Happy 50th Birthday Star Trek!
Yes, that’s right, fifty years ago today my favorite TV
show, the original Star Trek, debuted on NBC with “The Man Trap.” This Saturday
evening retro network MeTV celebrates the auspicious anniversary by showing “The
Man Trap,” after which their horror host Svengoolie presents the Star Trek
pilot The Cage—later abridged into the two-part original series episode “The
Menagerie”—as his feature selection. Talk about your must-see TV!
Obviously a Star Trek monster is called for this week, and
since the hideous salt-sucking shape-shifter (or shape-sucking salt-shifter?)
from “The Man Trap” was a MOTW just last year, how about…
Monster-of-the-Week: …this snarling beast…
…from “The Cage,” played by Janos Prohaska, who also
designed and played The Mugato and The Horta!
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