Tom Snyder Interviews Star Trek Castmembers

Tom Snyder, host of Tomorrow, died this week.

Tomorrow was a breakthrough show that was shown after the Tonight Show, providing entertainment for the nation's insomniacs, apparently a large number. Tomorrow was a steady hit for many years.

On July 30, 1976, Snyder interviewed James Doohan, Deforest Kelly, Walter Koenig, and SF writer Harlan Ellison. A viewer captured the whole thing on Betamax videotape, and over thirty years later, transferred it to digital so we can see it.

The interviews are in five parts. Snyder, obviously not into Star Trek himself, was still fascinated by the Star Trek phenomenon, which would cause the release of Star Trek, the Motion Picture four years later. Of course, that opened the floodgates.

The actors were all proud of what they had accomplished with the series, and it shows.

You may be surprised to learn that James Doohan's Scotty had an accent that was pure acting. He speaks on the show with no accent at all.

Also, look for the near-fight between Doohan and wired-for-sound Harlan Ellison in segment five.

Enjoy!

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