The Trouble With Tribbles Star Trek Sci-Fi Channel Special Edition Extras

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About 10 years ago, the Sci-Fi Channel acquired syndication rights for the original Star Trek television series. For years, the shows had been cut down to fit the amount of commercial time needed for current day programs (there was less commercial time during the original 60's run). Sci-Fi fixed this problem by making the time slot a full hour and a half. Dubbed "Star Trek The Sci-Fi Channel Special Edition", the episodes would be supplemented with original interviews with the cast and crew discussing each episode. The interviews and extra bits were especially entertaining since it featured more than just the standard cast but also highlighted guest actors, writers, etc.
I taped each and every episode as they aired (even though sometimes I hit record a little late and missed a minute or two). The interviews and extras really are neat, and since I've never seen them on youtube, I decided to dig out the tapes and start grabbing out all of the extra bits. I've found probably 75% of the tapes so far, and I hope to find the rest eventually. I hope it's okay with Sci-Fi if I post these. I'm just trying to get them out there for those who may have missed these years ago....
These are the extra bits from the episode "The Trouble With Tribbles". Enjoy, and be sure to subscribe to catch them all. Oh, and if you have time, check out my daily blog on all things Trek: www.apieceoftheaction.net/

[@Jimvanhise]

They don't mention that before the episode aired, someone discovered that the Robert Heinlein novel The Rolling Stones (aka Space Family Stone) had a sequence just like the Tribbles (small furry creatures reproducing and filling up a space craft) with creatures called "Flat Cats" so they paid Heinlein money to avoid legal problems.

[@jay-day]

Besides being funny, it had some amazing character development. And one of my favorite dialogs in Star Trek TOS, between Chekhov and Scottie, arguing about which is better, vodka or scotch. Which served as an intro to Star Trek's very own barroom brawl.

[@kamdan2011]

I remember seeing Shatner playing with the tribbles. I hope you've got the intro to Amok Time, when he played the Vulcan lute.

[@conditionallyunconditional5691]

I patented a fleshlight tribble. It's in production & I'll be releasing it soon. Live long and prosper. 🖖😁 🙈

[@jatodd3746]

The ST:D team could learn a thing or a billion from watching this.

[@davincent98]

I'm pretty sure a couple of Tribbles ended up on the Defiant

[@charlesaguilar1708]

The best part about this episode IS THE BAR FIGHT! Scotty starts it and it is CRAZY! RIGHT ON!

[@freddiemartin699]

Right on??????? What are you stuck in the 70's!!!!!!

[@virginiaconnor8350]

Thank goodness they weren't Chihuahuas running around!

[@joshuaa3075]

Didn’t they rip off the original idea from a book or magazine? Then worked out a deal.

[@middyseafort]

Was Gerrold inspired by rabbits or Robert H. Heinlein's Flat Cats? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribble#Inspiration www.orionpressfanzines.com/articles/trouble_with_flat_tribbles.htm

[@edlaprade]

Both, I believe. A pity they didn't let him finish explaining, as he said there were three sources of inspiration, but only one was talked about.

[@patrickwilson1459]

He also wrote the animated series episode "More Tribbles More Trouble"

[@briannahoff8589]

Don't get me wrong--this was a great episode--but did anyone else feel they went too overboard with the silliness?

[@00bikeboy]

The only one I've ever thought they might have gone overboard with was "A Piece Of The Action". But even that was as fun as it was silly.