Star Trek (1966): 15 Weird Facts You Didn’t Know
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Star Trek (1966): 15 Weird Facts You Didn’t Know
#rememberwhen the future of television was held together by duct tape and network executives? From 1966 to 1969, Star Trek aired on NBC, a scrappy science fiction series about the crew of the USS Enterprise exploring strange new worlds while quietly sneaking philosophy past the censors. This compilation features scenes from the original Star Trek series, showcasing Captain Kirk and other crew members in various interactions, highlighting the show’s blend of sci-fi adventure and philosophical themes from its 60s TV run.
Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
01:16 – #15: A Creator’s Journey Into Space — Gene Roddenberry
02:44 – #14: The Executive Who Took a Risk on Sci-Fi — Lucille Ball
03:42 – #13: The First Officer Who Almost Changed Everything — Majel Barrett
05:20 – #12: A Controversial Moment on 1960s Television — Nichelle Nichols
06:45 – #11: The Childhood Memory Behind an Iconic Gesture — Leonard Nimoy
08:16 – #10: The War Veteran Behind the Enterprise Engineer — James Doohan
09:50 – #9: The Early Fan Movement That Saved the Show — Bjo Trimble
11:23 – #8: The Fuzzy Creatures That Took Over Production — William Shatner
13:33 – #7: The Theme Song Deal That Paid for Decades
15:11 – #6: Why Spock’s Look Almost Went Very Wrong — Leonard Nimoy
16:28 – #5: The Sci-Fi Device That Inspired Real Tech — Martin Cooper
17:29 – #4: The Rumor That Followed Captain Kirk
19:15 – #3: The Town That Claimed a Future Captain
20:43 – #2: The Famous Star Trek Line That Never Happened — James Doohan
21:35 – #1: The Civil Rights Leader Who Changed the Show
Watch more classic ’60s TV show deep dives here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRZTUGHHqdh7JZXrJKgR88QZzLhlZxwKk
#StarTrek #WilliamShatner #LeonardNimoy #NichelleNichols #OriginalSeries #GeneRoddenberry #LucilleBall #Scotty #Uhura #Spock #ClassicTV #TVHistory #RememberWhen #TVNostalgia
@severs1966
June 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm
I thought that the girdle myth started with it being something he allegedly wore for "T.J.Hooker".
@thenumberoneguy-c6l
June 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm
The original Star Trek was certainly groundbreaking and the movies were pretty good too. My favorite of the movies is Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
@XDeminox
June 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm
Last sentence of the Lucy section makes me almost 100% sure the script is written by GPT
@KeeperCake
June 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm
Now I want to see an unrated version of Star Trek with UNCENSORED PHILOSOPHY! 😆
@terrytexas8257
June 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm
What fact surprised a Trekkie the most? ….Not Logical. Any Trekkie that watched this, knew every single fact, plus stuff about each fact you left out!
@billkeithchannel
June 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm
And now Commodore Computers is releasing a flip phone.
@AaronLevine-t3j
June 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm
Majel also played Lwaxana Troi in the next generations.
@hayssamali3403
June 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm
We don’t care for strange things happening, we care for a full episodes.
@DavidWRankinJr
June 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm
The deciding reason Barrett wasn’t allowed to be Number One was she was having an affair with Roddenberry, and he was told he couldn’t have his mistress be a series star.
@raymondang9612
June 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm
16:41 The Startac was released in '03 or '04. In 1997, the smallest cell phones were 7" × 3" × 2". The Startacs were the last great phones before cameras were added to cell phones.
@donaldmacarthur
June 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm
I loved watching Scotty use his damaged hand and work to hide the missing digit. He often made a fist and used his thumb to press buttons
@benhaehn
June 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm
DEFCON 1 is the calm defcon. DEFCON 5 is the worst. Get it right.
@kbomb106
June 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm
So….Kirk was conceived….at a bar?
I'm not saying this never happens, but interesting secondary canon, I guess.
@IrishSpider
June 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm
15 basic facts that even non-trekiies know
@NehnBellanaris
June 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm
I knew about most of this, I just didn't know that the tribbles kept popping up after the episode was filmed.
@gedstrom
June 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm
Of course, some of these TV stories vary widely and you don't really know what version to believe. The story I read about Nichelle Nichols was that producers had been hiding much of the fan mail that she had been receiving because they didn't want her to know how popular she was. She found out about it and that was triggered her resignation. Then, Dr. King encouraged her to stay.
@marysheeran519
June 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm
I think we all knew before this about Martin Luther King, Jr…but with Lucy, she always understood risk. Way back when "I Love Lucy" was being prepared, she wanted Desi to play her husband. Well, he was her husband! All the execs said no way. She held firm. And of course, Desi got into the show but also turned out to be quite a businessman as well as a comic actor and bandleader and…Lucy held firm. She also made it onto the set early on from time to time. Just thinking about the risk here and all the guys advising her DON'T DO IT – Lucy did it. And that's no joke!
@radioflyer68911
June 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm
There’s barely enough file storage in the world for all the YouTube videos that cover all of this.
@AfulWalleAI
June 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm
Everybody talks about what a Monumental moment the interracial kiss was between William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols and while I do admit it was Monumental they seem to forget that the next scene is a part where he begins to beat her with a whip
@Shaffyre
June 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm
15 Weird facts we all knew ☹
@startrekfan1017
June 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm
The color correction error was actually with Majel Barrett. She was testing green makeup for the Orion slave girl for the first pilot. They sent the film off to the lab. They corrected it. This went on for a few days as they kept adding more green to the makeup. Eventually everything got figured out.
@webbie7503
June 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm
hasn't this same video been made by like 100 other channels?
@FitMommyMakeover
June 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm
I used to confuse Star Trek Next Gen, the original, and the movies as a kid. They were all on at the same time for me in the late 80s and 90s, so I couldn’t keep up 😂
@carlbieler9039
June 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm
The original series is a real, pure science fiction phenomenon. Always rewatchable.
@paultodd9179
June 28, 2026 at 5:12 pm
First! Due to the fact of how bad Star fleet Academy was, I decided to start watching the original series next GEN and Deep Space 9. Phenomenal stories, phenomenal characters phenomenal Legacy. I feel great now after washing my brain with these shows after the crap of Starfleet Academy.