It's hard to believe that she had never been on camera before "The Facts of Life". Her acting skills were top notch. She hardly missed a beat. She seemed so natural. It's pretty incredible.
Here are my "what-if" scenarios regarding the Star Trek series–
TOS:
-The whole cast is included in the intro including William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, George Takei and Nichelle Nichols.
-In the closing credits, instead of showing stills from various episodes, they just simply show a moving star field like they did in future series.
-They have a permanent security chief. Either Chekov or Sulu.
-The show is on for 5 seasons instead of only 3 thus living up to the opening narration: "Its 5-year mission". And then it finally ends in 1971.
TNG:
-Geordi and Worf wear yellow/gold uniforms in season 1 instead of red ones. They're both full lieutenants instead of junior grade ones. They're part of the senior staff from the start.
-Geordi is chief engineer from the start in season 1. And Worf is security chief instead of Tasha Yar during season 1.
-Worf's hair is longer and in that ponytail that he started wearing halfway through season 6.
-Tasha Yar is weapons officer instead of Worf.
-In Main Engineering, the doors that originally led to a turbo lift instead lead to that maintenance hatch with crawl tubes instead of that change taking effect in either season 5 or 6.
-Ten-Forward is seen during season 1. But Guinan still isn't there yet. Instead, various civilian bartenders run Ten-Forward in season 1. Guinan still joins in season 2.
-Troi wears that skant blue uniform that she wore in "Encounter At Farpoint" the whole entire first season instead of switching to that green outfit afterwards.
-In season 2, Dr. Crusher does not leave and is not replaced by Dr. Pulaski.
-Also in season 2, the episode "Unnatural Selection" doesn't exist. Instead, the episode "Sub Rosa" originally from season 7 is during season 2. The main plot is basically the same. But since it's in season 2 instead of 7, Wesley's also in it.
-In the season 3 episode "Menage A Troi", the Ferengi Daimon Tog who becomes infatuated with Troi's mother Lwxana is played by somebody else instead of Frank Corsentino.
-In the 2-part episode "Descent" (the season 6 finale and season 7 premiere), Guinan is in it. And like the rest of the crew, she's disturbed about the Borg's new aggressive behavior.
-In the season 7 episode "Bloodlines", Frank Corsentino finally returns to reprise his role as Bok from the season 1 episode "The Battle" instead of being replaced by Lee Arenberg.
-Guinan is in a few season 7 episodes such as "Gambit" (both parts), "Parallels", "Lower Decks", "Journey's End", "Preemptive Strike" and "All Good Things…".
DS9:
-The first scene with the Borg at Wolf 359 with Locutus still plays out as it did, but there's one minor change: Sisko is a Commander, has 3 full gold pips on his collar and is the Saratoga's first officer. Then 3 years later, he's finally promoted to Captain.
-Not much else changes with the first 2 seasons.
-In the season 3 premiere "The Search", Parts 1 and 2, Sisko grows his beard instead of waiting until the end of the season to finally grow it.
-In the season 3 finale "The Adversary", there is no ceremony for Sisko celebrating his promotion to Captain since he already is one.
-In season 4, Sisko finally still shaves his head and now has his preferred look of bald head and beard.
-Worf still joins in season 4.
-Jadzia is not killed off in the season 6 finale "Tears Of The Prophets". So she's still alive for season 7. In the series finale "What You Leave Behind", she goes with Worf to Q'onos as he becomes the new Federation ambassador for the Klingon Empire.
VOY:
-No major changes to the show, except one thing: Janeway does not cut her hair in season 4. Instead, she keeps it in that ponytail she started wearing midway through season 3.
ENT:
-The show wouldn't simply be called "Enterprise" during its first 2 years. "Star Trek" would be part of the title from the start thus making it "Star Trek-Enterprise".
-That remix of their theme song that they introduced in season 3 is never introduced at all. Instead, they continue using the same version that they'd been using for seasons 1 and 2.
-Also during the intro as the theme plays, the actors/actresses all have the names of their characters shown on screen. And "Starring" appears above Scott Bakula's name. So when his name appears, the credit that's shown is "Starring SCOTT BAKULA as Captain Jonathan Archer".
That's about all I've got.
What do you suppose would happen in it? Would they show the auditions for it, the first taping of the show, Selma's death and then Flo's death? Richard becoming increasingly frustrated on the show and not speaking to Harry and John?
What do you think?
Has there ever been a lunchbox or a thermos for “Night Court”? Featuring the cast on it? Some TV shows back in the 80s did have lunchboxes, so I was curious if there was ever one for “Night Court”?
Has there ever been a lunchbox for “Cheers”? Featuring the cast on it? Some TV shows back in the 80s did have lunchboxes, so I was curious if there was ever one for “Cheers”?
Here's what I did. I made both 132nd and West Giles uninterrupted streets through the area where I-80 goes. I redid Chandler Road to make it continuously straight east all the way to 132nd. I also extended Harry Andersen Avenue southeast all the way to Giles. I also added the future Giles Road route. I know they eventually built it around 1997, but I can't help but wonder what if they redid the roads around I-80 by this time around 1989-1993. The same time they redid Harrison Street and built the Giles Road exit.
I know there wasn't anything out there in 1993, but it's usually best to build the roads first before developing an area.
So what do you think? Like it?
The staff is temporarily assigned to the daytime shift and there are some bizarre and unusual changes. Anyone seen it?
When a contestant gets a Daily Double and wagers everything they have, they call it a "True Daily Double". Why is that? How did that term come about?
I know Charles Robinson directed one, but did Harry?
When the DeLorean reappears in the parking lot at Twin Pines Mall and it’s all frozen as Doc walks toward it, what comes out of the rear vents? Smoke? Steam? Some kind of vapor?
It was as if he didn't exist. Even if Richard Moll didn't want to appear on the show, I still think they should've made some mention of what became of Bull. Maybe Abby could've asked Dan about him and Dan could've told her "He just disappeared into space one night and never came back." Abby probably would've laughed at that and then maybe Dan could've explained how Bull wasn't really from Earth.
Why did he hate being called that?