In a msg on , Paul Andinach of 3:690/650
writes to Lenny Murphy:
 LM>> The original conception of Mr. Spock was someone of a heavy 
 LM>> lidden an satanic visage with a red complexion.
 PA>    Who came from Mars. And never ate. And was going to be immune 
 PA> to energy weapons, although they dropped that idea because of 
 PA> what it would do to the dramatic tension.
This has been disputed, but not disproven.
 LM>> The Original Series broke television barriers by casting a
 LM>> multi-racial crew with Sulu (Asian), Uhura (black), Chekov 
 LM>> (Russian), Spock (half Vulcan / half Human), and Scotty 
 LM>> (Scottish). Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan on TNG) Was inspired by 
 LM>> Roddenberry's multi-racial casting nothing that "...I had a 
 LM>> place in the future."
 PA>  ...and, of course, _Star Trek_ showed the first kiss on American 
 PA> TV between a white man and a black woman.
Nope.  Sorry.  The first interracial kiss actually occurred in 1954 , on 
an American sit-com carried live on network television, and was seen by 
nearly 12 million people across the US.
And now, the title escapes me, but it was about a black maid working in a 
white home...title was the name of the lead character..."Marigold"?
 LM>> Majel Barret (Mrs Roddenberry), Nurse Chapel on The Original 
 LM>> Series also plays Lwaxana Troi (Deanna's mother) on The Next
 LM>>  Generation.
 PA>    In addition, she has voiced assorted ship's computers, Gary 
 PA> Seven's portable computer, and Cochrane's Companion.
And what was her stage name as these voices?
 LM>> The first U.S. Space Shuttle, the "Enterprise," was given 
 LM>> its name after NASA received 400,000 requests from Star Trek 
 LM>> fans.
 PA>    ...and in a neat bit of retcon, the producers of _Star Trek_ 
 PA> have since managed to imply that the starship was named in memory 
 PA> of the space shuttle.

-zf-  Pord.
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