Harlan Ellison is an overated blowhard. The old STAR TREK was a great show...and compared to the sci-fi on TV at the time...(LOST IN SPACE,LAND of the GIANTS) it was dam good! And,let's face it Ellison, it's only a TV show! It was great fun,and how many other sci-fi TV shows,even since the original ST,stand up to this day as well? SPACE:1999? BATTLESTAR GALLACTICA? BAH! They had better FX...but TREK had heart...and that's what made it what it is! I can't stand the TREK spin-offs (too talky) but the original was great fun,and still is!
Thanks for posting this!
(is it just me,or is Tom Snyder the most annoying interviewer on Earth? I woulda told Ellison to shut-up,and let Scotty do all the talking!)