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[yosef]

BTW, re The Martian Within blog post, at the suggestion of @BK613 we decided to add to the post some antecedents to the whole doppelgänger idea, one going waaaaay back. See Other Antecedents in the blog here (LINK). And even an animated sequence!

There is also a Bewitched episode (Divided He Falls, aired May 5, 1966) where Endora splits Darrin into two people: his "fun side" and his "work side." Chaos ensues and they soon find out that neither side is good without the other. It was was slightly tweaked and remade in 1969 with Dick Sargent as Darrin. I wouldn't be surprised if the 1966 version was "inspired" by the My Favorite Martian episodes.

 

[Warped9]

Never liked Dick Sergeant as Darrin.

 

[Maurice]

There is also a Bewitched episode (Divided He Falls, aired May 5, 1966) where Endora splits Darrin into two people: his "fun side" and his "work side." Chaos ensues and they soon find out that neither side is good without the other. It was was slightly tweaked and remade in 1969 with Dick Sargent as Darrin. I wouldn't be surprised if the 1966 version was "inspired" by the My Favorite Martian episodes.

Yep. That aired a month after the Theiss memo, so clearly was not an influence of any sort on "The Enemy Within".

 

[Maurice]

I'm really proud of the Belushi piece, because we turned that around in a matter of days, based on @Harvey's original legwork.

Coming up: our first FACT TREK video, based on our piece on John Belushi's supposed Star Trek II set visit. Even if you've read the post we think this adds a different dimension to the story.

Will go live on YouTube at 9am PDT. Supposed to do the same thing on Facebook but it's sitting there "preparing" and never seems to finish. Might have to re-upload it.

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[Maurice]

Okay, it's up on Facebook, too, at this link.

Have a watch and if you like it, please share it.

 

[Daddy Todd]

That’s really well done! Thanks guys!

 

[BK613]

BTW, re The Martian Within blog post, at the suggestion of @BK613 we decided to add to the post some antecedents to the whole doppelgänger idea, one going waaaaay back. See Other Antecedents in the blog here (LINK). And even an animated sequence!

(Sorry about the delay responding but been a bit under the weather) No feedback I give should ever be taken as a dismissal of your and harvey's research ethic.
I have in vain been trying to find a public facing source for the behind-scene-comment about J&H at memory-alpha (their link under Story and Production leads to a login screen.) In doing so, I ran across an Matheson excerpt from These are the Voyages Season One on the writing of The Enemy Within. Given the sketchiness of the book (which I don't own) I don't know how legit the except or its source is but I present it here with the footnote number so those that do own the book might help us out with the source.

“I had just looked at Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and immediately saw the potential of using that transporter device for separating the two sides of a person’s character. Having an accident with that offered a good way to study the alternative personality. And it was part of my original concept that he [Kirk] needed that negative element in his personality in order to be a good captain. I think, probably, we’re all mixtures of good and bad. If any one of us was all good, we’d be boring. And leaders have to have that drive and that ambition.” (116a)​

Edit to add: Looking closer the mem-alpha link actually goes to the TATV publisher's site so mem-alpha is apparently using the Matheson quote I provided as the source.

"Lighting foil" was my non-industry way of saying "blackwrap" "black foil" or "cinefoil", which is a black, non-reflective heavy aluminum foil, usually C-47*ed (clothespinned) to a light and then bent around to shape the light. It's a really basic tool because it's lightweight, and you can literally adjust and readjust in seconds.

I have a roll of it right here.

There's a photo on this guy's website that should cinch the deal for any doubters:
https://www.davidtejada.com/blog/2007/9/20/snoot-that-strobe.html

 

[ZapBrannigan]

Coming up: our first FACT TREK video, based on our piece on John Belushi's supposed Star Trek II set visit. Even if you've read the post we think this adds a different dimension to the story.

Will go live on YouTube at 9am PDT. Supposed to do the same thing on Facebook but it's sitting there "preparing" and never seems to finish. Might have to re-upload it.

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That's really good. And it's cool that you got a professional narrator. Some videos in need of a narrator use a speech synthesizer. It's like being lectured by a toaster. Your actual guy struck the perfect tone.

Incidentally, I'm not sure everyone knows that when Belushi says "Promise" at the end, he's mocking the solemn last word in all of Shatner's commercials as the Promise Margarine spokesman.

 

[Maurice]

That's really good. And it's cool that you got a professional narrator. Some videos in need of a narrator use a speech synthesizer. It's like being lectured by a toaster. Your actual guy struck the perfect tone.

Incidentally, I'm not sure everyone knows that when Belushi says "Promise" at the end, he's mocking the solemn last word in all of Shatner's commercials as the Promise Margarine spokesman.

Thank you very much. Yes, very early on I suggested we use a professional voice actor as a member of our team. Nothing worse than trying to listen to tinny audio of speakers who can’t annunciate.

As to “Promise” it’s referenced in the full SNL sketch with a line about a margarine company calling for Shatner.

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[Maurice]

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Remember, “Ee’d pebnista nordor formor pur fektunun…”* is for everyone.




*As written in the script

 

[CorporalCaptain]

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Posted this on our Twitter feed and Facebook.

Remember, “Ee’d pebnista nordor formor pur fektunun…”* is for everyone.




*As written in the script

This flag would have been way cooler. But one thing occurs to me. Could the color scheme have run into problems with the network or viewers, vis-à-vis there appearing to be a depiction of a desecrated (or even just possibly a defaced) flag?

 

[Noname Given]

This flag would have been way cooler. But one thing occurs to me. Could the color scheme have run into problems with the network or viewers, vis-à-vis there appearing to be a depiction of a desecrated (or even just possibly a defaced) flag?

It was probably even a budget thing - IE given where they were going with this story, why not just use a regular U.S. flag that the props dept has sitting around somewhere. No need to spend production money creating something that also might confuse the ultimate reveal here too.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Never liked Dick Sergeant as Darrin.

Eventually, I tolerated his take on the character. I think he was right in not copying York's bug-eyed, frantic Darrin, as I imagine that would have upset many a viewer already uncomfortable with York's replacement.

That’s really well done! Thanks guys!

It is, and such a bright light of facts among so many "opinion" YT channels spinning TOS history.

 

[Maurice]

Tomorrow (Monday) on the Fact Trek blog. Tune in!

 

[Maurice]

And Heeeeere's Lucy & Star Trek on Fact Trek.

 

[Warped9]

Excellent as always.

 

[Harvey]

I’ve wanted to cover this topic for ages. It seems like every year there are new claims that emerge about Lucy’s role with Star Trek — and they're almost always citation-free.

There’s lot of bad information about Desilu out there in general, too, but that’s a topic for another time.

 

[Daddy Todd]

Another great piece. Thanks!

 

[Christopher]

Even before I read the debunking, I could tell it smacked too much of a heroic myth to be likely. The famous celebrity swooping in at the last minute and saving a poor underdog from certain doom when every other force is arrayed against it? That had to be at least an exaggeration.

 

[Nerys Myk]

So, I take it, there was some 'splaining to do?