Star Trek: Tribbles Gift Set VHS

It's really too band that the animated Star Trek from 1973 and '74 is so criminally overlooked. Probably because it was slated on the Saturday morning cartoon lineup, many adult fans of Star Trek probably dismissed it thinking it would be for kids, while the subject matter was likely a bit over the heads of the kids. If this was aired during prime time, the story might have been a bit different. Regardless, while I wasn't around to see the originally run of the animated series in '73-'74 (I was only one year old when it was first aired in the fall of '73), I did catch it as reruns, during Saturday morning cartoons in the early '80s, and then again on Nickelodeon at the end of the '80s/beginning of the '90s. I loved how the series ended with Hal Sutherland's signature and Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott's name rotating in a circle (which was normal to see on any Filmation production of the time). Then I never saw the animated Star Trek again, until I got them on VHS. And the great thing about owning these series on VHS is the pleasure of seeing them without commercials!These animated series was produced by Filmation, the same animation company that gave us Fat Albert, the Archies, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Ghostbusters (not to be confused with the cartoon adaptation of the 1984 movie by the same name entitled the Real Ghostbusters), and even non-animateds like Ark II.This set includes The Pirates of Orion with The Practical Joker, which consists of two episodes from the final season, from the fall of 1974. It's a bit strange that Orion, in this case would be pronounced "or-ee-on", instead of "or-eye-on", make me wonder why it wasn't called "The Pirates of Oreon". This episode involves Spock contracting a fatal disease (at least to Vulcans) that require strobolin, which can only be found on a few planets, only to have a cargo ship (the Huron) carrying the strobolin be hijacked by the Orions.The Practical Joker is the attempt to put humor on this particular episode. The Enterprise was ambushed by Romulans, then passes through an energy field to escape the Romulans only to find out this energy field causes the Enterprise to pull practical jokes. This was also the very first Star Trek episode to premiere the holodeck (they called the recreation room here), beating Star Trek: The Next Generation to it. Perhaps the most hilarious part involves Kirk's uniform, which you gotta get this tape to see for yourself! As this episode progresses, you'll find out the practical jokes started getting less funny and more dangerous.These are two well-written and solid episodes, and I highly recommend this VHS.

Even though this series is animated, the stories are just as thoughtful and entertaining as the original TV series. It is actually able to pull-off some of the special effects and tell some of the stories that would have otherwise been impossible with 70's movie technology. Every true Trek fan should include the Animated Series in their collection.

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came in excellent condition, those two episodes are awesome in the original non-enhanced print.

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THIS EPISODE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PRAISED ONE FOR FANS AND ONE CAN SEE WHY. IT IS TREK IN MOTION, IN PLACE AND INVOLVED. THESE ARE THE KINDS OF STORIES THAT MAKES TREK SUPERIOR, NOT THE COUNTLESS AND OFTENTIMES LAME STORIES ABOUT ANOMOLIES, NEBULAS AND IRREGULARITIES. THINGS THAT MADE VOYAGER STAGNANT, DULL AND PREVENTED GOOD STORY TELLING. WHEN WILL TREK RETURN TO WHERE IT SHOULD BE??????????????????

This gift set was a surprise for Christmas from my wife. It's a classic Star Trek episode and it's fun to watch the classic episode back to back with the Deep Space Nine "resurrection". If you like Star Trek, you're sure to love this set.

My mom loved, best birthday gift.