Tonight's entry in the Rabbit Ears Quiz series takes us back to September 8, 1973, when I was three years old. It was on this 'stardate' that the cartoon version of "Star Trek" debuted.
It would go on to last for 22 episodes, which were rerun frequently; the last original episode first aired on Oct. 12, 1974.
The cartoon edition retained the voices of virtually all cast members, including William Shatner (Captain Kirk), Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock) and Sulu (George Takei).
The lone exception was that of Walter Koening, now 75, who played Pavel Chekov. But, the producers of the show made it up to Koening by having write the show's seventh episode "The Infinite Vulcan."
According to Wikipedia, one of the key advantages of the animated version was that larger aliens were able to be depicted. One of the show's most popular episodes was "The Magicks of Megas-tu" (the show's eighth episode) involving a devil-like villain named Lucien.
The show was produced by Filmation which later produced the cartoon series "The New Adventures of Flash Gordon" (1979-81).
So, for our trivia question, we are going to ask what is the mathematical difference between the number of episodes of the original "Star Trek" and its animated version.
Is the answer?:
A) 57
B) 55
C) 53
D) 50
E) 48
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