was actually Star Trek that got the unions to start negotiating better terms for residuals moving forward.
I will have to include her in any follow videos. She was definitely a victim in all of this. The coolest part of her story is how heroic William Shatner was in supporting her, and championing her return in the movies. I love that she is in Star Trek 3, and on the Excelsior in Star Trek 6.
Sadly the german dubbing was settled more like a kids Show... for example Kirk was an american cowboy and Spock had a space fever instead of the pon farr. Many episodes were shortend or never aired. I learned englisch in school only for Star Trek 😂
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast also confusing german voices: Shatner had the same voice as Sean Connory and Nimoy had the same as Christopher Lee (no joke)
I think the reason the interracial kiss between Kirk and Uhura worked is because the audience was invested in the characters and did not simply see them as a white man and a black woman, but as Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Uhura. They were sensitive to the character's backgrounds and meaning to the show.
not correct, Roddenberry considered Lloyd Bridges & Jack Lord prior to Shatner. Jeffrey Hunter was first choice for the pilot but turned down the series for movies. he wasn't considered too good looking. the second pilot cost $200k, not $600k. they reused all the sets already built.
There's a pre-Star Trek link between DeForest Kelly and Leonard Nimoy: they each appeared on 3 episodes of The Silent Service (1957-58), which dramatized submarine stories, mostly WWII era. Their episodes don't overlap. Kelly was the captain in The Spearfish Delivers: th-cam.com/video/SZ0J3JwGd_Y/w-d-xo.html Nimoy had smaller roles. He was a sonarman in The Bergall's Revenge (time stamped link, Nimoy in lower left): th-cam.com/video/z-Ocx_KIOJw/w-d-xo.html
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Very well done. Thanks for the history lesson. I really loved the profiles of the individual actors. I learned a lot that I didn't know.
I was a huge fan of the original series. As a young teenager, I saw it from the beginning. 👍🏿
Thank you so much for thr kind words. 🖖 I hope you keep enjoying my content.
As a Star Trek super fan, I've seen many videos on the internet about the show. I did not think another video would have anything new to say, but I was wrong. This video was a lovely presentation of the history of TOS and its cast members.
Thank you so much for the kind words! Welcome to my channel! 😀
Yes, I agree, I learned a few things myself.
lots of things are wrong
This is absolutely the best documentary about the origins of Star Trek I’ve seen!!! I would have actually paid money for it.
Thank you so much. And this is one of the best compliments Ive received. 🙂 As long as people like you appreciate my videos, I will keep making them! 😀
You have a gift and true talent. Thank you so much this.
Great research. A lot of facts I didn't know about. With work and quality content like this, you'll do well.
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Lucille Ball was initially confused as to what "Wagon Train to the Stars" meant. She was thinking "stars" like Hollywood stars. That's the only reason she agreed to fund the pilot, she was thinking it was something completely different.
That's very interesting. Thank you for the information!
This was a great video about the history of Star Trek. Loved it. I watched the reruns as a teenager. I probably saw each episode about ten times.
Thank you for the kind words. I also loved the original series. I ended ip rewatching a whole bunch of old episodes in preparation for this video, and I was shocked how well those episodes held up. Such a great show!
Very informative! Well done.
Thank you so much for the kind words! 🙂
Well done video, you're narration is the best part.👏
Thank you! 🖖
God bless Lucille Ball for her vision of the revolutionary Star Trek TV series. She is the "mother" of Star Trek.
She really is. Without Lucille Ball, there would not be a Star Trek!
This was excellent
Thank you so much for the kind words! I hope you keep enjoying my videos!
Great, but u forgot the doctor in the second pilot was named Piper and has played by Paul Fixx.
True. True. Thanks for the extra info.
Good job. ✌️🤠
Thank you! 🙂🖖
Just think about all the magical things that had to come together to make the miracle of Star Trek happen. I’m certainly a life-long fan!
It's really incredible, isn't it! Thank you for your comment!
You missed the part where Star Trek was rejected by CBS in favor of Irwin Allen's Lost in Space.
Great point! Thanks for the extra info!
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast - the book _The Making of Star Trek_ by Stephen Whitfield documents Roddenberry's complaint that CBS executives used meetings with Roddenberry pitching _Star Trek_ to purposefully mine him for information that they could go on to use for _Lost in Space_.
Great video 🖖
Thank you so much! 🖖
LOL
Love how Sulu is not in the group shot of the cast
I know. That's weird.
Deforest Kelly wasn't in the 2nd pilot as well, Paul Fix from The Rifleman played the doctor.
Thank you for the info. 🙂
This is wonderful (I'm only halfway through) but you completely skirted over William Shatner's theater experience in New York - 2 years starring in "The World of Suzie Wong" and a year opposite Julie Harris in "A Shot in the Dark." But I agree with some of the comments here - I have never heard that he was Roddenberry's first choice, but it does make sense given that as soon as Pike (or his wife) turned down the series, he fast turned to Shatner, who had become a top leading man on television. Bob Justman does not say any of this in his book, but then that may not mean anything as his perspective of what happened when was different. It makes sense to me because they turned right to Shatner without any other possible choice. Justman says they did look at footage from some of Shatner's TV work as well as his reprehensible character (not acting) in "The Intruder" film. Which seemed weird choices as he played leading men on television, but whatever. On to legend...And perhaps Shatner should thank his old pal Lorne Greene (who led him astray on the stock market) as it was the powerhouse "Bonanza" that clobbered "For the People" and freed Shatner to accept Star Trek. Interesting about Lucille Ball as there are people vehemently refusing to see her as doing anything for Star Trek (I disagree). But note that D.C. Fontana was first hired as a secretary (who wrote...). A major mistake, I think, is saying that Star Trek was popular among several demographic groups, but that sort of measurement wasn't done in the 60s. It's true about who liked the show, but the rating the networks looked at was overall viewership, and that was ...not the greatest. Herb Solow mused that the reason the series was renewed twice is that it was one of the few shows in color, and NBC was owned by RCA, and they wanted people to buy color TVs, which most households didn't own yet. If NBC had cared about the breakdown of the demographics, Star Trek would never have teetered on cancellation back then. So ... while I might quibble over a few things here, the trouble is that because Star Trek was so iffy in the day, much of what we know is based on people's hindsight several years later when it became a successful franchise. But with all that said, this was a good summary and well done! Thank you for your work!
Wow! This is a heck of a comment! 😀 You sure know your Star Trek history! Thank you for your comment. 🙂
One of the greatest shows ever to be put on television ... after Doctor Who. Clarkson-era Top Gear is pretty good too.
Who is your favorite Doctor?
Some say he can defeat a Dalek with a handful of jelly-babies and a fez, and that he only knows two facts about dating women, and both of them are wrong ... he's Matt Smith!
That's awesome! I'm a David Tennant man myself, but Matt Smith is a close second!
Why are u talking about Walter Koenig but showing Davy Jones picture😮?
Man, you know your Monkees. I can't sneak a thing by you! 🤣
Love your video :)
Only thing is that i feel that Majel wasn't happy married though :(
Thank you for the kind words! I have more videos planned!
The whole "Man Trap was an awful first episode" narrative has been a bit overstated. If you watch it, you see that there's actually some great character development in it that helps us get to know the cast pretty well. It's not a great episode, but it's not Spock's Brain either.
I totally agree with you! I just saw Man Trap again a few days ago. It's not one of the best, but it still holds up as very suspenseful and exciting. I can imagine it blowing away audiences back in 1966.
Actually Paul Fix played Dr Piper on the second pilot. Kelley would not join the show until the series began normal production.
Thanks for the info! 🙂
It was funny how you said, triumphant legacy, yet you have an image of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.
From what I have learned, James Doohan prefered a German accent, but was turned down, and thus the Scottish accent became. How James mentions Scotty likes reading, specs, and diagrams, is that, he himself likes reading specs, and diagrams.
They also had a tough time coming up with Spock's ears, until crunch time.
I actually was at the Air And Space Museum, at the Smithsonian Institute, in Washington D.C. when they were holding the Star Trek exhibit.
Very interesting, next will you discuss Star Trek: The Animated Series?
Take care, and all the best.
Haha! That's an amazing catch that the photo is from Star Trek 5. 😀 A+!
I didn't know thar about the German accent. That's very interesting. Thank you.
Oh man. I would have loved to have seen the Star Trek exhibit at the Smithsonian. Interestingly, I was just there last month!
I wasn't plannjng on doing the animated series, but I absolutely love it. Maybe I should consider it.
Thank you so much for your awesome comment. 🙂
@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast Plus, they used jelly beans for the bridge switches, and buttons.
Take care, and all the best.
That's amazing! 😊
Everyone worked in City on the edge of forever.
Ellison didn't concider his script 'rewritten' . It had so many hands on it he used the term 'gangbanged' to discribe what was done to his script.
So never say written by Harlan Ellison.
Harlan Ellison is 'credited' for writting the episode.
Thanks for the info!
Nice.
Thank you! I hope you enjoy the video. 🙂
I wonder,, did the actors in Star Trek,, receive residuals from syndication?
From what I understand, the cast received a small amount of residuals for 2 years until 1971. Then nothing. It was actually Star Trek that got the unions to start negotiating better terms for residuals moving forward.
How could you leave out the history and appearance of Grace Lee Whitney as Yeoman Janice Rand?
I will have to include her in any follow videos. She was definitely a victim in all of this. The coolest part of her story is how heroic William Shatner was in supporting her, and championing her return in the movies. I love that she is in Star Trek 3, and on the Excelsior in Star Trek 6.
Sadly the german dubbing was settled more like a kids Show... for example Kirk was an american cowboy and Spock had a space fever instead of the pon farr. Many episodes were shortend or never aired.
I learned englisch in school only for Star Trek 😂
That's an amazing story! 😀
@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast also confusing german voices: Shatner had the same voice as Sean Connory and Nimoy had the same as Christopher Lee (no joke)
I think the reason the interracial kiss between Kirk and Uhura worked is because the audience was invested in the characters and did not simply see them as a white man and a black woman, but as Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Uhura. They were sensitive to the character's backgrounds and meaning to the show.
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30:52...Christopher LLOYD and Christopher WALKEN!
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not correct, Roddenberry considered Lloyd Bridges & Jack Lord prior to Shatner. Jeffrey Hunter was first choice for the pilot but turned down the series for movies. he wasn't considered too good looking.
the second pilot cost $200k, not $600k. they reused all the sets already built.
Thank you for clearing that up.
There's a pre-Star Trek link between DeForest Kelly and Leonard Nimoy: they each appeared on 3 episodes of The Silent Service (1957-58), which dramatized submarine stories, mostly WWII era. Their episodes don't overlap.
Kelly was the captain in The Spearfish Delivers:
th-cam.com/video/SZ0J3JwGd_Y/w-d-xo.html
Nimoy had smaller roles. He was a sonarman in The Bergall's Revenge (time stamped link, Nimoy in lower left):
th-cam.com/video/z-Ocx_KIOJw/w-d-xo.html
That's totally cool! 😀 Thank you for the info!
There isnt a British Accent. Scotland is In Britain hence a Scotish Accent. Im sure u meant the Producers wanted an English Accent?
Thank you for clearing that up. It always confuses me. You know your stuff! 😀
Kirk rescues Edith Keeler?
This story is not untold.
Spectre of the Gun was an ultra cheap episode made on a sparsely set up sound stage
But such a great episode!
But the skill set worked for the concept. And the score was outstanding.
But the skeletal set worked for the concept. And the score was outstanding.
@@alienlovearts No different than a small off-broadway theater. Just enough environment to orient the audience, and the talented actors do the rest.