Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!degas!fishkin From: fishkin@degas.BERKELEY.EDU (Ken &) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers,net.tv Subject: Re: Archetypal episodes Message-ID: <10896@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 23:56:34 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.10896 Posted: Mon Nov 4 23:56:34 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Nov-85 23:33:11 EST References: <206@argon.kcl-cs.UUCP> <302@ukecc.UUCP> <2432@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: fishkin@degas.UUCP (Ken Fishkin) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 23 Xref: watmath net.sf-lovers:11004 net.tv:3478 In article <2432@sdcrdcf.UUCP> barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Lee Gold) writes: >Some years ago, some humorist at TV Guide amused himerself by summarizing >Star Trek for several weeks as "The Enterprise encounters a seemingly >idyllic planet, but Captain Kirk senses all is not well." This was >followed by several weeks of episodes summariced as "The Enterprise gets >into trouble and only Captain Kirk can save it." > >--Lee Gold There are also any number of episodes in which a variant of the following exchange occurs: Kirk: "What *is* it, Mr. Spock?" Spock: "A Strange Blend of Matter and Energy, unlike anything we've ever seen before" Off the top of my head: 1) the big amoeba thing, 2) Apollo, 3) the rock creature that ran the contest between good & evil, 4) the spirit of Jack the Ripper, 5) the creature that smelled of honey that Kirk was obsessed with Ken Fishkin Berkeley Computer Graphics Lab ucbvax!fishkin fishkin@berkeley