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From: rjnoe@ihlts.UUCP (Roger Noe)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: The animated episodes
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Date: Mon, 9-Apr-84 11:05:03 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  9 11:05:03 1984
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By the way, I think "Star Trek" was the first live-action series to make
the transition to a regular animated series.  I would appreciate hearing
about any other examples of shows which appeared in both formats.

1. Are they just the usual Saturday-morning kids' cartoon trash?
No.  That's why they got knocked off Saturday morning TV; they were
too sophisticated.

2. Are they better quality animation with stories comparable to the regular
   ST episodes?
I would say so.  The animation was nothing very unusual for the time period
(22 episodes, aired from September, 1973 to January, 1974 with the last handful
appearing September-October, 1974) but the stories were not aimed at anyone
that "Star Trek" was not previously aimed at (i.e. not kids or morons like
most of TV).  Sure, it's not "best of ST" but the best of the animateds were
comparable to some mediocre ST episodes which preceded them.

3. Are these animated episodes in national syndication or still in 
   current production, or have they been completed long ago and may
   be hard to find currently on TV?
They completed long ago and I do not know where they might be currently
syndicated.  They WERE part of a network Saturday morning line-up.
I would think they would be quite hard to find on TV currently.

4. In short, are these episodes worth the effort?
Probably not for this particular questioner.  I don't even make any effort
to find them although I would make the effort to get up at 9:00 on Saturdays
if I knew that a station I receive was airing them.  Or maybe I'd just set
my VCR timer and save them all.
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	Roger Noe		ihnp4!ihlts!rjnoe