You have a point, but once it turns into Fast and the Furious in space, I think it's fair to ask if that's what Roddenberry had in mind. (I'm referring to the dumbing down of the series, not to having a gay character.) No one's complaining about the addition of a gay character, just the laziness of having it be Sulu.

I like TNG way better than TOS, especially Moore's work, so to my mind the pretension was helpful.

Takei said "It was about being true to Gene’s vision and storytelling."

The Schoo was "borrowed" from Li'l Abner, and was a very controversial figure in his day.

This x 100. Most of the people who go on and on about the presidential race would be hard-pressed to name their state and local electeds, and what happens there has far more effect on their day-to-day lives than what happens in DC. It's a constant uphill battle to make people understand this.

There's a theory that people are more prone to get angry and agitated when it's hot.

Your loss.

Brett Somers was in the '70s version of Perry Mason with Monte Markham. (Hope I'm remembering right, too lazy to go look.)

Thanks for reminding me. Yeah, there's the occasional one, but the volume has gone way down.

That was when they lost me. I'd say what you're describing actually happened when Trace and Frank left MST3K. No more obscure pop culture references from the generation making the show.

If it's any consolation, my nostalgia is the ABC version (and the brief first year at CBS).

Exactly.

The show has come home. It was done from ABC in New York for many years.

I'm pretty sure they want to air the shows in whatever order they like.

Why is it so hard for people writing articles about MST3K to get this right? KTMA was not public access. It was a commercial TV station.

The other problem with the PYL reboot was that without returning champions, a player at the end of the game with very little money who passes his spins to the high-scoring leader looks like a real jerk, where on the old show he was at least playing for a chance to return.

The intro is exactly the same as the '70s version except the words "big money" are omitted: "as we play the star-studded Match Game!"

The mere existence of the world antagonizes the right wing.

They were huge.

or Gypsy?