That is true enough, but I am also interested in her memories of acting in TOS, and, as I say, especially if she had any particular reaction to the predicted assassinations. She was not in that scene, and maybe was too hip to actually watch the episode when it aired, but I think there was some discussion of it at the time.
On Fri, 3 Sep 2021 at 10:20 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 3:02 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have watched parts of it before, but never the entire 5-Part Collection >> made available by The Donz (what a great service he has provided on his >> YouTube channel). I enjoyed it having seen most (but not all) of her >> appearances live. Two questions: >> >> 1. Why did Dave never ask her about her experience on the back door pilot >> “Assignment: Earth” episode of Star Trek TOS? It is a clunky, ponderous >> episode, but I always liked the concept, and Garr is by far the best part >> of it. The script implies that she would have been a significant part of >> the series if it had happened. It’s not clear what the series would have >> been - Gary 7 says he will only be on Earth for a short while, and it could >> be him and the cat/woman roaming the galaxy saving civilizations, but if >> the show was going to be called Assignment: Earth, and Teri Garr his side >> kick, then more likely they would have stayed on the planet and helped late >> 1960s earthlings solve various problems. >> >> Famously, this show, which was first broadcast March 29 1968, contains a >> report by Spock that “There will be an important assassination today” - an >> unspecified day in the specified year of 1968. Six days after the show was >> broadcast, on the real Earth in the actual year of 1968, Martin Luther King >> was murdered. A little over 2 months later Bobby Kennedy would be murdered. >> I guess in a world in which the President had been murdered only 5 years >> earlier, and Malcolm X 3 years earlier, predicting assassination as one of >> the events in an already turbulent year is not that un-expected but still, >> must have sent a shiver through the spine of people who worked on the show. >> If I were interviewing Teri Garr dozens of times I would have asked her >> about it at least once. I read that Garr has said being on that episode off >> TOS was a a big boost to her career. Dave asks her about being in the Elvis >> films on like 5 different shows, but as far as I can tell never about Star >> Trek. >> > > Teri probably knew less about it than you do. She would have been hired > for that Trek episode and told by her agent to wait for a series pickup > order. When it never came she moved on with her life and career. If the > series were picked up the actors would be the last ones to know what it's > about. That would depend on Roddenberry and whoever was hired to write the > show as well as what kind of budget they would get. I read her memoir years > ago and I don't remember her mentioning the Star Trek episode let alone > speculating what a spinoff series would look like. And also, knowing what > we know about Hollywood, there was every possibility she could be replaced > as lead actress for a series for any number of stupid reasons. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFjurHpj189i%2BXBSetEDLLBP7mph30veY3b8Zxe5FxnDg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFjurHpj189i%2BXBSetEDLLBP7mph30veY3b8Zxe5FxnDg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2B%2BGOe%3DHUK-k6jGkTjB%2B3Xy3J7MX5cyjQ2B9V1b7LK4ag%40mail.gmail.com.
