Forbidden Planet was one of Gene Roddenberry’s favorite films and is a big influence on the creation of Star Trek.
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Star Trek
Co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto take a walk down Memory Lane and list their favorite Star Trek epsidoes as they remember them from the 1970s.
Star Trek has these little, unique stories that surround its production. Little things that happened that didn’t happen on other shows. This week, we’ve got another one of those stories. But it’s a bigger deal. Desilu The history of Star Trek begins with one of Hollywood’s original power couples: Lucille ball and Desi Arnaz. The pair purchased the old RKO movie studio in 1957 and wanted to begin producing TV there. Early on, Desi pioneered a three-camera production process at Desilu that soon became the norm for the production of situation comedies. In fact, Desilu Studios became known for their television…
Known as the “Other Gene,” Gene Coon is credited for developing some of the cornerstones of the Star Trek Universe.
Just 47 days after Star Trek was cancelled Apollo 11 astronauts walked on the moon. The timing seems almost intentional today.