#and because i have a LOT of stationery. its gotten quite hard to organize them recently

[redshirtgal]

“When news of the rumored cancellation of NBC's Star Trek reached the hinterlands, it started the biggest rubble since Tony Galento fought Max Baer. On the surface it appears that the series has even more fans than Lawrence Welk." Don Page, staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, 5 January 1968

Despite Harlan Ellison's part in the first letter writing campaign to save Star Trek for a second season (https://redshirtgal.tumblr.com/post/186615514377/when-star-trek-fans-read-about-the-letter-writing), there were definite rumblings around November 1967 that Star Trek was about to be cancelled for good this time. Letter writing campaigns led by Bjo and John Trimble and others began in late 1967 and carried into March of the following year.

However, there were also student protests that popped up in Burbank, San Francisco, and New York. The most famous one was organized by the Caltech "Save Star Trek" committee. On January 6, 1968 over 200 Caltech students carrying protest signs and torchlights and chanting some of the slogans you see in the photos  began heading from their campus toward NBC's Burbank studios. Pasadena radio station KRLA carried hourly updates, which helped swell the crowd to over 700 people (numbers vary on this) as students from other Southern California college campuses joined in. 

Once the students reached the NBC studio, a Caltech student dressed as Spock handed petitions with over 1,000 signatures to James Seaborne, an executive at NBC responsible for programming. As reporters from KRLA, Caltech's own student newspaper, and the Los Angeles Times took notes and snapped photos, the student representative told Mr. Seaborne that the crowd was but a small sample of the support Star Trek actually had from fans. He also mentioned that using the Nielsen ratings alone to decide Star Trek's fate would be a grievous error because, in his words, "Nielsen didn't ask us."

Roddenberry managed to make an impromptu appearance at the protest and later he along with James Doohan and writer David Gerrold met with members of the Save Star Trek committee to thank the students for their support. (Walter Koenig also dropped in on the protest but not the meeting afterward).

Similar student protests were held in other cities. Berkeley students demonstrated in front of the NBC station in San Francisco. Not to be outdone, students from MIT also brought their protest signs and chants to the NBC studios at Rockefeller Center in NYC. Newspapers all over the country mentioned these demonstrations along with the letter writing campaign in their entertainment sections.

Never before had student-led campaigns been organized to save a television show from cancellation. Which also is part of an interesting back-story. Who exactly organized these campaigns?

Let's back-track a bit. Herb Solow in Inside Star Trek recounts that one of their college interns working at NBC Burbank approached his boss in early January and told him the Save Star Trek committee had plans to picket the studio. At first, his boss was unimpressed because, as he told his intern, NBC had been picketed by a dozen people before. His intern informed him that this time there were going lots more than a dozen and that this was part of a national movement. By "national movement," did he mean this was connected to the Trimbles' letter writing campaign? Or was there a national movement of protests being organized behind the scenes? Possibly both.

Sometime before January, Gene had invited students from Catech to visit the studio and planted the idea that Star Trek would most likely be cancelled at the end of the second season. The students thought of a protest march which Roddenberry encouraged. An announcer at a local radio station who was also a fan began making announcements about the planned march, saying it would consist of students from many local colleges except for the University of Southern California. Which in turn resulted in USC having the second highest number turnout at the march. But how had this radio announcer known the march was planned? It seems he had gotten a call from the Star Trek offices giving him advance notice. And several newspapers wrote advance stories about the protests, including the Los Angeles Times (see above).

The boss of the student mentioned earlier was Hank Rieger. Shortly after his intern's warning, he received a call from someone at the Burbank Police Department informing him that a group of Caltech students had applied for a permit to march in front of the NBC studios. The officer evidently envisioned a march the size of the ones organized against Vietnam because he told Hank that the police were going to mobilize and that "They're talking thousands!"

Now Hank Rieger realized the potential for bad publicity and immediately passed this information on to his superiors. Program Vice President Jerry Stanley and Hank Rieger were chosen to be the ones to meet with the students. The meeting between the two was not as confrontational as the police department and NBC had feared. What the students did not know was that those at NBC Burbank were quite in agreement with them and had urged those at the NBC headquarters at Rockefeller Square in New York to renew the show for the third season.

The police officers were very courteous and stopped traffic at intersections to let the students cross the street. They were very complimentary of the student behavior and later Gene Roddenberry later wrote a note to the department thanking them for their help.

After the march, Gene more or less admitted prior knowledge of the march in a letter to his friend Isaac Asimov. He described how he actually driven into Burbank on his motorcycle, clad in a leather jacket so he would not call attention to himself. Actually, he had been observing the whole thing from behind some bushes across the street and only emerged to join the protestors later. 

The Caltech protest itself was again covered by several local newspapers. Los Angeles Times staff reporter Jerry Ruhlow's article was run on page 3, a fairly important location considering the size of the paper.  Even after the show was renewed for the third season, the paper ran two more articles in July and August. The first one was a full page article with two large photos - probably the third photo by Harry Chase and one of the later ones - along with a story that remarked not only on the effect of the Caltech protest but also on the other protests at scientifically oriented colleges such as MIT. The last one was an interview with Gene Roddenberry himself who gave his own impression of the Star Trek fan phenomenon and how it had helped save the show.

Gene never did admit his involvement in either the protests or the letter writing campaign. But many at Desilu knew just how deep his involvement was. Notice the “Mr. Spock for President” stickers in the background of several photos? Oddly enough, in March 1968, Gene Roddenberry sent Paramount a reimbursement request using Desilu stationery that included: 1) 5,000 “Mr. Spock for President” bumper stickers - expense incurred in January 1968 (hmmm...) 2) Round trip airfare tickets for a Miss Wanda Kendall to fly from LA to NY to LA, including expense money. Who was Wanda Kendall? She was a Pasadena City College student who had been recruited by Gene to sneak into the NBC studios in New York and plaster “I GROK SPOCK” and “Mr. Spock for President” bumper stickers everywhere she could, including on the back of NBC executive limousines. Even though NBC never discovered the expense account memo, they were becoming increasingly more suspicious of Roddenberry’s involvement in the Save Star Trek movement. Indeed, Herb Solow considered the success of both the protests and the letters a double-edged sword. It did indeed play a large factor in the renewal of Star Trek for the second time. However, he believes it also was part of the reason for the miserable time slot it received which led to its demise.

And the photo above is a fitting epitaph to this article. It is held in the Caltech Archives and was part of the material donated from the Los Angeles Times coverage of the protests. Supposedly it was never used because at that time it was considered a bit too threatening. But it’s not hard to imagine this is exactly how some felt about NBC’s treatment of their favorite show.

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Cutie Reviews: YumeTwins October 19

I wasn’t feeling well yesterday for some reason, but today I feel better; my game came too!

“October is here and it’ll soon be Halloween! Halloween might be traditionally spooky bu you can always count on Japan to help kawaii-ify even the creepiest of things. We searched long and hard through plenty of scary and spooky items to find those with that perfect mix of monstrous and cute just for you! We hope you’ll love the Halloween Festival box this month! Don’t get too frightened!“

Photo Contest and Yume Prize

This month, the Prize heavily pays attribute to Kuromi and My Melody in honor of their involvement with the content.

Meanwhile, the Photo Contest focuses on Agretsuko carrying goods, including two shoulder bags and coin pouches.

My Melody x Kuromi Festive Halloween Pouch

Our first item is perfect for getting you into that festive mood, featuring a cute Halloween party design that features My Melody on one side, and Kuromi on the other:

I’ve always been a Hello Kitty girl, but I love Kuromi ♥ she’s so cute~

Meanwhile, I think this would be a nice pouch for a variety of uses. It’s a decent size, and it even has a pocket, so I think it’d be perfect for things like makeup items, stationery, toiletries, or just various little items you want to keep nearby or organized.

The fabric also feels really nice and of good quality, the zipper works smoothly. I’m thinking I might use this to help organize some of the contents in my drawer. Even though I removed a lot of stuff from it, I feel like with so much space its harder to find things :P

Sumikko Gurashi Squishy

Legit Japanese squishy make me SO happy ♥ especially if its as cute as this one! For this month we had a chance to get 1 of 2 food-based Sumikko Gurashi Squishy, both of which featured Shirokuma on a pudding, or dressed as a yummy onigiri/rice ball. Who is my favorite besides Neko (in case you’re new to the blog and haven’t heard me say that yet) from the series.

As you can see, this squishy comes with a gold ball chain so that you have the option to make it a keychain if you would like to bring it with you. I probably won’t do that because I usually don’t bring my Squishy anywhere, I like to keep them in safe locations, nice and clean.

It’s very soft, in terms of squish speed it took about 15 seconds to puff up back to normal. It has a strong generic squishy scent (not like rubber or plastic, but its different from that “powdered soybean” scent) but I assume if kept out of packaging it would probably fade. I like the scent I don’t really have any complaints. It’s very crisp looking, the seam is just barely messy in a few really tiny spots, and I did notice mine has like... a small fault on its face. You might be able to see it in the pic next to the left eye. I tried pulling it off but I don’t want to risk removing the paint (and not scrap material like I thought initially), so for now it’s staying.  

If you like Squishy I would recommend this little guy if you can find him, I’d recommend checking their online store, Japan Haul.

My Melody x Kuromi Folding Comb & Compact Mirror

Our next two items are the perfect buddies for the pouch we got earlier :3 they’re also very handy for on the go emergency mirror touch-ups you may experience while out of the house. I’ve gotten a couple of these before but it’s been a long time, so it will be fun to swap out my old ones.

As you can see, both the mirror and comb were made to match each other, as well as the pouch. I really like that detail and find it to be aesthetically pleasing ♥  Plus I love the glittery coating.

Okay, so honestly I never use combs. I have long and thick hair and they do not work for that- they either break or just hurt. BUT these are perfect for my bangs, which often get messy or like to curl in weird ways whenever I least suspect it. So it comes in handy while I’m out. The mirror also can lean with its lid to be hands free, and while small, it’s easy to see all the facial details.

Sumikko Gurashi Halloween Lamp

This our last item, a really cute new Sumikko Gurashi Halloween-themed lamp :D there are 3 variations, each pink, but featuring a different image and a character on top.

If you read my previous blog review then you might recognize the image they used from the drink cup we got. Basically, I think this is a “default SG pic“ they use and just modify to fit the scenario. Nothing wrong with that, but I only really took notice of it while observing this.

Here is the character I got:

Not my favorite, but I seem to get him almost as much as Neko and Shirokuma; it’s very rare for me to get Penguin?, and I never get Tonkatsu.

The character on top does something very special~

Cool huh?! It also changes colors!

The lamp requires x3 AA batteries to work, luckily I had some from my Kirby Lamp I got a few months back so I just swapped them out. As much as I love my Kirby lamp I really like this one too, it’s soothing to watch the image feature, and the light is a nice, vibrant white in comparison to its warm yellow. 

♡ Cutie Ranking ♡

Content - 4.5 out of 5. Everything is strongly useful, in that I mean I will use them quite frequently. Everything was also cute with just that tiny hint of spookiness; which was my only issue. I wish the spookiness factor was a more prominent because I love cute-scary things, and this felt more... child friendly Halloween if you know what I mean. 

Theme: 5 out of 5. Everything goes together perfectly, and it has a heavy Halloween vibe! They did a great job!

Total Rank: 10 out of 10. I really liked everything that we got :3 I’d recommend every item!

♡ Cutie Scale ♡

1. Squishy - I love squishy and I wish we got them WAY more often. I shall cherish this as much as I do the sleepy bear I bought from Japan Haul~

2. Lamp - I love it! I especially like how Neko is dressed as a black cat and Shirokuma looks like a vampire x3 two of my favorite things. The light feature is really fun too!

3. Halloween Pouch - This will be a great addition to the drawer I’m having trouble keeping straight. I love how soft and smooth it feels~

4. Mirror - This will come in handy, I’ll be swapping my old one out right after I post this :3

5. Comb - As I can only really use it for my bangs it’ll probably get the least use out of everything.

Okay guys, that will be it for now! I hope you enjoyed the review, next up I actually have 2 GachaGacha Crates to review so stay tuned until then!

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