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Subject: Re: In Defense of Fred Freiberger
Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 23:14:53 -0400
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On Tue, 07 May 2024 01:37:25 +0000
BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

> On May 6, 2024 at 6:27:29 PM PDT, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
> wrote:
>=20
> > Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote: =20
> >>  On Mon, 6 May 2024 14:46:02 -0700
> >>  anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
> >>   =20
> >>>  Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote: =20
> >>>>  Last week I created a video claiming that Fred Freiberger was
> >>>>  responsible for the demise of such shows as "Star Trek", "Space
> >>>>  1999", "The Six Million Dollar Man" and others, but was he?
> >>>> We'll re-examine that today!
> >>>> =20
> >>>>  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DOqn_DJdZQGw   =20
> >>> =20
> >>>  Man was an incompetent menace.
> >>>   =20
> >>  I recently saw a quote from Shatner where he defended Freiberger,
> >>  saying he did the best he could with a severely reduced budget.=20
> >> =20
> >>  Maybe Shatner wrote the IMDB article on Freiberger which says:
> >> =20
> >>  =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
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> >>  Because of a planned European vacation, he then spurned an offer
> >> by Gene Roddenberry to produce Star Trek (1966) from the onset.  =20
> >=20
> > I=E2=80=99ve never heard that before and I=E2=80=99d go far enough as t=
o call it a
> > blatant lie
> >=20
> > However, =20
> >>  in 1968, he took up the option to produce the show in its final
> >> season. By then, severe budgetary cuts (which resulted in many
> >> 'bottle show' episodes and lower quality scripts), the exodus of
> >> top creative talent and the take-over of Desilu by Paramount =20
> >=20
> > I=E2=80=99ll also call that a blatant lie. While it happened, it had
> > happened at the first season. =20
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> And weren't *all* the episodes of TOS "bottle show" episodes? I don't
> remember there being any kind of multiple episode or season-long
> story arcs.
>=20
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There *was* one two-parter early in the first season, The Menagerie -
made up largely of scenes from the 1st pilot - which they made because
they were behind schedule and had to get caught up.=20

Season-long arcs weren't done by *anyone* in those days. That didn't
begin until the early 80s with St. Elsewhere and Hill Street Blues
(unless I've forgotten an earlier example).=20



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Rhino