The Man Trap - Star Trek #1 9-8-66 Star Date 1513.4 Planet M-113

     On September  8, 1966 this writer was 12 years old and became an instant Star Trek fan when The Man Trap aired.  Star Trek quickly became my favorite TV show and there's no doubt that it is still my #1 show 53 years later, most of my life.

      Leonard McCoy believes Nancy is still 25 years old, "She hasn't aged a day, hasn't got a gray hair in her head" Dr. McCoy states, Captain Kirk says "She's a handsome woman" but that she has some gray.    A few minutes into the show "He's dead, Jim" - a classic quote from McCoy starts off the Star Trek legacy. 

    A look at IMDB for the late actor Michael Laslow  (Godfather of actor Christian Slater and, also according to IMDB won " a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1994 for the role") makes you wonder if he appeared at any Star Trek conventions setting the stage after two pilots for the series were created, his "The Man Trap" being the first show to air.

IMDB notes "The first victim for whom Dr. McCoy uttered the famous words, "He's dead, Jim".

Didn't I say that already?
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The very first Star Trek casualty (made fun of in Galaxy Quest, the spoof of Star Trek made for the big screen,)  Zaslow had a relatively short life - only 56 years cut short by Lou Gherig's disease.

Born	November 1, 1942 in Inglewood, California, USA
Died	December 6, 1998 in New York City, New York, USA

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      Sodium Chloride, no salt in his body.

      Five years Professor Robert Crater (Crater?  On a planet?) played by Alfred Ryder (also appeared on 1979's Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Six Million Dollar Man, Charlie's Angels) is married to a homicidal maniac who disguises itself as her wife, Nancy Crater (who leaves craters on men's faces as it sucks the salt out of them) played by Jeanne Bal (who had the distinction of being on 4 Perry Mason episodes, 1961, 1962 and 1965 playing the parts of .. Rosemary Welch, Vera Wynne, Dr. Linda Carey and Helen Rand!)

- The Case of the Telltale Tap (1965) ... Vera Wynne

- The Case of the Angry Astronaut (1962) ... Dr. Linda Carey

- The Case of the Misguided Missile (1961) ... Helen Rand

Thank you IMDB https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0049284/?ref_=tt_cl_t3

Gene Rodenberry had worked on Have Gun - Will Travel and The Virginian and other TV shows prior to Star Trek

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For the past 45 minutes I've been reminiscing while The Man Trap plays, MeTV airing the Star Trek series again on Ground Hog day, 2019.