1979 "Bananas" article on ST:TMP

From the collection cabinet this time we take out issue #33 of the Scholastic Books teen publication "Bananas," published in fall of 1979, which spotlighted the upcoming "Star Trek: The Motion Picture."

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Bonus: another of my photo humor pieces hopefully good for a chuckle or chortle.

Bonus #2: another of the crazily-captioned 1967 Leaf cards. It must have been fun to just make up stupid captions like they did!

Update: since the photo of the transporter accident spawned some discussion in the comments, I just had to post this cartoon dealing with the subject!

Leonard Nimoy's Life In Pictures

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Same story as the last post: this article was scanned from a reprint in #4 of Enterprise Incidents, and was originally from a 1967 movie-tv fan magazine.

Bonus: Below, we see Bill tucking in his slave shirt... or is he adjusting his package for the cameras? You decide!

If he had to die in gladitorial combat on TV, at least he would make a good impression.

William Shatner's Life Story In Pictures

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This two-page spread covers Bill's life story in pictures up until 1967 or so, at least. Not sure of the date and source of this article, since I scanned in the reprint of it from issue #4 of "Enterprise Incidents" magazine, itself published in 1977. But, I would venture to say the original was from a "Movie Life" magazine, circa late 1967.

Bonus: a great shot of Bill in the 60's trenchcoat from "Assignment: Earth," which was a great look for him. From his expression you get the idea that he thinks so too.

"Don't I look stunning? Get it? The phaser...? Stunning..?"

Bonus: from the same issue of "Enterprise Incidents," comes two mind-blowing drawings by our man Ralph Fowler. The detail and imagination, not to mention scope, of these two pieces of artwork is incredible! First, Ralph shows us something we never saw in the episode, as "The Doomsday Machine" carves up the planet (and 430-odd people) while Matt Decker watches helplessly from his wrecked ship. He was just never the same after that.

Next, a scene from Ralph's imagination, as Kirk and Spock find themselves under attack by a couple of antagonistic defendroids on an alien planet. The robots and architecture design of the buildings is indicative of his great talent. I hope he comments or contacts me someday so I can ask him about his work!

"Squeeeeeee!"

Beam Me Up, Gorby!

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Scanned from my copy of the USA Weekend insert magazine, published November 29th, 1991, this writeup on Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country was not an interview with Nimoy, but an article actually written by him. An interesting read and look back at the last original cast film.

Below, a clipping from a USA Snapshot feature on Spock's appearance on ST:TNG, mentioned in the article above and around the same time.

Next, a clipping from the local Ft. Lauderdale newspaper TV guide section about the episode.

Bonus content: Below, the cover of the ST Postcard book, a large-format publication that came out in 1977, and printed on glossy card stock. In it were 8 pages of detachable postcards, six per page, for a total of 48 different cards. Back in the day when photos from the series were hard to find, this was a great item!

Below: a cartoon scanned from a 1989 Starlog magazine that's good for a real chuckle. At least he finally did get to be a captain in ST 6 (and an episode of Voyager.)

More recognitions: I just discovered, way after the fact, that MovieSet has this blog at the number one spot on their list of top Trek blogs! Cool...

Pics of Bill In His Prime

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Not much time this week so far to scan and post anything substantial, so here are a couple of items from back in Bill's distant past, just to keep things going... Scanned from the 1979 hero-worship biography Shatner: Where No Man...

Above, an early publicity photo of Bill... who looks like he just had several cups of strong coffee.

And below, one for the ladies of Bill exercising in between takes on the Trek set.

And finally, a bonus item: another of the drug-inspired captions on the Leaf 1967 card set.

ST:TWOK local newspaper review

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Above, a local Beckley, WV newspaper review for "The Wrath of Khan" that was published in early June, 1982. Giving the second movie only three stars ("average") the cynical reviewer admits he doesn't understand the appeal of Trek. So I suppose the lukewarm review he gives the film is still a backhanded compliment considering the disdain he obviously held for the fans and the franchise. (When I clipped the article I added the extra stars to show my own regard for the movie.) Perhaps the critic's name was left off the article to avoid imagined reprisal from the fans, or simply because it was penned by someone on staff too unimportant to warrent a byline.

Below, a photo clipped from the entertainment section of a Charleston WV paper.

Next, a clipping from TV Guide the week that the movie premiered on pay TV in March of 1983.

Below, the cover of a July 1982 Jet magazine. I wasn't able to clip tha actual article, all I could get was the cover. I think someone else gave it to me who knew of my interest, but they didn't bring the whole magazine. I suppose they thought I only liked to look at pictures.

1980 interview with Bob Fletcher

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Last time, I posted an article on Harold Michaelson from the February 1980 issue of "Fantastic Films." This time, I'm posting another article from the same issue, on the costume designer for ST:TMP, Robert Fletcher. Enjoy!

Below: another in the rare Leaf Star Trek cards, from 1967. Their unusual photos and hilariously disconnected captions are always a source of interest and amusement.

"Nurse Chapel... I hit my funnybone, can you kiss it for me?"

News: "My Star Trek Scrapbook" makes another Top Trek Blog list, this time the "Top 50 Blogs for Trekkies"! I'm honored! Check it out for lots of other cool Trek blog links.