star trek 1st season nbc premiere promo

[CatspitProductions]

Killer! Come get some Catspit~! ☠

[usaeagle1776]

aww, those were the days.

[Numinous20111]

Is it too late to invest in the production of this show.....I've got a gut feeling about it!

[BlackScarabZ]

Hmm. I'll have to check this out. That guy with the pointy ears must be a bad guy.

[borgtennis]

@BlackScarabZ  Good one!!

[anthonyheaney2008]

Adult space adventure??? did i miss something?

[mrtrek64]

@anthonyheaney2008 Not really. The show was created and written with an older audiance in mind.

[LogoAttitude]

@mrtrek64 And yet, there are probably Trekkies under the age of 13 to this day

[JMarchOHare]

I've always hated that piece of art. It was used as the cover art on Volume 1 of James Blish's novelizations too, but that might not have been what it was created for. It not only shows rocket exhaust coming out of the warp nacelles, but out of the shuttle bay as well. That's just... so wrong.

[gomro]

@JMarchOHare Maybe the thing was just on fire. I mean, it did endure a lot in those three seasons. 

[JMarchOHare]

@gomro: That looks bad enough that we never should have seen the Enterprise again.

Of course, it couldn't really be on fire unless it was carrying an oxidizer. The artist would've had to have intended for it to be rocket exhaust. Stuff doesn't burn in a vacuum.

[ShinobiGarth]

lol stupid announcer, they dont use rockets in the future

[moboutmen]

Scared Hell out of me. A creature that sucked the salt out of things. Lost In Space it wasn't.

[ewaf88]

@moboutmen Just what I felt doing after I ran a half Marathon too fast in warm weather

[KiCreativeStudio]

Shoot I wasn't even born at this time and I wish they'd bring those innocent days back.

[90321250]

on wich type of video tape did you record this commercial? Since VHS didn't exists before 1978

[Aeolis7]

@90321250 The first commmercial broadcast videotape machines were introduced in 1956 by Philips. CBS was the first network to use them. The first consumer videotape machines were introduced in 1971 (based on something called "U-matic" technology). Rare and expensive. Sony's Betamax came about in 1975, and JVC's VHS in 1976.

[VWVVWVVWV]

What the - who had VCRs in the sixties???

[BMassey1987]

Its not the last popular series NBC canceled before it's time. I imagine people were as pissed about Star Trek's cancellation as I was about The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien''s.

NBC: A history of bad decisions.

[somethinsuavetheater]

@maxsmodels No. That was for the tv series. The movie aired on ABC.

[maxsmodels]

@somethinsuavetheater I know those pictures were from the movie. You can tell by the uniforms nut ti does not matter because I had the poster. , Also in the 60s TV did not use the ;Marqee Pixel'promos, that was big time 70s. this is what I grew up watching.

[maxsmodels]

@somethinsuavetheater I don't remember the marqee pixels until the 70s but I think you are right. I misidentified the uniforms. I forgot abou the one from the pilots.

[rjcpacker]

I like the "first adult space adventure" comment. I'm certain that was a pot shot at "Lost in Space" which began on rival CBS the year before, and was viewed by many critics as a cheesy monster show targeted at kids.

[dynagravitomagnetic]

@rjcpacker Lost in Space started out with an idea to be what Star Trek became. It had a very large budget, good props and a serious script. There were initially efforts to keep the drama and tension, but sponsors wanted to open it to much younger audiences, thus the "boy and his robot" theme took over. Unfortunately, it very quickly degraded into a pathetic kiddie-show.

[spacepatrolman]

@dynagravitomagnetic ib melchoir wrote space family robinson lost in space ripped that off but melchoir couldnt do any thing about it because he was ripping off swiss family robinson by robert louis stevenson which was in the public domain melchoir also wrote robinson crusoe on mars and the outer limits episode the premonition [ in youtube] and books about his father the opera singer lauritz melchoir directed the -perry como show and captured a german general in ww2 .

[hilarioph]

NBC air Star trek but how much

money they cost in this series?

I remember when i watch the nightly

news here in the Philippines on cable.

Tom said NBC is going to be expensive.

That's the time when SEAQUEST DSV

was air back in 1994. And air on RPN 9

back in 1995 in the Philippines

[LadySierraSays]

wow !!!! bring's back memories for me , LOL !!!

[stonerbudkap]

No geeks not THAT kind of adult space adventure.

[visor109]

"The first adult space adventure!" Was that a slam against "Lost In Space"?

[BrokenAeroVT]

@visor109 Lost in Space slammed itself.

[visor109]

LOL! You're right!

[lastdragon55]

@BrokenAeroVT The original TV show and the movie remake.

[PhoenixArisen333]

Sweet... Sept. 15th, I'll be waiting. Looks like this could become a fairly popular television series.

[PaulUmbarger]

@PhoenixArisen333 Naaaah, it'll never take off. In fourty years, no one will have a clue that it was ever even on!

[fecxor]

@PhoenixArisen333 Nah... It'll never catch on.

[sbergman27]

@PhoenixArisen333 No. I'd give it 3 seasons, tops. Might catch on with the cult-crowd, though. Like Rocky Horror.

[spacepatrolman]

@PhoenixArisen333 the announcer says the first adult space adventure no forbidden planet was some of star trek was patterned after that

[ewaf88]

@PhoenixArisen333 No sorry a rocket powered Starship will never catch on, I'm sticking with Captain Video

[mpopham1]

That was indeed artwork by the remarkable James Bama...he had done a lot of pulp paperback book covers, including ones for Doc Savage. The "Adult science fiction" label was quite appropriate in those days as "Star Trek" was the first attempt to do an SF series not aimed at kids. Thanks for posting this!

[altfactor]

Note that in the artwork used in this promotional spot (which also was used in print advertising for the show), the Enetrprise's nacells have rocket exhaust, which they didn't in the series.

A case of someone flunking out of Starfleet Academy doing the artwork for NBC's promotion department ;)

[stonerbudkap]

@altfactor You're joking right?

[darkwhitedirewolf]

thursday the 15 ok I will tune in.. :)

[fromthesidelines]

That's right, 'altfactor'- the first episode ["The Man Trap"] aired as a "sneak preview" in "DANIEL BOONE"'s time period {7:30-8:30pm(et)} on September 8th, before its "official premiere" a week later in its regular time slot.

[TVwriter23]

I'm confused I thought Star Trek was part of NBC, but I see that CBS owns it. What gives?

[TheManiacOnWheelsUSA]

CBS purchased Paramount, which owns the trademarks to the series, if I am not mistaken.

[mikefastener]

I was there, September 8th, 1966 (age 10) watching the first Star Trek broadcast, "The Man Trap". God!...the years have gone by so quickly!

[carnivalofsouls2047]

I love the artwork in this promo it's so cool.

[Ox62139]

Back when 'adult space adventure' meant a whole different thing.

[OldSkoolGamer86]

You got that right.

Nowadays anything with "adult" in it is a porno.

[saskabush2006]

Longtime fans might recognize this artwork as being the same as the cover art for the very first James Blish Star Trek novel.

[altfactor]

After this promo was filmed, NBC decided to move-up the premiere date of "Star Trek" to Thursday, September 8th, 1966, after ABC decided to premiere most of it's 1966 Fall shows the week of September 5th to 11th.

The reference to "The first adult space adventure" series in this promo was a jab at "Lost In Space", which by the end of it's first season had become quite childish.

[iceguyred123]

Like saigokun said "... how the meaning of a word, 'adult' in this case, can change." This is of course 100% correct.

But there's also the subtle nuance in how it's pronounced...

"aadult" with its emphasis on the first syllable, as it seems to be pronounced here seems to be a world away from "aduult" emphasising the second syllable ( as seems to be more ubiquitoues nowadays ),seems to indicate a more er, tittilating thing altogether ...or is that something I've just noticed?

[moonblossom15]

WOW! Star Trek premiered on my birthday! That's so cool! XD

[burbank57]

Yea! I have being looking for that for a while! I remember that music and the "poster style characters", zooming and editing across. Actually, NBC used this style commercial for their entire 1967 line-up. Some ads were focussed on one show, some on a particular night, some on the whole set of new shows. Anyone found any others?

[soapbox5]

Fascinating promo from August/September 1966.Thanks.

A taster for the debut on 15th Sept.

We,in Britain didn't get S-T until Dr.Who vacated it's saturday slot in July 1969!.

[saigokun]

Thanks for posting this. Unintentionally it showed that, seeing some of the reactions, how the meaning of a word, 'adult' in this case, can change.

[MalubaySyecado]

They should have ended it with "The First Adult Space Adventure!" followed by a sound effect that went boooiiingggg! and a woman's voice saying "oooh Captain." That would have boosted the ratings.

[Kdogdude26]

The original Star Trek series aired from 1966 to 1969 (79 episodes)...before it was cancelled.

[kaheynu]

YOU ARE RIGHT!. They had NO idea. LOVE that promo it was so 60's so .... like if I was born then I would see that flash aross my screen not knowing that it would become the unarguably BEST scifi series ever. One where all others try to imitate. This promo feels like it takes you back there to that time. GAWD!

[Gilbavel]

Wow!  Really crappy editing!

[markojameow]

Crappy editing, maybe. Boring, no.

[BenjaminKorr]

They had no idea...

[flesheatingbull]

i hope the show is a success

[ScottSPM13]

LOL  :-)

[markojameow]

I've never cared for Star Trek (sorry, Trekkers), but this is a cool promo! By the way, by today's standards this "adult" space adventure would rate a "TV-G", with all the sex, violence and language that passes for TV in this less innocent age.

[RichGilly]

The first ADULT space adventure, premiering this week, on the Playboy channel.

[LeoBurns728]

Thanks for sharing. I want to see more Star Trek... Those were fun years growing up at the tube...

[THX1968]

Great premiere promo. I've seen the excellent art before, but can't remember where. A book cover, perhaps?

[marbpl1]

The cover of the first James Blish novelization.

[THX1968]

Yes!  That's it - thanks!

[integral]

Yeah, crikey, I remember reading that in a ninth grade class while I was supposed to be studying.

[Armyofficer]

It is, but originally from NBC-TV Promo Art.

[the60sKid]

The classic James Bama promo art.

[fromthesidelines]

That's Fred Collins announcing the "galaxy premiere" of the series in a brief promo shown during August and early September of 1966. The premiere date announced was the "official" one- the FIRST episode was seen as a "sneak preview" in "DANIEL BOONE"'s time period [7:30-8:30pm(et)] on September 8, 1966.

[ssosmcin]

Try sitting through an entire program before judging. Oh and remember it was 1966.

[tenchimasake]

Eh? Adult? I've seen bits and pieces of this show and it wasn't very adult to me. Cool promo though. Thx for the upload!

[saskabush2006]

Bits and pieces? You must be one of about 10 people who haven't seen the original Star Trek. Anyway, back in the 1960s Science fiction was considered programming for kids. Compare the original series with stuff like Fireball XL-5, Rocky Jones Space Ranger and Space Patrol and, yes, it was very much the first adult space adventure. (Though the first adult SF series was Twilight Zone).

[tenchimasake]

Yes. LOL. I am one of very few people who haven't seen Star Trek. I've been thinking about watching it for a long time though.

[torgman]

The first ADULT space adventure?

[dwalex97209]

The same was said about Lost in Space, too...who knows what the first adult Sci-Fi TV series was

[torgman]

Adult sci-fi series, I dunno, but adult sci-fi movies...:P

[Armyofficer]

Yes, but Lost In Space got stupid...FAST. Downhill from 1st season. Some good episodes afterwards, but NO Star Trek.

[willbrassfield]

You can say that again! But thats what happens when you're pitched a show, turn it down, and steal the idea to make your own. Anyone care to guess the name of that show?

[GatewayGhettoProd]

Is that tired old rumor is still going around? No one stole Roddenberry's ideas, Irwin Allen was an award winning MOVIE producer who certainly didn't need any help from someone who had only done ONE TV show before Trek! CBS interviewed Roddenberry just to see if they wanted a second space series. "The Making of Star Trek" has forever had it totally wrong, Allen had all those ideas before Roddenberry ever did....

[retrotvluver]

I remember that promo! I was 11 then and I told my younger brother, "We won't be able to watch that show--it's for adults only."