Saturday Morning Trek is a podcast dedicated to the short-lived Star Trek: The Animated Series from the 1970s as well as the collectibles that fans cherished during their childhood. Hosted by Aaron Harvey, Saturday Morning Trek is the newest entry in our lineup and brings a unique approach by capturing the magic that made so many of us fall in love with Star Trek during the years between The Original Series and the films.
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7: Steve the Vulcan
Andy Mangels Interview, Part 1.
Tun-Tun, Stormy, Ploof, and Steve the Vulcan. These are names every child of the late '60s and early '70s would have known if the first attempt to create an animated Star Trek show had succeeded. But as history would have it, the pencil-and-ink voyages of the USS Enterprise would take another course.
In this episode of Saturday Morning Trek, Aaron Harvey is joined by Andy Mangels, co-author of Lou Scheimer: Creating The Filmation Generation, for a journey into what might have been. Andy shares with us the real-life story behind the animated series we did get, and also helps us get to know Lou Scheimer, the man behind Filmation Productions. It's thanks to Scheimer that Filmation became the powerhouse animation company that produced everything from the first Superman cartoon to appear on TV to the '80s icon He-Man!
Chapters
Intro (00:00:00)
Toy Commercial (00:01:41)
Discovering TAS (00:02:39)
Writing the Book on Filmation (00:05:14)
Getting to know Lou (07:02.52)
How Filmation Changed Saturday Morning TV (00:09:40)
Filmation Design (00:14:12)
Kids and Educational TV (00:16:37)
The Aborted Animated Series (00:18:34)
NBC Saturday Morning Revue (00:25:55)
TAS Joins NBC on Saturday Morning (00:26:45)
The TAS Budget (00:38:52)
Host
Aaron Harvey
Guest
Andy Mangels
Production
Aaron Harvey (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Charlynn Schmiedt (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Executive Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Will Nguyen (Content Manager)