Nichelle Nichols, Lieutenant Uhura on ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 89

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Nichelle

There's a very obvious joke to be made here

[–]CreditKnifeMan 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

IIRC: First black girl kissed by a white guy on US TV.

She looks nice in that photo.

Tig ol Bitties.

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She and Shatner ruined every other take on purpose in order to force NBC to use that one.

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Shatner is all about that alien strange.

[–]makesyoudownvote 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Not actually true even though it's a commonly accepted story. Technically it wasn't even the first interracial kiss on Star Trek, let alone on TV.

Also it was supposed to be with Leonard Nimoy in the script, but Shatner demanded it be with him instead.

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Shatner loves the alien strange.

[–]chottohen 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The crew are a particularly long-lived group.

[–]CreditKnifeMan 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

They were loved universally for being pretend space heroes.

The pretending Apollo space heroes were loved, but they were secret fakes.
They mostly turned to alcohol, but they got a lot of free stuff.