Well, Gene was on the job out in L.A. Reece... got any stories you'd like to share? ;-D
---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list Date : Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:51:29 -0500 From : Omari Confer <clockwork...@gmail.com> To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com I didnt know how much of a player Gene was. c w m On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Keith Johnson wrote: > > > Yeah, Roddenberry was dating Nichelle Nichols and Majel Barrett at the same > time. Indeed, Nichols related that Roddenberry used to take her riding on > his motorcycle. One day he said, "I need you to meet someone". They drove to > a house, Gene walks up and knocks on the door, and Majel answers. Gene > introduces the ladies, and Nichols says she realized at that moment he was > not only two-timing her, but was going to marry Barrett. (Actually, he may > have been three-timing her. He had a previous wife of nearly three decades > whom he divorced sometime during this period, so he may have started affairs > with Nichols and Barrett while still being married. Not sure). > > A sad final chapter in this strange tale. Evidently Roddenberry's last > years were marked by increasingly ill health. not sure what he had, but it's > why he had to relinguish creative control of The Next Generation. At any > rate, in those final years, Gene had some mental difficulties. At a big > party given in his honor---a party in which most of the OS Trek alumni and > showrunners were in attendance--Gene appears in a highly agitated and > confused state. In front of all the guests--including his wife > Majel--Roddenberry walks over to Nichele Nichols and confesses his undying > love for her. "You're the one I really loved, Nichelle! I should have > married you, Nichelle!" he exclaimed. > > Nichols had to keep her composure and tell the crowd that Gene was just ill > and didn't know what he said. > > I've read this account more than once. Hope it's not just an urban legend. > Don't know if it was recorded in Nichols' official autobiography. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Baxter" > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 8:27:40 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list > > > > None whatsoever. Roddenberry recognized it by putting her right behind > KEEEEEEEEEROOOOOOOOOOK on the Bridge, so that she (or at least *parts*) of > her made it in shot. And, if the tales I've heard are true, Roddenberry did > *more* than just "recognize" her beauty... he *appreciated* it in a way > *all* men wish they could've. > > > > > ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- > *Subject : *Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list > *Date : *Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:06:29 +0000 > *From : *mcjennings...@yahoo.com > *To : *"SciFi2" > > No chauvinism in recognizing beauty. I was flipping channels (a chore > without a remote), and I saw her at that console. I was just back from 18 > months in the Philippines, and I was appreciating Black Women. And here is > Uhura. Lawd! > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > -----Original Message----- > From: "C.W. Badie" > > Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:51:39 > To: > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list > > > ....And consistently the most beautiful babe on the show...pardon the > chauvinism, but she was gorgeous! > > --- On Thu, 6/11/09, Adrianne Brennan wrote: > > > From: Adrianne Brennan > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Disposible Negro in sci-fi list > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 12:26 PM > > > > > > > > > I dunno, I've always thought Uhura kicked ass. :D > > ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ > http://www.adrianne brennan.com > Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: http://www.adrianne > brennan.com/ botdm.html > Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: http://www.adrianne > brennan.com/ bamc.html > Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adrianne > brennan.com/ books.html# the_oath > > > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:22 PM, ravenadal wrote: > > Beware of the "Disposable Negro Effect" which is akin to the "butterfly > effect." You may think a negro is disposable but then you remove them and > all heck breaks loose. I mean haven't you seen Douglass Turner Ward's "Day > of Absence" where all the negroes disappear one day and all the white folks > don't have a clue as to what to do? > > I mean take something as innocuous as Lt. Uhura on Star Trek. You would > think she was a disposable negro, afterall, anybody can answer the phone, > but it totally ignores the fact that her showing up on the bridge everyday > in those boots and that mini-skirt made the mens, James T. and the rest of > dem, happy - heck - eager to come to work. Remove Uhura and it gone get > snarly, snarky and plum ugly up in there quick and in a hurry. > > ~rave! > > > --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, George Arterberry wrote: > > > > Please list the greatest disposible Negroes in sci-fi.What is a > disposible Negro you ask? Well if he or she is removed from the storyline it > wont change one iota. I'll nominate Anastasia "Dee" Dualla and her totally > uncalled for suicide in Battlestar Galactica. > > > > I mean we needed at least some sisters in modern-day Tanzinia to help > repopulate the human race. > > > > There are so many others to list,where do i start????? > > > > > > > ------------ --------- --------- ------ > > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/scifinoir2 /app/peoplemap2/ entry/add? > fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links > > http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/scifinoir2 / > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds > > -- clockworkman blog http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com STRING THEORY http://www.stringtheory.mypodcast.com Netflix Friends http://www.netflix.com/BeMyFriend/P5Vr384ukvNnY78xUJOT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
