Saturday, September 9, 2006

Today's Cartoon Saturday picks up where yesterday's eBay A Day left off, noting the 40th anniversary of Star Trek. In the opening narration to the Star Trek series, it describes a "five year mission," but the original series lasted but three, ending in 1969. In 1973, as reruns bolstered the series' already rabid fanbase and added to their ranks, Filmation began an animated series that followed the continuing exploits of the crew of the Enterprise. Though the animation was a bit crude, and there were some Saturday morning touches added on, the show retained several of the writers from the original series, as well as the voices of most of the original cast (at least for some of the episodes).The series lasted two years, ending in 1975, fulfilling the promise of the "five year mission."