This whole situation is so... awkward and embarassing even to watch. I can't imagine to live through it without killing all the witnesses :). (Hell, to be honest, I cannot even imagine to be the actor and do this).
I saw this episode for the first time about a week ago. its funny at first, but the more it goes on the worse i felt for them. that would be so humiliating :( especially for poor spock
not funny. When I was watching it, I was sooooo angry and wished those antic humanoids who were controlling Kirk and Spock to be stabbed from hell's heart (in stomach for sloooow painful death).
and tell you it is one of the better parts, because the action part goes to the doctor to treat and banality of which turn out to be the person with the ability to control people psychokinesis is pretty psycho even this was nothing they could do the helpless, quite scary Captain totally humiliated, spoke imposes emotions (which fatally injures Vulcans) dwarf what those skills as a clown has no control and hop is also interesting to get off
I'd love to have been at the script read through for this one, I can only imagine the comments it got from the cast.
Shatner is obviously aware he is the hammiest of hams as an actor. If you don't believe me trying watching the animated feature Over The Hedge in which he has a voiceover part. He is constantly sending himself up. It is an incredibly funny movie and Shatner steals the show IMO.
This was the 3rd season, and at this point, Leonard Nimoy hated the scripts and was not fond at all of the Star Trek's producer, Fred Freiberger, who took over for Gene Roddenberry who left after Star Trek was moved to Friday nights at 10 pm. Nimoy even wrote to Doug Cramer, the head of Paramount TV asking for help with the disregard his character was being treated.
@EternalSearcher This is funny in the sense of the absurd. Star Trek was hailed as the ground breaking show it was for sci fi and for television but by the third season they get to this point with Kirk acting even worse than normal as a horse. Admittedly though, I think scenes from "Spock's Brain" could have been added too. That was also absurdly funny. But no, it's not really like ha ha funny.
@jlennon510 it's hard to me to hear critics on TOS cause it means that if you are right, i either have a bad taste or a powerful imagination which compensates flaws of actors. To me, the series was about power of a human spirit, of a superiority of a will that beats fear and disbelief. Those episodes in which crew resists god-like creatures are like anthem of Freedom Of Choice to me. This is actually one of them.
@EternalSearcher No it is, definitely. Like I said, the show was ground breaking in so many ways. But, come on, you have to give a little giggle to see William Shatner acting like a horse. The concept of the episode is really interesting. Especially the "Uhura/Kirk kiss" which was totally shocking because the portrayal of an African American woman kissing a white man. And you can still love the show and critique it too. It had ups and downs for sure.
@jlennon510 Thats right, I actually like a lot of films/tv etc that may have an interesting concept but be flawed in execution, so its a dual experience of genuine enjoyment and amusement at the tacky sets etc. Plus, noting your name, I love The Beatles, which makes me enjoy things like The Rutles even more!
one of my favorites is episode 1 "frustrated into a need to display physical prowess the creature will throw himself into the transparentcy" *waits a moment* then an audible BOING!
@JEH78 Well if you think about it, their hard to compare. Star Trek is a tv series so it's better in that way. But Star Wars has better movies than the Star Trek ones
It was sadistic what they were doing to the 'characters'... yes, it may have been funny to see them do it, but the truly funny parts were in 'Mudd's Women'
I love the way the props fly away, obviously on strings, and it looks more like the midget is reacting to the shitty "special effects" than the wondrous things happening.
i don't like them sorry..and i didn't laugh!! OO
arakunehime 2 weeks ago
McCoy's facial expressions are priceless. LAMO
gilbertdihayderich 2 weeks ago
This whole situation is so... awkward and embarassing even to watch. I can't imagine to live through it without killing all the witnesses :). (Hell, to be honest, I cannot even imagine to be the actor and do this).
rosselanor 3 weeks ago
I saw this episode for the first time about a week ago. its funny at first, but the more it goes on the worse i felt for them. that would be so humiliating :( especially for poor spock
cittykat007 3 weeks ago
not funny. When I was watching it, I was sooooo angry and wished those antic humanoids who were controlling Kirk and Spock to be stabbed from hell's heart (in stomach for sloooow painful death).
clemopcl 3 weeks ago
@123BigRob123 These scenes aren't funny at all :-P
sweetredredwine 4 weeks ago
@perez14soccer18 better than this crap
jackhandy213 4 weeks ago
I think Bones and I had the same reaction in that second scene.
Sillygoose14111 1 month ago
OMG
TheBHorse 1 month ago
I love the noise Horse-Kirk makes.
CriticallyPropelled 1 month ago
honestly, I saw this part
and tell you it is one of the better parts, because the action part goes to the doctor to treat and banality of which turn out to be the person with the ability to control people psychokinesis is pretty psycho even this was nothing they could do the helpless, quite scary Captain totally humiliated, spoke imposes emotions (which fatally injures Vulcans) dwarf what those skills as a clown has no control and hop is also interesting to get off
from the years 1966-1969
Tomicery 1 month ago
Hilarious the last one ,Midgets eh !
cintaman500 2 months ago
compare this to star trek tng and mr stewarts performance as captain picard ..
edmmitch 2 months ago
prime example of why star wars > star trek
jackhandy213 2 months ago
@jackhandy213 Right because Jar Jar Binks is such great cinema!
perez14soccer18 4 weeks ago
I'd love to have been at the script read through for this one, I can only imagine the comments it got from the cast.
Shatner is obviously aware he is the hammiest of hams as an actor. If you don't believe me trying watching the animated feature Over The Hedge in which he has a voiceover part. He is constantly sending himself up. It is an incredibly funny movie and Shatner steals the show IMO.
sgtgrash 2 months ago
Bones' expression is pricless.
ThePhoenixAvalon 2 months ago
GO KIRK!!! RIDE'M COWBOY xD ......oh wait....NEVERMIND!
4starsayain 2 months ago
What ep is this
LexiceLuigi 2 months ago
This was the 3rd season, and at this point, Leonard Nimoy hated the scripts and was not fond at all of the Star Trek's producer, Fred Freiberger, who took over for Gene Roddenberry who left after Star Trek was moved to Friday nights at 10 pm. Nimoy even wrote to Doug Cramer, the head of Paramount TV asking for help with the disregard his character was being treated.
collegeman1988 2 months ago 8
@collegeman1988 That's interesting. I always enjoy hearing about the behind the scenes stuff. Thanks for posting your comment!
123BigRob123 2 months ago 5
O.O
Raqwaza17 3 months ago
ahahah grazy xD
Anoek66 3 months ago
Probably the stupidest Star Trek episode ever.
Tony63909 3 months ago
I wonder how on earth (no pun intended) William Shanter wasn't cracking up when Nimoy was tap dancing around him.
KindessisEternal 3 months ago
Pity Spock didn't do the "Hambone"
DasGoldenBoy 3 months ago
3:02 de forrest kelly is dying to laugh! lol
87TheProdigy87 3 months ago
did you see that midget? haha
MadMax052 3 months ago
I love how Bones just stands there like, "Oh, cool! Free show!"
shahoney 4 months ago 3
You would never see this kind of randomness in any other trek series. TOS Rocks. :)
MrHoppers002 4 months ago 2
These aliens obviously have a really weird taste for entertainment. =P
SpaceMasterRahel 4 months ago
DAMMIT MAN IM A DOCTOR NOT A MIND BENDER!
cal11182 4 months ago
MIDGET RIDES HORSE KIRK
LOL
Gamez1985 4 months ago
a classic moment in american television history
CreekturesRecords 4 months ago
LOL That was hilarious...Aliens love Fu@kin' with Kirk. They threw spock in as a bonus.
babysisv 4 months ago
-How can you let this go on?
-Are you nuts? This is hilarious! Too bad my tricorder can't record videos.
scrrin 5 months ago 19
Eu não acho nenhuma destascenas engraçadas...
Marildamolina 5 months ago
He's a DOCTOR, not a PARTICIPANT!
UglySean 5 months ago 3
If Spock dind't missed Kirks head XDDDD
SlowmotionDim 5 months ago
Good vid, one point:That's a flamenco not tap.
greenman2311 5 months ago
Flamanco
panoma415 5 months ago
Star Trek was an awesome show. This episode is a blatent example of the spirit that made it so good.
mach5messenger 5 months ago
01:57 damn! in italian version the don't sing, they only dance....
Koraju 5 months ago
Reminds me of tim and eric awesome show..
CountSchmidt 5 months ago
Weird, but not actually funny ...
patcii 5 months ago
with episodes like this, i'm beginning to see why the show was cancelled lol
GozersApprentice 5 months ago
How is it funny?
It was actually very tragic due to the fact that they were forced to do that, they were turned into puppets for others sick amusement.
But I'm sorry, maybe i just don't have a sense of humor.
EternalSearcher 6 months ago
@EternalSearcher This is funny in the sense of the absurd. Star Trek was hailed as the ground breaking show it was for sci fi and for television but by the third season they get to this point with Kirk acting even worse than normal as a horse. Admittedly though, I think scenes from "Spock's Brain" could have been added too. That was also absurdly funny. But no, it's not really like ha ha funny.
jlennon510 5 months ago
@jlennon510 it's hard to me to hear critics on TOS cause it means that if you are right, i either have a bad taste or a powerful imagination which compensates flaws of actors. To me, the series was about power of a human spirit, of a superiority of a will that beats fear and disbelief. Those episodes in which crew resists god-like creatures are like anthem of Freedom Of Choice to me. This is actually one of them.
EternalSearcher 5 months ago
@EternalSearcher No it is, definitely. Like I said, the show was ground breaking in so many ways. But, come on, you have to give a little giggle to see William Shatner acting like a horse. The concept of the episode is really interesting. Especially the "Uhura/Kirk kiss" which was totally shocking because the portrayal of an African American woman kissing a white man. And you can still love the show and critique it too. It had ups and downs for sure.
jlennon510 5 months ago
@jlennon510 Thats right, I actually like a lot of films/tv etc that may have an interesting concept but be flawed in execution, so its a dual experience of genuine enjoyment and amusement at the tacky sets etc. Plus, noting your name, I love The Beatles, which makes me enjoy things like The Rutles even more!
djshelleymack 2 months ago
God, I hate the original series so much.
MaverickOrange 6 months ago
Not tap dance. I think it is Flamenco.
bambizzoozled 6 months ago 2
i wonder how many times scene 3 went wrongXD
Kuuper111 6 months ago
I liked the concept of the episode, but seriously? Sometimes I wonder if the writers were on something. Still love TOS though!!
estelgreenleaf 6 months ago
Truly the worst episode of Trek ever - in any of the series.
johnjms2 6 months ago 3
@johnjms2 Agree, the absolute worst I have ever seen. It was like they were actually trying to make this terrible.
tor378a 6 months ago
This was Paul Simon's first television performance as the percussionist off to the side.
CopelandMeister 6 months ago
@CopelandMeister
You made my day!
MultiGemini666 3 months ago
he could have at least said 'nay!!"
xikies101 6 months ago
it's difficult to masturbate to the third scene.
zee339 6 months ago 4
i have to see the bloopers to this lol
Opiatist 6 months ago
one of my favorites is episode 1 "frustrated into a need to display physical prowess the creature will throw himself into the transparentcy" *waits a moment* then an audible BOING!
raschellgates 7 months ago
O___e xD
MjMac1997 7 months ago
This is made even better by the WTF look on Bones' face through the whole thing.
Elyseon 7 months ago
2:00 Spock has the most genuine toothy grin at the end of his dance with Kirk.
MentalSelfMutilation 8 months ago
what episode?
Zetsu101019 9 months ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
startrek is gay anyway -_-
TheGrimReaper2300 10 months ago
Funniest moments?
No.... They're the saddest moments!!
:D
vbacs22 10 months ago
It's scenes like these that make me love the series even more
jilliegirl1000 10 months ago
How dare anyone say Star Trek is better than Star Wars.
JEH78 11 months ago
@JEH78 Well if you think about it, their hard to compare. Star Trek is a tv series so it's better in that way. But Star Wars has better movies than the Star Trek ones
jilliegirl1000 10 months ago
Holy shit.
0AmyK0 1 year ago
They Deserve an emmy for this performance!
TheOriginalFireTruck 1 year ago
@ytmndman Please read the description of the video before posting comments, you would have seen that I said that already.
123BigRob123 1 year ago
These are all from the same episode
ytmndman 1 year ago 2
Hey, get real. They had command of Spock's mind. It was very stressful for him.
oscarboy2323 1 year ago 8
Yes, Kirk is a horse. lol. um yes.
fardaypu 1 year ago
If I was born around the time when Star trek was made, I would've pissed my pants.
AngelCrossMaster 1 year ago
What was the name of this episode? :-D
deezvids 1 year ago
plutos stepchildren
princesspearl2000 1 year ago
i cannot stop laughing. this is why star trek was/is AMAZING
silverwolflucky 1 year ago
ROTFL
followerofanpu 1 year ago
LMAO "how can you let this go on" that was the funniest shit i ever saw XD
spacecoke 1 year ago
@spacecoke Bones was liek, "Just let me enjoy this for a few more minutes". lmao.
Anthrolithos 1 year ago
@Anthrolithos Dammit, left the camera back on the Enterprise!
dixievfd55 1 year ago
Bones is like .. waddafuk...... lol
spacecoke 1 year ago 2
I don't think I could ever watch this episode again - once was enough.
DOMuricu 1 year ago 4
LMAO!!!!
youaresomeanihu 1 year ago
"Plato's Stepchildren" was one seriously f***ed up episode. I read that a lot of people working on the episode had no idea what was going on.
spacecowboy5000 1 year ago
It was sadistic what they were doing to the 'characters'... yes, it may have been funny to see them do it, but the truly funny parts were in 'Mudd's Women'
workstrength 1 year ago 2
@workstrength Did you mean "I, Mudd"? I don't recall any *deliberate* farce in "Mudd's Women."
"Plato's Stepchildren" was an authentically strange episode.
FreedomZealot 1 year ago
WTF?
TheDaixlen 1 year ago
I wouldve loved to see the outtakes/gag reel of this episode hahaha
wouldve bin hilarious
BucketDwarf 1 year ago 12
@BucketDwarf At 2:06 you can see Spock grinning... ;-)
Anjalime 1 year ago
McCoy's reaction says it all.
LocksAndChains 1 year ago 7
God, these aren't funny, I just feel sorry for Kirk and Spock having to act like total retards!
cherryantacid421 2 years ago
I don't know how all the actors got through the "Kirk the horse" scene without bursting out laughing!
Sparrowhawk1031 2 years ago 4
they didnt.
Bloodyidit 2 years ago
we all know who's got our backs now, if a scenario like this ever occurs.....(yes you Bones!)
GODLIKE20000 2 years ago 2
Hey, Bones, planning on being USEFUL any time soon?
SailorSakuraPotter 2 years ago 20
lol
I saw that episode
ShoehatProductions 2 years ago
LOL! Check out 1:30
I love the way the props fly away, obviously on strings, and it looks more like the midget is reacting to the shitty "special effects" than the wondrous things happening.
hossrex 2 years ago
Ha ha. tweedle dee and tweedle dumb. Lol Which episode is this?
acco8675309 2 years ago
thanks for the videos
yure8912 2 years ago
What episode is this?
Sprikxlover1701 2 years ago
@Sprikxlover1701 Plato's Stepchildren
BammityMarga484 2 years ago
Thanks! :D
Sprikxlover1701 2 years ago
Spock's tapdance - is Kirk wearing a cushion under his shirt?
WOLFIEweasel 2 years ago 3
@WOLFIEweasel gee really I never noticed that
sondano 2 years ago
Kirk the Horse sounds like the castle ghost from the original Scooby Doo series lol
OutOfMyVulcanMind 2 years ago 53
2:15 political correctness can really ruin a funny moment
insaneoffoe 2 years ago 3
watching spock dance kindof broke some part of my soul. fucking hilarious.
NEOxREBELLION 2 years ago 7
Is it pasadoble or a tarantella?
impossiblefunky 2 years ago
it looks like spock is going to step on kirk at 1:01
AnnabethChase123 2 years ago
8DDDDDD
xDDDDDD
Is all I can say.. xD
InsertZipCode 2 years ago 2
how embarrassing!! :O
babyinblack 2 years ago 6
i love how bones is just standing there watching them
stonepaw989 2 years ago 56
Yes Bones how could you have let that go on?
stg85 2 years ago 8
so funny
Starryvideos 2 years ago 3
LOL I don't even like star trek and this was funny.
GirlAshley11 2 years ago 6
u must like it
Starryvideos 2 years ago 4
first ^^
Iron1e 2 years ago
@Iron1e
Man, you firsted a video that 7 months later has less than 3,000 views.
You da MAN!
hossrex 2 years ago