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General Category => Sports/Entertainment/MSM/Social Media => Topic started by: Machiavelli on September 08, 2012, 11:11:19 pm

Title: Star Trek is 46 years old today
Post by: Machiavelli on September 08, 2012, 11:11:19 pm
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Star Trek: The Original Series (ST:TOS) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series) debuted September 8, 1966 on NBC.

Who watched that telecast live?

OK! Let's look around the Internet for "Trek" news:

Star Trek: The Original Series: The 10 greatest episodes (http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Tech-Culture/2012/0908/Star-Trek-The-Original-Series-The-10-greatest-episodes-video/The-Doomsday-Machine)

Star Trek's Sexy Femme Fatales Made Men Suffer (http://entertainment.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981617545)

Star Trek: The Original Series' surprising role in US civil rights (http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2012/0907/Star-Trek-The-Original-Series-surprising-role-in-US-civil-rights)

Star Trek: The Original Series goes where The Flintstones has gone before (http://gadgets.ndtv.com/others/news/star-trek-the-original-series-goes-where-the-flintstones-has-gone-before-264760)

'Star Wars' versus 'Star Trek' technology: Let's settle this (http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57505909-1/star-wars-versus-star-trek-technology-lets-settle-this/)

'Star Trek: The Original Series': Where Is the Cast 46 Years After TV Premiere? (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/star-trek-original-series-cast-46-years-tv/story?id=17048456)

The above article left out Grace Lee Whitney (Yeoman Janice Rand) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Lee_Whitney), who was dropped from the series halfway through the first season.

'Star Trek: The Original Series' doodle best experienced on Google Chrome? (http://ibnlive.in.com/news/made-for-chrome-star-trek-the-original-series-doodle/289481-11.html)

Star Trek an honour for Karl Urban (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5i7AH7g18Dq4AP50XDeBwGFX1xfpw?docId=N0011161346933061586A)

J.J. Abrams' 'Star Trek' Sequel Apparently Entitled 'Star Trek Into Darkness' (http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/j-j-abrams-star-trek-sequel-apparently-entitled-star-trek-into-darkness-20120908)

As long as we're talking about Trek, how could we forget that SNL skit, Get A Life!? Read the transcript (http://snltranscripts.jt.org/86/86hgetalife.phtml) and watch the video:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x930vt_william-shatner-snl-skit-get-a-life_fun]
Title: Re: Star Trek is 46 years old today
Post by: SevenofNine on September 16, 2012, 01:46:53 am
OH MAN ROFL this came SNL Skit came out when he doing that TJ Hooker dude I Could outran Capt Kirk even SO CAL gang members who went to school claim they could outrun they like Capt Kirk ROFL :silly: