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, 20193 min read
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, 20181 min read
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, 20174 min read
"'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, 20173 min read
"'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, 20174 min read
"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, 20165 min read
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, 20163 min read
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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