Now that the 'spoiler alerts' are over, I would like to express my 
appreciation to the Trek offices for their two-fold tribute in the last 
episode of DEEP SPACE NINE.
Not only did the Mark Scott Zicree episode pay homage to the struggles of 
Negro writers in the 1950s, and in an interesting way...
It also paid homage to the 1930s and 1950s versions of STAR TREK in radio and 
pulp fiction, as many long-time readers here are aware of the history of 
ek.
Kudos for a well-written script.
There were a few 'temporal anomalies'..."cool" didn't enter into the American 
'slanguage', mainstream or ethnic, until about 4-5 years later when the 
advent of air-conditioning became available; I happen to have the same model 
of refrigerator as "Ben Russell" had in his flat, and it wasn't made until 
1954...and in any event would have been too expensive for a rented apartment.
The 'color' footage of the New York street scene establishing shot, showing 
the street corner from above, looking down...that's a bit of stock footage 
that Paramount has used in countless films...problem is, I can't recall any 
of them by title at the moment...though "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" 
comes to mind...
-zf-  Pleen!
However
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