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[@AlmightyCRJ]

Worf: They [Tribbles] were an ecological menace. Odo: Do they still sing of the great Tribble hunt?

[@francisbartoszewski2284]

They didn't change the Klingon design for TNG, they changed it for the Movies then those designs carried over.

[@scottpope8635]

You get the explanation for why their are two very different looking kinds of Klingons in the Enterprise series.

[@catwhowalksbyhimself]

@@scottpope8635 Except that wasn't the intent. They didn't have the budget to do them properly in TOS. Officially this was how they always looked. At least until DS9 went and changed that.

[@ChristopherJonesArt]

@@catwhowalksbyhimself Because incorporating footage from TOS pretty much forced them to.

[@catwhowalksbyhimself]

@@ChristopherJonesArt I would have had Worf appearing like a TOS Klingon when he time travels and then pretend that's what he always looked like. They did not have to take that approach.

[@danielyeshe]

@@catwhowalksbyhimself I would have loved that. The change didn't need to be acknowledged in universe. Nobody said to Saavic "You look different today, Lieutenant."

[@rayharley597]

Strange to imagine how this episode would have looked without Nichelle Nichols as Uhura; she was intending to quit at the end of the first season but, at a party, she was persuaded to meet a huge Star Trek fan; none other than Martin Luther King jr. When she explained that she was leaving, and why, he was distraught and almost begged her to stay. He told her what she represented, and how much that meant for black people in America. I recall her relating the story to another fan at one of the old fan-run Trek cons; think it was in Leicester. I'd just had something signed and was hanging around listening her talking and, when she talked about it she had tears in her eyes. I don't think it could have been too long before he was assassinated. I think people don't appreciate what a groundbreaking character Uhura was. She was black; African, an officer ~ more, an officer in a command position, and played by an actor who used her position to further a lot of progressive cause, kerk

[@capnovan]

"Dammit Jim! I'm a doctor not a Pez dispenser!"

[@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures]

"He's empty Jim!"

[@TheGoauldApophis]

I just decided that in my headcanon, when a patient is on multiple oral medications that are chemically incapable of being combined into one pill, the Doctors replicate a pez-dispenser-based device that contains all of the pills they need to administer to the patient.

[@wiredtardis]

Worf's exact words: "We do not discuss it with outsiders"

[@LabradorIndependent]

somehow a better explanation than the entire ENT storyline

[@mikejankowski6321]

@@LabradorIndependent Worf's brusque response was perfect for him and the circumstances, but I found the actual story very satisfying.

[@Serai3]

Which is brilliant because it implies some kind of embarrassment on the part of the Klingons.

[@voltronimusprime3833]

@@Serai3 Considering the backstory we're given later, it makes perfect sense for them to feel like that.

[@Serai3]

@@LabradorIndependent One tiresome thing about later ST is the constant insistence on explaining EVERY. LITTLE. THING. to the point of obsession. Some thing just don't need explaining. Some things are better and more intriguing left unsaid.

[@joshuagosdin2999]

Captain Kirk is the king of sick burns. I love him as the beleaguered straight man this episode, just so DONE with everything. That glare he gives Bones when he's in the mountain of tribbles kills me.

[@wobaguk]

There is another episode of DS9 with a link to this one. The main Klingon here, Koloth, returns as an old man played by the same actor in "Blood Oath"

[@brucechmiel7964]

William Campbell also played Trelane. the OG Q.

[@DamnQuilty]

I love this episode. Kirk reactions to Scotty explaning the reason behind the brawl kills me everytime.

[@edh9999]

By far the best thing about TOS, in my view, is the banter between Spock and Mccoy, the eternal frenemies.

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

Passed on rather brilliantly to Quark and Odo in DS9.

[@DavidB-2268]

The author of the episode, David Gerrold wrote a book, also called "The Trouble With Tribbles - The Story Behind Star Trek's Most Popular Episode". And he was invited to play a crewman in a hallway when they did Trials and Tribblations

[@themoviedealers]

He was very young when he wrote this episode...I want to say 20?

[@wobaguk]

They invented the new Klingon look for Star Trek The Motion Picture to be more cinematic, they then kept that look when the success of the movies spawned TNG. Episodes of Enterprise came up with a convoluted reason for why Klingons looks like they do here, for just a few years.

[@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures]

I much preferred Worf's "We do not discuss it with outsiders." I've never liked the urge to explain and belabour everything in sci-fi franchises in nit-picky detail, much prefer it when they playfully leave it to the audience's imagination.

[@corvus1970]

@@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures agreed. It was more fun before ENTERPRISE explained it away.

[@stephenb5jones476]

It's because klingons evolve faster than anyone else. Which makes one wonder if Discovery actually started in the future. ?

[@wobaguk]

​@@stephenb5jones476 I believe there was an Enterprise arc about Klingons using genetic manipulation from the human eugenics program to make themselves stronger, which also made them more human looking.

[@TheAtkey]

@@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures Personally I think it would have been funnier if in the DS9 episode if Micheal Dorn would have appeared in the 1960s Klingon makeup once they went back in time and no one says a word.

[@mikejankowski6321]

Kudos to Paula for knowing so much about the Cold War and its relationship to the show. The Klingons and Romulans were metaphors for both the Soviet Union and PRC. Yeah, I lived thru all that. Mutually Assured Destruction was not a trivial thing. Desilu was cheap, that sparse makeup was the best they could manage on the show. The first movie had budget, and overhauled the Klingons for the short bit of screen time they had. That set up the rest of the movies and TNG with the new look. Season 4 of Enterprise finally gave us the in-universe backstory, and I found it VERY satisfying. The DS9 episode about this event is bonkers. For more context on the history of the Klingons and Federation, and the Cold War, see TOS "Errand of Mercy" and "The Omega Glory" and then Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country. All are absolutely epic. For more Vulcans, TOS "Amok Time" and probably my all-time favorite, "Journey to Babel". Really heavy stuff in these. Chekov was not in the first season. The Russians complained that they had been first in space and were being ignored, so Roddenberry gave them representation with a young heartthrob to compete with Davy Jones of The Monkees. It worked well. The project manager, William Schallert, was all over TV and I believe movies too in the 60's. Most notably he played the protagonist's father on the Patty Duke show (a fun wholesome sitcom). He was in other stuff, no telling where you saw him. Loved watching you react to this.

[@silvervibranium2832]

John Colicos once talked about playing the first Klingon ever on Star Trek. He mentioned back then no one had a solid idea of what Klingons would look like or act like. So he said he thought it would be cool to be a Genghis Khan in space. And that idea took hold. And you can see that in how they looked and how he played as a Klingon.

[@martinbraun1211]

Some day I would love to see Your reaction to the following episodes in particular: - The Cage - Space Seed - Mirror, Mirror

[@awarriorstill]

There's so many good episodes. Balance of Terror, The Squire of Gothos, Journey to Babel, A Taste of Armageddon, Amok Time, Arena, The Omega Glory, The Tholian Web, Let That Be Your Last Battlefield. I could go on, but I'd probably just mention every episode, aside from Spock's Brain.

[@banditoheat]

The Doomsday Machine...

[@Tuning_Spork]

@@awarriorstill I actually prefer the campiness of Spock's Brain to the plodding dullness of The Alternative Factor.

[@mikejankowski6321]

@@awarriorstill Brain and brain! What is brain?

[@jonathanross149]

Journey to Babel for Sarek in the TOS

[@minski76]

20:10 The terrorist in Die Hard was actually the OTHER Hollywood Villain Stereotype: A German (portrayed by a Brit, as one does...)

[@zvimur]

But his top henchman was played by a Russian Ballet dancer, Alexander Godunov.

[@firefly24601]

@@zvimur I loved Alexander Godunov's small part in The Money Pit!

[@zvimur]

@@firefly24601 Yes, but the pirouettes in Die Hard!

[@TheCastellan]

Well, a real life example is Klaus Schwab.

[@blueroninstudios]

Scotty was CLEARLY the MVP of this episode! Thanks, ladies, this brought back memories of when I was a kid in the 80s-90's and used to watch the reruns, and this is one of my favorite episodes from TOS!

[@JAYWALKER1000]

This was David Gerrold's first script - there's a book about the back story. The original versions was entitled A Fuzzy Thing Happened w-the creatures called Fuzzies - but they needed to be changed to something else because of the scifi novel Little Fuzzy. The original Klingon make up was beard and heavy eyebrows with swarthy skin. By the time they got to this episode the make up artist forgot about the swarthy skin - and so the variations in Klingon skin color was created. The new look "turtle head" was created for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. It wasn't until I saw him out of make up that I discovered Michael Dorn was African American. I was hoping you had included Journey to Babel so Katrina could see that Sarek was the same actor all thru the movies (with the original crew and TNG).

[@Wilahelm2]

After all these years it just occurred to me that sending the Tribbles to the Klingons is actually pretty cruel since the Klingons hate Tribbles and will probably end up killing all of them.

[@willadeefriesland5107]

Yep. Tribble roast.

[@jonathanross149]

Bones and Spock sparing verbally it one of the great things about TOS

[@peterschmidt4348]

I hope You watch more "Classic" episodes at some point and not just three ! 🖖

[@dustinherk8124]

@@zerogage877 i doubt they are doing TOS era, hence the few that dabbled.

[@jrobwoo688]

If anything, they should watch the classic Crew films and work their way towards Star Trek : Generations. js

[@theokojak2183]

Yep disappointing that they're watching so much TNG and not much TOS.

[@mrstecks]

First, thank you for doing these TOS episodes. I watched them when they originally aired, and loved them. Nobody else in my family liked the show, which is still true today. lol I laughed when Paula said the Cold War was "kind of a thing." Yeah it was. I know younger people can't understand what it was like since they didn't experience it, but for me it was just a constant underlying terror in my life. Because the news media, and my schools constantly reinforced the idea that the Soviets were going to nuke us at any time. To this day I still have vivid nightmares (about 4 or 5 times a year) of atomic bombs going off. But on a lighter note, when I was in elementary school one of the best jokes going around was: Question: "How is Star Trek like toilet paper?" Answer: "They both go to Uranus and wipe out the Klingons" 😂

[@jameswilson8433]

Hiding under your desk once a week, (sometimes twice) rolled up in a ball, kissing your ass goodbye. Dr. Strangelove should be required viewing for anyone born after 1990, say.

[@N0-1_H3r3]

Ever since that infamous day, the Klingons have had the following toast, to wish one another good fortune: "QuvlIjDaq yIH tu'be'lu'jaj!" It literally means "may your coordinates be free of tribbles".

[@TxManNSA]

There is a season 4 two-parter (Affliction/Divergence) of Star Trek Enterprise that explains what happened to cause the difference between the Klingons with and without forehead ridges. I don't know if you two will ever watch them, so I won't give any further details here.

[@jpwphoenix1701]

This is definitely an iconic episode and only made better when DS9 went back to it for a 30th Anniversary special. The Tribbles have actually come back several times throughout Star Trek, most-recently in one of the Star Trek Discovery: Short Treks. I've actually got some Tribbles myself, all of which make the cute purring sound. Thankfully, they haven't multiplied though!

[@gingerwizard9849]

On the Vulcan vs Romulan question maybe it would be worthwhile to watch the TOS episode Balance of Terror to get more backstory on the relationship

[@corvus1970]

Absolutely. I can't recommend that episode highly enough.

[@MichaelJShaffer]

Such a pleasure to see you both enjoy this episode. It's quintessential Star Trek. Tribble pay matrix - $350 in 1966 roughly equates to $2,860 today. As for the Captain's variant wraparound tunic, stay tuned to TNG to see if Starfleet continues this captain's discretion uniform variant idea. There is another TOS variant with the rank braiding on the shoulders, instead of the sleeves.

[@Bastion90]

That would equate to $5.72 per tribble. That still sounds terribly low given how long it probably took to make them.

[@ZipplyZane]

@@Bastion90 Do note, though, that the budget was not very high on this episode. I also seem to remember a video where they talked about finding a way to make them fairly quickly. This makes sense, as another thing they didn't have a lot of was time.

[@Bastion90]

@@ZipplyZane That is a fair point. They were on a low budget for most episodes, and if someone is willing to do the work for cheap, then I suppose it's fine. Not a system that would hold up today, but back then I guess it was the norm.

[@Niceman65706]

This is very very minor in this episode as most of it takes place on the station, but one thing that those of us who grew up with the original series is noticeable that those who are only familiar with TNG don't get to experience is the Enterprise herself. In TNG, the Enterprise is merely the set and a way to get from story to story. In the original series the Enterprise is a main character of the show. Many episodes have scenes where they talk about the ship and how much it means to them, equating the Enterprise to a beautiful woman. Kirk as a Captain must sacrifice members of the crew from time to time, but he will do anything to save the ship. The ship had it's own personality and evoked a reaction. Keep in mind there were thirteen Constitution class ships in the Federation fleet. They were plenty of spaceships in the federation fleet, but the Enterprise and her sister ships were the only Starships. There's another episode where an alien is underestimating Kirk, commenting he's just a spaceship captain, and another Federation captain corrects him... "He commands not just a spaceship, but a Starship. A very special ship and crew...." Starships were the elite of the elite. It was a comedic scene, but in the bar fight in this episode, when Scotty throws the punch, he's defending the honor of the leading lady of the show, and as Engineer in a very real sense the woman he loves... and we were cheering him on.

[@mikejankowski6321]

Couldn't have said it better myself. That also explains why we got so much eye candy of the refit Enterprise in TMP and the trauma of what happened it ST III.

[@daveherres3374]

Holly Sherman was the girlfriend of David Gerald, the writer of the episode. He also gave her a planet.

[@mikejankowski6321]

Just as good as naming a star after someone.

[@walther007]

Star Trek: The Motion Picture changed the Klingons. In fact the actor who plays Sarak (Mark Lenard) plays the first updated Klingon commander.

[@Axemantitan]

When the Klingon provoking Scotty said, "You're right" he did so with a Scottish accent as a way of further mocking Scotty.

[@Skeezer66]

William Schallert, the guy who looked familiar at the start, had been in literally dozens and dozens of movies and tv shows, from the 50's onward. He's probably best known as the dad on The Patty Duke Show.

[@Raja1938]

Also learned he guest-starred as a Bajoran musician on DS9.

[@Nergalsama01]

The scene with Kirk buried under the Tribbles gets even funnier if you know the DS9 episode that crosses over with this one. XD

[@davedove67]

Trivia - They brought back the actor who played the disguised Klingon to play the same character for the Deep Space Nine episode. The other light-hearted episode was Piece of the Action, one of my favorites.

[@elizabeths50]

A must, must, must watch. One of the top best episodes of Star Trek, no matter the series.

[@designedbyrobots320]

@@elizabeths50 I love that episode so much I made a track based on it called Old Earth Gangsters kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ65oKJ_eKt1m8k

[@mikejankowski6321]

Fizzbin and fancy heaters.

[@Raja1938]

They also brought back a couple more actors from this ep for later series. William Schallert (Nilz Baris) plays a Bajoran musician on DS9 "Sanctuary" and Michael Pataki (Korax) plays an evil governor in TNG "Too Short a Season".

[@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures]

I love, love, love Piece of the Action. I just have one big grin watching it.

[@TychoCelchu]

They do explain the human looking Klingons, but it's not until the final season of Enterprise. It links back round to one of the most famous Trek villains.

[@brucechmiel7964]

The Gold shirt Lt. Sitting next to Scotty in the bar is Shatner's stunt double. It will be important in about 120 years.

[@frankwales]

David Gerrold, who wrote this episode, was just 23 at the time it aired. He also wrote “More Tribbles, More Troubles” for The Animated Series, and “Trials and Tribble-ations” for Deep Space Nine.

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

Well it seems like the producers knew who to ask when they wanted more furry alien balls stories. ;)

[@ZipplyZane]

Ooh. We should get them to watch some TAS episode. That one is good, though they have to watch Yesteryear, both for the info on Spock and return of a favorite TOS ...um... thing. Any more good TAS eps?

[@chrisnichols9840]

Gerrold had nothing to do with writing "Trials and Tribble-ations." It was written by Ira Steven Behr, Hans Beimler, and Robert Hewitt Wolfe. Gerrold was brought on as a consultant to the episode and got an acting credit though.

[@spacemanspiff3052]

They changed the design of Klingons in Star Trek the Motion Picture, which reimagined them to what was carried on since (well, until the new Star Trek movies and Discovery). Interesting fact, the first actor to play the Klingon Commander in the opening scenes of Star Trek the Motion Picture was Mark Leonard, who played Spock’s Dad in TOS and an episode of TNG. Leonard also played the first shown Romulan commander in an excellent episode of TOS (Balance of Terror).

[@tomlexicon1493]

To the TOS list add “Journey to Babel”

[@EnigmaticPenguin]

Deep cut trivia! In the original broadcast versions of TOS (IE not the 2006 HD version), this episode has the last original shot of the Enterprise in the entire series. The rest of seasons 2 and 3 are all re-use of model photography past this point. It's the shot from behind the ship approaching K7. As is standard practice for the time, the model was only finished on one side and shots were just mirrorerd, but the angle of seeing both sides reveals the flaw (all fixed in 2006). The Smithsonian has a great video on the model on their channel.

[@jeffborowiak9398]

Star Trek Enterprise might give you more information about the KLINGON thing.

[@Skeezer66]

And ST: Discovery kinda sorta get into it too.

[@gluuuuue]

I think part of the reason Vulcans appeared so much less directly in TNG was because of Spock's prominence throughout nearly every episode of TOS. Even to non-Trekkies, like my mom who never watches scifi, everyone knows who Spock is and both he and Vulcans became the cultural mainstay for "aliens". By TNG, they really wanted to move beyond a lot of that as well as depict that many old rivalries either get resolved or evolve.

[@pauld6967]

Klingons = Soviet Union. Romulans = Communist China. The old FASA Star Trek game had a backstory for why the Klingons are so humanoid. However, in Star Trek: Enterprise they had a story arc that gives a different explanation for the difference of Klingons from Kirk's time and Picard's time which is considered canon as televised episodes trump something from a game.

[@chake46]

Paula & Kat this episode was filled with shade along with the Tribbles, one of the best fight scenes of Star Trek, several of the best moments of Star Trek TOS occurred in this episode alone.

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

Mark 11:39. In a funny retcon, the crew from, DS9, turns out to be the ones doing the tossing, and desperately so! When you view that episode, you'll learn why! 🖖🤓😎🧐

[@tomyoung9049]

Kirk's green top was brought in because he was having a little 'weight' issue. So instead of refitting his top they came up with this one (I dont think any one really liked it) that could be adjusted as needed. It was funny when you two said he had his communicator down by his hip, at this point those were only emblems on the uniforms. Their communicators were pretty much a flip-phone (cellphone) type.

[@cathyvickers9063]

Because where else would he carry it, right?

[@ianpark1805]

In the DS9 Tribble episode Worf explaining the difference between the Klingons in the TOS episode and him in terms of appearance is fantastic! His disgust is off the scale!

[@AlanCanon2222]

The big change for the look of Klingons is actually 1979's "Star Trek: The Motion Picture". They have surely changed their appearance since then but never so radically. There's a funny joke about the change in the DS9 episode that revisits this one.

[@Yggdrasil42]

Well, Discovery had a pretty significant change.

[@mikejankowski6321]

@@Yggdrasil42 Not to start an interstellar war or anything, but what Discovery said is unimportant and we do not hear their words. Yeah, I'm one of those.

[@tsntana]

The tribbles, Cyrano Jones, and the Klingons return in the animated sequel. The tribbles also make a brief appearance in Star Trek III in the bar where McCoy speaks with the large eared alien.

[@adambrown3918]

Gals? Please consider adding to your lists: Season 1 Ep. 7 - What Are Little Girls Made Of? - 1966 Season 1 Ep. 14 - Balance of Terror -1966 Season 1 Ep. 22 - Space Seed - 1967 Season 2 Ep. 6 - The Doomsday Machine - 1967 Season 3 Ep. 15 - Let That Be Your Last Battlefield - 1969 There's many more I'd like to recommend. Hopefully, you won't incur CBS's wrath too bad. Great reactions, ladies. Thank you. 😊

[@avodaith]

Not sure about that first one, but the rest are gold.

[@LanceHerod-n5d]

The Squire of Gothos (1967) is a must

[@AlanCanon2222]

Also, any so-called Trek fan that shames you for not knowing some detail of that fascinating (but, after all, fictional) universe, is not only being a total choad, but also, has missed the moral point that is the franchise's entire premise. (Can I get an "IDIC"?) LIve long and prosper, Paula and Katrina!

[@bninem1397]

Captain kirk's swagger lives on

[@Asher8328]

One of the best, and I would say underrated episodes of TOS, is "Balance of Terror." If you guys are looking for suggestions, I think you'll love that one. P.S. When you guys were talking about props, I'm surprised you didn't mention how the tribbles became a hot item for collectors after this episode. I don't have any numbers on it, but I would guess that they were, and possibly still are, the #1 selling item that Star Trek has.

[@ghostkage]

I was laughing at Scotty sending them to the Klingon ship,but then I thought, those Fukin Klingons killed the poor tibbles later

[@Caredroia]

The Tribbles hitting Kirk on the head is so funny....more so when you realise it's Sisko and Dax who are doing it in DS9 Trials and Tibbilations.

[@Will-nn6ux]

Worf: "We do not discuss it with outsiders...". You realise that you now _have_ to react to DS9: Trials and Tribble-ations at the very least. 😀

[@cameron120587]

The change in Klingon Appearance is dealt with in a few episodes of Star Trek Enterprise, a prequel series to Star Trek that takes place before the formation of the Federation of Planets. NX-01 Enterprise is captained by Jonathan Archer, and he has an observer to their first contact guide, a Vulcan officer names T'Pol.

[@stephenvincentgiles1306]

I think it's worth watching the DS9 episode when they go back in time to this episode. haha

[@deckofcards87]

They'll get to watching the whole series eventually..Such a fun ep can't wait for them to see it.

[@snafu313]

The actor playing Baris is William Schallert, who played the father on The Patty Duke Show in the early '60s and was well known for that role going into Star Trek. The Baris role was actually a bit of a departure from the type of characters he usually played.

[@williamozier918]

Also in this episode the Klingon refers to the Organian Peace Treaty. I think that little bit of rare continuity is what also made this episode stick out to fans.

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

Mark 27:55. Well now, "The Orville", is the go-to series, for comedy over drama, but it looks more like the spin-offs of, "Star Trek", though, than the original series. 🖖

[@17nationarmy37]

Klingons were supposed to be a stand in for the Soviet Union during the cold war,, that part was correct. Stylistically, there were based off of John Wayne's portrayal of Genghis Khan. So they were ment to look Mongolian specifically, not the Russians. The look was changed in The Motion Picture. DS9 asked about the change with no answer. Enterprise then came through with an answer much much later. Plus they were re-connect into a more Viking like society compared to what they were in TOS.

[@williamjones6031]

"Trouble with Tribbles" was Shatner's favorite episode to film. I like it because Kirk finally has the balls to stand up to a "bigger-than-his-britches." idiot, and Scottie's my favorite drunk. Long story short, FUN😁🤣

[@JohnAShort]

The bad guys in Die Hard were if fact meant to be German rather than Russian. The explanation for the changed look of the Klingons doesn't happen until 'Star Trek: Enterprise'... But it does do a passable job at sorting out those problems.

[@Rocket_Man232]

🔔 GG's @ 16:00 ➡ $350 in 1967 has an equivalent value of $3,286 in 2024 = She was paid $6.57 per Tribble.

[@glennwisniewski9536]

Wiiliam Schallert (Nilz Baris) was Mr. Pomfret from The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis TV series. Also was the father on The Patty Duke Show. And he had a long career (1947 to 2014) with 286 TV and 93 movie credits. He basically never retired.

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

Mark 5:02. A "Karate Gi", as opposed to a, "Taekwondo Dobok". It is also inspired by, "Flash Gordon" & "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century", of the 1930s! By the way, the shirts that people think of as, "Mustard Yellow", or "Command Gold", only appeared that way on, or in, camera, because the material looked different when exposed to the stage lights, or something like that. A big clue, is that this shirt and the dress uniform shirt, both still look Green! 🖖🤓😎🧐

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

Mark 8:07. "Sagging"! That may be an acknowledgement of how difficult it is to keep the model kit model's Warp Nacelles, from breaking off, because the support pylons are too weak to support the weight of them! After experiments with ways to keep them up, I gave up, and satisfy myself with just owning sealed kits. (Unless they've destroyed without my knowledge, by my pets? 🤔 Or elders?!)

[@moseshorowitz4345]

James Doohan (Scotty) was a soldier in World War II who fought on the beaches of Normandy. He knew how to throw a punch, for sure!

[@mconnaghan]

Another classic tribbles video!

[@mconnaghan]

I'm VERY happy this one was chosen.

[@DouglasJohnson.]

If you're looking for more episodes with a comedic flair, like this one, you can't go wrong with either of the "Harry Mudd" episodes. He was the only recurring character in TOS. The episodes "Mudd's Women" and "I, Mudd" are absolute classics and very funny.

[@smashstuff86]

The real reason Chekov was on the show was to compete with The Monkees, with play on the same time slot. He wore a wig to compete with Davy Jones.

[@DaleRibbons]

Some said another reason they made him Russian was because 'The Man From UNCLE' had a Russian character, Ilya Kuryakin, who was very popular.

[@zoppie]

Walter Koenig told Davy Jones that story when they met IRL. Koenig was surprised to learn that Jones never knew that.

[@smashstuff86]

@@DaleRibbons The best of both worlds.

[@charlesmarkovetz9161]

in star trek enterprise they explain Klingons

[@ftumschk]

One of my all-time favourite Star Trek episodes! Great to see it again :)

[@empirejeff]

Voyager and Enterprise also has time travel.

[@minski76]

So does TNG and Discovery. It's not ST without time travel.

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

Mark 18:22. Katrina, a belated, "Gesundheit!". 🤧😷

[@Esl1999]

Mark Lenard (Sarek) was the lead Klingon in the 1979 Motion Picture with the the new Klingon look. Christopher Lloyd (Doc Brown) was the lead Klingon in the 3rd movie in 1984. David Warner and Christopher Plummer were Klingons in the 6th movie from 1991.

[@phillipsuttles1926]

this is the only episode that was a deliberate comedy. you are right in that scene with kirk standing under the grain bin, the effects guys were aiming at kirk's head, just to screw with him. kirk ad-libs the line asking someone to close that door, and they left it in.

[@jakerazmataz852]

OK, ladies, gas was 25 cents a gal. milk, bread, eggs were all much less than they are now. The min. wage was $1.40. Takei made $600 an episode to keep it in perspective. She made good money sewing those Tribbles.😁

[@jdlewis3706]

Another great reaction! Originally, The Klingons appearance was supposed to be loosely based on the appearance of Gengis Khan and was designed to be quick & cost-effective. By the time the movies & Next Gen came around, they had the time & money to update the makeup. I look forward to your future reactions! PS: To further explain the similarities & connections between Vulcans & Romulans, I highly recommend the TOS episode, Balance of Terror. -Enjoy! ❤

[@johnnycharco]

Scanny McScan Scan! Hilarious. :)

[@derworfnet]

Hate to nitpick, but the redesign of the Klingons already happened eight years earlier, in the first Star Trek Movie, although the Prosthetics were a bit more pronounced in that one as compared to the later movies and TNG.

[@TheMadMaple]

There's a two-part episode of Enterprise that explains why Klingons look so different between original Trek and the rest of the franchise. Spoiler alert: ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... It involves an ancestor of Data's creator.

[@spacemanspiff3052]

Another great TOS reaction! Thanks and keep on Trek’n!!!

[@cleekmaker00]

TNG/DS9/VOY Producer Ronald Moore had the perfect explanation for the Klingons in TOS... It was a Costume and Budget thing.

[@Raja1938]

Which was fine & dandy until "Relics". That threw a monkey wrench into the explanation, but personally I'm not at all sorry it happened.

[@sharkdentures3247]

A PA getting to bean William Shatner in the head with a furry ball? Probably the best job of his life! :D A very fun, "feel good" episode. Also, I think the "bad Guys" in Die Hard (1) were mostly German (& European). Maybe Eastern European? Also, also, there is an episode in Enterprise which fully goes into "explaining away" the TOS Klingons' appearance.

[@peterschmidt4348]

And now You should watch the DS9 episode "Trials and Tribble-ations" !

[@ZipplyZane]

I'd really like it better if she saw some other DS9 before then--at least enough to know the characters.

[@LanceHerod-n5d]

@@ZipplyZane Totally agree.

[@UnclePengy]

The redesign of the Klingons is retconned in the Enterprise series: Supposedly the Klingons tried to make "augments" like Khan using human DNA, but that backfired and started making Klingons look like humans and they had to devise a cure.

[@TheCosmicGenius]

Bit about the Klingons, in case no one's mentioned it. They were named for one of Gene Roddenberry's friends, whose last name was, Cingan. And, when they were first introduced, in the episode, 'Errand of Mercy', they were described as being the, 'Mongolians of space'. And, John Colicos, who played the lead Klingon in that episode, said to the makeup artist, 'well, if I'm supposed to be Mongolian, then fix me up to look like Genghis Khan.' And, that's the way the rest of the Klingons looked in the original series.

[@jeffborowiak9398]

It would be interesting if they have people vote for more episodes.

[@visionaryventures12]

This is the second appearance of the Klingons in the series. When rewriting the episode, Gene expressed a need to change the villain. The author, having just watched a rerun of the first Klingon episode, suggested the Klingons. Klingon was named after a friend of one of the production staff.

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

Mark 19:59. Do you gals know that actor, Alexander Siddig, changed his stage/professional name to that, because of, 9/11? Before then, he was using his stage/professional name was, "Siddig El Fadil". (But his full name is, "Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abdurrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi"!)

[@trolleyfan]

David Gerrold's - the writer of this episode and now popular SF author - first book was "The Trouble with Tribbles: The Birth, Sale and Final Production of One Episode" which described, well, what's in the title. It's an interesting - and often funny - read.

[@vincentsaia6545]

The episode that introduced the Klingons - ERRAND OF MERCY - guest starred actor John Calicos as the main Klingon who said felt the Klingons as a conquering race reminded him of Gingis Khan and subsequently suggested they have a Mongolian look.

[@mikeb6572]

The Klingon issue that's Worf won't talk about is explained in Star Trek: Enterprise Season S4 Ep15 Affliction. $350 in 1967 is worth almost $3100 now.

[@charmlessman1]

TOS Era Humans - USA Klingons - Russia Romulans - China Vulcans - Japan

[@jrobwoo688]

What kind of sick individual hits the dislike button? Another great reaction, btw, check out The Orville! 😹

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

Thumb Up #653! 👍. Thanks! 😎🖖✌️ Now what you should know, is that by sending them over to the, D-7 Cruiser, Scottie, was just "passing the buck", or, "kicking the can", of responsibility, because of course, the Klingons, they killed those, Tribbles! 😳

[@victorhuertas4685]

Actually Romulons are a faction divided from the Vulcan race like millenia ago

[@cliveklg7739]

There is a company that makes full size Tribble toys. Colors from the show and from the game Star Trek Online. The "Enterprise" series addresses the change in Klingons. That same episode of DS9 if you notice the Tribbles they are searching in the bin and tossing aside after scanning are the ones dropping down on Kirk in this episode.

[@chrisnichols9840]

This script was writer David Gerrold's first professional sale. He went on to co-write and revise the script of a couple other TOS episodes as well as writing two episodes of The Animated Series. You're right about the Klingons representing the Soviet Union at the time.