I Onthe Thaw a Flyin' Thock-e-thur

That is a Bobby Goldsboro song I heard once on the Tonight Show. This time it applies to dee Kelley.

This is from the January 13, 1987 National Enquirer.

And above is from the June 16, 1987 Weekly World News.  I'd say the News simply lifted into from the Enquirer, wouldn't you?  It even l;ooks like the same photo!

See you on Monday for a month of compilations.  It's a date!

  

Merch Trek, Part 2

This article from the February 13, 1983 Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise acts all surprised that sci-fi fans will spend money.

This blurb is from Video magazine's April 1984 issue.  From back before everything got all conglomerated, yes?

This insert from the June 17, 1984 Sunday Oklahoman proves that Trek is just good clean fun!

Above is from a trade publication to which I was privy, Convenience Store News.  It's from October 1991.

That's all the merch for now!  See you on Thursday.  Until then, BUY SOMETHING!

 

Whose Buns Are We Shooting Off?

 Here are three flashes of TREK references from the Eighties.

From the July 1981 MAD.

From the June 21, 1982 Oklahoman.

Finally, from the July 25, 1982 Sunday Oklahoman.

ANTS GOT TVS! -- to paraphrase another classic B.C. phrase.  See you Monday.

  

That Captain Guy in TV GUIDE

Fooled ya! I bet you thought I meant Shatner!

This generous spread is from the TV Guide cover-dated July 31, 1993.  If only we could all live up to Stewart's final words about facing life with curiosity!

See you Thursday.  Stay intrigued!

  

STAR TREK III on the Horizon!

By this time -- 1984 -- you could SELL stock in Mister Spock!

The above is from the February 22, 1984 USA Today.

This note, from the March 23, 1984 Tulsa World, is just a tease ... 

... As is this one, from the May 6, 1984 Oklahoman.

This is from the May 19, 1984 TV Guide.  I had no clue who Sikking was, or is.  But he certainly played the self-satisfied schmuck Captain Styles as if born to it.

See you on Monday, space campers!

  

Two Views on STAR TREK V

Both are from OKC's Oklahoman.  The first is from the June 2, 1989 issue.  I don't know where the headline is.

From a week later, the June 9 issue, we have a semi-gentle letdown review.  We must all admit that STV ain't the best.

And I agree with Davis's final statements.  I'll keep going to 'em, even if I have to grit my teeth!  How about you?

  

Spock's Alive, and We've Got Him!

Here are some articles from 1985.

Above, from January.

From the February 24, 1985 TV Guide, a mention of that week's airing on ABC of Star Trek II.

And the two-page half-height ad in the program listings.

Those of us who had watched ABC's airing of STTMP in 1983 were ready!  I had my VCR a-tapin', so I was a proud camper to see footage on my TV that waren't on the movie screen.

You can read my elucidations of footage added or removed for both films' ABC showings in this 2009 Super Blog post.

See you Monday.
  

Deep Space 9 in 1993

As you might have deduced, both of these articles are from 1993 and concern Deep Space 9.

This is from the January 3, 1993 TV News included in the OKC Oklahoman.

This cheesecake shot is from the June 19, 1993 TV Guide,

See you on Thursday, fellow stargazers!
  

Welcome Back to TREKKING WITH CLIPPINGS!

Yup, this month we'll view more of the hundred-plus articles I clipped and scanned from the Seventies to the Nineties. First off are four reviews of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, all contemporaneous with its first release. WARNING: Some ain't very nice.

This is from the December 8, 1979 Tulsa World.  When Vern Stefanic calls the ending "ridiculously hilarious," I wonder if he understood it, plotwise.

This one, from the December 11, 1979 Oklahoma City Journal, at least has an accurate headline!  Note that the reviewer refers to Roddenberry's novelization ... although I do not think that the Great Bird described Ilia and Decker as "involved in psychic phenomena."  Even though they definitely share that kind of emotional connection!

This one was printed in February 1980 in some periodical available in OKC, but "Films in Review" is the name of the column, not the rag that printed it.  Oops!  PS It's interesting that the reviewer, Tom Rogers, says he "read the script beforehand" and was disappointed with the finished flick.

Since the script wasn't even finished when it was filmed, I wonder what Rogers read?  No wonder he was disappointed!  Although calling the movie "garbage" is fightin' words, bub!

This is from a magazine called New York, dated February 11, 1980.  Accuracy aside, you gotta love the mention of Spock's drag-queen-satanic eyebrows!

See you Monday for more TREKKING WITH CLIPPINGS!

  

Tracking Some Sounds

 Here are three collections.

MA-02 - TREKonometry: Good, Bad, & Silly Versions of Star Trek Themes

1 The Galactic Force Band Star Trek TV Theme

2 Gene Page Star Trek TV Theme

3 Gotham’s Greatest Star Trek TV Theme

4 Gotham’s Greatest STAR TREK: The Motion Picture Theme

5 Chris Holland  Star Trek TV Theme

6 Nichelle Nichols Theme from Star Trek

7 Now Sound Orchestra Ilia’s Theme from ST:TMP

8 Now Sound Orchestra Star Trek II Theme

9 Now Sound Orchestra ST:TMP Theme

10 Schnauzer Radio Orchestra Star Trek TV Theme

11 The Charles Randolph Grean Sounde Star Trek TV Theme

12 Orion Star Trek Tekkno

13 The Secret Agents Star Trek TV Theme

14 Phil Reavis Star Trek TV Theme

15 Super Hero Orchestra Star Trek TV Theme

16 Ettore Strata Star Trek Suite

17 Ed Willett Star Trek TV Theme

18 Wonderland Space Shuttle Star Trek TV Theme

19 Laserlight Label Star Trek TV Theme

20 Phil Woods Quintet Star Trek TV Theme

21 London Philharmonic Star Trek TV Theme

22 James Horner The Search for Spock

23 Opie & Anthony Star Trek Rhapsody

24 The Firm Star Trekkin’

Track 22 was a maxi-single included with the vinyl STAR TREK III album in its original release.

MA-04 - 2001:  A  Musical  Odyssey: Thirteen Versions of "Also Sprach Zarathustra"

1)  As heard in the film

2)  From the Telarc album “Time Warp”

3)  By the Now Sound Orchestra (1)

4)  From the Columbia album “Selections from 2001”

5)  From the Stage & Screen album “Space Movies”

6)  By the Doctor Exx Band

7)  By the Now Sound Orchestra (2)

8)  From the Laserlight album “Science Fiction Movie Themes”

9)  By the Wonderland Space Shuttle

10)  By Neil Norman

11)  From the soundtrack album “2010: The Year We Make Contact”

12) By the Ventures

13) From the soundtrack album “2001: A Space Odyssey” (but not heard in the film)

MA-129 - WATCHNOTES

01 - The Times They Are A-Changin' (Film Edit) - Bob Dylan - 1964  (3:49)

02 - Diary Of A Madman - Ozzy Osbourne - 1981  (6:15)

03 - Neighborhood Threat - Iggy Pop - 1977  (3:23)

04 - The Comedians - Elvis Costello - 1984  (2:30)

05 - The Black Freighter (Live) - Steeleye Span - 1978  (6:15)

06 - Heroes (Album Version) - David Bowie - 1977  (6:06)

07 - Walking On The Moon - The Police - 1979  (4:59)

08 - If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day - Robert Johnson - 1961  (2:35)

09 - Life On Mars - David Bowie - 1971  (3:51)

10 - We Will Become Silhouettes - The Postal Service - 2005  (3:43)

11 - Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends - Phil Ochs - 1967  (3:41)

12 - Jocko Homo - Devo - 1977  (3:37)

13 - Eve Of Destruction - Barry Mcguire - 1965  (3:33)

14 - Nightshift Watchman - David Wilcox - 1987  (3:15)

15 - Two - R D Laing, Alan Blakley, Ken Howard - 1978  (1:42)

16 - Requiem Aeternam - W A Mozart - 1791  (6:51)

17 - Santies - John Cale - 1982  (5:55)

18 - The Smiley Face Song - Charles Ball - 1998  (3:08)

19 - Def Con One - Pop Will Eat Itself - 1988  (4:01)

The post concerning MA-129 is here, with more info.  I was pretty satisfied at how I made the characters look like they were musical.

Hope you find some fun in here.  See you Wednesday with somethin I assembled.

  

Bathroom Visions #1

Ever since I started working in this building, I noticed something intriguing about the paper towels.  One end has a black cap, presumably for use in the paper-towel dispensers in the bathrooms, while the other end of the cardboard tube is left uncovered and open.

After biding my time, waiting for empties, I made my own optical illusion.  Don't YOU think of the starship Enterprise?

See you Monday.

  

Rumors at Warp Speed

I don't know how fast warp-speed rumors might be, but they might be too fast to hear!?!?

Here's a whisper from the December 21, 1991 TV Guide.  You might have heard of it, it was a magazine that used to be the supreme way to plan your week.

Speaking of weeks, come back on Wednesday, October 1, for the first installment of this year's sock- boffo BLOG-O-WEEN!

  

Take THAT, Professor Jones!

Here are a couple of articles from the Tulsa World, in re Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

Yup, Star Trek III beat Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom in box-office biz.  Paramount was happy to own both of them, you bet.  The above ticket-sales report is from the June 4, 1984 World.

This review is from the June 7 World,  I do agree with the reviewer that this film has a slower pace than II, but still much more romping and jumpin' about than The Motion Picture!

My biggest bone to pick with STIII is the casting of Kruge.  Christopher Lloyd cannot be mistaken for anybody else.  Certainly not a Klingon.  It's Christopher Lloyd in a bunch of makeup.

I really do enjoy and appreciate the Space Opera tone of the film.  In this case, Space Opera is not cheese, but grandiloquent.

What do you think?  See you Monday for our final installment in TREKKING WITH CLIPPINGS!

  

A New TREK Series Launches!

That's what we learned in this article from the October 3, 1987 Dallas Morning News.

Boy, don't all the cast members of TNG look so young?  See you Thursday.

  

You Can Preserve Nature If You Want to

In other words, Nimoy claimed he wasn't preaching in Star Trek IV.  But if you decide to be inspired into conservation practices, he won't mind.

First, above is the Tulsa World's review of the film, from its December 2, 1986 edition.

And here's where he says he ain't necessarily preaching.  This comes from the December 7, 1986 (or thenabouts) Tulsa World.

While you're at it, you can save your local blue jays or bunnies, too!  See you Monday.

  

Glad THE NEW YORKER Wasn't Bored

I think it speaks volumes for the integrity of the folks at The New Yorker to assign their review of Star Trek - The Motion Picture to somebody who treats it fairly even-handedly.

Medium-boring?  Maybe in places.  Forgive the wrinkles and thickenings?  You betcha.

The reviewer watched the film with the right crowd.  He said that he felt like he was sitting in a clubhouse.  And he was correct in calling aspects of Roddenberry's philosophy "ineffable humanistic nonsense."

But unlike the guy at TIME magazine, the reviewer at The New Yorker at least paid attention!

See you Thursday.

  

Such a Hoser!

Yup, back 1983 a fire broke out on the Paramount lot.  One of the many folks who tried to battle the flames was our own intrepid Captain You-Know-Who!

This article is from the August 27, 1983 Tulsa World.  Note the handwritten date at the top?  That's my mom's handwriting.  In other words, Mom saw this in the paper, cut it out, and mailed it to me in OKC.  Does YOUR mom love you that much?

And, a clipping from the next year ...

We have a small burb from the April 17, 1984 National Enquirer.  I wonder if Shatner received one of those cool fireman helmets?

See you Monday.  And remember ... only YOU can prevent movie-set fires!

  

STAR [TREKS] OF THE FALL!

Yup, here's big coverage from People magazine's August 31, 1987 issue.

How antiquated!  How young all these folks seem to be!

Well, that's history for ya.  See you Thursday!