I lived out of the country when TOS was in production (Yes, I am that old, but only barely. I was a very small child.) I knew nothing of it, or much about any kind of TV, really, until we returned to the States, and it was being rerun. After school I would watch Daniel Boone starring Fess Parker. One day it occurred to me to wonder what the other networks were airing opposite Daniel Boone. I switched to a channel where three guys in similar costumes were walking along a gravel road. One guy said, "Once, just once, I'd like to be able to land someplace and say 'Behold, I am the Archangel Gabriel.'" A second guy, who had something funny looking about his ears, said, "I fail to see the humor in that situation, Doctor." to which the first guy responded, "Naturally. You could hardly claim to be an angel with those pointed ears, Mr. Spock. But say you landed someplace with a pitchfork... "
I was intrigued, and before long, enraptured. And I've been a sci-fi fan ever since.
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Date: 2007-02-04 04:46 pm (UTC)I lived out of the country when TOS was in production (Yes, I am that old, but only barely. I was a very small child.) I knew nothing of it, or much about any kind of TV, really, until we returned to the States, and it was being rerun. After school I would watch Daniel Boone starring Fess Parker. One day it occurred to me to wonder what the other networks were airing opposite Daniel Boone. I switched to a channel where three guys in similar costumes were walking along a gravel road. One guy said, "Once, just once, I'd like to be able to land someplace and say 'Behold, I am the Archangel Gabriel.'" A second guy, who had something funny looking about his ears, said, "I fail to see the humor in that situation, Doctor." to which the first guy responded, "Naturally. You could hardly claim to be an angel with those pointed ears, Mr. Spock. But say you landed someplace with a pitchfork... "
I was intrigued, and before long, enraptured. And I've been a sci-fi fan ever since.