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   From: dave@hotmail.com   
      
   "Steven L."  wrote in message   
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   > David Z wrote:   
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   >> "Steven L."  wrote in message   
   >> news:pH24e.2062$N13.173@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...   
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   >>>Richard Fangnail wrote:   
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   >>>>I first saw "City On the Edge of Forever" at my friend's house.  When   
   >>>>Kirk said he was in love with Edith Keeler, my friend went,   
   >>>>"AAAauuuuuuuggghhhhggguuuuugghhhh!"   
   >>>   
   >>>I got to see most of the episodes of Star Trek: TOS first-run.  The first   
   >>>episode I ever saw was "The Naked Time," in 1966, and I was instantly   
   >>>hooked.  At that time, my family only had a black-and-white TV set but it   
   >>>was still great.   
   >>>   
   >>>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.  (How did   
   >>>we ever get along without VCRs in those days?)   
   >>>   
   >>>Oh, yes, in the spring of 1968, my family got our very first color TV   
   >>>set. So while the 3rd season of Star Trek wasn't very good, at least I   
   >>>got to watch all the episodes in color.   
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   >> No color TV until '75 here...   
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   > It's just as well you waited.   
      
   Well, I was referring to the date color broadcasting started.  I wasn't even   
   born in '75, but I'd imagine that it wasn't until say, 1980 that the vast   
   majority of households had color TV sets (I am in Australia).   
      
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