
Star Trek Almost Never Happened, Part One: Pilots and Peril
Ridiculous History
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Lucille Ball Story
Lawson Space is 1965, so they did come out the year previous. But there's a funny Lucille Ball story we should tell. She originally thought Star Trek was about traveling performers working for the USO. So she was thinking of what would later be star search or America's Got Talent. They recast almost everybody. Rodin Berry also makes it very makes a priority to have this crew be international in terms of their representation.
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