tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739267574084387275.post1098250268973573802..comments2023-09-12T09:49:42.006-07:00Comments on Star Trek Fact Check: Was Star Trek The First Show To Say "Pregnant" On Television?Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00552147805234543255noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739267574084387275.post-73391980517377379652020-09-29T21:05:14.208-07:002020-09-29T21:05:14.208-07:00And March 13, 1963, in an episode of "The Vir...And March 13, 1963, in an episode of "The Virginian," "The Golden Door."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07637402019695870069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739267574084387275.post-80040069978606486162020-08-22T14:11:05.698-07:002020-08-22T14:11:05.698-07:00No need to apologize! This topic was challenging t...No need to apologize! This topic was challenging to research (other than sitting down and watching thousands of hours of television, which is not practical) and I'm sure there are other examples that I've missed.<br /><br />Since writing this, I've learned that "Pregnant" was also used on "The Benefactor," the April 28, 1962 episode of The Defenders.<br /><br />However, this example from Bewitched is new to me and I appreciate it.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00552147805234543255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739267574084387275.post-9151589718743736342020-08-22T08:35:32.213-07:002020-08-22T08:35:32.213-07:00Sorry, but the word, “pregnant” was used three tim...Sorry, but the word, “pregnant” was used three times by Samantha, Darren and Aunt Clara in episode 6 of season 2 of Bewitched which aired on October 21 1965. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859147083777161106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739267574084387275.post-61752916448671158062017-02-09T20:22:32.621-08:002017-02-09T20:22:32.621-08:00Star Trek didn't get to nearly as many places ...Star Trek didn't get to nearly as many places FIRST as the ever-growing behind-the-scenes mythology would have us believe, but that shouldn't diminsh the show's many achievements. It certainly hasn't diminshed my enjoyment of the series, which, at its best, remains a bold, colorful, exciting, ambitious, relentlessly optimistic, and highly entertaining action-adventure show. The show wasn't always at its best, of course, but very few television shows are, and even fewer have remained in the popular imagination for as long as Star Trek.<br /><br />As for Roddenberry, he remains a complicated, often misunderstood figure, capable of some terrible things, as well as greatness. Despite there being three major biographies of the man (and several other minor ones), I still feel as if the definitive biography of the man has yet to be written. Many other major figures who worked on Star Trek - Gene Coon, Bob Justman, Herb Solow, D.C. Fontana - are still waiting for their first biography. There's much scholarship yet to be done on Star Trek and those in its orbit, despite how much is already out there.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00552147805234543255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739267574084387275.post-62330986015409456052017-02-08T14:52:43.486-08:002017-02-08T14:52:43.486-08:00I think I lost a little of my love for Star Trek a...I think I lost a little of my love for Star Trek after reading your posts. Nothing wrong with them, but... So much of the magic was a lie. And Gene Roddenberry seemed like such a nasty fellow... Ans Star Trek really wasn't that much of a "first" on anything... And a lot of concepts and designs were rip-offs... Was it even that progtessive? Is the "first inter racial kiss" thing a lie, too? Jezz... :(All Purpose Internet Ramblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03969991190046651851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739267574084387275.post-32854142766684116312017-01-18T14:13:55.853-08:002017-01-18T14:13:55.853-08:00Yeah, There are A LOT of claims about Star Trek be...Yeah, There are A LOT of claims about Star Trek being the 'First Time' they get away with....fill in the blank. Usually it comes from Richard Arnold so consider the source but others are guilty of it too. As the years roll on the legend just keep getting BIGGER. Another great topic would be to look at the 'Star Trek even spoke out against Vietnam' claim which if you really listen to the dialog, Kirk was taking a stand FOR the war, which is surprising given Gene Coons beliefs, then again he was gone by then.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14352134901455499366noreply@blogger.com