STAR TREK The City on the Edge of Forever (Goodnight Sweetheart)

[@LoveLife-yh7ke]

Absolutely beautifully done even though I can’t hear Edith and Jim talking I know exactly what they’re saying. Beautiful song from a timeless episode

[@michaelbrooks8863]

Can`t believe by now no one knows who sang this, great orchestra

[@alansmithey6261]

This episode of ST:TOS and scene in particular carry a very strong emotional link for me, I almost married a clone of Joan Collins in 1977. Our marriage bound romance hit an extraterrestrial wall literally. But as I say this, I've met another Joan Collins clone who's about half my age. To me, this was the absolutely perfection of sic-fi back in 1967 and stands the test of time more than fifty years later. Thank you Harlan Ellison for writing such an incredible script.

[@michaelhall2709]

Harlan Ellison actually wrote a much better script than the one that got shot. But it’s still a great episode.

[@Mademoiselle_Katie]

Classic Television.

[@anthonyfrew1571]

The song came out in 1931 and is most associated with Al Bowlly

[@paullahotski8292]

shame on the person who gave a thumbs down..i can only imagine how kirk must have felt knowing edith keeler had to die, thats why he told her about the novelist from the future..a planet, right in orions belt..very sad..touching

[@eternalhalloween1]

Paul, I still feel sick to my stomach at the end of this episode. Strangely enough, it is William Shatner's favorite episode. To this day, I still only watch this episode if I have time to watch a funny one like "A Piece of the Action" afterwards.

[@billmalec]

It's just a TV show...

[@F104G826]

Anybody notice "Floyd's Barber Shop" at 0:25?

[@caswell62]

Good catch! Thanks

[@ralphjames1211]

OMG @ 00:26

[@BruceTheSillyGoose]

WHO sang this?

[@giusy5882]

Fred Steiner or Al Bowlly; both very good.

[@BruceTheSillyGoose]

@@giusy5882 thank you for that, i'd have never guessed that al bowlly was still alive at the time of that recording [1967]

[@giusy5882]

@@BruceTheSillyGoose No no, Al Bowlly's died in 1941. He recorded "Goodnight, Sweetheart" and other songs such as "The very thought of you" and "Love is the Sweetest Thing" in the 30's. The Star Trek episode, which features the Fred Steiner's version, was made and aired in 1967, but the story told in it takes place in 1930. For me, the best episode of Star Trek (The Original Series) 😊

[@BruceTheSillyGoose]

@@giusy5882 too bad it was never revealed who the singer was in this episode's version of that song.

[@DoYouKnowtheWaytoSanJose]

"Goodnight Sweetheart" was a 1930s song from Earth. While Edith Keeler and James T. Kirk were on a nocturnal walk through New York City in 1930, this song played from a Radiola 20 in a radio repair store. (TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever") The song was originally released in 1931, while in the Star Trek universe it was apparently released earlier. The original recording featured the voice of Bing Crosby. Due to copyright issues, the original Ray Noble recording of "Goodnight Sweetheart" was replaced during the 1980s by another version for VHS and Laserdisc releases. However, Paramount's 1980 "Television Classics" home video release of this episode retains the original recording. Eventually this was corrected for the DVD release. New music was also composed for this episode, incorporating the song by Fred Steiner, but the composer is not credited in the end credits.

[@billmalec]

Floyd's Barber Shop...

[@viking670]

It's all a fairy tale now just like the song when America was America..one nation under God. Almost seems like a dream.

[@viking670]

@James George I really wish we could but the powers that be will never allow it. We once had a great nation under God but those founding principles and those that wrote it are now the most hated. All I know is that if I could jump into a time machine to go back I would, because the days of an America as one nation under God are gone...as well as all the rest, surely the end of days.

[@michaelhall2709]

@@JimfromBuffalo No disrespect intended, but you apparently have no clue about the message Star Trek or the character of Edith Keeler were trying to convey in this episode.

[@spencerallison3196]

The message of this episode is that while we should act more charitable and optimistic. Unfortunately in society there are people who won't, but we shouldn't sit when bad things happen. The needs of the many, out way the needs of the one.

[@captainyossarian388]

Ah yes, the Great Depression. A dream? More like a nightmare for the poor and middle class of the times.

[@viking670]

@@captainyossarian388 True, and we're escalating to those days once again due to the open border madness which is all self-induced, a little different this time.

[@JESUS-SAVES_1975.]

This scene was filmed on the Andy Griffith set. That's why Floyd's Barber Shop is in the scene.

[@richardteasdale8014]

Well, no. This scene and several others were filmed on the DesiLu studio back lot where the Andy Griffith show exteriors and many other shows were filmed. Much more of the back lot is also seen in the episode Miri.