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Janos Prohaska chased Woody Allen in Take the Money and Run
The actor is largely forgotten today. See the contract Prohaska signed a few months before his last appearance in TOS.
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How I got three Matt Jefferies signatures
Effie Young moved to Australia but she stayed in touch with her friend Walter.
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The last-minute Roddenberry rewrite that elevated Balance of Terror
“Bones — what if I’m wrong?” Kirk asked in a touching scene in Balance of Terror. The original version of that scene was a mundane exchange until Gene Roddenberry fixed it the day before the cameras rolled.
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A defence of The Way to Eden: it’s better, and much darker, than you remember
The episode is widely disliked, so you probably haven’t seen it in a while. I encourage you to watch it again. It’s not hippies and bouncy songs. It’s a mass murderer and his enthralled gang.
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Waiting on Walter. My lunchbox needs him
Walter Koenig, I need you. Please come back to Toronto. Also, did you know Canadians got to see Star Trek before the Americans?
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The Ebony magazine that got me a few minutes with Nichelle Nichols
Nichelle Nichols owns a copy of her Ebony magazine-cover issue, but it’s in poor condition. I tried to give her mine.
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The Concordance Color Book — and three fantastic surprise autographs
I bought this book years ago. I had never opened it. When I did, I discovered three major Star Trek autographs.
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Thank you, Doug Drexler, for trying to save the Gold Key comics
Before Doug Drexler’s huge contributions to five Star Trek series and five movies, he did his best to save the Gold Key comics.
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Kirk and Spock were meant to bust out of your wall. I got my poster signed instead
This is the best Star Trek poster I have ever seen. It’s big, it’s quirky, it’s a good likeness and you were supposed to cut them up, so that’s cool. Mine is also signed by Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner.
Collecting Trek
A TOS collection 40 years in the making
Collecting Trek