Uhura quit because she hated working with Shatner. She thought he was a self centered jerk. . I read in one of the books that there definitely was a lot of strife and jealousy on tbe set. I thought Uhura was a hottie. She was one of my faves on the show. It’s amazing that most of the actors have passed on and William Shatner is still hanging in there. I love the guy he’s the one who pioneered all of the trek series. Gotta give him that. I hope I get to live that long. He’s still doing all kinds of TV stuff. What a guy!!!!

I tried to comment on this, but My Comment, "disappeared, into a black hole", apparently never to be seen, again. There were many mistakes, in this video, particularly changing GENE Roddenberry's gender (it's GENE, not JEAN!!); and George Takei's name, was mispronounced, at least once (as I understand it, The proper pronunciation, as it would be, in Japanese; is Ta- K). The Narrator was right, and still is, about the state of Science Fiction, and Television Programming, being Abysmal. Irwin Allen deserved His "Golden Raspberry", and Shows like "Voyage to The Bottom of The Sea", and "Lost in Space", prove it. Roddenberry first pitched His Show, to CBS, who listened, politely, then chose "Lost in Space", instead. "Time Tunnel", also had potential, but someone at Irwin Allen's Company, or ABC; "killed it". Lack of imagination, and fear of sponsor, and audience reaction, "killed" many good shows; "Star Trek", and Rod Serling's "Twilight Zone", among them. Serling also fought a lot of battles. I cannot believe, how many good "Science Fiction" Shows, have been "flushed, down the toilet", along with good Horror Shows, and articles like this, don't help, the Situation. Let Me ask, one question: Why was Grace Lee Whitney, and Bruce Hyde; unceremoniously "dumped", from the show, both their characters could have been "explained", off the Show, and "brought back", in other episodes; at least, they would have received some additional pay. On a "side note", I cannot fathom, why George Takei, agreed to appear, in John Wayne's Version, of "The Green Berets". Not only was it not "faithful" to Robin Moore's Book; Wayne's prejudices were well known, particularly where The Vietnam (2nd Indochina) War, was concerned, as well as his attitude, toward "Gay" People. Another Article, was completely right, about "The Green Berets"; it was one of Wayne's, worst movies.

It revolved around the three main characters. Kirk, Spock, and Bones. The other regulars were hired as supporting players and the rest of the cast were guest stars or extras. That's the way tv series were handled back then. An ensemble cast of revolving players and story lines is a relatively new thing. Even the Mission Impossible show was run that way. And they had at least five main characters at different times.

😭😭😭Boo hoo but you are wrong

@@dagnabbit6187 , I know what I'm talking about. I was there. What are you, 12?

@@feylis0731 From that perspective of the practical issues within the filming industry it probably makes sense. From the viewers' perspective such as myself, there are still missed opportunities. Of course one could argue that they made better use of the supporting cast in the course of the series (and the movies). I still wish they had been given a greater function in the stories though. Moreover the subject in this video is Shatner and his role in blocking further advancement of the supporting characters. I wanted to express my criticism for that, if it's true of course.

@@onetrueevan6992 , I totally agree that it would have been fun to see more of the supporting players and even their back stories like they do now. I'm just saying that series were handled differently back then and that it wasn't unusual for the main star to get a big head or try to control how much screen time or lines they got. Many of those old actors are famous for being generous with their costars and crew. Obviously Shatner was one of the ambitious ones. I've also heard that said about Nimoy. It's too bad we'll never know how the others would have acted if they'd been the leads.

I agree with you. In Generations even Patrick Steward showed respect for him.