Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uwmacc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!demillo From: demillo@uwmacc.UUCP (Rob DeMillo) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers,net.startrek Subject: Re: Banned episode inquiry. Message-ID: <1267@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 23:09:07 EDT Article-I.D.: uwmacc.1267 Posted: Tue Jul 9 23:09:07 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Jul-85 09:14:46 EDT References: <174@westo.kcl-cs.UUCP> <464@calmasd.UUCP> Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center Lines: 40 Xref: watmath net.sf-lovers:8644 net.startrek:3568 > Which ST articles were banned in Texas? Sorry...I've been away from the net for a few weeks...I assume this posting was to a side comment of mine about Star Trek episodes being banned in Texas. As I remember the article (I have no first hand experience of this) several episodes were banned in Texas and "the Bible belt" because of supposed inferences to Satinism. Episodes included were "catspaw" and (the name of the title escapes me) the episode in which Kirk, Spock, and a woman crewmember trade "bodies" with creatures in glowing, white balls. As I also stated once before, the Star Trek animateds were not banned due to bad ratings (the rating were quite high), but, rather, due to (as it was stated by the network) "script material that is unsuited for the younger viewing audience." The straw that broke the Enterprise's back was an episode called "The Magicks of Megas Tu," in which the Enterprise crew find out that not only was Lucifer not a myth, but that he wasn't such a bad guy after all. This did not sit too well with a lot of people. (There was also an animated episode called "BEM", where a "godlike being" was portrayed as being female. This didn't set too well with another group of people....) Anyway, I hope this clears up any references I made... -- --- Rob DeMillo Madison Academic Computer Center ...seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!demillo / =|-- = \ = [][][] "...I don't know what this thing does, but it's pointing in your direction."