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   Message 9,206 of 11,202   
   William December Starr to Steven L.   
   Re: Memories of Star Trek before 1978   
   04 Apr 05 12:39:53   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.tv, alt.startrek   
   From: wdstarr@panix.com   
      
   In article ,   
   "Steven L."  said:   
      
   > I got to see the first part of the two-parter, "The Menagerie," a   
   > while later, and of course I was hooked by the cliffhanger.  The   
   > day that the second part was televised, unfortunately, was   
   > Thanksgiving and my parents and I had been invited to spend   
   > Thanksgiving with my uncle's family.  So after Thanksgiving   
   > dinner, I got to watch only the first few minutes of the second   
   > part of "The Menagerie"--on my uncle's color TV set.  That was the   
   > very first time I had ever seen Star Trek in color and I was   
   > stunned.  Unfortunately, my family had to leave in order to get   
   > home in time, so I couldn't stay to see the rest of the episode.   
   > I never did find out what happened to Captain Pike until the show   
   > had gone into reruns.   
      
   Hmm.  I can tell almost exactly the same story, except that for me   
   the episode was "The City on the Edge of Forever."  Accursed families!   
      
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   William December Starr    
      
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