Book Review: "Star Trek the Newspaper Strip Volume 1."
Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II Presenting the rare newspaper strip from the late 1970s and early 1980s that Star Trek fans have...
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Michael W. Rickard II
- Jun 17, 2019
- 3 min
1989: The Year of the Blockbuster
Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II While there have been some great years for films, I still have trouble recalling a blockbuster...
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Michael Rickard II
- Mar 15, 2018
- 1 min
Beware the Ides of March
Julius Caesar fell prey on this day, failing to acknowledge the warning, "Beware the Ides of March." In 1999, William Shatner performed...
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Michael Rickard II
- Oct 9, 2017
- 4 min
"'The Horror at 37,000 Feet': Carpet Chewing by an All-Star TV Cast."
CBS rounded up every 1960's film star they could find. If the idea of a supernatural force terrorizing a jet flight full of guest stars...
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Michael Rickard II
- Jul 31, 2017
- 3 min
"'Spaced Out: The Best of Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner.' You Don't Have to Be
People sometimes ridicule actors and actresses when they decide to produce a song and/or album. After all, what do they know about music?...
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Michael Rickard II
- Jul 24, 2017
- 4 min
"Murder Was the Case: How NBC Killed 'Star Trek.'"
Much has been written over the last fifty or so years about Star Trek, the show that died in the ratings, but bounced back in...
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Michael W Rickard II
- Nov 17, 2016
- 5 min
Star Trek: The Show That Almost Didn't Make It. Part Two.
Roddenberry scrambled to put together a new pilot that would make it into a series. Unfortunately, the show’s star Jeffrey Hunter opted...
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Michael W Rickard II
- Nov 11, 2016
- 3 min
Star Trek: The Show That Almost Didn't Make It. Part One.
Star Trek, the show that wouldn’t die. A TV show that died despite a core of loyal fans who’d rallied to save it. These same fans and new...
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