Happy Birthday Star Trek!

[palitoy]

Its 45 years old today! I remember when it was ten.

[Mikey]

I remember when it was ten.

They were good times back then when Trek was just coming back in the public eye ... When people would argue Star Trek vs Space 1999

Man, I miss those days of Trek AMT models and Mego Treks

[SeattleEd]

Just read the blurb on Wired.com.

What a great show that brought us so much of modern technology. Just need to get phasers(almost there), warp travel and transporters, we are golden!

[david_b]

Its 45 years old today! I remember when it was ten.

It's like the Beatles disbanding...

I remember buying the Red/Blue albums, and magazines.., only, what, 3 years after 'Let It Be'..??

THOSE were the days.., of buying Blish paperbacks for 40 cents (ah, still about the same value on eBay, incidentally..), then the first 'Poster Book', the first ish of Starlog, brand new AMT models in the toy aisles, viewmasters.

THOSE were the days when it was tough bein' a geek. But the payoff was so sweet.., with the ST movie franchise, Next Gen, 'Trekkies' movie, you name it.

"It's been a long journey..."

[david_b]

They were good times back then when Trek was just coming back in the public eye ... When people would argue Star Trek vs Space 1999

Man, I miss those days of Trek AMT models and Mego Treks

Ah, NO ONE argued Space:1999 with me..LOL.

I was TOO into it.., still am.

Thinking about those AMT models, I do recall buying my 2nd Galileo and Eagle model kits, having 'got game' on precisely how to paint them (after my initial less-successful efforts..). They came out pretty darn good, using 'flat paints' for nearly everything..

[kennermike]

Happy B-Day Trek!

[vulcan2074]

Happy Birthday old friend.
Sammy

[Meule]

Its 45 years old today! I remember when it was ten.

I was born when it was ten, must've seen it around the time it was twenty

[Megotu]

And my daughter's birthday as well. She was expecting cake from you jerks.

[HardyGirl]

I was 2 months old to the day when Star Trek came out. I loved it in syndication on Sunday evenings back to back w/ Space 1999 (my dad watched that one, I didn't). I really loved it when local stations would schedule an all day marathon. That was like a major event to me! But it was funny...if I hadn't watched it in awhile, then tuned back in, "The Menagerie" would always be playing.

[mego73]

They were good times back then when Trek was just coming back in the public eye ... When people would argue Star Trek vs Space 1999

Man, I miss those days of Trek AMT models and Mego Treks

And silly me, I just merrily watched and loved both shows without contesting them against each other.

Channel 10 ran a Saturday dinner time line up of Star Trek, Space:1999 and In Search Of.

[Werewolf]

When I first saw it as a kid I didn't even know I was watching re-runs of a show that first aired before I was born. I thought it was new.

[mirrorman]

Excellent show ... and still great in re-runs.

Thankyou to all the fans who loved it so much they pushed and never let go, and eventually got all of the Trek shows we can still enjoy.

[bobws]

This makes me feel so old. But i loved watching with my brother in '75 at my parents house here in CT, while he was recuperating from a broken leg and shoulder in a snowmoblie race in maine. after school it would come on about 4pm on channel 8 and it was cool to share that with him. we would sing along to the commercials advertising the great italian singers and polka favorites.

[LonnieFisher]

Happy birthday Trek Universe!!