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All of it! \o/ I'd watch that, for sure. Content for *months!* TNG was 'my' Trek, where I came in to the franchise. I was in my early teens when it aired.
In Journey to Babel, I think the really inspired casting choice was Jane Wyatt as Spock's mother. Anybody watching this when it first aired would have instantly recognized her as the mother from the TV show Father Knows Best, a role she won 3 Emmy awards for!
John Colicos is the original Klingon. Errand of Mercy is the first visual appearance of these Star Trek villains/antagonists. Mr. Colicos later went on to play the villain Count Baltar on the original Battlestar Galactica. He would reprise his role as the 140-year-old Kor on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine for 3 episodes: Blood Oath, The Sword of Kahless, and, Once More Unto the Breach I don’t really recall Lt. Uhura wearing a gold uniform, yet she does it at least one episode. Glad you had a great time watching these, Jen. Some of the best episodes from the original series.
A subtlety I've noticed in 'Errand of Mercy' is that none of the 'high tech' characters, Kirk, Spock, Kor even notice that doors on Organia open by themselves. The characters are so used to 'automatic' doors that they are blind to a 'primative' culture with them. It's a *huge* clue that the Organians are not all what what they presrnt as.
Watch at 1:01:47 too -- there is NO ONE in the background of the planet set until Kirk and Spock finish transporting, then suddenly people appear. Another clue. They only appeared as humans the split-second they had to, for their visitors' benefit.
As a big Sci-fi fan I'm ashamed to say that I've never watched Star Trek...but thanks to these excellent reactions I'm now inspired to picked up the complete series on Blu-ray and start watching it myself! Thanks, Jen!
@@jenmurrayxonow I have to figure out if there's a recommended order in which to watch the episodes because I've heard there or like 3 different pilots and then they got released in a weird order...
I've always loved "Journey To Babel". It has aliens, murder, intrigue and Spock's parents. In one episode they did a great job of fleshing out the Star Trek universe.
I also really liked the actor who played the Andorian/Orion spy Thelev (William O'Connell). He got some good scenes and was quite sinister in a soft-spoken way.
I really hope this doesn’t come across the wrong way because I’m a guy who just turned 50 and you’re a woman who is clearly way less than 50 but you are just adorable. I grew up on the original series, my favorite to this day, it’s so much fun to watch this stuff again through your fresh eyes. It’s just so darn cute when you get nervous about endings you don’t know are coming but I’ve known about for decades. I want to reach through my phone to put an arm around you and tell you “it’s okay, Kirk figured this out just watch.” It all makes remember how much I love Star Trek and why. So thank you.
I always love a reaction video from Jen, but there is something very special about her reactions to the original Star Trek show / movies. Thank you for sharing, Jen.
Jen was born to react to the original Star Trek series. Nobody has ever done ANY reaction better. What a treat to see Part 3 released; it's perfect entertainment.
I love your appreciation of the music in the series. One of the things Roddenberry wanted when he created Star Trek was to have proper musical cues to set the tone for the episodes. You will find it is tradition that is carried on throughout Star Trek.
One of the things I like about "The Arena" that was reflective the 1960's is the way that even though Kirk won the trial by combat, he was also humbled by admitting that he did feel the hunger blood and vengeance. The heroes in this series were definitely heroic but also wrestled with their own moral imperfections.
Some sad behind the scenes trivia regarding "The Arena". In the early scenes where Kirk and Spock are dodging the Gorn mortar fire - One of the explosions was far too close to actors Shatner & Nimoy. Both actors suffered permanent tinnitus hearing damage in the ear closest to the explosion. Both actors underwent therapy to handle the non-stop high pitched ringing that remains with them for life. RIP Leonard Nimoy.
"Took a call right in the middle of the meeting!" I never saw it that way before but you're absolutely right @Jenmurrayxo Kirk is the sass captain we don't deserve.
Imagine it's 1980ish, a giant wood cabinet TV with a "huge" 24 inch screen, and a proportionally giant early VCR on top. My dad was a big sci-fi fan and recorded every episode of Star Trek and we frequently re-watched them. I know every episode by heart. I sometimes do watch them again even though there is nothing new... nothing new until Jen's videos. Watching these "with" someone who has never seen them before adds a terrific dimension and makes them feel new again.
"What am I, a doctor or a moon shuttle conductor?" (TOS: "The Corbomite Maneuver") "I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer." (TOS: "The Devil in the Dark") …to which Kirk replies, "You're a healer, there's a patient. That's an order." "I'm a surgeon, not a psychiatrist." (TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever") "Look, I'm a doctor, not an escalator." (TOS: "Friday's Child") "I'm a doctor, not a mechanic." (TOS: "The Doomsday Machine") "I'm a doctor, not an engineer." (TOS: "Mirror, Mirror") …to which Montgomery Scott immediately replied, "Now, you're an engineer." "I'm not a magician, Spock, just an old country doctor." (TOS: "The Deadly Years") "I'm a doctor, not a coal miner." (TOS: "The Empath")
@@jackmessick2869 lol... If you look at the list of sayings and McCoy labels himself a "specialist idiot who is specifically limited to medicine", then the good Bones gets involved in the ship's management quite often...
Watching Star Trek with you is the best. I feel like a kid again, watching reruns with a friend. Your reactions are priceless, and you are a true Star Trek fan. Live long and prosper!
In the Corbormite Maneuver, Balok was played by Clint Howard, Ron Howard's brother. He's been in just about everything, including Apollo 13, multiple different Star Trek series over the years, Austin Powers, Happy Days, Addams Family Reunion, etc. - he shows up everywhere. He made his acting debut at the age of 2 in the Andy Griffith Show.
Yes! He was the little crumb-cruncher Leon, who would stand on the sidewalk and silently offer a bite of his peanut butter and jelly sandwich to sheriff Andy Taylor, to which Andy would reply "No thank you, Leon." 🥪
Jen, I'm really very envious of you. I started watching these episodes at age 10 and it took many years for me to finally "get it." Your reactions have been so entertaining and hilarious in many places that I wish I had been an adult, like you, watching these for the first time. Thanks ever so much. Oh, by the way, I love your comments on the music! No Star Trek episode ever had bad music.
As a fun reference, in Galaxy Quest when Tim Allen's character is fighting the rock monster and Sam Rockwell's character says, "Construct a weapon. Look around you. Can you form some sort of rudimentary lathe?" they're referencing the "silliness" of Kirk making the rudimentary cannon while fighting the Gorn.
Mythbusters actually replicated the Arena cannon and there are several videos out there which depict the results. It wasn't easy and they eventually had to use real gunpowder. The resulting cannon, even modified "killed" the dummy they had standing in for Kirk.
These are some of the most iconic episodes of the series. The one with Clint Howard as a baby, the one where Kirk fights the Gorn, the time Spock mind melded with a rock monster. 10/10
For a bit of trivia, you can google "Clint Howard Apollo 13", and you'll recognize the baby alien in "The corbomite maneuver" as one of the controllers in Apollo 13. He is the brother of Apollo 13's director, Ron Howard.
Great reactions Jen! When I was a kid we used to reenact Devil in the Dark with a black beanbag chair in my parents house. One of us would crawl under it and move around the house hunting the other kids.
A nice touch in "Errand of Mercy" -- when Kirk and Spock are beaming down to Organia for the first time, notice that there are no people or animals visible in the establishing shot. Then, as Kirk and Spock appear, suddenly there are people and animals moving about. A nice, subtle hint as to Organia's true nature.
@@Panzer4F2 Maaaan, that's so true. He always seemed to enjoy playing a good villain. I totally prefer his original Balthar over the version in the Galactica remake. Yesyes, the new one is more complex and troubled and has that Cylon woman in his head, but in this case I take the outright evil bastard Balthar played by Colicos over "more complex". And as for the evil Cylon in his head - Farscape did that earlier and WAY better with Crighton and Scorpius' mindprobe.
I watched "Errand of Mercy" last night, and noticed that first part fully for the first time, after having read your comment! Thanks, that adds loads of interest to this episode!
The Horta was the embodiment of Gene Roddenberry's position, contrary to alien/creature depictions of the time, that "To be ugly is not necessarily to be evil."
Jen its so much fun to watch star trek with you! I love how you pick out all the musical instruments, how they use them, and how you just follow and flow with the music every episode (including and especially the theme song lol!! ) 🖖🖖
A couple of notes: 1. The Horta (the rock monster) was a creation of propman Janos Prohaska. He wore it into the producer's office one day. The producer liked it so much he wrote a script around it. 2. Dr. McCoy's "I finally got the last word!" was a nod to actor DeForest Kelly, who repeated expressed frustration that he was underutilized, or that information that should come from the ship's doctor was being delivered by someone else. Love these reactions to TOS episodes.
One of the few Star Trek books I've read had a Horta as a crew member. They needed to break into Engineering to stop someone. Kirk ordered the Horta to eat the door. Afterwards, the Horta was bad off. Kirk asked if it was alright. The Horta said it was alright, the door was a little too rich for its taste.
“Arena” was the first episode my 10-year-old self ever saw. Instant Trekkie 🖖 I went to a Star Trek convention 10 years later in Denver, back when that kind of thing was not “cool” 😁
29:18. In "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey" the guys are in a motel room, and viewing this episode! A setup for them eventually going to the same location to let us know that they know why we will recognize the location! So, for the first time, because of this movie, William Shatner gets credited as "James Tiberius Kirk" in the end credits! 🖖
The Devil in the Dark was the first use of the Vulcan mind-meld in the series. There is a man underneath that Horta costume, the most widely known animal costume actor, Janos Prohaska. He was most known for playing a gorilla in a gorilla costume in the 1960s and early 1970s in television. When i was a kid, i called the Horta the Pizza Monster.😂
Devil in The Dark and to a lesser extent The Corbomite Maneuver are examples of a frequent Star Trek theme: an adversary is at first judged to be evil, but is in fact misunderstood. Resolution comes not from defeating evil but from understanding the adversary. This is one of the things that separates Star Trek from Star Wars.
One of the things I have always enjoyed about _'Errand of Mercy'_ is that Kirk and Spock are so used to the automatic doors on the Enterprise that they don't register that the doors to Council Chamber, from the very beginning, open & close on their own.
I had noticed that, but more because of the automatic doors on The Prisoner (used as a signal that surveillance and access control was at every level of the Village).
@@GeoffFrizzell-kz3rg Especially in an episode when they start to open and then, some would say, firmly shut in a "no, no, no" manner. A great show offering much to think about for those who look beneath the surface of what is openly presented. For the record, based on the easter eggs in the show, I am firmly in the camp that Number Six is John Drake of _'Danger Man'_ (titled _'Secret Agent'_ here in the U.S.). I discount any public denials by the actor because I know that there were legal issues with making such a direct connection between the two television shows.
Clint Howard in one of his childhood TV appearances. One of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood, even if he's generally best known as Ron Howard's brother (or Rance Howard's son, if you're old enough to know who Rance was), or as "that odd looking fellow" who pops up in just about every TV show or movie EVER at some point. 😁 EDIT: Bones saying Kirk had a "punctured left lung" when Kirk was clearly stabbed on the right side... Sure, if he that blade went through his right lung and a few other innards to REACH the left lung... 🙄
Majel Barrett, who played Nurse Chapel, is the wife if Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek. She voices the computer of the Enterprise D, along with other Federation ships and starbases; she also played Deanna Troi's mother on TNG, with a couple if appearances on DS9. She's considered the mother of Star Trek.
While they were filming "The Devil in the Dark", William Shatner found out that his father had died. His "sadness" at the death of his young crewman, was not acting, but quite real. It was actually his sadness and grief about finding out about his father's recent death. StarTrek TOS theme: I love it, too! Thank Alexander Courage, who composed it! Also: when a person is in sick-bay, they are somehow connected to the comm panel above that patient, which shows levels of all kinds of health parameters. That "base" sound you hear and like so much is actually representing the patient's heartbeat!
Leonard Nimoy actually channeled his sympathy about Shatner's grief over the death of his father into the Mind Meld scene with he Horta. Shatner found out on a Friday afternoon. Although, they offered to suspend production, Shatner (who knew how much money was being spent on the episode and the cast and crew dependent upon his being there) elected to continue production for the day. He then flew to Montreal for the funeral over the weekend and then returned the following Monday to resume the production of the episode. Shatner has stated that Devil in the Dark is his favorite because everyone was so kind to him.
I'm loving ST part 3 and hoping for part 4! It is only logical!🖖 Jen now you see why it is so hard to pick just a few episodes... They are all good! Its even hard to pick a favorite episode but there are fav characters that standout besides the main cast! My favorite is Harry Mudd. Greatest con-man in the universe. Lol i really love how you get into the music calling out instruments and doing a Star Trek music dance! 😁 Jens got rhythm! Luv ya Jen ❤️💛
"Errand of Mercy" is an episode I didn't like when I first saw it because I was young and wanted my heroes to always be right with a capital "R," but I eventually learned to appreciate the importance of stepping back from your self righteous passion so you can see and think clearly before diving headlong into violence and destruction.
Jen, fun fact: the little kid at the end of The Corbomite Maneuver is Clint Howard, Ron Howards brother. You may recall him from Apollo 13 wherein he played Sy the mission controller who recommended shutting down the reactant valves (react valves).
Jen, you don't need to be a geek or a nerd to groove to music. I've seen many people do so - geeks, nerds and other kinds alike. Granted, I've never seen anyone but you groove out to Star Trek theme music, but that's okay. Your grooving is remarkably heartwarming. You also have the voice control to hum or otherwise vocalize the music. I'd love to see you record yourself doing that, full-length on both opening and closing credits. Two words for you, Jen: Don't stop.
Some of my very earliest memories are of watching Trek in the early 70s with my dad, who was a fan since the show began. The Gorn freaked me out, I thought it was going to eat Kirk! He laughed and tried to explain that it wasn't real, great father and son bonding 😁
"Star Trek: The Animated Series" had a good episode titled "Yesteryear" involving young boy Spock and I-Chaya, his "fat teddy bear" pet Sehlat. I'm pretty sure you would like it even though it has a tearjerker ending.
the child in the first ep is CLint Howard, Ron Howard's brother.. when you eventually react to Apollo 13, keep an eye out for him in the control room.. see if you can spot him!
Hi Jen! I love watching these TOS episodes with you! I can tell you are a true fan. There is the occasional klunker episode but you could do 10-15 more of these easy. I have to confess that when the theme song first kicked in and you started joyfully whirling about and singing, I had this incredible desire to dance alongside you - to the Star Trek theme song! 🤣💃🕺🤣 Thank you for reminding me of the exhilaration I felt the first time I saw these episodes many years ago.
UK here, Arena frightened me when I watched this with my dad back in't day! It was funny to see Ben Stiller with Ricky Gervais on Graham Norton when Ben announced he was a Trekkie and in fact has the original Gorn head! Ricky Gervais's response was hilarious! Great reactions again and thanks for the nostalgia fest 👏🖖
That bwas the BEST ever OOOOOOOOOOOOO, Jen , when you heard Spock's Parents. So much fun enjoying you watch the series. I forgot how much I liked the music also. Thank you for that. 🖖
"The Devil in the Dark" has a special meaning for William Shatner. During filming of this episode he got the news that his father has passed away. He went home to make arrangements for the funeral while Spock filmed the mind meld scene with Horta and came back in time to film his reaction shots.
Like Sarek and Amanda in "Journey to Babel", my parents had some similar issues between themselves and toward my brother and me. Therefore I always identified with Spock, and had quite a kiddie crush on him. Watching him deal with his parents and find his own unique identity has always been very special to me, and your reactions take me right back to my childhood! ❤
The little boy who played Balok in Corbomite is Ron Howard's brother, who even to this day always has a part in films Ron Howard directs. The dubbed voice is Gene Roddenberry's.
Watching Jen enjoy these episodes for the first time reminds me what it was like to see them the first time back in the day. I watched them all when they were new, in the late 1960s. Glad to see them with the color restored - the TV prints got faded over the years. Gee, I'm old . . .
The changeling is a great episode. Nomad is pretty cool. The trouble with tribles is also a favorite. Star trek is iconic! It is a great way to spend a afternoon!
Somebody had a lot of fun flying the camera around the bridge set for “Corbomite Maneuver.” I assume such things took a lot more time than they needed to as they don’t do it again, near as I can remember. Also, this was a very early episode and they didn’t have the Federation figured out yet - Kirk announces himself as captain of the “United Earth Ship Enterprise” which always sticks out for me. They didn’t have anybody’s hair figured out either. I remember a ‘70s era fan magazine that started by poking fun at the TV convenience of having a turbolift instantly ready and waiting any time Kirk needed it - the alternative would be to have him press the call button and chill for a minute or two while waiting for the lift to arrive, like us mere mortals - and turned it into a speculative think piece about how a technological real world fix for that might work. The captain would need to get where he wanted to go on the Enterprise quickly, especially during an emergency, so it makes sense that Starfleet would try and figure something out, but what would it be? Other episodes show that the ship’s computer tracks where everybody is all the time, so the guy spent a few paragraphs on how that might be achieved - some device under the skin that also tracked vital signals, maybe? From there it was a small leap to assume that the computer choreographs the turbolifts so that one is always standing by wherever the captain is. Script awkwardness solved! Trek fandom was full of fun stuff like that back in the day. 😊
22:52 He's looking at his "Tricorder" from the wrong side! That's why we can see the tiny monitor screen and controls. It was an honest error that was left in. So now lots of people have tried to explain why Spock would do that without it being a mistake! 😂😅
I love your enthusiasm when you enjoy the music from movies and TV. Some of the best TV theme music came out of the 60's. You should check out themes from shows like "Lost In Space", "Land of the Giants", "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" "The Twilight Zone", "The Outer Limits" or "The Time Tunnel". They are original and performed and recorded in full orchestration; you'll love them! Other greats are, "Perry Mason", "Dragnet", "The Saint" and more! I do love watching how much fun you're having! It's infectious . ❤
4:14 Is Spock raising his voice? 😂 It' so adorable the way Jen sings along with the soundtrack and I'm here for it ❤ The voice of the Gorn and of Balok's puppet was Ted Cassidy, who played different roles in three different Star Trek episodes, but is best known for playing Lurch in the Addams Family tv series. I hope you'll continue the series. Some of my favorite episodes haven't yet appeared in any of your reactions.
Spock is merely speaking more loudly to be heard since the unspecified radiation the cube emits affects human hearing. That's why the music is so loud.
For Kirk's sake I must have forgotten to leave a comment both times I've watched this reaction I'm in total Spock ! Let's fix that before rewatching shall we 🙂 no-one does trek quite like lady Jen she's simply exceptional 🔥💙🔥💙 comment left play button Engage 🖖
17:41 About "Balock"! "Star Trek" and "The Andy Griffith Show" were both made at "Desilu Studios" and not only did they share physical props and sets, they shared people! Ron "Ronnie" Howard played "Opie Taylor" in "TAGS". His younger brother, Clint Howard, played "Leon". A polite boy that would offer bites of whatever he was eating to people, including would-be bank robbers! In their own way, even they would politely refuse, compared to the nervous "Deputy Barney Fife" who would shout at the boy while trying to get him to leave! 😂 Clint got to be lead boy in "Gentle Ben" as "Mark Wedloe". Whereas Opie's father had several jobs in "Mayberry", most notably county sheriff, Mark's father was a ranger of some kind. Gentle Ben is a big bear. Over at "Flipper", they had the titular dolphin. There were two sons and their father was also a ranger or maybe a warden. 🤔 en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clint_Howard&action=edit§ion=0
Hey Jen, the child is Clint Howard, younger brother of Happy Days star and director Ron Howard. He guest starred on different shows and movies, he was also on the show Gentle Ben with Dennis Weaver.
🎼🎶 Star trekking across the universe...slowly going forward cause we can't find reverse🎶🎶 Fun Factoid - The Captain Yeoman is Grace Lee Whitney and she has a small part in the classic film Some Like It Hot (she was in the band)
Jen, you know I can't get enough of your reactions, but this one may be my favorite. If you had never done any others, your bopping along to the music in The Corbomite Maneuver would have put you on the Mt. Rushmore of YT reactors. Always puts a smile on my face!
I enjoy your reactions because you get almost every literary/historical/symbolic reference and therefore make insightful comments. Secondly I like how much you pay attention to the musical score.
Hey, Miss Jen! This was great, so much fun watching along with you! When I was a kid, I thought the Horta episode was pretty lame, but over the years it became one of my favorites. I really like how they worked to save an endangered species, despite it being very dangerous and very alien, in contrast with other episodes I won't spoil. I know you're moving on to Next Generation, etc., but there are more good episodes of TOS. Whether you watch for the channel, or just for fun, I recommend you continue. And, unfortunately, for my money, you won't find such great music in Next Generation etc.
Was it from “Arena”? I’ve heard that any actor who appeared in a lot of westerns in the early part of the last century soon got an ear blown out by all the squibs that would be set off close to their head to simulate bullet ricochets. Smart actors would try to preserve at least one ear by manipulating their blocking so that one side would consistently be closest to the explosion. Lots of half-deaf actors everywhere once upon a time. Wonder if SAG had anything to say about that?
Hi, Jen, I rewatched the first two eps in this vid this morning. You were really on top of your game, bopping along to the dramatic cube theme in The Corbomite Maneuver. I couldn't stop giggling! On a related topic, sure, you'd make a great Music Officer, but I'd like to see you working in sick bay, trading witty, barbed quips with grumpy Bones. He can be as cranky as a pregnant Gorn!
"The Corbomite Maneuver" was the first episode produced after the two pilot episodes. You can tell because Uhura wears a yellow command section uniform and not the red engineering/support services uniform. The soundtrack was used for a number of later episodes, it was so good. Also, for the first dozen episodes they wear these buff leather holsters to hold phasers and communicators.
17:41 About Uhura's dress! 🖖 Quote: Yup, as others have said, all the TOS "gold" uniforms were supposed to be that same shade of green, but the material didn't look right under the stage lights and on film, so it appeared gold on television. The green wrap around shirt was the exact same color, just a different material that didn't reflect the same. January 31, 2023. End Quote!
Another great job. So glad you shared more episodes with us. Your enthusiasm with these makes me smile everytime. BTW, many don't like the Gorn episode because he moves so awkwardly.
This immediately reminded me of TBBT when Sheldon Cooper makes the comparison to humans and lizards. "The lizard weatherman would say something like this: put on a warm jacket, because it's slow outside tomorrow..."
I don't know why Uhura has a gold uniform in this one, rather than her usual red. 22:46 Ir's called a Triicorder, it's the standard field equipment including scanner, recorder and computer. You don't often see ir from this angle with the little tv screen. 26:15 Warp 6 is the maximum safe cruising Speed for this Enterprise, they can reach warp 8 for a short time in emergencies, but it is not safe to travel above warp 6 for long. I had a acreem saver based on 'The Devil in the Dark' it had a couple of tunnels and some eggs and the Horta gradually created more tunnels. There were some creeping redshirts that ran away when they got close to the Horta. There are many episodes, throughout the series in whch redshirts die, this is just one.. The first time is in 'The Man Trap', the first episode of season 1. Many episodes end with 'the laugh on the bridge', although in this case it is in sickbay.
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All of it! \o/ I'd watch that, for sure. Content for *months!* TNG was 'my' Trek, where I came in to the franchise. I was in my early teens when it aired.
I am so ready for TNG, but this will make due. Would enjoy to see your reactions to the complete series make its way to TH-cam.
I loved TNG, but the first season is not that good. The top 10 should be enough.
All of TNG of cause. 👍
Of course... Sure,... Why not... Absolutely...
Always pleasant to hang out with Jen... Cuz she's Next Gen Stuff!
In Journey to Babel, I think the really inspired casting choice was Jane Wyatt as Spock's mother. Anybody watching this when it first aired would have instantly recognized her as the mother from the TV show Father Knows Best, a role she won 3 Emmy awards for!
"I don't think this is a friendly cube." Cubes in Star Trek get FAR less friendly, that's all I'm sayin' for now.
John Colicos is the original Klingon. Errand of Mercy is the first visual appearance of these Star Trek villains/antagonists. Mr. Colicos later went on to play the villain Count Baltar on the original Battlestar Galactica. He would reprise his role as the 140-year-old Kor on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine for 3 episodes: Blood Oath, The Sword of Kahless, and, Once More Unto the Breach
I don’t really recall Lt. Uhura wearing a gold uniform, yet she does it at least one episode.
Glad you had a great time watching these, Jen. Some of the best episodes from the original series.
It's always wonderful to watch someone become a Trekkie.
I 100% agree It's nice to see them become Original Star Wars fans as well.
@@samuraiwarriorsunite That is sooo American...
Especially with the Trek I grew up with back in the 60's & 70's! 🖖😊
A subtlety I've noticed in 'Errand of Mercy' is that none of the 'high tech' characters, Kirk, Spock, Kor even notice that doors on Organia open by themselves. The characters are so used to 'automatic' doors that they are blind to a 'primative' culture with them. It's a *huge* clue that the Organians are not all what what they presrnt as.
HOLY CRAP... 50+ years of watching this show - NEVER CAUGHT THAT!!! 😲😲
@@logandarklighter it was only five or six years ago that I noticed and I too have been watching since the 70s
Watch at 1:01:47 too -- there is NO ONE in the background of the planet set until Kirk and Spock finish transporting, then suddenly people appear. Another clue. They only appeared as humans the split-second they had to, for their visitors' benefit.
As a big Sci-fi fan I'm ashamed to say that I've never watched Star Trek...but thanks to these excellent reactions I'm now inspired to picked up the complete series on Blu-ray and start watching it myself! Thanks, Jen!
Yes amazing!! You'll love it 🖖
@@jenmurrayxonow I have to figure out if there's a recommended order in which to watch the episodes because I've heard there or like 3 different pilots and then they got released in a weird order...
@@TerminatorJuice Just look up the release order. Or stick "Where No Man Has Gone Before" as the first.
You can't claim to be a 'big Sci-fi fan if you've never seen star trek 😂..... Enjoy 👍🏻
I've always loved "Journey To Babel". It has aliens, murder, intrigue and Spock's parents. In one episode they did a great job of fleshing out the Star Trek universe.
Journey to Babel is in my top 3 favorite episodes. Loved it.
I also really liked the actor who played the Andorian/Orion spy Thelev (William O'Connell). He got some good scenes and was quite sinister in a soft-spoken way.
not to mention introducing both the Tellarites and the Andorians which became canon
"I'm a Doctor, not a brick layer!" has always been my favorite "Dammit Jim!" moment.
I really hope this doesn’t come across the wrong way because I’m a guy who just turned 50 and you’re a woman who is clearly way less than 50 but you are just adorable. I grew up on the original series, my favorite to this day, it’s so much fun to watch this stuff again through your fresh eyes. It’s just so darn cute when you get nervous about endings you don’t know are coming but I’ve known about for decades. I want to reach through my phone to put an arm around you and tell you “it’s okay, Kirk figured this out just watch.” It all makes remember how much I love Star Trek and why. So thank you.
I always love a reaction video from Jen, but there is something very special about her reactions to the original Star Trek show / movies.
Thank you for sharing, Jen.
Jen was born to react to the original Star Trek series. Nobody has ever done ANY reaction better. What a treat to see Part 3 released; it's perfect entertainment.
I'll drink to that!
I agree with that complete...
I love your appreciation of the music in the series. One of the things Roddenberry wanted when he created Star Trek was to have proper musical cues to set the tone for the episodes. You will find it is tradition that is carried on throughout Star Trek.
One of the things I like about "The Arena" that was reflective the 1960's is the way that even though Kirk won the trial by combat, he was also humbled by admitting that he did feel the hunger blood and vengeance. The heroes in this series were definitely heroic but also wrestled with their own moral imperfections.
Yes I agree!
Some sad behind the scenes trivia regarding "The Arena". In the early scenes where Kirk and Spock are dodging the Gorn mortar fire - One of the explosions was far too close to actors Shatner & Nimoy. Both actors suffered permanent tinnitus hearing damage in the ear closest to the explosion. Both actors underwent therapy to handle the non-stop high pitched ringing that remains with them for life. RIP Leonard Nimoy.
@@dunringill1747 That's sad. It shows how tricky and dangerous practical explosives in TV and movies can be.
The battle at Vasquez Rocks, which got used a number of times in TOS.
Ear ringing - for the occasional not often kind at least, white noise calms it out.
Thanks for pursuing more original Star Trek, Jen, and for sharing with us.
"Took a call right in the middle of the meeting!"
I never saw it that way before but you're absolutely right @Jenmurrayxo
Kirk is the sass captain we don't deserve.
In the far distant future there will be flip phones.
It's an emergency.
Imagine it's 1980ish, a giant wood cabinet TV with a "huge" 24 inch screen, and a proportionally giant early VCR on top. My dad was a big sci-fi fan and recorded every episode of Star Trek and we frequently re-watched them. I know every episode by heart. I sometimes do watch them again even though there is nothing new... nothing new until Jen's videos. Watching these "with" someone who has never seen them before adds a terrific dimension and makes them feel new again.
“The Devil in the Dark” is the source of the immortal line/meme “I’m a doctor, not a bricklayer!”
Odd. I remember it as "I'm a doctor! Not an actor!"
And of course "My God Jim, I'm beginning to think I can cure a rainy day!"
"What am I, a doctor or a moon shuttle conductor?" (TOS: "The Corbomite Maneuver")
"I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer." (TOS: "The Devil in the Dark")
…to which Kirk replies, "You're a healer, there's a patient. That's an order."
"I'm a surgeon, not a psychiatrist." (TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever")
"Look, I'm a doctor, not an escalator." (TOS: "Friday's Child")
"I'm a doctor, not a mechanic." (TOS: "The Doomsday Machine")
"I'm a doctor, not an engineer." (TOS: "Mirror, Mirror")
…to which Montgomery Scott immediately replied, "Now, you're an engineer."
"I'm not a magician, Spock, just an old country doctor." (TOS: "The Deadly Years")
"I'm a doctor, not a coal miner." (TOS: "The Empath")
@@jackmessick2869 lol... If you look at the list of sayings and McCoy labels himself a "specialist idiot who is specifically limited to medicine", then the good Bones gets involved in the ship's management quite often...
It became a Bone's running joke...
Watching Star Trek with you is the best. I feel like a kid again, watching reruns with a friend. Your reactions are priceless, and you are a true Star Trek fan. Live long and prosper!
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Peace and long life.
In the Corbormite Maneuver, Balok was played by Clint Howard, Ron Howard's brother. He's been in just about everything, including Apollo 13, multiple different Star Trek series over the years, Austin Powers, Happy Days, Addams Family Reunion, etc. - he shows up everywhere. He made his acting debut at the age of 2 in the Andy Griffith Show.
Yes! He was the little crumb-cruncher Leon, who would stand on the sidewalk and silently offer a bite of his peanut butter and jelly sandwich to sheriff Andy Taylor, to which Andy would reply "No thank you, Leon." 🥪
Jen, I'm really very envious of you. I started watching these episodes at age 10 and it took many years for me to finally "get it." Your reactions have been so entertaining and hilarious in many places that I wish I had been an adult, like you, watching these for the first time. Thanks ever so much. Oh, by the way, I love your comments on the music! No Star Trek episode ever had bad music.
So glad you're enjoying watching them with me! 🖖
As a fun reference, in Galaxy Quest when Tim Allen's character is fighting the rock monster and Sam Rockwell's character says, "Construct a weapon. Look around you. Can you form some sort of rudimentary lathe?" they're referencing the "silliness" of Kirk making the rudimentary cannon while fighting the Gorn.
Silliness ? You mean epic move 🙂👍
If you can't build a hand-cannon in seconds from things laying around as an alien is about to kill you, you're out of luck.
He would have been better off with a rudimentary milling machine or, at the very least a TIG welding apparatus.
@@treetopjones737 Or out of the script...
Mythbusters actually replicated the Arena cannon and there are several videos out there which depict the results. It wasn't easy and they eventually had to use real gunpowder. The resulting cannon, even modified "killed" the dummy they had standing in for Kirk.
"I need more velvet clothes" made me clutch my chest in unanticipated laughter!
Jen , i swear half the fun of these reactions is watching you bebop to the intro and dig on the score all the way through...
Jen nerding out over the music and her wonderful singing along is her USP when it comes to reaction channels. I love it!
These are some of the most iconic episodes of the series. The one with Clint Howard as a baby, the one where Kirk fights the Gorn, the time Spock mind melded with a rock monster. 10/10
You left out the one where Baltar dosen't get the war he wants
The one with the Gorn was one of the 3 times in TOS that the Federation encountered a " Q-like " entity. You will see more of them in TNG.
@@davidmarquardt9034 wait till she meets Mellvar
Yes, though they had no name for them, no continuity on that subject in TOS.
For a bit of trivia, you can google "Clint Howard Apollo 13", and you'll recognize the baby alien in "The corbomite maneuver" as one of the controllers in Apollo 13. He is the brother of Apollo 13's director, Ron Howard.
Just watching Jen singing along with the music is worth tuning in not to mention her excellent reaction.
Arena - "look around - can you construct some sort of rudimentary lathe?"
Great reactions Jen! When I was a kid we used to reenact Devil in the Dark with a black beanbag chair in my parents house. One of us would crawl under it and move around the house hunting the other kids.
A nice touch in "Errand of Mercy" -- when Kirk and Spock are beaming down to Organia for the first time, notice that there are no people or animals visible in the establishing shot. Then, as Kirk and Spock appear, suddenly there are people and animals moving about. A nice, subtle hint as to Organia's true nature.
John Colicos played such a good bad guy.
@@Panzer4F2 Maaaan, that's so true. He always seemed to enjoy playing a good villain. I totally prefer his original Balthar over the version in the Galactica remake. Yesyes, the new one is more complex and troubled and has that Cylon woman in his head, but in this case I take the outright evil bastard Balthar played by Colicos over "more complex". And as for the evil Cylon in his head - Farscape did that earlier and WAY better with Crighton and Scorpius' mindprobe.
I watched "Errand of Mercy" last night, and noticed that first part fully for the first time, after having read your comment! Thanks, that adds loads of interest to this episode!
Later episodes refer to the "Organian Peace Treaty"
The Horta was the embodiment of Gene Roddenberry's position, contrary to alien/creature depictions of the time, that "To be ugly is not necessarily to be evil."
The Gorn episode was filmed at Valdez Rocks in California as with hundreds of western movies and TV shows.
@MichaelDzikowski-ms9iz Vasquez Rocks
The iconic Vasquez Rocks is always fun to see pop up in stuff. Makes me think of that one scene in Bogus Journey 😅
The target of a pilgrimage in a Big Bang Theory episode.
Sometimes known as Kirk's rock.
Also seen in many other ST:TOS episodes, and very visible in Blazing Saddles.
Klingons have always had a love/hate relationship with Kirk. They hated him with a passion, but they equally admired him with the same passion.
Jen its so much fun to watch star trek with you! I love how you pick out all the musical instruments, how they use them, and how you just follow and flow with the music every episode (including and especially the theme song lol!! ) 🖖🖖
If there's a part 4, I suggest:
"Shore Leave"
"This Side Of Paradise"
"Operation: Annihilate!"
"The Deadly Years"
"The Immunity Syndrome"
Thank You. 🖖🥰
I’m 56 and I’ve seen every Star Trek episode 8000 million times, and I still sing the theme song every time it comes on or rock out to it at least. ❤
A couple of notes:
1. The Horta (the rock monster) was a creation of propman Janos Prohaska. He wore it into the producer's office one day. The producer liked it so much he wrote a script around it.
2. Dr. McCoy's "I finally got the last word!" was a nod to actor DeForest Kelly, who repeated expressed frustration that he was underutilized, or that information that should come from the ship's doctor was being delivered by someone else.
Love these reactions to TOS episodes.
I always liked how John Colicos pronounced every syllable of "veg-e-ta-ble". It was glorious.
One of the few Star Trek books I've read had a Horta as a crew member. They needed to break into Engineering to stop someone. Kirk ordered the Horta to eat the door. Afterwards, the Horta was bad off. Kirk asked if it was alright. The Horta said it was alright, the door was a little too rich for its taste.
I remember that character. 🙂
Is that Dahai Iohor Narah in “My Enemy, My Ally?
“Arena” was the first episode my 10-year-old self ever saw. Instant Trekkie 🖖 I went to a Star Trek convention 10 years later in Denver, back when that kind of thing was not “cool” 😁
Because of those fanatic types that would get their name legally changed to "James Tiberius" or get plastic surgery to look Vulcan.
29:18. In "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey" the guys are in a motel room, and viewing this episode! A setup for them eventually going to the same location to let us know that they know why we will recognize the location!
So, for the first time, because of this movie, William Shatner gets credited as "James Tiberius Kirk" in the end credits! 🖖
I'm so glad you were able to see more than 10 episodes. The original Star Trek was truly a phenomenon.
As always, it is delightful to watch your reactions to TOS Jen.
I am looking forward to Part 4. :-)
The Devil in the Dark was the first use of the Vulcan mind-meld in the series.
There is a man underneath that Horta costume, the most widely known animal costume actor, Janos Prohaska. He was most known for playing a gorilla in a gorilla costume in the 1960s and early 1970s in television.
When i was a kid, i called the Horta the Pizza Monster.😂
Devil in The Dark and to a lesser extent The Corbomite Maneuver are examples of a frequent Star Trek theme: an adversary is at first judged to be evil, but is in fact misunderstood. Resolution comes not from defeating evil but from understanding the adversary.
This is one of the things that separates Star Trek from Star Wars.
Beside the fact, that SW is in a complete other galaxy and around the time, our dino's were wiped out...
It was great to see an alien(the Horta) who wasn't humanoid, or even carbon-based.
One of the things I have always enjoyed about _'Errand of Mercy'_ is that Kirk and Spock are so used to the automatic doors on the Enterprise that they don't register that the doors to Council Chamber, from the very beginning, open & close on their own.
I had noticed that, but more because of the automatic doors on The Prisoner (used as a signal that surveillance and access control was at every level of the Village).
@@GeoffFrizzell-kz3rg Especially in an episode when they start to open and then, some would say, firmly shut in a "no, no, no" manner.
A great show offering much to think about for those who look beneath the surface of what is openly presented.
For the record, based on the easter eggs in the show, I am firmly in the camp that Number Six is John Drake of _'Danger Man'_ (titled _'Secret Agent'_ here in the U.S.).
I discount any public denials by the actor because I know that there were legal issues with making such a direct connection between the two television shows.
Clint Howard in one of his childhood TV appearances. One of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood, even if he's generally best known as Ron Howard's brother (or Rance Howard's son, if you're old enough to know who Rance was), or as "that odd looking fellow" who pops up in just about every TV show or movie EVER at some point. 😁
EDIT: Bones saying Kirk had a "punctured left lung" when Kirk was clearly stabbed on the right side... Sure, if he that blade went through his right lung and a few other innards to REACH the left lung... 🙄
Ya, he is in a ton of movies. Not as famous but still well known.
I mainly knew him from Austin Powers. He was some guy’s…JOHNSON!
Most will remember him from "Apollo 13" and "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me."
He also did an episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine".
Wasn't he also the LA Serial Killer in Seinfeld?
“He’s on your six!”
“Yeah Fire fire fire!”
A hour plus if Tactical Jen loving explosions and space battle. What better way to spend a day.
Majel Barrett, who played Nurse Chapel, is the wife if Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek.
She voices the computer of the Enterprise D, along with other Federation ships and starbases; she also played Deanna Troi's mother on TNG, with a couple if appearances on DS9.
She's considered the mother of Star Trek.
While they were filming "The Devil in the Dark", William Shatner found out that his father had died. His "sadness" at the death of his young crewman, was not acting, but quite real. It was actually his sadness and grief about finding out about his father's recent death.
StarTrek TOS theme: I love it, too! Thank Alexander Courage, who composed it!
Also: when a person is in sick-bay, they are somehow connected to the comm panel above that patient, which shows levels of all kinds of health parameters. That "base" sound you hear and like so much is actually representing the patient's heartbeat!
Leonard Nimoy actually channeled his sympathy about Shatner's grief over the death of his father into the Mind Meld scene with he Horta. Shatner found out on a Friday afternoon. Although, they offered to suspend production, Shatner (who knew how much money was being spent on the episode and the cast and crew dependent upon his being there) elected to continue production for the day. He then flew to Montreal for the funeral over the weekend and then returned the following Monday to resume the production of the episode. Shatner has stated that Devil in the Dark is his favorite because everyone was so kind to him.
I'm loving ST part 3 and hoping for part 4! It is only logical!🖖 Jen now you see why it is so hard to pick just a few episodes... They are all good! Its even hard to pick a favorite episode but there are fav characters that standout besides the main cast! My favorite is Harry Mudd. Greatest con-man in the universe. Lol i really love how you get into the music calling out instruments and doing a Star Trek music dance! 😁 Jens got rhythm! Luv ya Jen ❤️💛
"The Devil In The Dark" plays out like a horror movie. It's also one of Leonard Nimoy's all time favorite episodes.
one of mine too!
It was an iconic episode from the moment it aired.
"Errand of Mercy" is an episode I didn't like when I first saw it because I was young and wanted my heroes to always be right with a capital "R," but I eventually learned to appreciate the importance of stepping back from your self righteous passion so you can see and think clearly before diving headlong into violence and destruction.
In the 1970s the "Starfleet Technical Manual" wrote/published the "Organian Peace Treaty" between the Federation and the Empire.
@@jackmessick2869 That's awesome!
Jen, fun fact: the little kid at the end of The Corbomite Maneuver is Clint Howard, Ron Howards brother. You may recall him from Apollo 13 wherein he played Sy the mission controller who recommended shutting down the reactant valves (react valves).
One of my favourite aliens from original Trek, turns out to be a 7 year old Clint Howard, brother to Happy Days star / Movie Director Ron Howard! :)
Clint was also in an episode of DS9.
@@16gauge90And Strange New Worlds. Guy might have the longest real time Star Trek career of anyone…
@@16gauge90 Twice even. Also in ENT and Discovery too
I like my Tranya on the rocks with a twist of lime😉
Johnson! Clint pops up in the strangest places 😅
"Look around you. Can you form some sort of rudimentary lathe?" -Guy Fleegman 30:40
Jen, you don't need to be a geek or a nerd to groove to music. I've seen many people do so - geeks, nerds and other kinds alike. Granted, I've never seen anyone but you groove out to Star Trek theme music, but that's okay. Your grooving is remarkably heartwarming. You also have the voice control to hum or otherwise vocalize the music. I'd love to see you record yourself doing that, full-length on both opening and closing credits.
Two words for you, Jen: Don't stop.
Some of my very earliest memories are of watching Trek in the early 70s with my dad, who was a fan since the show began. The Gorn freaked me out, I thought it was going to eat Kirk! He laughed and tried to explain that it wasn't real, great father and son bonding 😁
"Star Trek: The Animated Series" had a good episode titled "Yesteryear" involving young boy Spock and I-Chaya, his "fat teddy bear" pet Sehlat. I'm pretty sure you would like it even though it has a tearjerker ending.
the child in the first ep is CLint Howard, Ron Howard's brother.. when you eventually react to Apollo 13, keep an eye out for him in the control room.. see if you can spot him!
I literally could watch you watch every star trek episode and be happy. I true Trekkie.
Hi Jen! I love watching these TOS episodes with you! I can tell you are a true fan. There is the occasional klunker episode but you could do 10-15 more of these easy. I have to confess that when the theme song first kicked in and you started joyfully whirling about and singing, I had this incredible desire to dance alongside you - to the Star Trek theme song! 🤣💃🕺🤣 Thank you for reminding me of the exhilaration I felt the first time I saw these episodes many years ago.
"Commercial break!"
Jen is the best! 🖖
UK here, Arena frightened me when I watched this with my dad back in't day! It was funny to see Ben Stiller with Ricky Gervais on Graham Norton when Ben announced he was a Trekkie and in fact has the original Gorn head! Ricky Gervais's response was hilarious! Great reactions again and thanks for the nostalgia fest 👏🖖
When I was 11 or 12, I’m watching Arena. When Spock says “if he has the time Dr, if he has time,” I nearly faint w anxiety 😅
That bwas the BEST ever OOOOOOOOOOOOO, Jen , when you heard Spock's Parents. So much fun enjoying you watch the series. I forgot how much I liked the music also. Thank you for that. 🖖
"The Devil in the Dark" has a special meaning for William Shatner. During filming of this episode he got the news that his father has passed away. He went home to make arrangements for the funeral while Spock filmed the mind meld scene with Horta and came back in time to film his reaction shots.
Mind meld. The Vulcan Mind Melt is a type of deli sandwich popular with Klingons.
@@MGower4465😅😂 and some humans! 🥪
@@MGower4465 Ok, sorry, I'm not a native speaker.
These are some of the best episodes of the Original Series.
Like Sarek and Amanda in "Journey to Babel", my parents had some similar issues between themselves and toward my brother and me. Therefore I always identified with Spock, and had quite a kiddie crush on him. Watching him deal with his parents and find his own unique identity has always been very special to me, and your reactions take me right back to my childhood! ❤
The little boy who played Balok in Corbomite is Ron Howard's brother, who even to this day always has a part in films Ron Howard directs. The dubbed voice is Gene Roddenberry's.
Watching Jen enjoy these episodes for the first time reminds me what it was like to see them the first time back in the day. I watched them all when they were new, in the late 1960s. Glad to see them with the color restored - the TV prints got faded over the years. Gee, I'm old . . .
The changeling is a great episode. Nomad is pretty cool. The trouble with tribles is also a favorite. Star trek is iconic! It is a great way to spend a afternoon!
She watched "Tribbles" in part 2.
@@DataCab1e I'll check that one out.
Nomad provides one of my most useful quotes. "Non sequitur. Your facts are uncoordinated."
@@randyshoquist7726 "Illogical! Illogical..." *KA-BOOM!*
31:32 “I know! You construct a weapon. Look around, can you form some sort of rudimentary lathe?”
Guy Fleegman!
Somebody had a lot of fun flying the camera around the bridge set for “Corbomite Maneuver.” I assume such things took a lot more time than they needed to as they don’t do it again, near as I can remember.
Also, this was a very early episode and they didn’t have the Federation figured out yet - Kirk announces himself as captain of the “United Earth Ship Enterprise” which always sticks out for me. They didn’t have anybody’s hair figured out either.
I remember a ‘70s era fan magazine that started by poking fun at the TV convenience of having a turbolift instantly ready and waiting any time Kirk needed it - the alternative would be to have him press the call button and chill for a minute or two while waiting for the lift to arrive, like us mere mortals - and turned it into a speculative think piece about how a technological real world fix for that might work. The captain would need to get where he wanted to go on the Enterprise quickly, especially during an emergency, so it makes sense that Starfleet would try and figure something out, but what would it be? Other episodes show that the ship’s computer tracks where everybody is all the time, so the guy spent a few paragraphs on how that might be achieved - some device under the skin that also tracked vital signals, maybe? From there it was a small leap to assume that the computer choreographs the turbolifts so that one is always standing by wherever the captain is. Script awkwardness solved! Trek fandom was full of fun stuff like that back in the day. 😊
22:52 He's looking at his "Tricorder" from the wrong side! That's why we can see the tiny monitor screen and controls. It was an honest error that was left in. So now lots of people have tried to explain why Spock would do that without it being a mistake! 😂😅
I love your enthusiasm when you enjoy the music from movies and TV. Some of the best TV theme music came out of the 60's. You should check out themes from shows like "Lost In Space", "Land of the Giants", "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" "The Twilight Zone", "The Outer Limits" or "The Time Tunnel". They are original and performed and recorded in full orchestration; you'll love them!
Other greats are, "Perry Mason", "Dragnet", "The Saint" and more!
I do love watching how much fun you're having! It's infectious . ❤
The kid that plays the alien is Clint Howard. Ron Howard's younger brother. You'll see him in every movie Ron Howard has directed.
4:14 Is Spock raising his voice? 😂
It' so adorable the way Jen sings along with the soundtrack and I'm here for it ❤
The voice of the Gorn and of Balok's puppet was Ted Cassidy, who played different roles in three different Star Trek episodes, but is best known for playing Lurch in the Addams Family tv series.
I hope you'll continue the series. Some of my favorite episodes haven't yet appeared in any of your reactions.
Spock is merely speaking more loudly to be heard since the unspecified radiation the cube emits affects human hearing. That's why the music is so loud.
Oooooh, he's Mister Homn, Lwaxwana's Butler?
@@commanderkruge No, that's Carel Struycken, who also played Lurch in the Addams Family movies.
@@asterix7842 Struycken is best known as playing the Giant in Twin Peaks. In TP the Return, he's called "the Fireman."
@@asterix7842 Ah, thank you for correcting that. :)
For Kirk's sake I must have forgotten to leave a comment both times I've watched this reaction I'm in total Spock ! Let's fix that before rewatching shall we 🙂 no-one does trek quite like lady Jen she's simply exceptional 🔥💙🔥💙 comment left play button Engage 🖖
17:41 About "Balock"! "Star Trek" and "The Andy Griffith Show" were both made at "Desilu Studios" and not only did they share physical props and sets, they shared people! Ron "Ronnie" Howard played "Opie Taylor" in "TAGS". His younger brother, Clint Howard, played "Leon". A polite boy that would offer bites of whatever he was eating to people, including would-be bank robbers! In their own way, even they would politely refuse, compared to the nervous "Deputy Barney Fife" who would shout at the boy while trying to get him to leave! 😂 Clint got to be lead boy in "Gentle Ben" as "Mark Wedloe". Whereas Opie's father had several jobs in "Mayberry", most notably county sheriff, Mark's father was a ranger of some kind. Gentle Ben is a big bear. Over at "Flipper", they had the titular dolphin. There were two sons and their father was also a ranger or maybe a warden. 🤔
en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clint_Howard&action=edit§ion=0
Hey Jen, the child is Clint Howard, younger brother of Happy Days star and director Ron Howard. He guest starred on different shows and movies, he was also on the show Gentle Ben with Dennis Weaver.
🎼🎶 Star trekking across the universe...slowly going forward cause we can't find reverse🎶🎶 Fun Factoid - The Captain Yeoman is Grace Lee Whitney and she has a small part in the classic film Some Like It Hot (she was in the band)
Thank you so much for taking the time to watch these Star Trek episodes with us !
Your reactions makes watching so much fun. when
47:34
HOLLY MOVING PIZZA TOPPING!!!!!
Jen, you know I can't get enough of your reactions, but this one may be my favorite. If you had never done any others, your bopping along to the music in The Corbomite Maneuver would have put you on the Mt. Rushmore of YT reactors. Always puts a smile on my face!
Arena is the best!
I enjoy your reactions because you get almost every literary/historical/symbolic reference and therefore make insightful comments. Secondly I like how much you pay attention to the musical score.
Hey, Miss Jen! This was great, so much fun watching along with you! When I was a kid, I thought the Horta episode was pretty lame, but over the years it became one of my favorites. I really like how they worked to save an endangered species, despite it being very dangerous and very alien, in contrast with other episodes I won't spoil. I know you're moving on to Next Generation, etc., but there are more good episodes of TOS. Whether you watch for the channel, or just for fun, I recommend you continue. And, unfortunately, for my money, you won't find such great music in Next Generation etc.
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley all suffered life-long bouts of tinnitus due to the exposure to the explosions set up in "Arena".
Was it from “Arena”? I’ve heard that any actor who appeared in a lot of westerns in the early part of the last century soon got an ear blown out by all the squibs that would be set off close to their head to simulate bullet ricochets. Smart actors would try to preserve at least one ear by manipulating their blocking so that one side would consistently be closest to the explosion. Lots of half-deaf actors everywhere once upon a time. Wonder if SAG had anything to say about that?
Hi, Jen, I rewatched the first two eps in this vid this morning. You were really on top of your game, bopping along to the dramatic cube theme in The Corbomite Maneuver. I couldn't stop giggling! On a related topic, sure, you'd make a great Music Officer, but I'd like to see you working in sick bay, trading witty, barbed quips with grumpy Bones. He can be as cranky as a pregnant Gorn!
Jen, Galaxy Quest referenced this episode when Sam Rockwell asked Tim Allen if he could construct a crude lathe.
Yep! He had no choice. It was in the script...
Rudimentary lathe
Yess! More Star Trek ole school reactions...love em.
Yes, part three, this was unexpected, happy birthday to me for tomorrow.
"The Corbomite Maneuver" was the first episode produced after the two pilot episodes. You can tell because Uhura wears a yellow command section uniform and not the red engineering/support services uniform. The soundtrack was used for a number of later episodes, it was so good. Also, for the first dozen episodes they wear these buff leather holsters to hold phasers and communicators.
Kirk should construct some sort of lathe (Guy)
17:41 About Uhura's dress! 🖖
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Yup, as others have said, all the TOS "gold" uniforms were supposed to be that same shade of green, but the material didn't look right under the stage lights and on film, so it appeared gold on television. The green wrap around shirt was the exact same color, just a different material that didn't reflect the same. January 31, 2023.
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Another great job. So glad you shared more episodes with us.
Your enthusiasm with these makes me smile everytime.
BTW, many don't like the Gorn episode because he moves so awkwardly.
This immediately reminded me of TBBT when Sheldon Cooper makes the comparison to humans and lizards. "The lizard weatherman would say something like this: put on a warm jacket, because it's slow outside tomorrow..."
I don't know why Uhura has a gold uniform in this one, rather than her usual red.
22:46 Ir's called a Triicorder, it's the standard field equipment including scanner, recorder and computer. You don't often see ir from this angle with the little tv screen.
26:15 Warp 6 is the maximum safe cruising Speed for this Enterprise, they can reach warp 8 for a short time in emergencies, but it is not safe to travel above warp 6 for long.
I had a acreem saver based on 'The Devil in the Dark' it had a couple of tunnels and some eggs and the Horta gradually created more tunnels. There were some creeping redshirts that ran away when they got close to the Horta.
There are many episodes, throughout the series in whch redshirts die, this is just one.. The first time is in 'The Man Trap', the first episode of season 1.
Many episodes end with 'the laugh on the bridge', although in this case it is in sickbay.
Kirk already has a girl ...her name is the Jen-terprise .
Hm... I'm courious, if she likes more the French Scottsman...