February 14, 2015

"Requiem for Methuselah"


Don’t tell us you’ve forgotten what episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, as they call it now, premiered on this day in 1969 over the NBC television network? This picture should plant the answer to that question in your mind.
    Well, of course, it would be “Requiem for Methuselah.” And, in the end of this poignant episode, Spock planted a suggestion into Kirk’s mind to “forget.” But we shouldn’t forget, this is one classy Star Trek. The makers of Star Trek: Voyager agreed. In the episode for that series called “Concerning Flight,” Captain Janeway mentions that Captain Kirk claimed to have met Leonardo da Vinci. And, of course, you remember where he met da Vinci, right?
Now here is a bit of fun behind-the-scenes stuff: See the picture of William Shatner kissing guest star Louise Sorel? Well something very embarrassing happened right after a bit of dancing and kissing between these two in front of the camera.   Ms. Sorel tells you about it in These Are the Voyages, TOS: Season Three, available here and now … and it comes autographed by author Marc Cushman, too. 
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In honor of its broadcast anniversary, watch the original episode (try amazon.com, Netflix or Hulu Plus).  
See the episode in a whole new way by reading all of the great behind-the-scenes details in Marc Cushman’s
"These are the Voyages: TOS" three volume set
* While some of the images in the excepts are shown in color, all images in the book are in black and white.