Sometime in the last few days when we were at my daughters house in Chester, VA, I saw the "subject" above.
I remember the room filling up at Clemson University when Star Trek was on TV in the evenings. I remember trying to an antenna in place to pickup a TV station that had Star Trek when I was living with mom and dad in Richmond Hill, Ga (both in the 60's of course).
So, I always thought I was a Star Trek fan. While I might be a fan, I had no idea the Lucille Ball financed the beginning of Star Trek. From the link below.
When the landmark "The Untouchables" ended its run in 1963, Desilu desperately needed another big hit. Herbert Solow, who was hired to find projects for the studio, brought Ball two proposals: one for Roddenberry's "Star Trek" and another for "Mission: Impossible."
It was clear that the "Star Trek" pilot would be expensive to film, but Ball — who actually believed the series was about traveling USO performers — overruled her board of directors and got the pilot produced.Just in case you wanted to know.
https://www.businessinsider.com/lucille-ball-is-the-reason-we-have-star-trek-heres-what-happened-2016-7?op=1Oh, she really did want it to succeed.
From the link above:
The pilot, titled "The Cage," famously flopped. However, NBC pulled an unlikely move and ordered a second pilot, which came to be called "Where No Man Has Gone Before," only retained Leonard Nimoy's Mr. Spock from the first pilot, and became the show it is known as today. Ball agreed to finance this reshoot, again over the preferences of her board of directors.
