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Today in the Department of Before They Were Star Trek Stars, Leonard Nimoy guest stars in "Run, Killer, Run," episode 17 of the single season of A Man Called Shenandoah (original air date January 10, 1966).

Nimoy plays a world-weary hired killer who's engaged to bump off the main character while he's working on the docks in Galveston. He comes to like him, and even helps him in a brawl with a longshoreman, but that doesn't stop him from trying to do what he's been paid to do.

A Man Called Shenandoah is a weird, interesting little show, and I highly recommend watching if you can get your hands on it. A man wakes up in a frontier town with a head injury and a case of amnesia. Assuming the name "Shenandoah," he spends 34 half-hour episodes roaming the Old West, looking for clues to his real identity. The really interesting part is the growing suspicion that he wouldn't like the man he used to be, and might be better off in the long run by not remembering.

Other Trek connections:

Herbert F. Solow, executive in charge of production for The Original Series, and Lindsley Parsons, Jr., executive in charge of production for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, were both uncredited members of the MGM Television production team for A Man Called Shenandoah.

Sally Kellerman, who played Dr. Elizabeth Dehner in "Where No Man Has Gone Before," plays a ship owner's daughter in love with the main character.

Bonus: Check this out!

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Swans Rescue

Artist : Rebecca Solow

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One of examples of Gene Roddenberry's myth-making is his oft-repeated contention that the network shot down the idea of having Number One as the Enterprise's executive officer because they were uncomfortable with having a woman in such a position of authority on the show. In INSIDE STAR TREK, Herb Solow, the head of production for Desilu, who had the job of pitching the series to NBC, says the network was actually enthusiastic about the idea of the character; their objection was to Majel Barrett.

Solow recalls that he attempted (at Roddenberry's insistence) to argue that casting the unknown Barrett would "add humanity and believability to the concept." However:

NBC Program Executive Jerry Stanley starred quizzically at NBC Vice President Grant Tinker. Then Jerry grumbled, "Christ, Herb, this is madness. She's his girlfriend. I remember her hanging around Gene's office at MGM when he was doing The Lieutenant for us." [39]

Not wanting to "rock the boat" with Roddenberry, NBC reluctantly agreed to casting Barrett in "The Cage," the initial pilot. However, Solow says the network executives "resented being put into such an awkward position." (It's important to note that Roddenberry was then married to someone else; he divorced his first wife in late 1969, after marrying Barrett.) Sure enough, after screening the pilot, one of the first things NBC said in its notes on the episode was:

"In varying degrees, we're not too happy with some of the cast. We support the concept of a woman in a strong, leading role, but we have serious doubts as to Majel Barrett's abilities to 'carry' the show as its costar." [60]

The network did (foolishly) object to the character of Mister Spock and recommended his removal (although they had no issue with Nimoy), but given Barrett's performances in "The Cage" and later as Chapel and Lwaxana Troi, NBC's concerns about her acting were pretty justified. However, as Solow put it, when it came to casting, "the only performers [Roddenberry] would stand up for were actresses with whom he'd had a previous personal relationship." So, Roddenberry and Desilu dropped the character rather than recast.

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Panzer Dragoon, markers

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leaving now!

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Jessica Chastain and the cast of Oh, Mary! (Cole Escola, Martin Landry, James Scully, Bianca Leigh, and Hannah Solow), 4 September 2024, New York City

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art | Rebecca Solow

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No matter how isolated you are and how lonely you feel, if you do your work truly and conscientiously, unknown friends will come and seek you. —C.G. Jung

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5 and J for f/f wrestleship of your choice.

Perfect

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Dialogue 5: “I did it! It’s ugly, but I did it!”, Scenario J: Flower Shop/Tattoo Parlor AU. Ruby/Willow

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"I did it!" Willow jumps and bounces on her toes. Ruby's chest gets tight, watching Willow's excitement. She isn't wiling to confront it. Not now. Now when she can ruin it. Willow turns the bouquet toward Ruby. "It's ugly, but I did it!"

"You did," Ruby says. She checks the flowers. The arrangement, done by memory, is flawless. "Your mom is going to love it. Perfect birthday gift from a perfect - " Ruby cuts herself off. "Um. I mean."

"No," Willow says, and her tone is teasing enough that Ruby looks over to her. Willow has a knowing little smile on her lips. Something Ruby wants to taste. "Finish the sentence."

Ruby feels her face turn bright red. "I - I just meant, like..." She trails off.

Willow steps into Ruby's space. "You think I'm perfect?"

"Your bouquet sure isn't," Ruby quips, an anxious little giggle following.

"I think you're pretty perfect, too." She reaches out and traces the tattoo she'd done on Ruby's shoulder for practice the week before, and Ruby's pretty sure her heart is beating out of her chest. "If I kiss you, are you gonna freak out?"

Ruby shakes her head. "I'd freak out if you didn't."

Willow leans in and Ruby thinks the kills melts all the anxiety out of her. This is what they've been building toward, and every tattoo and bouquet paved the way.

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Today in the Department of Before They Were Star Trek Stars: George Takei guest stars in "The Carriers," episode 10 of the first season of Mission: Impossible (original air date November 19, 1966). Although this episode aired two months after the premiere of Star Trek, it's hard to say which was filmed first, and even though it's an edge case I'm including it because I liked it and I had a nice, clear Blu-Ray copy to screencap. So there.

Takei plays Roger Lee, a scientist and IMF agent who joins the team in infiltrating a training program for Communist spies behind the Iron Curtain and foiling a planned biowarfare attack on the United States.

Other Trek connections: Herbert F. Solow developed and produced both Star Trek and Mission: Impossible for Desilu. The framing device of the Captain's Log was his idea, and has been used in most Star Trek projects to date.

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It happened everyone

I had a 3-hour econ exam today

And one of the questions concerned the Solow curve

Guess which Eurovision song got stuck in my head for the rest of the exam

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aaron solo (but he’s winning)

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