I was poking around the black hole I laughingly call a basement, and came across a video tape (beta, no less) of the NBC 1966 new season promotion program, Two in a Taxi, starring Burns and Schreiver. (Those of a certain age will remember this comedy team composed of Jack Burns and Avery Schreiver…Huh? Yeah. Huh? Yeah. Huh? Yeah, that’s them.)

I cut out the look at Star Trek and include it here…unfortunately, there isn’t room for all the great shows NBC premiered this particular year (including Hey, Landlord, starring Great-Friend-Of-FOTR Will Hutchins, and T.H.E. Cat, starring Robert Loggia as Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat, and the Pre-Fab Four, The Monkees), but here’s the first real look most of us got of Star Trek.

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