Star Trek returned to television as in animated series in 1973 and included most of the original stars voicing their characters. It really does feel like Kirk et al are out there exploring. Star Trek: Yesteryear is the second episode and was quite wonderful overall to watch.
This …

Star Trek: Beyond the Farthest Star is the first of the animated Star Trek episodes produced in 1973. It takes a little getting used to, seeing the quirks of the animated series, as in more animated characters from other species, but the essence of Trek is still there.
The …

Sea Hunt: The Manganese Story was the last episode of its first season. Per the information I have, that was the end of October, so it’s quite obvious that seasons were different way back when. As a last show, it was fairly strong and it took the …

From September 1958, Sea Hunt: The Sea Has Ears begins with the death or rather, the murder of a diver checking a phone cable. This opening bit uses narration that is frequent in this show, where Mike Nelson, a deep sea diving expert, proclaims. “I didn’t know I’d …

Highway Patrol: : Christmas Story was the last show of the first season, airing in June, which seems odd, but that’s okay. Maybe the records are wrong about that, or maybe that is how early television was and I’m just too into what I consider to be normal.
In …

Star Trek: One of Our Planets Is Missing is the third episode of the animated TV series that aired on morning television in 1973. I felt that this outing was very suspenseful. It’s amazing how easy it is to get involved in this tales and really feel …

Now here is a fun story, and I would guess that Gene Roddenberry would have loved to have produced something like this for live television. Star Trek: The Lorelei Signal, the fourth episode of the 1973 animated series, has a landing party from the Enterprise beaming down to …

From 1974, the animated Star Trek: Bem had the Enterprise hosting a new race, or rather, aboard the Enterprise there was a man considered an honorary observer. His race was new to the Federation. For much of this half-hour show, we really don’t know if this Bem …

A second season of the animated Star Trek series began on September 7, 1974, and it was a pretty dramatic one. Star Trek: The Pirates of Orion has First Officer Spock infected by a terminal disease. The only drug that will cure him has to be delivered …

Boris Karloff hosted the Thriller program with this entry, The Hungry Glass, airing in 1961. It’s a mystery tale full of intrigue. It begins innocently enough with a happy couple arriving in a seaside time to move in to a nice home. What they don’t know …

Signs of things to come, The Virginian regular Doug McClure appears opposite guest star William Shatner in this episode called The Claim. McClure and Shatner would co-star in a future series, The Barbary Coast. In this show, Shatner plays Luke Milford, an old friend of Trampas’ (McClure).
I …

From 1973, Star Trek: The Survivor continues the brief animated series that continued the exploration of the Enterprise crew into space. In this particular episode, they are stunned to discover that a beloved humanitarian is alive. This makes the man’s fiance, a member of the crew, delighted, …

How can you not love Star Trek: More Tribbles, More Troubles? This 1973 animated follow up to the live series most popular The Trouble with Tribbles has Kirk and company once again dealing with Tribbles and Cyrano Jones. Actor Stanley Adams, who played the trader in the …

Star Trek: Albatross is an angst filled episode of this animated series from 1974. It’s a new plot idea and not one taken from the live action series. After assisting a planet by bringing them medical supplies, Kirk is stunned when the aliens take McCoy into custody, …

There are some fun moments in Star Trek: The Practical Joker, a show from the second season of the animated series based on the original live action series. With the original actors back to voice their characters, it makes it all that much more real.
In this episode, we …

Crossroads is a series from the Country Music Channel with brings together two performers from seemingly opposite music genres and has them perform together. In this case, the program featured rocker Pat Benatar and country star Martina McBride.
For me, the magic of Crossroads with Pat Benatar and Martina …

Star Trek: The Slaver Weapon is a December 1973 episode of the animated Star Trek series which featured the wonderful voices of just about the entire live action cast. This is one of the more serious shows in term of topic and tone. It all surrounds a …

Star Trek: The Ambergris Element is an entertaining episode that was part of the animated series. While the series didn’t last as long as the live action shows, I rather enjoyed these expanded adventures. This one was from December 1973 and introduced us to a new object …

I absolutely love the concept behind the animated program, Star Trek: The Time Trap. This 1973 series did a lot of shows that built on some of the live action shows, but they also had several, like this one, which were quite original to the Star Trek universe. …

Star Trek: The Terratin Incident is a fun little animated show that focuses on the crew of the Enterprise shrinking. From November 1973, the half hour children’s program has Kirk and company passing through a flash of light which both disables their dilithium crystals and also causes the …

Star Trek: Mudd’s Passion is another one of the 1973 animated TV series that follows up on the actions of a show from the original live action show. In this case, I, Mudd, which was the second episode to include the character of Harcourt Fenton Mudd. Played …

One of the classic Star Treks was called Shore Leave and had Doctor McCoy having a run in with Alice in Wonderland and the very late white rabbit. This animated 1973 outing, Star Trek: Once Upon a Planet, has the Enterprise returning to the planet for another period …

From October 1973, Star Trek: The Magicks of Megas-Tu continues the animated adventures of the USS Enterprise, and this time, Captain Kirk and the crew find themselves being swept away to the magical world of Megas-Tu. It’s a place of magicians and wizards apparently, only the man named …

Written by Walter Koenig, Star Trek: The Infinite Vulcan was one of the animated Saturday morning outings produced in 1973. Oddly, Koenig’s character of Mr. Chekov is not part of the series, nor is his character part of this story, either.
In this particular story, Mr. Spock is unexpectedly …

I love the Star Trek’s Favorite Moments featurette which allows us to get a look at some of the Trek performers and what it is that attracted them to this science fiction series. Michael Dorn, Ethan Phillips, and Tim Russ all spoke about how they watched Star Trek …

Star Trek: The Jihad is all about trying to avoid a religious war. An artifact has been stolen, and it’s up to a select few to retrieve it and keep the theft a secret. Otherwise, the repercussions would be huge and possibly include a galactic holy war.
There …

I get a kick out of Star Trek: The Eye of the Beholder. The basic premise isn’t really a new one, but I like the way it was done in this 1974 animated outing. What happens is that while on a rescue mission, Kirk and his landing …

Sea Hunt: The Alcatraz Story aired in January 1959 and was the first story of the second season which continued the adventures of deep sea diver, Mike Nelson, as portrayed by Lloyd Bridges. This particular tale has a bunch of vocal narration because so much of it does …

The first story of the second season of Highway Patrol was called The Search and aired in October 1956. It’s a pretty basic story, I’m afraid. It’s all about a murderer who is trying to avoid capture. He’s a charming sort and manages to get people …

The second season of the animated Star Trek series was very short and lasted but a few episodes. Star Trek: The Counter-Clock Incident was the last one, airing on October 12,1974. It was actually a very interesting plot where the Enterprise ends up in an alternate dimension …

This is a really intriguing episode of the 1974 animated series which continued to voyages of the starship, Enterprise. In Star Trek: How Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth, a ship or object threatens the Enterprise; that is, until Ensign Walking Bear (voiced by James Doohan) calls out its …

William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy some nice thoughts in The Birth of a Timeless Legacy featurette, which tells about the way Star Trek came to be. There is a review of the two pilots (The Cage and Where No Man Has Gone Before). The one thing that …

I can’t believe ABC renewed the True Beauty series. I watched it in total disbelief last season. The concept is that models compete in various challenges for what they think are events to find the most beautiful person. Well, they’re right, except that the models assume …

Boris Karloff’s 1958 anthology series, The Veil, took on yet another different tactic in the episode called Jack the Ripper. This is the first episode of the series where Karloff didn’t even have a small role in the production. All he did was host the show. However, …

The Veil: The Return of Madame Vernoy was a very compelling story that had me fascinated from the beginning. It’s a story that takes place in India. In 1927, a young Indian woman, whose husband was a Frenchman, gave birth and died a week later. A …

From 1958, The Veil: Summer Heat is the story of a man who witnesses a murder in an apartment across the way from his. Think Rear Window and you have the basic idea of what this is about, at least initially. When the police investigate, the apartment …

The Veil: Destination Nightmare, the seventh episode of this 1958 anthology series was the first one where host Boris Karloff didn’t do the introduction in front of that wonderful giant fireplace. Instead, he’s in a study, walking in front of a map. I was a little disappointed …

The Veil: Genesis centers on an unhappy family where the father, a farmer, dies, leaving behind his widow and two grown, bickering sons. The two are virtual enemies and fight over the will and assets that remain.
Peter Miller and Lee Farr portray the two sons, with Katherine Squire …

The Veil: The Crystal Ball takes a bit of getting used to. I felt it had the slowest start of all of the episodes of this anthology series. It also is one that feels more like a contrived soap opera than anything else. I was disappointed …

One thing I really like about this anthology series called The Veil is the authenticity I feel from it. I think that comes from it being a product of Hal Roach. The sets are very detailed and even remarkable. Even the costumes seem to fit the …

The Veil was a short lived anthology series from 1958. I haven’t seen any of them before now, and I find it to be an intriguing broadcast. Boris Karloff hosts the show, and it begins with him doing his introduction in front of a huge fireplace, like …

The Veil: Girl on the Road is from the anthology series, short lived as it was, hosted by Boris Karloff. Karloff actually has a role in this episode, too. He plays the powerful Morgan Debs, and he issues a warning to the show’s protagonist, John Prescott.
The story …

Boris Karloff both hosts and plays a part in this early anthology series, The Veil. This episode is called Vision of Crime and tells the story of a man who sees the murder of his brother while on a trip overseas. When he returns to America, he …

I love the very first image we see in Stargate: Infinity: The Long Haul. It’s just a lovely mix of colors and is beautiful to look at. Too quickly, we’re drawn into the latest effort to escape their attackers. This half hour entry is the last …

Once again, the drama in Stargate: Infinity: The Illustrated Stacey begins with Major Bonner and his Stargate cadets blasting through the Stargate and into battle, only Harrison is inexplicably missing. However, he shows up right after the theme song finishes. By the way, I do like the …

The drama of this thirty minute animated show, Stargate: Infinity: Big Mistake, revolves around a desert world where it rarely rains. Seattle leads Major Gus Bonner’s team in trying to help the people by finding water underground. Then they discover there is also a power source somewhere …

Stargate: Infinity: The Natural is another lesson show. Actually, I think they all are, but it seems that the last half of the season is much more focused on that than the first half, or maybe it’s just standing out to me because it seems to be so …

This piece of animated drama, Stargate: Infinity: Feet of Clay, once again involves Major Gus Bonner’s number one nemesis, the Tlak’kahns. I seldom mention their name because it’s a pain to remember to spell, but I figured I’d use their name in at least one of the 26 …

The message of Stargate: Infinity: The Look could probably be gleaned from its title. Remembering that this animated series was designed for the children watching, the moral of the tale is that clothes and accessories don’t make the person,.
The first part of the lesson comes when Harrison …

The deal behind Stargate: Infinity: The Answer was that Major Gus Bonner and his team of Stargate cadets was that they were going to go to a planet where a scientific symposium was being held. One of Stargate Command’s scientists, Doctor Mason, would be attending. This would …