#john meredyth lucas

[homosexualleaf]

s3 e13 of TOS and the Lady Of The Week just asked Kirk what spanking is??? hello writers excuse me what??? like they’re kissing and she goes “what is this ancient earth custom called spanking” HELLO??? TOS getting kinky (again) ig ???

[t0ast-ghost]

S3 EP13 (Elaan Of Troyius) fully don’t know what to expect.

Start it up:

- Spock and McCoy banter in the turbo lift and Kirk gives them a smile before leaving

- Kirk is immediately a little hostile towards the ambassador

- I like how Kirk just looks around like ‘guess we should bow now’

- They stopped Spock’s infodump to Kirk. Sad.

- “Captain, the Dolman is dissatisfied with the quarters provided.” Spock is already done. So done.

- things getting thrown

- Kirk is also done. He’s so done.

- I like episodes where they’re on the ship with someone vaguely annoying

- Time to play ‘who does the random spaceship belong to’

…. That’s right! It’s the Klingons!

- Oh yep. She killed the ambassador. Who would’ve guessed. (Edit: he lived lol)

- “A man whose flesh is once touched by the tears of a woman of Elas has his heart enslaved forever.” So.. who’s it going to be? I’m guessing Kirk right now

- She should have the right not to marry someone. Like it’s not great that they’re basically selling her even if it’s for peace

- Every time someone slaps them, they just slap them back

- Kirk is THAT BITCH

- Did the red shirt get his neck snapped?

- Kirk planned to have Spock shoot the guards. He’s feral omg

- YEAH! Bite him!

- what. this is her problem? Or no she was manipulating him to make him touch her tears. Great… and they’re kissing

- WAIT SHE ASKED ABOUT THE SPANKING (whoever said Star Trek was for kids is a fucking liar. Side note: why did my parents show me TNG)

- Her guards are working with the Klingons aren’t they

- WHAT IS THIS

- They both caught him

- Kirk’s walk over to McCoy and Spock is so awkward

- “(Talking to Spock)Well, we’re in trouble. (Turns to Kirk) Now, listen, Jim. Petri told Christine that the Elasian women have a sort of biochemical substance in their tears that acts like a super love potion, and according to him, it doesn’t wear off.” Only Star Trek would have tears that act like a super love potion

- Stop just letting people on the bridge

- Only people who can break Kirk of his love potion are Spock and McCoy

- Kirk’s character is all about loneliness. How someone can be captain, an entire crew to watch over and command, but he’s always lonely. Spock and McCoy may be the closest thing he has, but they can never know about his feelings because he has to protect them under any and all circumstances

- Swivel chair

- “I’d say our strategy wasn’t totally effective.” I like how Spock just nods along with him

- “I want to die with you.” He considers this a minute because imagine that, someone who wants to be there with you as you die

- IT WAS A NECKLACE OF DILITHIUM CRYSTALS ?!?

- She gives him her dagger..

- “Bye.” “Good-bye.” I love the shortness of their farewells.

- damn McCoy was so happy to bring the antidote to Spock (he wants Spock to be happy with him)

- “In this particular instance, Doctor, I agree with you.” McCoy is shocked

- They share this look and then remember not to kiss on the bridge

This episode was… interesting.

Masterpost

Episode written by John Meredyth Lucas

[abriefingwithmichael]

“Star Trek” 53 (1968)

Patterns of Force, written by John Meredyth Lucas.

Such a clever episode. On one hand, it's a cracking adventure story where Kirk and Spock beam down to an unfriendly environment and spend the hour avoiding capture, being captured, escaping and eventually toppling the regime.

The fact that the bad guys are modelling themselves after Nazis adds depth and meaning to proceedings.

Great guest cast in this one, across the board.

10/10

[kosmos2999]

The Best of Star Trek TOS.

Captain Kirk obsessively hunts for a mysterious cloud creature he first encountered in his younger years as an ensign aboard the USS Farragut in the Star Trek: TOS episode "Obsession" (season 2, episode 13), airing for the first time on NBC 55 years ago today in 1967.

Regular cast:

William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk

Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock

Deforest Kelly as Dr. McCoy

Michelle Nichols as Lt. Uhura

George Takei as Lt. Sulu

James Doohan as Lt. Commander Scott

Walter Koenig as Lt. Checov

Guest appearances:

Majel Barrett as Nurse Christine Chapel

Stephen Brooks as Ensign Garrovick

Jerry Ayres as Ensing Rizzo

Eddie Paskey as Lt. Lesley

William Blackburn as Lt. Hadley

Frank Da Vinci as Security Guard

Production personnel:

Written by Art Wallace

Directed by Ralph Senesky

Featured music by Sol Kaplan

Series created by Gene Roddenberry

Interesting facts:

1. Episode writer, Art Wallace was inspired by the story of the classic book, Moby Dick. Another writer and editor of the series, D. C. Fontana noted the similarity of Wallace's story with the one of an earlier episode, The Doomsday Machine.

2. Director Ralph Senesky had to left his directional chores for a few hours to observe the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Another director, John Meredyth Lucas took his place during that time.

3. Eddie Paskey (Lt. Lesley) and William Blackburn (Lt. Hadley) were part of the core group of regular extras for the series.

[defconprime]

TREKMATCH! # 660 - Star Trek's "The Changeling" vs 2000s Best in Show

BEST IN SHOW

A group of disparate weirdos who raise competitive dogs all take different journeys to a big ole dog show. It's one a those Christopher Guest semi improvised comedies that's more of a chuckler than a belly-laugher. It's really gentle? I don't care for dogs really so maybe that's part of my problem.

GRADE: C

STAR TREK - "The Changeling "

The Enterprise almost gets blasted to bits by a tiny space robot who then starts to think maybe Kirk is its mother. Turns out it's an old lost Earth probe who got damaged and upgraded by aliens and thinks it's supposed to exterminate infestations of living creatures (see Star Trek: The Motion Picture). Kirk isn't scared of robots or computers though because he can easily talk them into self destructing. I also have to imagine that Bones finds a way to cure Uhura after this episode,  because the robot erases her mind and then Chapel just decides to teach her from scratch. She's gonna learn her whole life's studies in two weeks???

GRADE: C+

Victory to Trek, so Trek is up 333-327!

[data2364]

via memory-alpha

William Shatner (Captain James T. Kirk) and Director John Meredyth Lucas 1968 during the filming of the “Star Trek: The Original Series”-Episode „Elaan of Troyius“.

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[jingle-bones]

Movie number 67: City Beneath the Sea (Irwin Allen, 1971)

Originally made for US TV, City Beneath the Sea is an underwater sci-fi adventure from producer/director Irwin Allen, initially pitched as a weekly TV series in 1969. At first unsuccessful, Irwin was able to secure support for a TV movie based upon the idea and City Beneath the Sea duly premiered on the NBC network in January 1971, fulfilling its duel purpose as both a 'Movie of the Week' and as a pilot for a proposed series.

Set in the year 2053, City Beneath the Sea stars Stuart Whitman as commander of underwater city Pacifica. As storage for both the US gold reserve and the valuable yet highly unstable explosive H128, Pacifica is the target of an inside robbery from certain unsavory officials. However, this problem pales in significance to the imminent threat posed by an asteroid (or rather 'planetoid') on a direct collision course with the sub-aquatic metropolis!

A fairly impressive cast was assembled for the movie; joining the likeable, square-jawed Whitman are TV regulars Robert Wagner and Richard Basehart. A little extra cachet is added by blink-and-you-miss-them cameos from Joseph Cotton and boxer Sugar Ray Robinson. Of course it betrays its TV origins; the effects, largely utilising model work, are obvious but appealingly and in no way detract from ones enjoyment of the film. The colourful set design and costumes exhibit a nice 1970's futurist chic. Where the movie fails is in its narrative. The premise, while inherently silly, is a fairly strong one. But the screenplay, by John Meredyth Lucas, suffers from too much exposition and too little action. This, perhaps more than anything, sealed the fate of the property as NBC did not commission any further episodes. It did, however, secure release in UK cinemas retitled One Hour to Doomsday.

Over time City Beneath the Sea has attained a significant and deserved cult following and remains an entertaining kitsch treat, especially for fans of vintage TV sci-fi and of the Allen oeuvre in particular.

Visit my blog JINGLE BONES MOVIE TIME to read a longer, more in-depth review of CITY BENEATH THE SEA! Link below.

[theyboldlywent]

John Meredyth Lucas bought mathematician Laurence N. Wolfe’s unsolicited teleplay for “The Ultimate Computer” because it would help relieve some of the season two budget woes that had hit Star Trek. It used existing sets, had few guest stars and only required two new pieces of hardware and one new optical effect.

Unfortunately, Wolfe’s script didn’t feature the crew of the Enterprise much at all, instead focusing on Daystrom and his relationship with the M-5. D.C. Fontana’s rewrite brought Jim Kirk and his fear of being replaced by a computer into the spotlight. 

[deep-reverie]

Star Trek TOS : S02-E22

John Meredyth Lucas we thank you for this episode BUT DID YOU REALLY HAVE TO PUT YOUR NAME IN FRONT OF THIS SCENE?.... I asked calmly.

[brokehorrorfan]

Night Gallery’s second season will be released on Blu-ray on July 26 via Kino Lorber. The first season of the horror anthology series hit Blu-ray last year.

Created and hosted by Rod Serling (The Twilight Zone), Night Gallery began with a two-hour pilot on NBC in 1969 before airing for three seasons between 1970 and 1973.

The second season features segments directed by John Badham (WarGames), Don Taylor (Escape from the Planet of the Apes), Jeannot Szwarc (Jaws 2), John Meredyth Lucas (Star Trek), The Addams Family star John Astin, and more.

Guest stars include David Carradine, John Carradine, Broderick Crawford, Sandra Dee, Patty Duke, Joel Grey, Yaphet Kotto, Elsa Lanchester, Cloris Leachman, Sondra Locke, Patrick Macnee, David McCallum, Ray Milland, Leslie Nielsen, Geraldine Page, Joanna Pettet, Vincent Price, Edward G. Robinson, Cesar Romero, Gale Sondergaard, Orson Welles, and Adam West.

All 22 episodes have been newly mastered in 2K from the interpositives. An episode guide is included. The plethora of special features are listed below.

Special features:

Lost Tales from Season 2 - Die Now, Pay Later/Room for One Less/Witches' Feast/Little Girl Lost

Audio commentary for The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes/Miss Lovecraft Sent Me/The Hand of Borgus Weems/Phantom of What Opera? by film historian Craig Beam (new)

Audio commentary for Death in the Family/The Merciful/Class of '99/Satisfaction Guaranteed by Night Gallery historians Scott Skelton and Jim Benson (new)

Audio commentary for Death in the Family/The Merciful/Class of '99/Satisfaction Guaranteed by TV music historian Dr. Reba Wissner (new)

Audio commentary for Since Aunt Ada Came to Stay/With Apologies to Mr. Hyde/The Flip-side of Satan by Night Gallery historians Jim Benson and Scott Skelton (new)

Audio commentary for Since Aunt Ada Came to Stay/With Apologies to Mr. Hyde/The Flip-side of Satan by TV music historian Dr. Reba Wissner (new)

Audio commentary for A Fear of Spiders/Junior/Marmalade Wine/The Academy by Night Gallery historians Jim Benson and Scott Skelton

Audio commentary for The Phantom Farmhouse/Silent Snow, Secret Snow by film historian Gary Gerani (new)

Audio commentary for The Phantom Farmhouse/Silent Snow, Secret Snow by filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro

Audio commentary for A Question of Fear/The Devil Is Not Mocked by film historians Kim Newman and Stephen Jones (new)

Audio commentary for Midnight Never Ends/Brenda by actress Laurie Prange and Night Gallery historian Jim Benson (new)

Audio commentary for Midnight Never Ends/Brenda by film historian Amanda Reyes (new)

Audio commentary for The Diary/A Matter of Semantics/Big Surprise/Professor Peabody's Last Lecture by Night Gallery historians Jim Benson and Scott Skelton (new)

Audio commentary for House—With Ghost/A Midnight Visit to the Neighborhood Blood Bank/Dr. Stringfellow's Rejuvenator/Hell's Bells by Night Gallery historians Jim Benson and Scott Skelton (new)

Audio commentary for The Dark Boy/Keep in Touch – We'll Think of Something by film historian Amanda Reyes (new)

Audio commentary for Pickman's Model/The Dear Departed/An Act of Chivalry by actress Louise Sorel and Night Gallery historians Scott Skelton and Jim Benson (new)

Audio commentary for Pickman's Model/The Dear Departed/An Act of Chivalry by film historian Gary Gerani (new)

Audio commentary for Cool Air/Camera Obscura/Quoth the Raven by director John Badham, author Mark Dawidziak, and film historian Gary Gerani (new)

Audio commentary for Cool Air/Camera Obscura/Quoth the Raven by film historians Kim Newman and Stephen Jones (new)

Audio commentary for Cool Air/Camera Obscura/Quoth the Raven by Night Gallery historians Jim Benson and Scott Skelton

Audio commentary for The Messiah on Mott Street/The Painted Mirror by filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro

Audio commentary for The Different Ones/Tell David/Logoda's Heads by film historian Craig Beam (new)

Audio commentary for Green Fingers/The Funeral/The Tune in Dan's Cafe by director John Badham and Night Gallery historian Scott Skelton (new)

Audio commentary for Lindemann's Catch/The Late Mr. Peddington/A Feast of Blood by Night Gallery historians Jim Benson and Scott Skelton

Audio commentary for The Miracle at Camafeo/The Ghost of Sorworth Place by Night Gallery historians Jim Benson and Scott Skelton (new)

Audio commentary for The Waiting Room/Last Rites for a Dead Druid by film historian David J. Schow (new)

Audio commentary for Deliveries in the Rear/Stop Killing Me/Dead Weight by Night Gallery historians Jim Benson and Scott Skelton (new)

Audio commentary for I'll Never Leave You – Ever/There Aren't Any More Macbanes by film historian David J. Schow (new)

Audio commentary for The Sins of the Fathers/You Can't Get Help Like That Anymore by Night Gallery historian Scott Skelton (new)

Audio commentary for The Sins of the Fathers/You Can't Get Help Like That Anymore by film historian Tim Lucas (new)

Audio commentary for The Caterpillar/Little Girl Lost by film historian Gary Gerani (new)

Audio commentary for The Caterpillar/Little Girl Lost by filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro

Audio commentary for Die Now, Pay Later/Room for One Less/Witches' Feast/Little Girl Lost by Night Gallery historians Jim Benson and Scott Skelton

Revisiting the Gallery: A Look Back – Featurette with actors Lindsay Wagner, Pat Boone, Joseph Campanella, Laurie Prange, James Metropole; directors John Badham, Jeannot Szwarc, William Hale; composer Gil Mellé; make-up artist Leonard Engelman; artist Tom Wright; and Night Gallery historians Jim Benson and Scott Skelton

The Syndication Conundrum Part 2: A Look at the Show's Troubled Second Life in Reruns – Featurette by film historian Craig Beam

Art Gallery: The Paintings – Featurette with artist Tom Wright

19 TV Spots (newly mastered in HD)

NBC TV promos

Easter eggs

Pre-order Night Gallery: Season 2.

[t0ast-ghost]

S2 episode 21 (Patterns Of Force) I just finished a really big performance and this is my little treat.

On with it:

- What is McCoy already doing on the bridge? “I don’t know, Bones.”

- Remembering I need subtitles cause they started saying nonsense words

- A sub-a-what-ius transponder? What do you want Bones to make? I literally do not understand half the things they say

- OMG SPOCK IN A HAT!

- I’m so normal about Spock in a sweater… so normal

- Oh this is the nazi episode

- I’m so out of it cause I got bloodwork done and so watching THIS episode is gonna be an experience. Also as I wrote this I heard the singular line of, “You look quite well for a man that’s been utterly destroyed, Mr. Spock.”

- Spock is confused by Kirk’s banter for a second and then once he realizes it’s a joke he looks back at the screen and does a little (McCoy) bounce

- JOHN GILL IS?!? What

- This is disturbing

- “you should make a very convincing nazi.” WHAT?!? Why would you say that-

- This continues to be disturbing

- Spock’s done, he does not give a shit as he removes the helmet to reveal messed up hair

- The fuck is happening

- I don’t want to comment on it right now. But. Shirtless…

- You can taste the sass

- Spock’s got a real :[ look on his face

- Kirk just tearing up the bed frame with Spock.. no not in that way! You see cause they’re escaping with the transponders

- “I would require some sort of platform.” “I would be honoured, Mr. Spock.” They didn’t even think for a second about using the bed… not even a second

- SPOCK GET OFF HIS BACK

- the “oh, my goodness.” From Kirk lmao

- Jim is a good pickpocket.. fanfic writers here’s your food

- The fact that their disguises work… again

- “Now we finish the job.” She walks towards him with a gun like it’s not long range

- As soon as Kirk starts introducing himself and Spock, Spock straightens his posture and puts his hand behind his back, like awwwe

- Spock is understanding gambling, McCoy will be thrilled (they’ll get to play poker together)

- Are they “weekend at Bernie” -ing John Gill?

- “We need McCoy.” Yeah you do, kirk

- Damn McCoy gets to dress up ONE TIME and it’s as a NAZI?!?

- McCoy complaining about shoe sizes and Spock going “This is how you do it, shut the fuck up and push. We don’t have time for your emotionalism (dramatic bullshit).” Kirk is smiling at them both

- They immediately get guns pointed at them

- Jim, don’t make McCoy commit more medical malpractice for you

- McCoy’s got a gun

- “The planet fragmented.. divided.” SO YOU REMADE THE NAZIS?!?

- wait wait wait… so there’s an actual reason he did this? He wasn’t forced or controlled in some way? No. What the fuck.

- Kirk sends McCoy to “stay close to Spock.”

- When Melakon insults Spock, McCoy looks so fucking furious in the background (like sir you do this to him daily)

- “I was wrong.” NO SHIT GILL

- McCoy: Now Spock, you obviously don’t under-

Spock: Obviously, Doctor, you fail to accept-

Kirk: Gentlemen, we’ve just been through one civil war. Let’s not start another.

Kirk was right to stop them there. They would’ve been at it for weeks.

Masterpost

Episode written by John Meredyth Lucas

[abriefingwithmichael]

“Star Trek” 38 (1967)

The Changeling, written by John Meredyth Lucas.

Good thriller, with an imaginative premise. The probe that the crew bring aboard the ship is basically a ticking bomb. Eventually it is going to turn on them and wipe them out. Waiting for that to happen is tense.

Excellent performance from Leonard Nimoy during the mind meld.

It may flag a bit in the middle, but the opening and closing acts are superb. Kirk using logic to take NOMAD down is one of the high points of the entire series.

According to IMDb users, this is the 26th best episode.

9/10

[thedaughterandtheson]

“Emotional attachment has never been seriously questioned.”

The History of Alexander, Quintus Curtius Rufus // Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Nicholas Meyer // An Atypical Affair? Alexander the Great, Hephaistion Amyntoros and the Nature of Their Relationship, Jeanne Reames-Zimmerman // Star Trek: The Original Series 2.03 “The Changeling”, John Meredyth Lucas // Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Robert Wise // An Epistle from Alexander to Hephæstion in his Sickness, Anne Finch

[defconprime]

TREKMATCH! # 409 - Star Trek's "Patterns of Force" vs 2019's The Hole in the Ground

THE HOLE IN THE GROUND

A woman and her son move into a huge ass mansion to escape a maybe abusive husband, but then the boy starts to act like a real weirdo. Maybe it has to do with the huge sinkhole behind the house? Well in middle school there was a huge sinkhole behind my house and I never threw my mother around the kitchen because I didn't like my dinner! I hate to compare it to another horror movie in which a single mother deals with complicated emotions but this is just a much worse Babadook.

GRADE: D

STAR TREK - "Patterns of Force"

The Enterprise is looking for a missing Federation historian when they instead find a planet full of gol dang space Nazis! Well, see, the historian thought that since the Nazis were so "efficient" that maybe if he turned the planet into space Nazis they'd fix some of their problems. Hey I'm no historian, but the first thing that comes to my mind when I think of Nazis isn't "efficiency." I do like the parts where Kirk and Spock beat up Nazis.

GRADE: C-

Victory to Trek, putting Trek up 205-204!

[filmnoirfoundation]

#NoirCity17 returns to the Castro Theatre for Day 6 with Michael Curtiz's THE SCARLET HOUR (7:15) and A KISS BEFORE DYING (9:10). FNF board member Alan K. Rode will sign copies of his book "Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film" on the mezzanine. He will also be introducing tonight's screening of THE SCARLET HOUR.

Wednesday, January 30--1956 7:15 PM THE SCARLET HOUR Nearing the end of his legendary directing career, Michael Curtiz (The Adventures of Robin Hood, Casablanca, Mildred Pierce) produced and directed this intricately plotted thriller in which tony seductress Paulie Nevins (Carol Omhart) and her lover (Tom Tryon), overhearing plans for a jewel robbery, hatch a scheme to deliver themselves from Paulie's possessive husband (James Gregory). Featuring "discoveries" Ohmart, Tryon, and Broadway star Elaine Stritch (her first film role). Plus Nat King Cole singing "Never Let Me Go" in the Crystal Room of the Beverly Hills Hotel. You'll only see this at NOIR CITY! Presented in a 35mm archival print courtesy of Paramount 1956, Paramount. 95 min. 35mm Scr. Alford Van Ronkel, Frank Tashlin, John Meredyth Lucas. Dir. Michael Curtiz

9:10 PM

A KISS BEFORE DYING Bud Corliss is suave, charming, handsome—the ideal catch for any young woman in 1950s America. But when Bud's girlfriend unexpectedly becomes pregnant, throwing a wrench in his avaricious social-climbing, Bud becomes a literal ladykiller. This rare example of widescreen Technicolor noir is a Douglas Sirk melodrama turned homicidal. Matinee idol Robert Wagner threw a wicked curve into his career by playing one of the most amoral heels in Hollywood history; the film also garnered much controversy for its frank handling of pregnancy. Gerd Oswald's directing debut is a rarely screened look at the underbelly of American affluence in the 1950s. Presented in 35mm courtesy of Park Circus 1956, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [Park Circus]. 94 min. 35mm. Scr. Lawrence Roman, from the novel by Ira Levin. Dir. Gerd Oswald All double features $12.50

[redshirtgal]

The Way to Eden Redshirts

Certainly everyone admits being a redshirt is a stressful job. You wake up and wonder if this is your last day. You hear your name announced for the next landing party and break out in a cold sweat. You are not even safe on your own ship. Some alien force, an out of control robot, or a bratty kid with super-powers might blast you away. It would not be surprising if a redshirt would break down under all this pressure. He or she might even turn into the polar opposite of a Starfleet officer - a space hippie who just wants to get back to the Garden of Eden.  Which brings us to this interesting situation. How did two redshirts - one alive and one dead- become tie-dyed, multi-color hair flower children in “The Way to Eden”? Did Mears freak out after the events of “The Galileo Seven” and join the band? Did Watson’s ghost decide that a second life as a singing hippie would be safer after having his neck broken in “Elaan of Troyius”? No, as tempting as it is to make a case for a redshirt rebellion, the answer is that the same actor played both parts in each case.

Phyllis Douglas played both Yeoman Mears and Mavig. She was probably cast in her first role because the director, Robert Gist, had been her acting teacher. Two other actors in that episode, Peter Marko and Don Marshall, had also been in her acting class. In a Starlog interview (August 2008), Phyllis admitted while she was very proud of this role, she was not as happy with her appearance as Mavig in “The Way to Eden.” She found it so embarrassing, she tried to hide as much as possible.  To her, a bunch of singing hippies had no place on such a serious show as Star Trek. 

Her father was well-known assistant director Ridge Callow, who had cast her in the part of the two year old Bonnie Blue Butler, daughter of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With The Wind. In an interesting twist, years after his daughter’s appearances in Star Trek, he became the production manager for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Victor Brandt, on the other hand, has a more interesting story as to how he managed to land both the part of the Engineering crewman named Watson and that of Tongo Rad, Mavig’s fellow space hippie. John Meredyth Lucas had directed him previously in an episode of The Invaders in which Victor’s character dies. When it came time to cast “Elaan of Troyius”, Lucas himself contacted Brandt and said he had another death scene for him.  Victor had another plus going for him too. His father was Louis Brandt, another assistant director, who at that time was working on Mannix. His office was just down the hall from those of Star Trek. Because Victor occasionally visited his father, he would often run into Robert Justman and Herbert Solow. One day as he was walking down the hallway, they grabbed him to read for the part of Tongo Rad and later he learned he had been hired. Unlike Phyllis Douglas, Brandt rather enjoyed his time as Tongo, even though it meant spending hours in makeup and getting catcalls for his purple and silver hair. However, he stated his biggest challenge was learning to play the bongos. If you watch carefully, you will note that the movement of his hands does not exactly match the beat of the music. 

Whether you love it or hate “The Way to Eden,” you still have to admit that the odds of two actors portraying redshirts on one episode and space hippies in this one are pretty slim. But wait... that is not the only coincidence in this episode. 

It turns out that there were three actors in “The Way to Eden” who had acted in previous Star Trek episodes. Skip Homeier played both the Ekosian Deputy Führer Melakon (”Patterns of Force”) and Dr. Sevrin in “The Way to Eden.” Three out of five space hippies. Those are even more impressive odds.