That Time They Rewrote Star Trek Just To Add a Beard (Explanations Nobody Needed or Wanted)

Star Trek is an expansive franchise crammed full of stories and lore. Today, we'll be looking at that lore; more specifically the fact that some of it exists purely because of a glorious beard.
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[@Cyberwolfman]

Riker's beard has more backstory than Emporer Snoke.

[@Dut419]

Snoke is Jar Jar....

[@dgrayman87]

Boom

[@machscga6238]

LMAO 😂😂😂😂

[@Irobert1115HD]

jupp.

[@RamDragon32]

Riker's beard is still a better love story than... No, nevermind. I'm not going to be that guy.

[@beareggers]

"It is a fine, full, dignified beard. One which commands respect, and projects thoughtfulness and dignity.... When I stroke the beard, do I not appear more... intellectual?"

[@Draliseth]

Please tell me you've seen the gazorra TNG edits.

[@pgpete]

- "thusly" -

[@Zebulization]

A pity they did not use that clip

[@Mumblix]

"Hmm..."

[@guillaumekaas6505]

Yeaaa, but the way he styled it is still wrong. :D

[@hailtothegeeks]

"Growing the beard" also applies to Captain Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

[@lindaanderson5657]

I thought that too. Made Sisko look really bad ass with the shaven head. 😍😍😍😍💜

[@cornblaster7003]

True, Sisko just looks weird to me when I watch episodes where he doesn’t have a beard lol

[@myrixica4222]

Also Applies to DS9 as a series.

[@jamesoneill8920]

I somehow love the fact that they felt they needed to explain one character growing a beard yet absolutely nobody on-screen talks about the million times Starfleet completely changes its uniforms for seemingly no reason. Maybe they should do a Star Trek show about the branding consultants that Starfleet employs who feel like they have to keep changing things to justify their continued employment.

[@GrimSwag]

Governments change their military uniforms all the time, wouldn’t be surprised if the only reason uniforms are changed in the series is bureaucracy and admirals not liking current uniforms and changing them

[@Mega-Brick]

One of the few things Discovery got right was when someone commented on Pike's uniform.

[@cernanwinterfox85]

Its possible the changes arent that frequent but actually due to the federations size. Frome one side to the other of federation space is something like a year at max warp and 5ish at cruising speeds. So the uniform changes probably ripple through the federation leaving lots of ships that only get new uniforms when they pull into dock, which in turn only know about the new uniforms they got. Basically you end up with a ship that goes through multiple uniform changes in a couple of years, but they changes might represent decades of changes. No accounting for when they somehow magically go back to earth for a day, and all the uniforms match.

[@cougersclaw]

You grew a beard when you got Brad a mic

[@quikdrawcollins1861]

I was gonna say episode one but yeah nah, it's Brad's mic

[@KougajiCalling]

Exactly.

[@zapdragon23]

this

[@snipa298]

Mic'd the Brad

[@violetquartz8817]

Accurate

[@starshock2002]

Apparently the Riker maneuver, where he swings his leg over the chair any time he sits or stands was because he has a bad back and he did it so that he didn't have to bend over.

[@josephwodarczyk977]

Huh, that's actually really interesting.

[@lordsrednuas]

Yeah, it was the only way he can sit down and stand up without being in excruciating pain.

[@JTorch10]

That's a pretty well-known fact. I'm surprised they didn't mention it.

[@doctorhandsome]

The awesome way Martin Sheen always flipped his jacket on in The West Wing was similarly because of a bum shoulder.

[@devenscience8894]

Yep! That's also the reason for the Riker lean. He was putting a leg up or leaning against the walls because his back was so messed up that he couldn't really stand for long shooting days like that.

[@kendon81]

the Riker lean is supposedly Frakes had an old sports injury to either his back or leg so he would do this when it was sore to relieve the pain.

[@kirbuu]

the Reddit post from Wil Wheaton says it was a back injury due to repeated stress from a previous furniture moving job

[@nastrael]

Martin Sheen has a similar thing, where he fucked up his back and now does this crazy flourish when putting on a coat. You can see it in The West Wing a lot.

[@michaelramsey1299]

Basically yeah. He was also way taller than most of the cast so he had to lower himself so as not to tower over them but due to his bad back he couldn’t just squat into frame or lean in.

[@MetFanMac]

@Nastrael Rowe That's not an injury but a birth defect. During birth, Sheen's left arm was crushed by forceps, leaving it three inches (7.6 cm) shorter than his right arm and partially paralyzing it, a condition known as Erb's palsy.

[@astartecolin]

I don't know if it is true but it makes sense.

[@myztklk3v]

"the barrel that took out warf" I laughed too hard. That scene always made me roll my eyes.

[@christopherlh4379]

*Worf

[@heavystalin2419]

@@christopherlh4379 He deserves no "O"

[@CrisMind]

They did Worf so dirty

[@Crlarl]

@@CrisMind Worf gets more respect in _Deep Space Nine._

[@cornblaster7003]

@@Crlarl so does O’Brien, ds9 really was a lifeboat for a bunch of random tng characters and concepts that weren’t well enough explored before (although sadly for O’Brien the show made him suffer so much that “O’Brien must suffer” is a whole genre of episode lol )

[@Steel_]

"Growing the beard" for fact fiend would be "getting the corners", for when the green screen corners were added back in.

[@thenosieyartist6924]

Keeping the corners

[@starshade7826]

Incidentally, when Riker shaved his beard in Insurrection, Star Trek's quality declined...

[@kingjinga2539]

So true

[@incogneat0901]

I met Frakes at a comic con. We were the last people in line to get his autograph and it was clear to us that he was tired and ansty and ready to take off, but, he was still very nice, accommodating, all smiles, so hats off to him.

[@agentredfbi9626]

Your growing the beard moment is “getting the tattoo” when Karl gets the tattoo so that he may always screw up the green screen

[@RyuUrami]

The chair thing was because of his bad back, he couldn't stand up normally from the weirdly designed chairs.

[@havilandsgamerchannel8586]

I'd heard it was because he was so tall, about 1,93 m tall.

[@frostmourne4]

@@havilandsgamerchannel8586 It's a combination. Tall man, short chairs, bad back, and I think a leg injury.

[@DruBolack]

I've heard this before as well.

[@kargunneralpha5937]

@@magnificentfailure2390 Try looking into getting a TENS device. It's only about 20 or so bucks for cheaper models, but it can help with some chronic pains.

[@76TomD]

He's stated it's due to his back

[@ThetaReactor]

They double-down on Growing the Beard in DS9. As the show improves, Sisko grows a goatee and then shaves his head for maximum badassery.

[@RobotDecoy]

@@GeneralBulldog54 😆😆😆 my mom did the exact same thing!!! She also would say "Spence-ahhhhh" everyone he 1st came on cam in each ep

[@titmusspaultpaul5]

Very true. It got much better in season 4, and this is when Worf joined as well.

[@titmusspaultpaul5]

@Qwerty Bastard begining of the forth season is when it gets good.

[@RobotDecoy]

@@andrewthorne3570 my pop would've been pissed 😆

[@goneutt]

I had de-geeked and became busy with being a well rounded person with a social life, and didn't know anything about the war with the aliens from the other side of the worm hole until I hurt my shoulder a few years ago and needed something to watch while convalescing.

[@oshaughnessyrof5201]

“Green screening the tattoo” is the factfiend growing the beard

[@TinaKiker]

it got even better when they gave Worf REAL Klingon hair.

[@Sam_T2000]

Slappy K - I didn’t like the original short haircut that much, but the mom haircut he had after that was awful... like they they really think Worf was the type of guy to cut, straighten, and then curl his hair like that?

[@TinaKiker]

@@Sam_T2000 I dunno...I could see Worf as a MetroSexual kind of Klingon. ;-)

[@MamaBedlamVO]

To me, your guys' growing the beard moment is getting Brad his own mic.

[@DevilDude912]

star trek provides another example: "shaving the head", DS9 didn't really hit it's full stride until avery brooks was allowed to go back to his shaven head look, also notable because this itself was preceded by him growing his beard back which also saw some improvement.

[@oxymoron296]

With or without the beard, Riker will still take your girlfriend.

[@everythingisscience658]

For me, the moment the show got really good was when Karl started wearing green to mess with the green screen and eventually just got a green tattoo on his arm

[@vicwolfrin]

Ryker should be doing old spice adverts

[@annonamis]

"Micing the Brad" was the best jump in quality.

[@keixsy]

Yes

[@KEVMAN7987]

Remember when Data grew a Riker-style beard and everyone laughed at him? Isn't Riker sitting move called the Riker Maneuver?

[@nathamiell]

"Downing the booze" and/or "Talking a tangent" is the "growing a beard" moment for every episode of this show.

[@Dut419]

You need a weekly drinking episode, where you wear all but the head of a green suit.

[@blackderby80]

Y'all just need to let the morph suit thing go...

[@Dut419]

Yes, I saw the end of the Halloween episode. I'll never let it go. A fact filled, drunk, floating head is a great concept.

[@TailAbNormal]

I don't know why so many people complain about the princess leia being at the end of Rogue One thing. It's always been obvious that she's bullshitting Vader about the whole diplomatic mission thing seeing as how she gave R2 the planes right before talking to him, and admitting that you stole secret superwepon blueprints to a six foot tall murderous magical space samurai isn't something you'd do unless you wanted a slow painful death.

[@AnEnemySpy456]

Even with only the context of the original film it's obviously a feeble lie that Vader has nothing but contempt for. It literally states in the opening crawl that the ship is fleeing from a battle.

[@RictusHolloweye]

Add to that she was a politician, and what do politicians do when accused of a crime? It also explains why Vader suddenly went from mocking to furious, because he saw her escape with the plans and she was just flat out denying it happened.

[@lestertjester4140]

Agents of SHIELD season 1 episode 17 “Turn, Turn, Turn” is the “growing the beard” episode for that show.

[@brightonbetoit463]

"The beard is an ancient proud tradition." "mm"

[@anthonyrangel7239]

I remember him for Commander Riker (star trek) and David Xanatos (gargoyles)

[@anthonyrangel7239]

@iKarith Michael dorn will always be I Am Weasel to me but I do remember the episode you speak of now that I think of it Michael and a lot of member's of star trek are in gargoyles except Patrick Stewart who has the distinguished honor of being bambi's dad in the sequel

[@01taran]

@iKarith Look at the cast for XCom 2: War of the Chosen on IMDB sometime...

[@tuseroni6085]

@iKarith a fair number of TNG cast went on to do voice acting in gargoyles, michael dorn was cold steel for instance, brent spiner was puck, marina sirtis was...i think demona...as mentioned jonathan frakes was xanatos...not sure if patrick stewart ever had a part...if he did it would be someone like oberon i would bet

[@AtLowBattery]

Your growing the beard moment is when Karl started wearing shirts that mess with the greenscreen

[@Joe.k.e]

I wouldnt say that quality has improved since imo, but there was an episode where you said Brad hadn't been the one behind the camera for an unknown number of prior shows and you challenged the audience to find them. It was then I realized just how consistent you are and given the great quality of content you were putting out at that time without the following you even have now stood out to me as remarkable. Keep killing em and not selling out to advertisers!

[@xxlCortez]

Later, Geordie also grew a beard for some time.

[@whataboutbob1192]

and data

[@disgustedworm5545]

When you gave him a mic

[@JayTemple]

I just wanted to point out what seems obvious. Riker's beard is hardly the only change from Season 1 to Season 2. Season 2 was the season with Dr. Pulaski instead of Dr. Crusher. As an aside, I used to downplay that season because of that change, but it's not warranted. Diana Muldaur was every bit as good in her one season as Gates McFadden had been in her first season, and her character had some good stories too.

[@PaulDuggandalf]

Riker's beard stayed longer than Pulaski.

[@davidvondoom2853]

@theLundLs Pulaski was hard on Data, because they were trying to recreate the dynamic that Spock and McCoy had. It didn't work out.

[@guillaumekaas6505]

Yea I still feel a little pain inside when I see a season 2 episode and Pulaski arrives. I remember considering her as a McCoy substitute for the first episodes, but she was quite a character in the end !

[@JayTemple]

@theLundLs For that matter, Worf was more likable than Pulaski. But not every character needs to be likable! Look at Dan Fielding on "Night Court".

[@mirawenya]

I likes Pulaski. Bit didn’t watch much of the original anyways. She was to me her own character and stood out to me. Wasn’t bad.

[@minainfante8096]

I'm so happy I have time to watch your videos again can't wait to binge them after exams

[@nalinea18]

After that Geordi scene I kind of want to see the entire TNG re-edited with Nightwish music in all of the action scenes. The band has like half a dozen space-themed songs already, and, as you proved, Ghost Love Score will fit into anything if you just pick the right part of it. Welp, I know what I'm going to edit on the weekend.

[@grinshady0164]

If that's the case about Saiyan's hair then how come Nappa doesn't have any? Was he just born with a mustache instead of hair?

[@jakeanderson5893]

I like to think he just shaved his head, but saiyans are shown to be able to grow facial hair normally as vegeta in GT grew a mustache and in Super both vegeta and goku both grew full beards while training

[@coltonmeehan5542]

Fact Fiend growing the beard = BOOING THE REIGNS

[@prilisious251]

For this show, I would have to say that it would be “leaving the kitchen”

[@dustinallan3362]

This was a particularly good episode. Keep up the great work guys!

[@currentlyeatingpies1274]

We get a mention of the force T pose but not another showing of the force T pose in to Snoke's ship. I'm disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

[@cerberus144]

Mr. Frakes was even better as David Xanatos in Gargoyles.

[@chiben9367]

god i love coming back from school on a friday and having such a good video to watch. thx guys

[@pharezm51]

The gazelles video was dope, but y'all are just consistently great

[@queenannsrevenge100]

RE: Princess Leia lying and still denying to Darth Vader after him catching her in the act: Karl, you DO know how politicians work, right? 😜

[@BridgetteTurco]

He's actually known for Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (There's never been a show like that! They told multiple bizarre stories and at the end they revealed which were real and which were fake)

[@juggalo184]

That show was stupid. It was more like "Things our writers made up vs. things other people made up." Every story I would think "Well astral projection's not real so that's fake, and then Frakes comes on and is like "Nope turns out astral projection is real." It was like Ancient Aliens taking itself seriously.

[@johnnysizemore5797]

i actually liked that show as well.My favorite part was always hearing Frakes start & end the Episodes.it has such a "Common Man/Mid-western" Accent that he just pulls you into the stories.

[@MilanKell]

Yes! :D I immediately thought of that silly show as well once they claimed he was known only for Star Trek! Man, I watched quite a bit of that when I was really young.

[@johnnysizemore5797]

what was your favorite part of it?

[@Brees1986]

That show happened AFTER he was made famous by ST:TNG.

[@callam51]

You haven't had a "growing the beard" moment because the channel has been really good from the start 👍👍

[@BasicSmacker]

i love this channel. i just randomly came across your videos and they are great. keep it up Karl, you're hilarious!!

[@Zelenal]

I'd argue that Rogue One made Episode IV even better for that very same reason. Leia has the balls to very blatantly lie to Darth Vader's face and it's great.

[@gungan5822]

Disagree. I don't think Vader should have been there at all. He should have arrived and been told to find the Correlian Corvette that escaped.

[@johnnydee6335]

So by “rewrote Star Trek” you meant “that time they mentioned it that one time 5 years later”

[@Meanfellah]

You guys have to understand that there are very few things that are more entertaining than watching your show at x2! More power to you! Keep up the good work!

[@Swift96]

I can't believe you mentioned the fact that Gene Roddenberry said he looked like a nautical captain, but didn't mention the scene from the movie Star Trek: Generations, in which the entire bridge crew, including Riker, were participating in a Holodeck program in which they're all on a nautical ship.

[@PainMonkey]

He does have one more fantastically bearded, trope worthy character. John is also David "Xanatos Gambit" Xanatos from Gargoyles.

[@maxxcreese9911]

Gargoyles yesss

[@luna-p]

Yes! Half the cast was on Gargoyles. I miss that show

[@CardboardSliver]

He also hosted a TV show back in the mid 90s.

[@ZaColombianII]

Did you talk about the barrel before? Dejavú.

[@trev6004]

ZaColombian It was in his halo vid.

[@HuxTheSergal]

We all need to talk more about THE BARREL

[@LarryLeeMoniz]

Really enjoyed this Karl, nicely done!

[@topshonuff]

What I remembered is Jonathan Frakes did some parts for the TV series “North & South”. He had a beard in that show. He just never shaved it off until it was time to film. The Show liked it and they decided to just keep it on. That was from an interview from Star Trek.

[@XeranDereth]

You grew a beard when you started screwing with the green screen on purpose. So I shall call it , “Donning the green”

[@orkorkorkork]

🎵Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the U.S.S. Enterprise🎵

[@FeudalRoach]

The quality of the videos are stellar.

[@Brad_The_Vampyre]

Loved the Nightwish clip over the La Forge maneuver!!

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

Beards are awesome. I mean even future Admiral Picard and Geordi did grow a beard. They had to realize that they NEEDED it and waited long enough to get one as well.

[@Silhouetters]

*grew

[@rogermurph101]

A New Hope does not take place ten minutes after Rogue One. Ships in hyperspace cannot be tracked, and Corellian Corvettes were plentiful. Vader has to return to his ship, make a calculated guess on the general direction of Leia’s ship, then start hunting down vessels matching the description of the one fleeing Scarif in the area of space they expected to find that ship. Leia’s original destination upon leaving Scarif was Alderaan. That changed, likely when the Empire got a clue as to their whereabouts, and they altered course to Tatooine to try to find Obi Wan Kenobi. It likely took Vader a few days to find the Tantive IV, not ten minutes.

[@Sindraug25]

Exactly. Plus, you don't flee in the direction you mean to go; you go in a random direction, stop, jump again, stop, jump again, and so on. It was far from clear that he was on the right ship. If you recall, his lieutenant didn't seem to think they had enough on her, but Vader insisted she had the plans. He knew in the same way he knew the Hoth base was theirs. You'll remember Admiral Ozzel scoffed at him for that.

[@VonSnootingham]

The exact amount of time is beside the point, though. Be it 10 minutes or 5 days in between, the point is that Vader saw with his own eyes the rebels steal the plans and put them on that ship, and when he found and stopped that ship, Leia goes "Duhhh what plans?"

[@Sindraug25]

@@VonSnootingham It's not a one-of-a-kind ship though; it's a Corellian Corvette, which is a very common ship. It would be like a cop arresting someone in Maine because they were driving the same kind of car as someone who committed a crime in Kentucky.

[@misterspeedforce3525]

@@VonSnootingham Are we fucking forgetting the part where Leia is actually an active member of the Rebellion, and that, afaik Vader doesn't have any sorry if lie detecting force ability. Fucking morons, honestly. If you are actually a simple crew making a diplomatic mission, why the fuck would you flee the empire and open fire on imperial troops. Of course they must have had an important reason, or even had the plans themselves.

[@MegaTrainGames1]

Your growing the beard moment was the first time I seen a video. I havent stopped watching sense then.

[@yugoprowers]

For "jumping the shark" I like "Nuking the Fridge" when they kill such a great set of movies -_-

[@mrcroob8563]

The dude playing Riker has spine issues, I thought you guys do research.

[@undrhil]

"Not mentioned in season 2"? Q mentioned it in the clip that you showed!

[@christopherlh4379]

That was Season 3, not 2.

[@undrhil]

@@christopherlh4379 It was season 2... the episode where Q tries to get Riker to join the Q continuum

[@oldbawlslogin4579]

You guys are growing a shark, if not jumping the beard. Keep it up!

[@sp3ktr3]

Has this channel jumped the shark? cause I don’t watch the releases nearly as much as I used to, but yet watched this video a second time with no problem.

[@saltdriven9137]

The show grew a beard when you changed to the full green screen then changed back to the screen with the corners

[@SamMuu219]

Not really a growing the beard moment, but the way I was introduced to your channel was I saw a really really early video back when you had maybe 2k subs and I didn't really like it . Then months later I found you guys again and I've been watching since. Maybe the first video I saw y'all were just sober lol

[@PetriCour]

Honestly either a.) You haven't grown the beard or b.) you hit your stride before I got here because your quality has always been top tier in my opinion

[@DudeWheresMyJo-Car]

Great episode guys!

[@philgoad5587]

Buying the Mike is your Growing the Beard moment.

[@J73DD37J]

Who's Mike?

[@Thunderous117]

You're hiring a Pratt was certainly having brad yeet Princess Leia into the supremacy, herewith to be referred to as the "T-pose takedown"

[@nathanglover8938]

Love it at 0:52 when your tattoo starts making your arm invisible on the green screen :D

[@thewyj]

I'm loving the interaction of your tattoos and the green screen

[@sirspidey950]

Growing the beard moment is brad getting a mic 😂

[@Jealod24]

Worf had a beard, and later on so did Geordi for a bit

[@stevesamson]

And data :)

[@CousinBowling]

@@stevesamson worf and data are not human.

[@stevesamson]

@@CousinBowling Data is more Human than you :)

[@CousinBowling]

@@stevesamson data is an android

[@stevesamson]

@@CousinBowling Really! Fuk me all this time i just thought he just had jaundice :)

[@kevinkottom1526]

You're assuming the quality of this channel has had a "growing the beard" point. ;) Hahaha, kidding, you guys are great, thanks for the content!

[@EmceeTimmyT]

When you both got mic'd up, and the banter back and forth became much more genuine.

[@MegatronPorter]

Watching one of my favorite channels talking about one of my first and most eternal crushes

[@andrewwblanchard6037]

DUDE YOUR FOREARM IS TRANSPARENT

[@SebAnders]

I think he's sensitive about it, don't draw attention...

[@Jarsia]

He bought a second hand personal cloak from a shifty ferengi

[@mr_e_monkey8836]

Wasn't that great? :-D

[@thesonicalions]

Your channels growing the beard name for me would probably be The Moving Upstairs Out of Brads Kitchen

[@dameonwalrath4924]

No you guys have never had to grow a beard sense you guys are always awesome

[@gingiedotcom]

My growing the beard moment? The first episode I watched.

[@bmsvg7356]

Hey Karl, I’m writing a book and I was wondering if you wanted to be in it. I was thinking a small cameo or a name drop but I’m open to whatever you want, And yes, this is legit, I am writing a book and I want to put you in it.

[@bmsvg7356]

Maiq The Liar the book I’m writing is similar to the Percy Jackson books. It takes the Greek Mythology and puts it in the real world. The difference between the Percy Jackson books and mine is that not only are the Greek Myths real but so are the Norse ones. The premise of the book is the Greek Gods are at war with the Norse ones.

[@veerdhawal24]

@@ArchangelSteve lmfao

[@bmsvg7356]

Steve of the Dead nope I’ve made sure that it’s different. Just because god of war has a Norse game, it doesn’t mean I copied it. The main character is a demigod but not a son of Zeus.

[@bmsvg7356]

Karl Smallwood Ok that’s cool. I just thought I’d ask since I’ve been a fan for a while. Keep up the good work Karl.

[@bmsvg7356]

Connor notyerbidness never actually read them. I’ll have to give em a read.

[@richardbenzler346]

Your tattoo is a green screen... 😳😊😂🤣 Excellent videos. Rock on. 🤘🏻🖖🏻

[@SirSicCrusader]

The chair and step thing is because he has an issue with his back, so the foot thing is just a comfortable standing position and the chair thing is easier than standing up normally, so they just became character quirks.

[@ciangibbons6643]

Can I just say that the exhaust port on the Death Star would be a terrible thing to have done on purpose. It's a single exhaust port (kind of need one of those) that's in a highly protected area and was extremely hard to effectively shoot down. It took the most powerful force user ever doing a suicide run led by the force and having perfectly aimed, 90° turning projectiles to exploit it. You can't create something that big without some weak spots. We can't do it with our military vehicle after all

[@jeffc5974]

You bring up "evil spock" as a counterexample, but he's not human. Worf also is in the picture right behind you with a full beard.

[@josephmcconnell8905]

To be fair, Spock is half human. Worf is 0 human

[@jeffc5974]

@@josephmcconnell8905 Worf was raised by humans, so in my mind that puts him on par with Spock in a lot of ways.

[@NinjasOfOrca]

“Riker step” - I once read he steps over the chair that way because of a back problem.

[@madmonkee6757]

I love the way your tats interact with the green screen.

[@TyroVideo2]

Yeah well, Data and Geordie both grew beards during TNG but you don't see me posting a video about it.

[@slusherhd9369]

Just imagine: Riker's fish fingers + Szechuan sauce

[@hatednyc]

Riker adjusts his top quite a bit as well. It’s especially present when he’s about to put in some work - like he’s rolling up his sleeves to get to it. Rodenberry was a Navy Man and applied much of the command structure of Star Fleet on it. There are tons of references to being on the open sea all throughout Trek.

[@djr093r5]

I know I'm a bit late on this, but if "Growing the Beard" is the antithesis of "Jumping the Shark", then there will probably be some universe ending implosion if Jonathon Frrakes ever meets Henry Winkler...

[@OakCityGamers]

This channel has a shockingly even line of quality... I mean you’ve gotten better with time... more loose... Shockingly the same as the beginning.

[@Seth2378]

When you green the tat

[@toshibavoodoo]

great! First time on your channel, SUB. Good stuff!!