tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739267574084387275.post6078785204548571799..comments2023-09-12T09:49:42.006-07:00Comments on Star Trek Fact Check: The Most Interesting Article In The WorldMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00552147805234543255noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739267574084387275.post-26925865355447054982021-09-23T18:24:28.011-07:002021-09-23T18:24:28.011-07:00Not sure what other light he could shed on this ru...Not sure what other light he could shed on this rumor. He's publicly denied a Star Trek appearance more than once.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00552147805234543255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739267574084387275.post-20340209502647068702021-09-22T20:41:21.746-07:002021-09-22T20:41:21.746-07:00Surely, the actor, if still living, could shed som...Surely, the actor, if still living, could shed some light?<br />Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13459107194330484717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739267574084387275.post-83484129082849554582018-06-19T02:29:36.665-07:002018-06-19T02:29:36.665-07:00Correct-- he never was. I have a friend who offere...Correct-- he never was. I have a friend who offered the CMa frame clip above for him to sign, during a private charity-auction lunch she'd won with Jonathan, and he signed it "That's not me!" I have a scan copy of that.Larry Nemecekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08327849137328659161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739267574084387275.post-79164997097561191102017-11-21T20:02:58.298-08:002017-11-21T20:02:58.298-08:00That memo is a textbook description of why we regu...That memo is a textbook description of why we regularly recall the squadroom group on an episodic television series. We always want a group of people who look believable for either a Navy lawyer headquarters or a Santa Monica general medicine clinic or a West Covina office, etc. And it's a huge plus to have people who already know the show and don't need to be briefed on it - both what the story of the show is and what the rules of the set are. I usually refer to this group as "people we know and love". And that includes the fact that we have familiar faces, which goes a long way to selling that this is a consistent environment the audience will recognize each week.<br /><br />Kevin KKevin Kosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17785209348333205305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739267574084387275.post-33820895033597249782017-11-20T21:19:09.158-08:002017-11-20T21:19:09.158-08:00Interestingly enough, having a group of recurring ...Interestingly enough, having a group of recurring extras was an idea explicitly suggested after the completion of the first pilot, in this postmortem from April 6, 1965: "Suggest building up a pool of extras who look as though they legitimately could be part of the Enterprise crew. This way the audience will be able to spot familiar faces week in and week out. Also, by bringing back the same extras whenever possible, we can expect much more understanding of format and more of a performance than normally obtained from an extra. This was proven successful during the filming of THE LIEUTENANT."Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00552147805234543255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739267574084387275.post-37322667652763239072017-11-20T21:05:48.811-08:002017-11-20T21:05:48.811-08:00Production reports for episodic television never i...Production reports for episodic television never indicate the names of the background performers, also known as extras. This is something that has never changed from the start of the business to the current day. Call Sheets usually don't indicate the names of people, although sometimes specific selected individuals will be named, to make sure the extras casting company does not forget to call them.<br /><br />Jonathan Goldsmith was certainly working regularly as an actor in the 1960s (and 1970s and 1980s) under the name Jonathan Lippe. From the paperwork shown here, he certainly auditioned once for a part, but didn't get it. I expect he auditioned for many, many, many parts he didn't get - and those would go in one ear and out the other. I strongly doubt he remembers anything about a 30 minute audition that didn't go anywhere in 1966, particularly when he was busy working on other shows at the time. What he clearly does remember is that he never actually worked the Star Trek set at Desilu. <br /><br />BTW it is also true that on every long-running series, there is usually a small core of extras who regularly appear in the "squadroom" of the show. In the Star Trek TNG era series in the 1990s and early 2000s, you'd have certain people who would regularly appear on the bridge or in engineering. When I worked on JAG, we had a core group that always appeared in JAG headquarters. When I worked on Private Practice, we had a few nurses who regularly appeared in our clinic set. The idea is to have recognizable but not unusual faces who are always the other cops at the other desks, or the other nurses in the background, or the other teachers or students in the classroom. By having familiar faces in the room, the place becomes familiar to the audience and everyone relaxes and focuses on the story at hand. If the faces all changed every week, that would become distracting. By keeping the squadroom the same every week, it becomes a familiar environment. And paradoxically, the extras on the set become less visible.<br /><br />Kevin KKevin Kosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17785209348333205305noreply@blogger.com